After reading just some of the biblical passages pertaining to the evil nature of Satan, we need to see just how successful he is in his evil desires.
Revelation 20:7-8 And when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be loosed out of his prison. And he will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of them is as the sand of the sea.
Satan will be bound during the Millennial Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. But, once again released to deceive we see that he is able to deceive the nations. This deception takes place while Jesus Christ is still reigning on earth! How could this be? Two things come to mind, Satan is far more deadly than we have thought him to be, and people are more easily deceived than they should be. They are still more attracted to the world than to the Savior of the world.
1 John 2:15-16 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, because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
God has continually warned us of following the desires of our own hearts, being attracted and distracted by the world, and the righteous judgment of God on all who love the world.
James 1:13-15 Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one. But each one is tempted by his lusts, being drawn away and seduced by them. Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin. And sin, when it is fully formed, brings forth death.
There are very dire, serious, eternal, and terrifying consequences for falling for Satan’s temptations. Eve was seduced and sin entered into the entire human race.
In what ways have you been seduced and deceived?