Know your enemy

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
(katapino) - devour literally means to swallow up completely

the enemy tries to wear us down, wear us out and then swallow us up
he is a master mind manipulator he disquises himself to be something that he really is not.

 and so Paul gave this warning --> 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.


The name devil is taken from the Greek word (diabolos) . it is a compound of the words dia and balos . Dia means through and carries the idea of penetration.

The word balos is taken from the word ballo, which means I throw, as in throwing a ball or a rock. when the two words are compounded, the new word depicts the act of repeatedly throwing a ball or rock against something until it penetrates that barrier and breaks through to the other side.

his mode of operation is found in the meaning of his name which means that he is one who continually strikes and strikes and strikes again beating against the walls of people's minds over and over again - until he breaks through and penetrates their thought process .


The enemy of both God and man is called Satan which is taken from the Hebrew word (shatana) and means to hate and to accuse  and also carries with it the idea of slander and false accusation.