How To Stay Off Satan's Radar - Wednesday Bible Study 02/11/2026 - Pastor Bob Gray II

·46 min·4 clips

Pastor Gray reveals the one lesson from Job that can keep you off Satan's radar and transform your life.

Pastor Bob Gray II opens the episode by promoting the church's YouTube members-only section before transitioning into the sermon. He introduces the lesson from Job chapter 1, where Satan did not consider Job due to a protective hedge from God. Gray emphasizes that this hedge represents God's blessing and protection. He then shifts to the New Testament, examining 1 Peter 5:8-9 in detail. The pastor explains that 'be sober' means staying alert and clear-headed, while 'be vigilant' involves actively scanning for spiritual threats. Gray describes Satan as an adversary who litigates against believers by reminding them of past sins, not possessing them. He uses a personal anecdote about running in Mexico City to illustrate the folly of confronting Satan alone. The sermon connects Job's experience to modern life, stating that Satan walks purposefully like Aristotle, seeking vulnerabilities. Gray highlights that afflictions are inevitable, but how believers handle them determines if Satan targets them. He references Job's integrity after losing his family and wealth, showing that Job remained off Satan's radar by maintaining faith. The pastor advises resisting Satan steadfastly in faith, using the analogy of a football lineman focusing on an opponent. Practical steps include humbling oneself under God's hand and casting all cares on Him, as stated in 1 Peter 5:6-7 and Psalm 55:22. Gray warns that holding onto burdens makes believers self-absorbed and vulnerable to Satan's mediation between the world and their flesh. He concludes by urging listeners to immediately give problems to God, as Job did with sacrifices for his children, to avoid Satan's attention.

As heard by us

A direct sermon on spiritual vulnerability, vigilance, and the world's substitutes when God is not enough.

Pastor Bob Gray frames the sermon around Satan as a purposeful threat, a roaring lion moving toward weakness rather than drifting at random. The strongest stretch uses Aristotle's reported habit of walking while teaching as a picture of spiritual alertness, then draws that image…

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Press play when you want a sermon that makes spiritual vigilance feel immediate and personal.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Emmanuel Baptist Church of Longview