Job 1:6-7
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.
Subject: Satan's mission and work
Although it is not wise to blame all the bad in our lives on Satan's work, it is quality foolish to discount his work in the bad of our lives. Satan's mission is to corrupt through deceit. Here is what Jesus said about his work:
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
From the above text we can see that Satan has access to God and attempts each moment to corrupt through deceit those that believe. Satan's tool is accusations and false implications:
Zechariah 3:1 (ESV Strong's)
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
See also: 1 Kgs 22:19-22; Zech 6:5
In 1 Peter 5:8 we are told Satan is a lion roaming the earth seeking to devour us. In Daniel 7:9-14 we are told that Satan even fights the angels who do the work of God to hinder them. See also Ps 7:8 [7]; 29:9-10; 82:1; 89:7-8 [6-7]; 103:19; Isa 6:1-8; 40:13-14; Job 15:8. Satan is an active foe who seeks our demise. He creates a system in the world that is based upon deceit for the purpose of our demise. We must fight him and resist him in the Name of Christ. His work is real and affective on those who ignore him or consider him a myth.
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