Command the Raven

Methods of Satan

1. He uses every conceivable means to hold men in subjection to himself and keep them from turning to God. If he fails in this, he tries to kill the believer’s testimony and ruin his influence for God.

2. If one falls he tries to make him stay fallen or commit suicide. He endeavours to cause men to end their lives by insisting it is the best way out; but he hides the true fact that this will be only the beginning of real torment in eternal hell.

3. Satan tries to get others in a luke-warm condition and if he succeeds, urges them to stay in the condition so that God will cut them off
in the end.

4. He dares men to do many things which they would not do under ordinary circumstances, and men are foolish enough to think they are not brave if they do not accept his dares.

5. Makes people think they are missing everything in life if they do not go into all kinds of sins, which in the end, will damn their souls.

6. Emphasizes sin and sinful pleasures as innocent enjoyment.

7. Stirs unholy passions in men and women causing them to throw away all restraint and live a life of revelry.

8. Tries to make people think there is no joy in serving the Lord. This is one of his greatest errors. Serving Christ and winning souls who will be thankful forever, pay the greatest dividends and afford the greatest pleasures known.

9. Preaches to the diligent in business that he needs to take all his time for getting rich before serving the Lord, while the fact is that if one will truly serve the Lord, he can be abundantly prosperous with God’s help.

10. Urges churches and their leaders to make religion a paying proposition by appealing to the rich and influential through lowering the standards of holy living, making salvation easy for all, compromising essentials of the faith, feeding the sheep messages on current events and book reviews instead of the infallible Word of God.
- Dake Annotated Reference Bible: page 634.