Pai da mentira
A Bíblia revela que o diabo é o pai da mentira. Ele engana, acusa e tenta destruir. Mas Cristo veio para desfazer as obras do maligno e nos dar vitória.
O caráter do diabo
Jesus disse que o diabo é mentiroso e homicida desde o princípio. Não há verdade nele — a mentira é sua natureza.
44 You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from [the] beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
2 And when supper had ended, the Devil now having put into the heart of Judas Iscariot [the son] of Simon to betray Him,
9 And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.10 And I heard a great voice saying in Heaven, Now has come the salvation and power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.
14 Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light?
4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.
As obras do inimigo
O diabo rouba a Palavra semeada, cega o entendimento dos incrédulos e anda em derredor como leão rugidor buscando a quem devorar.
19 When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand [it,] then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.
38 the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one].39 The enemy who sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
8 Be sensible [and] vigilant, because your adversary [the] Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;
9 whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
30 I shall no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of this world comes, and he has nothing in Me.
Vitória em Cristo
Cristo apareceu para destruir as obras do diabo. Quem está em Deus é protegido, e o maligno não o toca.
8 He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.
18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.19 We know that we are of God, and all the world lies in evil.
18 in order to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, so that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
10 And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [were]. And he will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
7 Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me.