080 The Activities of Satan and His Demons

“Satan is the originator of sin, secondly, demons oppose and attempt to destroy every work of God, thirdly, demons are limited by God's control and they have limited power.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston

Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue their discussion on Angelology. So far in this series, we’ve discussed what angels are, what they do within God’s purpose, our relationship with angels, and Demonology. Today we continue our discussion on Demonology and discuss what they do.

[00:01] Introduction to This Episode

• Help us decide: Should we do more than 100 episodes?  
  • Giving a shout out to a very special listener

 [05:3] Understanding Satan, Demons and Their Modus Operandi

• Satan was the original sinner (1 John 3:8)
  • Satan’s purpose is to tempt others to sin
• Demons oppose and attempt to destroy every work of God
  • Satan's and demons’ tactics are to use deception, murder, and destructive activity in the attempt to cause people to turn away from God (2 Cor 4:4)
• Demons are limited by God's control and they have limited power
  • In Job, we see that Satan had to ask permission from God in order to torment Job 
  • God is all-powerful (Isaiah 46, Mark 13)

 [12:59] What Does Satan and Demons’ Work Look Like?

• Demons actively work at promoting idolatry
  • Anything that takes us away from the work of Christ and that we put above God in our hearts is idol worship
• Demons actively work at promoting false religion
• Demons and Satan cannot read your thoughts or know the future

 [27:14] Final Thoughts    

• Final words 
  • Stay tuned for our next episode all about the relationship between people to demons
• Connect with us! 

Key Quotes

“It all comes full circle in understanding that everything works together for God's purpose and that the power is in Christ alone.” - Jen Denton 

Resources Mentioned

• Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine by Wayne Grudem
• Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
• Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth by  Charles Ryrie
• Practical Christian Theology by Floyd Barrackman
• The Moody Handbook of Theology by Paul Enns
•  Systematic Theology, Volumes 1- 3 by Rolland McCune

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