We may have no idea of the fierceness of Satan's desire to destroy us. Satan understands that the time of his torment is drawing near, and he hopes to somehow remove this danger.
He understands also that in the last days, Christ will draw out of the Church a militant remnant who finally will overcome him.
Having been a Christian for many years, I have learned a few things about spiritual warfare. I will write these down as I think of them.
We need to remember that Satan is a deceiver. His power was broken on the cross of Calvary, so he has to work by deception. Satan is a master of deception.
It may be true that our vulnerability to deception lies in the realm of pleasure. We want to have pleasure. The problem is, our present world is not Paradise; and when we try to make it Paradise, we fall into deception. Our present world is the valley of the shadow of death. Paradise will come later when God has enough mature saints to install Paradise and to maintain it.
