Four Types of People The Enemy Attacks
INTRODUCTION
Since this subject matter is correlates to what I will be posting next about being under an attack from the enemy, I thought I would share the four types of people the enemy attacks.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Jesus came to give us life, but the enemy seeks to destroy not only that life, but also everyone he can. In his efforts to do so, I have discovered that there seem to be four types of people that he specifically targets.
THE FIRST TYPE
The first people the enemy attacks are those who are a threat to him those people who are actively doing the will of God.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and [a]Satan also came among them.
7 The LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”
8 The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
10 “Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
11 “But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”
12 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.
In Job, we see that Job was a God fearing man who one could say was a threat to the enemy because he attributed his success to God and was thus a witness with a testimony. This threatened the enemy and he went to God to be able to destroy or attack Job in the hope of breaking him and destroying his power to affect others with a testimony. However, we know from the rest of the book that Job remained faithful and was rewarded in the end.
THE SECOND TYPE
The second people the enemy attacks is those who he is in danger of losing those people who the power of God is moving through their lives to lift them out of the torment the devil has put them in and set them on the road with God.
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting;
23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
I realize this passage seems to refer to the end times, but I think it paints an important picture in that we are called to be constantly moving in Christ to save those who are perishing, those who are set for an eternity apart from God, which is the plan of the enemy for their life.
THE THIRD TYPE
The third people that the enemy attacks are those who will bring others down those people who are not wheat but tares and will bring others, even other Christians, down when they are brought down.
24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 “But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed [a]tares among the wheat, and went away.
26 “But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.
27 “The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
28 “And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’
29 “But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.
30 ‘Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”‘”
33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
In the illustration of the wheat and tares, we see that it states that one may be “uproot the wheat with them (tares)” and the verse in Corinthians that bad company (tares) corrupt good morals (wheat), we can see that the enemy wants to use whomever he can to take down someone who is following God.
THE FOURTH TYPE
The fourth and final type of people that the enemy attacks are those who are already completely lost to him and he is literally trying to put the final nail in the coffin and seal their fate for eternity. Anyone outside of these categories, are not considered to be worth the effort on the enemies part to mess with or have resisted him and he is waiting for another opportune time to come and attack again
13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
THE TYPE HE DOES NOT ATTACK
The type of person that the enemy does not attack is people, even Christians, who are of no harm or threat to his plan. In other words, Christian who are not on fire for Jesus Christ, not seeking to do God’s will, not attempting to advance the kingdom or people who do not know Jesus as their savior are the types of people the enemy does not waste his time attacking because he is happy with them right where they are.
CONCLUSION
Now, whether you agree or do not agree with my reasoning, one thing is for certain and that is that there are forces in the spiritual realm that are just as determined to take you down as there are forces that are determined to raise you up in Christ. All this said, I would rather be a threat to the enemy because I am doing God’s will and being a force for Christ and lifting people up.
Until Next Time,
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Love in Christ,
Sir Jesterhawk
My name is Jester of the Hawk
Adopted Prince of the Kingdom of God
Commander of the Armies of the FireKnights
General of the Spirit-Filled Legions
Loyal servant to the one true God
Father to kids on fire for Jesus Christ
Husband to a praying wife
And I will have my blessings, in this life and the next.
