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is because he is proud, and pride blinds. He is compelled by his hatred
for God to blindly lash out. But this is what the Bible teaches. Satan has
limited authority; God has unlimited authority, and the reason he does
everything is to accomplish God’s purposes.
The final question is: How can I overcome Satan? Now we are going to
spend a lot of time on that. I will just give you the shell. The first part of
the answer is, I cannot. There is no way I can overcome Satan. The
distinctive title of God in the book of Job is “El Shaddai”, the God who is
more than enough. Now there is victory in El Shaddai, in God. Thousands
study Satan in a Satan-centered way. Everything the Bible says about
Satan is designed to turn your eyes to God, to the Lord.
I remember when I was a student at Columbia Bible College there was a
great man of God who was the president of the college. His name was Dr.
Allen Fleece. Once he preached a sermon entitled, “The Wonders of
Jesus.” Oh, what a sermon it was! Someone came up to him after the
sermon and said “It seemed to me like you belittled Satan in your sermon.
You almost made nothing of him”. The whole idea was, look to Jesus,
look to Jesus, do not worry about the devil, look to Jesus. And someone
came to him and gave him a warning, and said: “I think for every ten
looks at Jesus you ought to give one look to the devil. What do you
think?” Dr. Allen Fleece said, “No, thank you. I‘d rather just take all
eleven looks at Jesus”. Well, I like his answer.
Do you realize this? We are reading Job 1 and 2, but Job did not have
these chapters to read. From the beginning to the end of the book he had
no idea that Satan was working in his life. He never knew about Satan, but
he saw God. Did he have a victory over Satan? He sure did. Not by
fighting Satan, because he did not even know he was around. He got his
victory by seeing God.
Daniel’s in the lion’s den. What does he need? A six week course on how
to fight lion’s? He does not need to study lions; he needs to study his
God, and when he studies his God, he knows how to take care of the lions.

We do not ever need to study witchcraft or demonism or Satan. We do
not need to look at them at all! All eleven looks to Jesus!

And then the second part of the answer. Not only a full vision of God, but
the simplicity of faith. Do you remember in the New Testament in Luke
chapter 22:31-32, Jesus said to Peter “Peter, Satan has desired to take
thee and to sift thee like wheat, but I have prayed for thee that thy
faith fail not.” Ephesians 6:16, when it talks about fighting the devil. It

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