SAMPLE OF ASSIGNMENT
Antonian College Prepatory High School
TOPIC: more than 1 word
A Synthetic Study of a Theme
An Outline
Presented to
Mrs. Krystalyn T. Wylie
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course
Theology III Sacred Scripture
by
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I.
Satan is recognizable in many signs.(NO VERSE BECAUSE THERE IS A TIER BELOW)
A. Satan is known by a multitude of names that indicate his now wicked nature. (NO
VERSE BECAUSE THERE IS A TIER BELOW)
1. Satan is called Be-el’sebul, the prince of demons (Matt.12: 24). (VERSES BECAUSE
NO TIER BELOW)
2. Satan is called the enemy (Matthew 13:39).
3. Satan is called the Devil, great dragon, and ancient serpent (Rev.12: 9)
4. Satan is a prowling Lion (1Pet.5:8).
B. Satan was not always evil (Luke 10:18).
C. Satan has perverted the powers of his original good nature granted him by God.
1. Satan is unnatural, for he perverts the use of the natural world (Matt.11: 18).
2. Satan’s powers are his punishment, the powers and pains of hell (Jas. 2:19).
3. Satan has the power of death (Heb.2: 14)
D. Satan refuses to submit to God’s authority (2 John 1:7).
E. Satan pretends to be God while being in fact the opposite of God.
1. Satan is limited (INCORRECT – NO PUNCTUATION)
a. Satan’s powers rely on a good to act evil upon (Matt. 8:31).
b. Satan knows the will of God, but does not understand it nor know how it will unfold
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(Luke 4:34).
Action or intent of author
Conclusion, predicate
Verse
c. Satan bends natural reason, but not supernatural wisdom (Jas.3: 15)
d. Satan holds the powers of this age, but not the next (Heb.6: 5)
2. God is of life, Satan of death, (INCORRECT – WRONG PUNCTUATION)
a. Satan is a murderer (John.8: 44).
b. Satan’s powers are the powers of death (Matt.16: 18).
c. Satan lives in death, and draws men toward death (Luke.8: 27).
3. God is Truth, but Satan is a deceiver.
a. Satan is a liar and the father of lies (John.8: 44).
b. Satan is completely void of truth (John.8: 44).
c. Satan is a master of illusion (Luke.4: 5).
4. God is Good, Satan is evil (INCORRECT – NO PUNCTUATION)
a. Sin is of Satan (1John.3: 8).
b. Satan is identified by his works of evil (John.10: 21).
5. God is light, Satan is darkness (INCORRECT – NO PUNCTUATION)
a. Darkness is sign Satan’s presence (Eph.4: 18)
b. Satan’s power is that of darkness, which is the power to do evil (Luke.22: 53).
c. Satan’s realm is darkness and evil (John.3: 19)
d. Satan’s way is murderous hatred which cannot bear righteous deeds and so seeks to
consume them with his darkness (1John.3: 12).
6. God is goodness and peace, Satan’s abode is that of foulness and hatred (Rev.18: 2).
7. God is Love, and Satan is hatred (1John.2: 9).
F. Satan’s followers are recognized by the same signs. INCORRECT FORMAT: NO
VERSE
II. Satan is at War with God.
A. Satan is an enemy of all righteousness (Acts.13: 10)
B. Satan desires the glory and worship due to God. (Matt.4: 9)
C. God cannot have anything to do with Satan
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God and Satan have mutually exclusive camps (1Cor.10: 21)
One cannot walk with both God and Satan (1 John.1: 6)
Satan’s war puts the kingdom of earth against the Kingdom of Heaven
All that is not of God is ruled by Satan (1John.5: 19)
Satan cooperates with other evils so his kingdom may conquer the kingdom of heaven
(Matt.12: 26).
3. Satan seeks to accuse men of their Sin, whereas Christ seeks to save men from their Sin
(Rev.12: 10).
E. Satan attempts to thwart good plans of God’s people (1Thes.2: 18).
F. Satan is aware that God will win, and he is headed for death and torment(Matt.8:29).
G. God allows Satan to act for his glory
1. The goodness of God can be discovered by enduring the yoke of Satan(1Tim.1:20).
2. Satan is used by God to test and purify his people (Rev.2: 10).
3. Satan’s designs are used for God’s glory (2Cor.12: 7)
4. God uses Satan’s attempts to destroy man to save man (1Cor.5: 5).
5. God can use man to crush Satan (Rom.16: 20).
H. Satan’s artillery is perverted goodness
1. Satan will use miraculous signs to assemble an army against God (Rev.16: 14)
2. Satan uses men in his attack against God (Matt.16: 23).
3. Satan desires man to share the same unnatural end that he is condemned to (Luke.8: 29).
4. Satan wants worship taken from God at any cost (Matt.4: 9).
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Satan’s attack against God manifests in attacks against Christians (Eph.6: 12).
J.
Satan knows God is using him and seeks to use that against God (Luke.22:31).
K. Satan dwells among those who serve him, seeking to crush the faithful (Rev.2: 13).
III. Satan has many tactics to ensnare mankind
A. Satan never stops seeking to snare souls from God (1Pet.5: 8)
B. Satan snares people in order that they may do his will, not God’s. (2Tim.2: 26).
C. Satan begins by subtle influences
1. Satan’s power lies in suggestion (John.13: 2).
2. Satan will offer a secret knowledge, knowledge that is hidden in darkness (Rev.2: 24).
3. Satan uses deceitful spirits and doctrines to snare people (1Tim.4: 1).
4. Satan will play upon your weaknesses (1Cor.7: 5).
5. Satan uses the appearance of good to work evil
a. Satan will attempt to appear godly in order to snare men (2Cor.11: 14).
b. Satan manipulates scripture (Matt.4: 6).
c. Satan uses earthly goods to tempt man. (Matt.4: 8).
D. A. Satan influences those who are not vigilant in practicing good.
1. Satan will claim and destroy any good left unguarded (Matt.13: 38).
2. Satan will use the company one keeps to influence man (2Cor.6: 14).
E.
If influences are accepted, man opens himself up to possession
1. Possession by Satan requires some consent of human will
a. Satan enters those who are open and prepared to receive him (Luke.22: 3).
b. Satan enters those who accept his council (John.13: 27).
2. Possession by Satan results in violence and fear (Matt. 8:28).
3. Possession is a powerful tool of Satan to pervert man’s nature
a. Satan keeps those he possesses in bondage (Matt.9: 33).
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b. Satan prevents those he possess from being what they should be (Matt.12: 22).
F.
If influences are rejected, man is subject to temptation
2. Satan will try every means to tempt someone (Luke.4: 13).
3. Satan is willing to wait for the right moment to tempt someone (Luke.4: 13)
4. Satan tempts the righteous.
a. Satan is acutely aware of the presence of righteousness (Matt. 8:29).
b. Where the good are, there Satan will try to be to destroy them (Matt.13: 39).
G. Satan attacks when you are unaware (Mark.14: 38).
H. Man does not need to be aware of Satan’s plans to be a part of them
1. Those who do not act righteously or who do not love are of Satan (1John.3: 10).
2. Not honoring God gives one into the power of darkness, which is Satan (Rom.1: 21)
4. To be in a state of unforgiveness is to be with Satan. (Acts.26: 18)
6. Those not in the habit of practicing virtue may be snared by Satan (1Tim.3: 7).
7. If one does not act for God, then he necessarily acts for Satan(1Cor.10: 20).
I. Satan uses one’s own tongue to snare a person (Jas.3: 6).
J. Satan knows that God has won, and so fiercely works to snatch any soul(Rev.12: 12).
IV. Satan can and must be resisted.
A. Satan is responsible for evil, but requires our willing participation (Acts.5: 3).
B. Knowing who Christ is not enough to keep man from Satan.
1. Even Satan knows and fears Who and What God is (Jas.2: 19
2. Satan can recognize Christ better than men (Luke.4: 41).
C. Being a part of Christ is the only way to resist the destruction of Satan.
1. Christ came to destroy works of Satan(1John.3: 8).
2. Satan may not touch those who keep Christ within, for Christ keeps them (1John.5: 18).
3. Satan is overcome by those who speak the name of Jesus (Luke.10: 17).
D. Resisting Satan requires constant vigilance.
1. Satan will take any opportunity to snare a soul.
a. Satan must not be allowed an opportunity to influence man (Eph.4: 27).
b. Satan has power to destroy both body and soul, and so should be avoided at all costs
(Matt.10: 28).
2. Man must be careful in selecting the company he keeps, that Satan may not find a
foothold (2Cor.6: 14).
3. Even in speech God must be thought of first, for otherwise Satan will entrap you with
words that you do not understand (Jude.1: 9).
4. Resisting Satan requires preemptive measures (Eph.6: 11).
H. The works of God nullify the works of Satan.
1. Forgiveness prevents Satan from accomplishing his plans (2Cor.2: 11).
2. Truth will set men free from Satan’s snares (2Tim.2: 26).
3. Satan is rendered powerless in the face of faith (Eph.6: 16)
4. Submitting to God rather than Satan will cause Satan to leave (Jas.4: 7).
I. There is no power Satan has that God cannot undo (Mark.16: 9).
V. Satan is already defeated.
A. Christ has already won in himself the battle against Satan (Col.2: 15).
B. Satan will suffer his defeat in the end, along with all those who submitted to
him(Rev.20:10).
C. Satan’s final destination is eternal fire (Matt.25: 41).
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D. Love conquers Satan.
1. Satan not powerful enough to separate man from the love of God (Rom.8: 38).
2. In the end the followers of Satan must acknowledge God and his saving love (Rev.3: 9).
To sin is to be with Satan (1John.3: 8).
2. Deception is a primary witness to the children of Satan
a. Hypocrites are children of Satan (Matt.23: 15).
b. Those who speak lies are children of Satan (John.10: 20)
c. Satan’s power is seen in those pretending to be that which they are not – pretending to
be good. (2Thes.2: 9)
3. The children of Satan are recognized by their works
a. Those who belong to Satan will masquerade as being of God, but are revealed by their
works (Rev.2: 9).
b. Those who do not act righteously or who do not love are of Satan (1John.3: 10).
c. Works of darkness are the works of Satan (Rom.13: 12)
4. Those under the power of Satan are in darkness (1John.2: 11).