1. 1 Pet. 5:8-9

2. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour”

3. “Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 1 Pet.5:8-9

4. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” Calmness of mind, Mental Self Control 1 Pet.5:8-9

5. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” WatchfulAlert 1 Pet.5:8-9

6. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” An opponent Your enemy 1 Pet.5:8-9

7. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” Makes false charges Opposed to man 1 Pet.5:8-9

8. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” Job 1:7 2:2 “to and fro” Out looking for us 1 Pet.5:8-9

9. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” Stalks Intimidate and frighten 1 Pet.5:8-9

10. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” Persistence On the prowl 1 Pet.5:8-9

11. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” To gulp down - swallow To destroy 1 Pet.5:8-9

12. I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch SmallSlowSickly 1 Pet.5:8-9

13. I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch Stragglers SleepingInjured 1 Pet.5:8-9

14. I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch Small New Christians “Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby” 1 Pet. 2:1-2 1 Pet.5:8-9

15. Slow Misled by false doctrine “by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe” Heb. 5:12-13 1 Pet.5:8-9 I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch

16. Sickly Spiritually Weak “if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died” Rom. 14:15 1 Pet.5:8-9 I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch

17. Stragglers Wander away “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Gal. 6:1-2 1 Pet.5:8-9 I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch

18. Sleepers See no danger in sin “let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” 1 Cor. 10:12 1 Pet.5:8-9 I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch

19. Sleepers See no danger in sin “And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.” Rom. 13:11 1 Pet.5:8-9 I. How the Lion Gets His Lunch

20. II. How to Avoid the Lion’s Mouth “Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 1 Pet.5:8-9

21. 1. RESIST 1. RESIST = stand against - withstand “antihistemi” Jas. 4:7 “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” 1 Pet.5:8-9 II. How to Avoid the Lion’s Mouth

22. 2. RESIST STEDFASTLY  No half hearted resistance  Satan is strong  Eph. 6:11 = wiles of devil - craft  Matt. 26:41 1 Pet.5:8-9 II. How to Avoid the Lion’s Mouth

23. 3. STEDFAST “IN THE FAITH”  Faith is revealed truth  Jude 3 “once for all delivered”  “Thus says the Lord” 2 Tim.3:16 1 Pet.5:8-9 II. How to Avoid the Lion’s Mouth

24. III. TWO EXAMPLES  Job 1 & 2 “walking to and fro”  Tried to get Job to sin  Job 1:22 “sinned not”  Job 2:10 “Job did not sin” Job 1 Pet.5:8-9

25.  Luke 22:31 “sift you as wheat” “sift” = riddled “sift” = riddled  Why did Satan want Peter?  The Devil Failed to get Peter Peter 1 Pet.5:8-9 III. TWO EXAMPLES

26. Why be Concerned ? We are the Lambs 1 Cor. 10:12 1 Cor. 10:12 “take heed” 1 Pet.5:8-9

27. HearJohn 12:48HearJohn 12:48 BelieveJohn 8:24BelieveJohn 8:24 RepentLuke 13:3RepentLuke 13:3 ConfessMatt. 10:32-33ConfessMatt. 10:32-33 BaptizedMark 16:16BaptizedMark 16:16 FaithfulMatt. 24:13FaithfulMatt. 24:13