The Authority Of Darkness

Luke 22:53 When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me.
But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness.

To examine how darkness exercises authority over the sons of men;
One clear point is that the scriptures must be fulfilled.
1 Corinthians 15:
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day
according to the Scriptures.

Satan claims authority that was delivered to him.
Luke 4:
5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all
the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said to Him, All this authority I will give You, and their
glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.

How did Satan obtain this authority?

John 19:
10 Then Pilate said to Him, Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have
authority to crucify You or to release You?
11 Jesus answered, You could have no authority at all against Me unless it had been
given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.

John 9:
39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not
see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him,
Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say,
‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth He has
given to the children of men.

Minister Monardo said:

6 And the devil said to Him, All this authority I will give You, and their
glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

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Shrewd Manager said:

via Adam and Eve

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And yet, He obtained permission to come against Job. He apparently obtained similar authorization
for Peter.
Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that
he may sift you as wheat.

Now satan's authority is overcome by the Name of Yeshua. "resist the devil, and he will flee".
That is super abounding Grace that cannot be circumvented.
For "greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world".

Shrewd Manager said:

A gift of God, indirectly via Adam and Eve.

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I am not convinced that what satan attained by deceit is the Grace of God.
John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

I accept the abundant life of Christ to be the Grace of God.
The work of the enemy is rebellion against God.
I realize you have your own views, but mine does not consider those that oppose
God to be acting in Grace.

Shrewd Manager said:

You don't think God knew that satan would snatch the gift God had given to man like candy from a baby? It was part of the plan.

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Yes, it really has occurred to me that God has a plan.
Proverbs 16:4 The Lord has made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Shrewd Manager said:

I agree. What I was at pains to suggest is that satan is a recipient of Grace, not that he is acting in Grace. But he plays his part, sifting here, testing there, as an instrument of last resort:

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Everything that God planned for through foreknowledge is not Grace. God's Grace is His Work
that overcomes the work of rebellion, which earns the wages of sin.
The work of Satan is not Grace, it is rebellion that earns the wages of sin=Death.
Romans 4:4 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

It is as if you have completely misread the epistle to the Romans.
Romans 9:
21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel
for honor and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy,
which He had prepared beforehand for glory.

The source of your error will soon be made clear.
John 3:
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.

Shrewd Manager said:

I have decided to turn such a person over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. (1 Cor 5:5)

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Hey, Now you are getting somewhere! Grace is the saving of the Spirit.
Romans 8:8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
The Grace of God is His Spirit testifying to our spirit.
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

The Universalist Doctrine is a Carnal belief that everything born of flesh deserves eternal life
from a merciful and loving God. The Preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ awakens the spirit
of the vessels of mercy, they are born again. The vessels of wrath do not receive the Gospel of
Grace. Jesus said so, and said why.
John 3:
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest
his deeds should be exposed.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen,
that they have been done in God.

The Spirit asks "will you allow your deeds to be exposed? Will you confess your sin?"
John 16:8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness,
and of judgment.