1. “14: And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15: Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Cor. 11).

2.  When we experience prosperity. 1. Deuteronomy 8: 11-14.

3.  When we are impoverished. 1. Proverbs 30: 8, 9.

4.  When we plan our giving. 1. Cp. I Cor. 16: 1, 2, I Tim. 3: 15.

5.  When we are happy. 1. Genesis 1, 2, cp. 3.

6.  When we are weak and weary. 1. Matthew 4: 2, 3.

7.  When the word rebukes us. 1. 2 Tim. 4: 2, cp. Jas. 1: 19.

8.  When we are mistreated. 1. Rom. 12: 17, 19-21.

9.  When week-in company visits. 1. Matthew 6: 33.

10.  When we acquire a little learning. 1. Rom. 1: 22, 21.

11.  When we suffer as a Christian. 1. I Pet. 4: 16.

12. The devil is an opportunist and plays by no rules. He seeks to destroy and cares nothing for those whom he uses (I Pet. 5: 8).