2 Corinthians 2 :11 urges us not to be ignorant of satan’s devices/maneuvers.  This takes place in the realm of the soul (mind, will, emotions). This is where satan’s mode of operation takes place!   Satan wants to get your mind off of who you are in Christ, and have you obsess over your circumstances.  He is seeking to crush and consume you in your thoughts and render you helpless and hopeless.  This sermon referenced the apostle Paul’s struggles with people who sought to destroy him and the work God had called him to do.  Nothing new, we see this today as well.  God never changes and neither do satan’s tactics to frustrate the gospel.  People will still present the Word of God deceitfully and those who are pure will still face opposition of fellow believers railing against the message and messenger of God.  The reason for this is found in the scripture sharing the sower/seed.  Satan comes immediately to take away the Word.

We need to walk in the authority of God’s Word and who we are in Christ and realize that God is bigger than anything that is not of Himself and He is able to make us equal to anything that should oppose the Truth.  We will then find God’s power to be enough!