many become willing sheep for false shepherds to lead astray. In the process they send millions of dollars of the Lord’s money to support unworthy causes. Fourth, Satan attacks God’s people by hindering their service to Him. He opposes every faithful life and every effective ministry. He opposed Paul’s work in Ephesus through “many adversaries” (1 Cor. 16:9) and even gave the apostle “a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet [him]” (2 Cor. 12:7), and hindered his plans for Thessalonica
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