0735. 717. Satan’s Many Parts

717. Satan’s Many Parts

Some years ago, at the Playgoers’ Club, a Mr. Osman Edwards delivered an address on “Stage Fiends.” In his dramatic career, said Mr. Edwards, as the devil he had played many parts—a Hebrew valet, an Indian sage, a Catholic monster, a Protestant buffoon, an Elizabethan mischief-maker, a Dutch politician, a Spanish professor, a German sceptic, a Shelleian saint, and a Corellian contradiction.

The Bible shows that Satan can play many parts, and among the principal parts he plays are the following seven:

1. He is the Devil to deceive—Rev_20:10.

2. He is the adversary (Satan) to accuse—Luk_22:31.

3. He is an angel of light to misrepresent—2Co_11:14.

4. He is an enemy to oppose—Mat_13:28, Mat_13:39.

5. He is the hinderer to deter—1Th_2:18.

6. He is the god of this age to blind—2Co_4:4.

7. He is the tempter to allure—Luk_4:2; 1Th_3:5.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH