Satan is the ultimate narcissist, his desire for self glory took him to a place of total denial of anyone but himself. When he could not win against God he determined to take as many angels and humans with him who would hate God too!
Did he think for one moment what would happen to the legions that followed him, no and it didn't matter to him as long as he had a following. The angels that now follow Satan are now devils and will be going to hell for eternity.
This is how narcissists react to the strong person who will not be moved by their antics. When the narcissist cannot control us they will attempt to manipulate how others view us. They will enlist others by their gossip and false accusations. The same thing the devil did with the legions of angels who followed him. It didn't matter to the devil what the consequences would be, in fact he very likely thought he could win against God with his armies of created beings.
Their hatred and antics have no boundaries. They cannot tolerate believers who stand by the Word of God. They will accuse the believers of things the narcissist is doing and the believer is not. They will use half truths and out and out lies to diminish the witness and resolve of the born again believer.
Revelation 12:9-11
"9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even [b]when faced with death."
The brethren "overcame" because of the blood of the Lamb", not that the brethren were now more comfortable in their sin, but that they now had the power to overcome the devil and his angels by the power of Christ.
Satan is the accuser of the brethren. He continually goes to the throne of heaven to accuse those who belong to Christ. Satan is the monstrous liar who will do the very things he accuses others of doing.
The devil will even attempt to make believers think they were wrong in doing what was right in God's eyes. He will sling accusations such as "your judging", or "your mean spirited", when we speak of God's standards and truths.
This is the tactic of the narcissist, the narcissist is controlled by the devil. When the narcissist thinks they have an accusation against someone that is only their own idea, it will be coming from the father of lies, the devil.
When we know our enemy and his tactics we can remain joyful and powerful as Christ works in us to thwart the devil's plans.
1 John 3:8
"the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil."
Hebrews 2:14-15
"Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives."
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