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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking 

whom he may devour.  (1 Pet 5:8)

It is probably impossible to overstate the significance of this verse found in 1 Pet 5:8.  The 

truths revealed by it are certainly some of the most neglected truths in all of Scripture.  The 

cost of this neglect is beyond measure.  The impact of it has resulted in countless broken homes, 

innumerable shattered lives, and a degree of destruction and devastation that no words in any 

language are capable of describing.  As a matter of fact, the devastation is so extreme that any 

attempt to quantify it would fall so incredibly short that the attempt itself could only be 

described as an act of utter futility.  For in this verse we not only learn that we have an 

adversary, but we learn who he is and what his actions and intentions are concerning us.  Notice 

that Peter makes it personal. He says, “your” adversary. He, the Devil, is your adversary!  He is 

coming to devour you!  You need not go looking for THE FIGHT. Your adversary will bring it to you.  

It does not matter if you want it or if you are ready for it.  It is coming.

The reality of this battle is further expounded in Eph 6:11-12 and 2 Cor 10:3-5.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we 

do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the 

rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 

(Eph 6:11-12)

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our 

warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and 

every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into 

captivity to the obedience of Christ, (2 Cor 10:3-5)

In light of these painfully clear passages of Scripture, I would like to point out four truths that 

you absolutely must recognize, or it will be impossible for you not to be destroyed by this battle. 

 If that sounds like an overly dramatic conclusion, it only shows how successful our adversary has 

been seeking to lull us to sleep while our lives and the lives of our loved ones are being 

destroyed.

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