Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

in Christ’s blood is the life force and life source that strengthens the believer’s spiritual immune system to resist the onslaught of Satan’s devices! A fourth and very important truth is that you cannot ever outthink your spiritual enemy, as his greatest strength is in his control over the power of the air (Eph. 2:2) and the fiery darts sent against the mind (Eph. 6:16). As you begin to think, foreign thoughts begin flying over your head like a flock of birds headed south for the winter. As you expel one thought, a second dart seemingly comes out of nowhere. You may not be capable of outthinking your enemy, but you can certainly outtalk him! This principle of verbally rebuking Satan and audibly quoting Scripture was established by Christ Himself during His wilderness temptation. Christ did not rebuke Satan in His mind, but He spoke out loud saying, “It is written . . . ” (Matt. 4:10). T HE V ALUE OF Y OUR F AITH AND P ATIENCE Remember, Christ’s temptation extended an entire forty days during His isolation in the Judean wilderness (Luke 4:2). In this rocky, desolate solitude there is no one to speak to other than God. At times a faint echo was heard when Christ verbally quoted Scripture or perhaps sang a spiritual song to edify Himself (Eph. 5:19). Both Matthew and Luke reveal that Christ verbally expressed Scripture when resisting the adversary, demonstrating that the temptation was more than a thought in the mind; it was a literal, audible assault by Satan himself.