Darkness represents that which is evil, hence men love darkness, &c. There is the darkness of ignorance, the darkness of misery, and the darkness of sin.
1. Subtle power. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast" (Gen 3:1).
2. Blighting power. "Behold all that he hath is in thy power" (Job 1:12). "Satan smote Job with sore boils" (Job 2:7).
3. Accusing power. "Doth Job fear God for nought?" (Job 1:9).
4. Resisting power. "Satan standing at his right hand to resist him" (Zec 3:1).
5. Constraining power. "Satan provoked David to number Israel" (1Ch 21:1).
6. Opposing power. "Get thee behind Me, Satan" (Mar 8:33).
7. Binding power. "Satan hath bound these eighteen years" (Luk 13:16).
8. Sifting power. "Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat" (Luk 22:31).
9. Robbing power. "Then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts" (Luk 8:12).
10. Lying power. "Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?" (Act 5:3).
11. Hindering power. "We would have come…Satan hindered us" (1Th 2:18).
12. Persecuting power. "The messenger of Satan to buffet me" (2Cr 12:7).
13. Destructive power. "Then entered Satan into Judas" (Luk 22:3).