The devil. ( 1 Peter 5 v 8-9 )

We don't hear much about the devil these days,even from the pulpits, I wonder why? In the novel.' 'The  brothers Karamazon,'one of the characters says the following,'  I think  the devil doesn't exist,but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness'.But the devil does exist,his footprints and fingerprints are everywhere.A Charles Baudelaire said the following,'Do not forget, when you hear  the progress of wisdom vaunted,that the cleverest ruse of the devil is to persuade you he does not exist'. The devil is not just and inactive spectator no he is very much involved in this world we live in .Dr Lloyd Jones said,'I am certain that one of the main causes of the ill state of the church today is the fact that the devil is forgotten'.The word of God says,

                           Put on the full armour 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

                            and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms'.

                                                        Ephesians 6 v 10 - 12.