STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “combating satan”

1. What two things, according to 1 Peter 2:21, did Christ do for us?

2. What, according to 1 Peter 2:21, did Christ Himself not do?

3. According to Hebrews 4:15, what does Christ have in common with us?

4. What, according to James 1:13, will God never do to us?

5. What important story about the life of Christ is found in Matthew 4:1-11?

6. In 1 Peter 5:8, Peter compares Satan to an animal. What is that animal?

7. In Luke 22:31, what did Christ tell Peter and the other apostles that Satan wanted to do to them?

8. Satan did tempt Peter—and Peter did sin. According to Matthew 26:69-75, what sin did Peter commit?

9. In Ephesians 6:11, what did Paul tell Christians to do to defeat the devil?

 10. When, in Matthew 4:3, Satan tempted Jesus, to what part of Christ’s nature was Satan appealing?

 11. What two pieces of excellent advice does Christ provide for us in Matthew 26:41 that can help us resist the devil?

 12. When we see Jesus tempting Satan in Matthew 4:6, Satan was misusing something to carry out his temptation. What was that “something”?

 13. In 2 Peter 3:16, Peter said that some people will “twist” something to their own destruc­tion. What was that “something”?

 14. What command did Paul give in 2 Timothy 2:15 that can help us defeat the devil?

 15. What warning is found in 1 John 4:1 for us today?

 16. What important point is contained in James 1:12 regarding resisting temptation?

 17. Ephesians 6:17 speaks about “the sword of the Spirit.” What is that sword?

 18. How, according to Matthew 4:4,7,10, did Jesus resist the devil’s temptation?

 19. According to Paul’s statement in Romans 1:16, what is the Gospel?

 20. Of whom was Jesus speaking in Matthew 10:28 when He said, “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”

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