The Battle for Your Faith

The Battle for Your Faith – 1 Peter 5:8-11

1. Wake-up Call – v8a
2. Dangerous Enemy – v8b
3. Clear Command – v9
4. Empowering Promise – v10
5. Confident Praise – v11

-Why does Peter call Christians to be alert to the reality of Satan? What might it look like to not be aware and alert to the spiritual battle that we are in?

-What are Satan's common attacks on Christians? How should we counter those schemes?

-Explain this statement – "Satan is a real foe, but a defeated foe." How was Satan defeated? What and when will be his final defeat?

Other passages to consider: Gen 3:1-7; Mt 4:1-11; 2 Cor 2:11; Eph 6:10-20; Col 2:6-7,15; Heb 2:14; Jam 4:7; 1 Pt 1:13; 4:7; 1 Jn 4:4; Rev 20:10.