101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare Quotes

“Satan, the master deceiver, works best when he is underestimated, ignored, or denied.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“The Devil takes no holiday; he never rests. If beaten, he rises again. If he cannot enter in front, he steals in the rear. If he cannot enter at the rear, he breaks through the roof or enters by tunneling under the threshold. He labors until he is in. He uses great cunning and many a plan. When one miscarries, he has another at hand and continues in his attempts until he wins. MARTIN LUTHER”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“think of that story when people question the reality of Satan. If the devil isn’t real, then someone else like him is continually assaulting us. How else can we explain the extent of evil in the world? Make no mistake. Satan is real. He may rarely be recognized, and his existence may often be denied, but he is real. The Bible is full of references to him, and God’s Word is our only reliable source for information about Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare. As E.M. Bounds notes, “The Bible is a revelation, not a philosophy or a poem, not a science. It reveals things and persons as they are, living and acting outside the range of earthly vision or natural discovery. Biblical revelations are not against reason but above reason.”2 Biblical revelation unveils the reality of an evil being named Satan.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Satan’s greatest deception is to convince people that they don’t need Jesus Christ as their Savior from sin. Don’t be duped by the devil. Don’t fall for this grand deception. Come to Christ and believe in Him if you’ve never done so.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“This is no accident. Satan’s attack on marriages and the family is real and relentless. As someone has said, “When you get married, that’s when the war begins.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Satan loves politics. He is the greatest politician of all time. He politicked in heaven and convinced a third of the angels to join his rebellious political party.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Satan is the great ‘I am not’; and he is never happier than when he has convinced people that he is non-existent.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“He is a cunning deceiver (2 Corinthians 11:3). He is the adversary (1 Peter 5:8). He is the father of all lies (John 8:44). He is the slanderer (Revelation 13:6). He is the tempter (Matthew 4:3). He is the thief who comes to kill and destroy (John 10:10). He is the murderer (John 8:44). He is the evil one (Matthew 13:19). He blinds the minds of unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:4). He intoxicates and captures the lost (2 Timothy 2:26). He masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). He roams the earth looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). He plots crafty schemes to trick believers (2 Corinthians 2:11).”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“these are ten manifestations of demon possession in the New Testament. 1. superhuman physical strength (Mark 5:3; Acts 19:16) 2. fits of rage and ferocious behavior (Mark 5:4) 3. high pain tolerance (Mark 5:5) 4. self-mutilation (Mark 5:5) 5. foaming at the mouth (Luke 9:39) 6. seizures or convulsions (Luke 9:42) 7. divided personality (Mark 5:6-7) (The demoniac ran to Jesus yet at the same time cried out in fear.) 8. resistance to spiritual things, especially the name of Jesus (Mark 5:7) 9. clairvoyance or supernatural knowledge (Mark 5:7; Acts 16:16) 10. change in voice (Mark 5:9)”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Demons worm these teachings into false religions, cults, pulpits, denominations, and seminary classrooms. Satan is mentioned in four of the seven letters to the churches in Revelation 2–3. We must never forget that “Satan is always at church before the preacher is in the pulpit or a member is in the pew. He comes to hinder the sower, to impoverish the soil, or to corrupt the seed.”3 What are some of these demonic doctrines that are being peddled today? God is a myth. Creation happened by time and chance. Man is simply a higher form of animal. Man is inherently good. The Bible was written by men; it’s not inspired by God. The Bible is filled with contradictions and errors. The Bible is one of many books that contain divine revelation. Man can get to heaven by his own good works. Jesus is not God, but a created being. Jesus did not physically rise from the dead. The miracles in the Bible never really happened. Everyone will go to heaven. There is no hell. God’s highest goal is your happiness. God wants you rich and healthy. Demons are lying spirits who want to destroy us body and soul and deceive us until the end. They are dead serious about this mission. We must be serious as well. We must know the truth and do all we can to spread it.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“does God allow suffering and evil in the world? In some ways we can’t fully answer these questions, yet in a broad sense we can know that in some way the presence of Satan and demons serves to glorify God, that is, to make Him known or put Him on display. God allows Satan to exist for sovereign reasons, many of which are undoubtedly known only to Himself. But we can rest in the fact that God is infinitely wise and infinitely loving and that He is working out His plan—the best plan to bring maximum glory to Himself.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“A bruised and bleeding boxer stumbled back to his corner after a tough round. His trainer splashed cold water on his head and rubbed him down as his manager tried to encourage him. He said, “Rocky, you’re doing great. Your opponent hasn’t laid a glove on you.” The half-dazed boxer looked up and said, “If my opponent hasn’t laid a glove on me, you’d better keep an eye on the referee because somebody out there is beating the daylights out of me.”1”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“The Bible soundly condemns every form of occult practice (Deuteronomy 18:9-14), which includes modern practices such as fortune-telling, Eastern meditation, reading palms and tarot cards, channeling, astral projection, astrology, Ouija boards, séances, crystal balls, or any other similar activities. Acts 16:16-18 and 19:11-20 link the occult to demonism.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“We often blame things that happen to us on Satan, but we must remember that Satan can only be one place at a time,”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“when you see godless world leaders wreaking havoc, spewing out threats, killing their own people, trampling basic human rights, and fomenting anti-Semitism, remember that even though they are ultimately responsible for their actions, an evil force is at work behind and through them, trying to bring the world under Satan’s control.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“No wonder Satan is furious. . . . Think of all that he had already given up. He could no longer be a prophet who could speak for God. He could no longer be a priest who would direct worship to God. He who wished to be like God has ended up the most unlike Him. In short, it was all loss and no gain.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“There’s only one principle of war and that’s this. Hit the other fellow, as quick as you can, and as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain’t lookin.”3”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Jesus is the Author of peace. He is God’s peacemaker (Ephesians 2:13-14).”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“The world includes the mass of humanity that is alienated from God and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ. It involves worldly affairs, earthly things, riches, pleasures, and pursuits that are shallow, frail, and fleeting. These things stir desire, draw us away from God, and are obstacles to the cause of Christ… The world is the Devil’s heaven. Its rest, crown, and reward are here. When the world comes in, God’s heaven goes out. It fades from the eye and heart. The struggle for it ends, and God’s heaven, with its fadeless and eternal glories, is lost.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“The three facets of the world system in 1 John 2:16 are the lust of the flesh (the desire to satisfy the impulses of the flesh), the lust of the eyes (the desire for things we see), and the boastful pride of life (the desire to promote self). E.M. Bounds graphically portrays the world system that surrounds us.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Worldliness is often defined in terms of certain behaviors, such as gambling, going to certain movies, wearing certain kinds of clothes, and so on. But worldliness goes much deeper. It’s a mindset, or attitude. Of course, this attitude reveals itself in actions, but worldliness begins as an attitude. A concise definition of worldliness is a love for passing things.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“but the one who does the will of God lives forever.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts;”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“As 1 John 4:4 states, “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.” Second Chronicles 20:15 reminds us, “The battle is not yours but God’s.” Our Commander in Chief has won the war. Christ defeated the enemy at the cross. We fight a defeated foe. Power comes from the Lord, not our own ingenuity or methods. Of course, we are not inactive. Scripture commands us to stand and resist the enemy.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Ephesians 6:10 introduces the first prong of this battle plan: Our only true resource in the struggle against the powers of darkness is the Lord’s power. “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Ephesians 6:10-20 is the classic New Testament text on spiritual warfare. We could call it the believer’s field manual for spiritual warfare.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“Satan and that man is still man even after 1000 years of the righteous, benevolent rule of Christ on earth. Even under the most ideal circumstances imaginable, man is still totally depraved and in desperate need of a new heart by the regeneration of the Spirit of God.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“When Satan is released for a brief time at the end of the millennium, his 1000-year prison sentence has not reformed his character. He has not changed. And mankind has not changed either.”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“One of the most amazing commentaries on the fallen human nature to be found in all the Word of God is right here in this passage. After one thousand years of a perfect environment, with an abundance of material possessions and spiritual instruction for everyone, no crime, no war, no external temptation to sin, with the personal presence of all the resurrected saints and even Christ Himself, and with Satan and all his demons bound in the abyss, there are still a multitude of unsaved men and women on earth who are ready to rebel against the Lord the first time they get a chance.2”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

“When the late Dr. Chafer (founder of Dallas Theological Seminary) was once asked why God loosed Satan after he once had him bound, he replied, “If you will tell me why God let him loose in the first place, I will tell you why God lets him loose the second time.” Apparently Satan is released at the end of the Millennium to reveal that the ideal conditions of the kingdom under the personal reign of Christ do not change the human heart. This reveals the enormity of the enmity of man against God. Scripture is accurate when it describes the heart as “desperately wicked” and incurably so. Man is totally depraved. The loosing of Satan at the end of the 1,000 years proves it.1”
― Mark Hitchcock, 101 Answers to Questions About Satan, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare