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<blockquote data-quote="Chriliman" data-source="post: 68255244" data-attributes="member: 376990"><p>Job 1:6–12</p><p>"One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.</p><p></p><p>The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” </p><p></p><p>Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” </p><p></p><p>“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. </p><p></p><p>“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”</p><p></p><p>The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord."</p><p></p><p>It's important to believe that God would not put satan in the Bible by accident. Satan is there for a purpose. There is also no way to know for sure if satan is a real spiritual being or just a figment of the human mind. The Bible clearly depicts satan as a spiritual being able to move about the earth and deceive. If you discount this and say satan is not or was not a real spiritual being, you risk claiming the Bible contains lies and therefore cannot be trusted. </p><p></p><p>The Bible can be trusted, simply because all scripture is God breathed.</p><p></p><p>I do believe at this point in time satan is rendered powerless because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, but this does not mean evil within man isn't capable of attacking the truth of God. From God's perspective evil is done and gone, but through Jesus Christ He is teaching his truth to us so that we humans may also be completely free of evil as well. </p><p></p><p>All Christians at some point in their faith believed that satan was a real spiritual being and its very important to believe this in order to realize he has no power over you if you believe in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which guarantees your salvation. </p><p></p><p>God knows His enemies extremely well and has completely outsmarted His enemies. God also tells us to love our enemies. He wouldn't tell us that if He didn't love His enemies as well. We are the enemy of God, which is why He sacrificed His son for us, because He loves us.</p><p></p><p>Evil will suffer for eternity, so that those who believe in Jesus can live and rejoice for ever and ever. </p><p></p><p>Revelation 20:10</p><p>"And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chriliman, post: 68255244, member: 376990"] Job 1:6–12 "One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord." It's important to believe that God would not put satan in the Bible by accident. Satan is there for a purpose. There is also no way to know for sure if satan is a real spiritual being or just a figment of the human mind. The Bible clearly depicts satan as a spiritual being able to move about the earth and deceive. If you discount this and say satan is not or was not a real spiritual being, you risk claiming the Bible contains lies and therefore cannot be trusted. The Bible can be trusted, simply because all scripture is God breathed. I do believe at this point in time satan is rendered powerless because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, but this does not mean evil within man isn't capable of attacking the truth of God. From God's perspective evil is done and gone, but through Jesus Christ He is teaching his truth to us so that we humans may also be completely free of evil as well. All Christians at some point in their faith believed that satan was a real spiritual being and its very important to believe this in order to realize he has no power over you if you believe in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which guarantees your salvation. God knows His enemies extremely well and has completely outsmarted His enemies. God also tells us to love our enemies. He wouldn't tell us that if He didn't love His enemies as well. We are the enemy of God, which is why He sacrificed His son for us, because He loves us. Evil will suffer for eternity, so that those who believe in Jesus can live and rejoice for ever and ever. Revelation 20:10 "And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever." [/QUOTE]
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