LIKE a Roaring Lion by Brian Goslee In Peter’s first letter in the New Testament, he encourages the readers (originally, the Christians in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia) to be watchful and to resist our enemy, the devil. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory..