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Appendix A

Kingdom of God Kingdom of Satan
Duties in the Kingdom

Worship only God (Exodus 20:2–6) Idolatry; living for self; ultimate-
ly worshiping Satan and antichrist
(Revelation 13:8)

Hate sin and Satan (Romans 12:9) Hate and persecute believers; hate Christ
and righteousness (John 15:9)
Seek to advance God’s kingdom and his Promote evil and corrupt God’s king dom
righteousness (Matthew 6:31–33) and righteousness (Luke 21:8)
Do not love the world (1 John 2:15–17) Love the world (Philippians 3:19)
Wait for Christ’s return Do not watch for Christ’s return
(1 Thessalonians 1:10) (Luke 12:42–46)

3. The Warfare of the Kingdom

Kingdom of God Kingdom of Satan
Christ’s Warfare with Satan

Christ came to destroy Satan’s kingdom Satan intent on destroying Christ’s king-
(1 John 3:8) dom (Matthew 4:1–11)
Christ overcame temptation Satan tempted Christ (Luke 4:1–11)
(Hebrews 4:15)
Christ drove out demons Demons challenged Christ (Mark 1:24)
(Mark 1:32–34, 39)
All power belongs eternally to Christ Satan has only temporary and limited
(Matthew 28:18) power (Job 1:6–12; Revelation 20:7–9)
Deliverance from sin and disease provid- Satan cannot withstand the power of the
ed through the cross (1 Peter 2:24) cross (Revelation 12:10–11)
Final victory belongs to Christ Satan will be finally defeated and de-
(Revelation 17:14) stroyed (Revelation 20:10, 14–15)
Believers’ Warfare with Satan
Believers hate sin and seek to destroy the Satan hates and persecutes believers
works of the devil (Luke 11:21–23) (John 15:19)
The weapons of believers are spiritual Satan uses the world, the sinful nature,
and not worldly (Ephesians 6:10–17) and the demonic against believers
(2 Corinthians 11:14–15; 1 Peter 2:11)
Believers are given authority to drive out Demons try to destroy believers spiritual-
demons (Mark 16:17) ly (1 Peter 5:8)
Believers must overcome the world Satan seeks to overcome believers
(1 John 4:4; 5:4) (Romans 12:21)

By the cross believers are dead to the Satan entices believers with the sinful
world (Galatians 6:14) pleasures of the world (1 John 2:16–17)

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