INTRODUCTION

BECOMING INVESTIGATORS

1 Peter 5:8 (NIV) - “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
2 Corinthians 11:14 (NIV) - “Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”

Ephesians 6:10-12 (NIV) - Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Disclaimers:

THE DOSSIER OF THE DEVIL

STATUS:

The enemy is

NAME(S):

The most common names for the enemy is

and

Reveal Answer

Satan’s original name was

, meaning

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ORIGIN:

Satan was created by

as an

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.

Ezekiel 28:12-15 - “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.

BACKGROUND:

Satan was created to

but was cast out of heaven when he gave way to

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.

Isaiah 14:12-15 (NIV) - How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.

Ezekiel 28:17 (NIV) - Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

INCIDENT REPORT

Satan was the first to bring

into the world

1 John 3:8 (NIV) - The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.

Genesis 3:14-15 (MSG) - Because you’ve done this, you’re cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I’m declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He’ll wound your head, you’ll wound his heel.

CURRENT PROGRESS

Jesus has

Colossians 2:15 (NIV) - Having disarmed the powers and authorities, he (Jesus) made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

WHAT ARE DEMONS AND ARE THEY REAL?

Revelation 12:3-4 (NIV) - Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.

1 Timothy 4:1 (NIV) - The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
James 2:19 (NIV) - You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

CONCLUSION

2 Kings 6:8-17