Quoteworthy: Resist Satan

"Satan will seek to bring about a Christian's fall through the things of "the world" or "the flesh"; and Christians are specifically warned, in no uncertain terms to resist such efforts by Satan. 

And there is a revealed way in which Christians are to resist Satan:

"Whom [Satan] resist steadfast [stand 'firm,' 'unmoveable'] in the faith..." (1 Peter 5:9)

The expression, "the faith," in passages of this nature has a peculiar reference to the Word of the Kingdom (cf Luke 18:8, 2 Tim 4:7; Jude 3). Christians, in this respect, are to steadfastly resist Satan's efforts to bring about their fall through worldly or fleshly means by keeping their eyes, their attention, their thoughts, unmovably fixed on the things surrounding the coming kingdom of Christ.

In the words of Heb 12:1,2, Christians are to look "from, unto Jesus" (literal translation).  That is, they are to look from the surrounding things in this present world unto Jesus.  They are to take their eyes off the things of this world and keep them fixed upon Christ.  And looking unto Christ cannot be separated from looking into the kingdom of Christ (Dan 2:34, 35, 44, 55). Within a completely Scriptural framework, a person cannot look unto One (Christ) apart from looking unto the Other (the kingdom of Christ) at the same time.

Keeping one's eyes continuousy fixed on Christ and His coming kingdom will take care of the things of this world."

From Redeemed for a Purpose by Arlen Chitwood.