There are those that don’t believe in Satan, of which, it could be said, that when we see all of the violence, hatred, incivility, and harm that humankind imposes upon its own, we have to admit, that if Satan does not exist, then humankind simply is far too often on its own, and by its volition, very wicked and exceedingly bad. Rather, it would be better to admit that there are forces, that pull against our consciousness and sound mind, of which, those forces are best broken down into two main components, one that is good, and the other that is evil. It is that evil force, that has much in common to what Satan so represents, of which what Satan represents, is essentially all that which is in conflict with the goodness of love, compassion, justice, and understanding. That is to say, Satan gets its renewed strength, only through our bad behavior, of which, in order to encourage such bad behavior, Satan tempts us, again and again, so as to trick us, and thus have us then march to the beat of Satan’s desires, which pleases Satan, to no end.
Indeed, in order to weaken Satan, we must make it our point to stand strong and in harmony with all of the good attributes of God, which is signified by our thoughts and actions so demonstrated in our relationships, one to another, in which, those that are forgiving, patient, long-suffering, generous, and considerate, are demonstrating through their behavior the very traits that make them to have the spirit of good, and that which is good, cannot be overcome by that which is evil, ever. Those then, that were once good, but somehow have surrendered to evil, have done so, not because evil is more powerful than good, but rather because they have permitted themselves to become exploited in a way and manner, in which a character weakness has thereby allowed Satan to exert its baleful influence upon them.
Satan does exist, and it is important for us, to understand that, because those that blithely believe that all is well, and that therefore they need not lock their doors at night, or even to lock their mind against the wiles of bad people, are going to be susceptible to being exploited through an entryway that has not been properly and prudently guarded. Indeed, those that are habitually bad, are only of limited value to Satan, because they are pretty much known by all others as also being bad and hence are avoided by good people– rather, Satan has his eyes upon those of influence, power, respect, ambition, and intelligence, because it is in those that are successful and well-positioned, that Satan knows can be of immense value if they are thus turned to evil ways and evil acts, in which, Satan recognizes that the best way to break down a person of virtue is to first have that person perform acts of relatively minor sinfulness, wrong, and error. It is through those little sinful acts, that big sinful acts can soon follow, and unless we are diligent about always being strong for that which represents good and righteousness, we will have failed to weaken Satan, but instead will have strengthened him.