![]() Another person is noted for lowness of spirits and want of mental vigor. ![]() There is a man who is calm, and quiet, and at ease Satan does not attack that man with unbelief or distrustfulness he attacks him in a more vulnerable point, than that- self-love, self-confidence, worldliness-these will be the weapons which Satan will use against him. Let us notice, in the first place, THE CRAFT AND SUBTLETY OF SATAN, as we have discovered it in our own experience.Īnd I may begin by observing, that Satan discovers his craft and subtlety by the modes of his attack. ![]() Therefore, we must not expect that a man, unaided from above, should ever be a match for an angel.Īgain, Satan may well be cunning now - I may truthfully say, more cunning than he was in the days of Adam - for he has had long dealings with the human race.Īnd now, brethren, I shall for a few minutes first occupy your time by noticing the craft and subtlety of Satan, and the modes in which he attacks our souls and secondly, I shall give you a few words of admonition with regard to the wisdom that we must exercise against him, and the only means that we can use effectually to prevent his subtlety from being the instrument of our destruction. We doubt not, from certain hints in Scripture, that he occupied a very high place in the hierarchy of angels before he fell and we know that those mighty beings are endowed with vast intellectual powers, far surpassing any that has ever been given to beings of human mould. Now, nobody can be more full of malice against man than Satan is, as he proves every day and that malice sharpens his inherent wisdom, so that he becomes exceedingly subtle.īesides, Satan is an angel, though a fallen one. Let a man have enmity against another, and let that enmity thoroughly possess his soul, and pour venom, as it were, into his very blood, and he will become exceedingly crafty in the means he uses to annoy and injure his adversary. When a man is determined on revenge, it is strange how cunning he is to find out opportunities to vent his spite. , because he is malicious for malice is of all things the most productive of cunning. Satan has abundant craft, and is able to overcome us, for several reasons. ![]() But all the wise instincts and all the subtlety of the beasts of the field are far excelled by the subtlety of Satan. To others, he has been pleased to give instincts of most marvelous wisdom, for self-preservation and the destruction of their prey, and for the procuring of their food. “When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it,” was “more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” God has been pleased to give to many beasts subtlety … in order that they may be the more destructive to certain classes of animals whose numbers require to be kept under. Or course, we understand that this verse refers to “that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan.” That old deceiver, of whom our Lord Jesus said to the Jews. Shows such as " Sesame Street" are an antidote to the violence and commercialism of television.“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.” - Genesis 3:1.Although our inner lives have been relentlessly diminished by ecosocial isolation, the antidote lies in recovering awareness of our context.There is no known antidote to this poison.There is no known antidote to a bite from this snake.The best antidote to censorship is publicity.Just now work seemed the best antidote to the frustration that was boiling inside her.Unless an antidote is given immediately the patient could die.However inadequate she was proving as an antidote to his nightmares she was, none the less, an attractive asset during the day. ![]() 2 COMFORT/MAKE somebody FEEL BETTER something that makes an unpleasant situation better laughter, the antidote to stress Examples from the Corpus antidote ○○ noun 1 MH a substance that stops the effects of a poison antidote to There is no known antidote to a bite from this snake.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Hospital, Drugs, medicines, Illness & disability antidote an‧ti‧dote / ˈæntɪdəʊt $ -doʊt / ![]()
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