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The Screwtape Letters: An Analysis

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If you were to acquire your enemy’s playbook, would you utilize it for your advantage? I am not referring to a sports team or a nation; I am discussing the playbook of Satan. 1 Peter 5:8 warns us to, “be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” James exhorts submission to God and resistance to the devil. Christians have a choice either to resist temptation or to succumb to temptation. If we resist temptation, we will submit ourselves to God but if we succumb to temptation, we will fall for lies. Therefore, the Christian’s choice determines whether he will submit to God or fall for the lion’s lies. Knowing our adversary’s attacks allows us to be aware of his subtle deceptions. If you know your enemy’s playbook, you will be better equipped when he attacks. C.S Lewis’s book “The Screwtape Letters” offers us a peek into our enemy’s playbook by presenting a demon named Screwtape as he composes letters to his nephew Wormwood on how to …show more content…

Either we will be able to receive our enemy’s playbook or we will not be able to receive our enemy’s playbook. If we are to receive our enemy’s playbook, we will be better equipped to defend ourselves; but if we do not receive it, we will not be able to defend ourselves. C.S Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” gives us an opportunity to understand our enemy’s playbook and thus matters to all people because after reading it, the reader is better equipped to defend themselves. Although the book is valuable, it is important to have faith and trust in God. You cannot defeat the enemy without God’s help but the enemy’s playbook allows the reader to fathom Satan’s demonic

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