As soon as Jesus was told that He was the Son of God at His baptism, Mark says that “The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.  And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan.” (1:12-13) A strange and rather inauspicious way to begin one’s ministry!  And what about this “Satan” business?  Dr.  David Read of New York tells of the old Scottish lady who remarked about her minister: “It’s such a comfort to have a preacher who believes in a personal devil.” But I thought that our salvation depended upon our faith in Christ, not our faith in the Devil.  What about this Satan business, anyway? 

I. HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE.  I DO NOT KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT SATAN AS SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO.  A popular paperback says that “Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth” (Hal Lindsey an…