Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

arresting Jesus, Peter could have been arrested at that moment and could have been crucified alongside Christ, as Malchus was a servant of the high priest (John 18:10). However, Jesus destroyed the evidence that would have been used to accuse Peter when He placed the ear back on the head of the man who was assaulted. Satan had desired Peter to sift him as wheat, and this was no doubt a part of the strategy (Luke 22:31). Notice the number of times when Paul was close to death. The apostle was stoned in the city of Lystra and left for dead (Acts 14:19) but was raised up when the disciples gathered around him in prayer (v. 20). He was severely beaten and chained in prison, but God sent a midnight earthquake and initiated the first “jailhouse rock,” setting the prisoners free (Acts 16:23–37). Paul later faced the possibility of the ship he was on crashing into rocks and drowning the crew (Acts 27), and after escaping to an island with the entire crew of survivors, Paul was bitten by a deadly viper. He shook it off into the fire and felt no harm (Acts 28:3). On numerous occasions the life of Paul was in danger to the point of death— but in every instance he escaped. Toward the conclusion of Paul’s ministry in Rome he was arrested, placed in prison, and died by beheading. Did Satan finally succeed in killing this faithful apostle? Not according to Paul. In his final letter to Timothy Paul wrote: For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept