Today, we will discuss the devil in disguise from God’s Word. Satan manifests himself in our lives in various ways, so that we do not realize how harmful he is. He hides his true nature and shows us how good he is in disguise. His main purpose is to deceive believers.
Satan’s job is to lead us away from God’s truth. He is cunning and wants to destroy us with his tricks. He always manifests himself to us where we get attracted to him. But his real purpose is to separate us from God. That is why God’s Word tells us to keep ourselves away from Satan’s various tricks.
In the story of Adam and Eve, we see that Satan came to them in the disguise of a serpent. Then, he persuaded Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. He misled Eve and wanted to separate her from God. Falling into the trap of his lies, Eve and Adam disobeyed God. In this way, Satan deceived them in disguise.
Satan also tempted Jesus. He made various tempting offers to Jesus so that Jesus would be deceived by his words. But Jesus rebuked him and removed him with the Word of God.
We must be careful because Satan wants to destroy us in disguise. We should keep the Word of God more in our hearts to catch the tricks of the disguised devil and remove him from our lives.
Now let’s look at the following Bible verses where the disguised devil is talked about.
Matthew 10:16 :—
“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, harmless as doves”
Matthew 13:25 :—
“But while men slept, his enemy came sowed tares among the wheat, went his way”
Matthew 13:38-39 :—
“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked oneThe enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels”
Matthew 16:23 :—
“But he turned, said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men”
Matthew 24:24 :—
“For there shall arise false Christs, false prophets, shall shew great signs wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect”
Matthew 4:1-11 :—
“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devilAnd when he had fasted forty days forty nights, he was afterward an hungredAnd when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made breadBut he answered said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GodThen the devil taketh him up into the holy city, setteth him on a pinnacle of the templeAnd saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stoneJesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy GodAgain, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, the glory of themAnd saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down worship meThen saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, him only shalt thou serveThen the devil leaveth him, , behold, angels came ministered unto him”
Matthew 7:15 :—
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves”
John 10:10 :—
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, to kill, to destroy: I am come that they might have life, that they might have it more abundantly”
John 6:70-71 :—
“Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, one of you is a devil?He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve”
John 8:44 :—
“Ye are of your father the devil, the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, the father of it”
Revelation 12:10 :—
“I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, strength, the kingdom of our God, the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day night”
Revelation 13:14 :—
“Deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, did live”
Revelation 20:10 :—
“The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire brimstone, where the beast the false prophet are, shall be tormented day night for ever ever”
Revelation 2:10 :—
“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, I will give thee a crown of life”
Acts 20:29-30 :—
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flockAlso of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them”
Ephesians 4:27 :—
“Neither give place to the devil”
Ephesians 6:11-12 :—
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devilFor we wrestle not against flesh blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”
Colossians 2:8 :—
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, not after Christ”
Jude 1:4 :—
“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, denying the only Lord God, our Lord Jesus Christ”
Romans 16:18 :—
“For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; by good words fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple”
Romans 8:38-39 :—
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to comeNor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”
Titus 1:10-11 :—
“For there are many unruly vain talkers deceivers, specially they of the circumcisionWhose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake”
Jeremiah 23:16 :—
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of the Lord”
Ezekiel 13:9 :—
“Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; ye shall know that I am the Lord God”
Galatians 1:8 :—
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed”
Luke 10:18 :—
“He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven”
Luke 22:3 :—
“Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve”
Luke 4:2 :—
“Being forty days tempted of the devil. in those days he did eat nothing: when they were ended, he afterward hungered”
Zechariah 3:1-2 :—
“He shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord , Satan standing at his right hand to resist himAnd the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?”
James 4:7 :—
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, he will flee from you”
Isaiah 14:12-15 :—
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nationsFor thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the northI will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most HighYet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit”
Isaiah 59:19 :—
“So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him”
Job 1:6 :—
“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , Satan came also among them”
Mark 1:13 :—
“He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; was with the wild beasts; the angels ministered unto him”