Is it bibical to say Adam gave dominion of this world to the devil?
The devil is the father of lies-how could he have been telling Jesus the truth about kingdoms of the world?
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I once explained to a cousin that Satan is a god and he accused me of showing Satan too much respect. I guess if you aren't haranguing with bloodshot eyes and red in the face and yelling condemnations against the Devil when discussing him you will be considered suspect. I just had one of my explanations about that abominable beast sarcastically tagged as being friendly.
Is it bibical to say Adam gave dominion of this world to the devil?
The devil is the father of lies-how could he have been telling Jesus the truth about kingdoms of the world?
Mark 1: 24 Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue: 24“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God!”
Acts 16:17 ►
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She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."
1 John 5:19 ►
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We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
Being Father of the lie does not mean that he or his cronies are forced to speak lies at a all times. Please notice that the demons correctly identified Jesus as the Son of God and his apostles as servants of a God whom they correctly describe as the Most High.
Additionally we have scriptures which corroborate that he indeed was speaking the truth about his power [temporary] over this world.
The story about Satan and demons being desperately angry at us because they are hopelessly heading to eternal lake of fire, is a very terrible. In that story demons are trying to drag us into evilness because they are hopeless, because they cannot get to Heaven anymore, because there is nothing else to do. This is a false picture, which makes God look to be a monster who decided to burn Satan and his angels for eternity and gave them a little time to drag people with them. The reality is, Satan and demons surely do hate us and tries to drag us into sin, but not because they are hopeless and has nothing else to do. The reason they hate us is because it is their core nature, they love to hate, they love to destroy, to kill, to create chaos, pain and suffering.
Speaking about the devil lying, the video on Youtube where John Ramirez says the devil told him wearing a halloween costume changes spiritual identity and that is why he wants Christians to dress up-do you believe that is true?
What is your view on Christians claiming the devil is jealous of our salvation. That is an irrelevant mystery to me. If that's the case, why would he want Jesus to worship him? Somebody on Youtube told me this.
To me that seems blasphemous-God's forgiveness is a privilege not a right.
Leviticus 19:31 ESV
“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 22:18 ESV
“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
Genesis 3:15 ►
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
Revelation 12:12 ►
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Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."
John 8:44 ►
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You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth,....
Proverbs 9:10 ►
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Dressing up as demons or devils, witches, sorcerers, might indeed be taken as an invitation for demon possession involving the transformation of the person's personality. Also, a Christian is expected to find such things repulsive as their heavenly Father does.
So going along with that custom is incompatible with Christianity.
Here is some backround info on Halloween:
THE TRUTH ABOUT HALLOWEEN
Is the Devil Jealous?
Well, he doesn't want to die but is scheduled to and can't do anything about it. Does he feel glad that others will continue living as after he is obliterated? No, he doesn't. Does he know that others who join him will share his fate? Yes he does.
Does he still try to convince then to join him? The Bible tells us that he will continue to do so even after the thousand year reign of Christi's over. So obviously he wants others to share his disaster.
Does this mean that he is jealous of the way Christians are in a relationship with God? No because he considers Christian obedience to God foolish. Only jealousy is in reference to others being alive after he is dead.
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When considering angels one has to keep in mind that they were created above mankind in power and in intellectual abilities.
However, in order to maintain that status retention of holiness or respectful allegiance to our Heavenly Father was required.
Once rebellion set in holiness was lost and with it the intellectual abilities to behave rationally because creatures created in Gods image cannot go contrary to his will or behave disrespectfully without becoming foolish.
There is also evidence that some of these rebels have gone insane. That can be deduced from their insane behavior when they possess some people.
Screaming, growling, and rolling on the floor isn't what one might call sanity and if the human involved isn't responsible then the entity in control is and so deserves the classification of insane.
Only God reads minds. How does wearing certain clothes invite demons to change personality-do they know the intent of the person? I can elaborate that question if I am not making sense.
I heard in church demons cannot inhabit a Christian, btw.
How do people know what demons look like-some speculate they still look like angels.
I don't even want to fill my mind with such unhealthy information. God didn't include that in the bible because he wants his children to focus on things of Him.
Proverbs 27:11 ►
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Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
So why does anyone even want to think there is a supernatural being such as a Satan that can never die and would have to be immortal if he was equal unto the angels and still lives after 6,000 years, when Luke says those that obtain resurrection Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels
...this because God alone is the source of all life, and those who are separated from Him are separated from life?
Ive read “satan” is just a generic term for an adversarial role. " Is that bibical?
Yes, it's important. Yes, it's right to believe he exists. Because Jesus said he exists. Because it's scripture. Because Michael and the host of heaven fight him in Revelation 12:7-11, where he is mentioned by name in Revelation 12:9, along with all his other known names; the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan.Is it really important that we all believe in Satan? Isnt the belief in God/Jesus the only requirement for Salvation? I AM the Lord and besides Me there is no other. The Lord our God is One.. Is it right to believe that this other person/god exists?
Well, if you feel that dressing up as Satan, a demon a witch or a sorcerer doesn't invite the Devil to take happy notice then I guess we will have to simply agree to disagree.
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True, God protects Christians, but Christians are expected to make his heart rejoice by being respectfully prudent and not take matters that he considers very serious for entertainment purposes.
Once we start doing the opposite, then we are taking his protection promise for granted and might just remove ourselves unwittingly from under its cover just as Israel repeatedly did and suffered the dire consequences..
It is Hebrew...Shin Tet Nun
I wasn't disagreeing with you. The issue is this.
How do you know what satan/demons really look like? Do evil spirits read minds to know our intent that we dress up as them-I heard only God read minds? It's possible the enemy doesn't look the way he is commonly portrayed, but it doesn't matter. Speculating on that issue is not profitable for a Christian.
Do you believe a Christian can be demonized? Somebody on Youtube told me these verses in a discussion about it. Matthew 12:43-45 and
2 Peter 2:20-22.
2 Peter 2:20-22New International Version (NIV)
20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning)' 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit, and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”
Psalm 91: 9For you have made the LORD, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. 10No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. 11For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.…
2 Corinthians 2:11 ►
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in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes
The scripture you re referring to is in relation to people who have either become Christians and then for some reason, either persecution, succumbing to temptation, turned back to the world.
Before they might have been sinning out of ignorance. But once they gain accurate knowledge then their sinning is no longer based on ignorance so they are worse off than they had been prior to learning the truth. If such a person had been under demonic attack prior to becoming a Christian then that persons risks coming under attack again with a vengeance.
Christians on the other hand don't have to walk around in fear of being Satanically possessed or molested. We have the greatest power I the universe on our side and nothing can overcame that power.
One can't lose something that one has never had.
Jesus said that salvation requires standing firm or endurance:Wasn't he one of the apostles doing miracles?
1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable
1 Timothy 1:19
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
The scripture you re referring to is in relation to people who have either become Christians and then for some reason, either persecution, succumbing to temptation, turned back to the world.
Before they might have been sinning out of ignorance. But once they gain accurate knowledge then their sinning is no longer based on ignorance so they are worse off than they had been prior to learning the truth. If such a person had been under demonic attack prior to becoming a Christian then that persons risks coming under attack again with a vengeance.
Christians on the other hand don't have to walk around in fear of being Satanically possessed or molested. We have the greatest power I the universe on our side and nothing can overcame that power.
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Knowing what Satan or his demons look like isn't important. It's knowing their schemes that is essential in order to protect ourselves.
Jesus said that salvation requires standing firm or endurance:
Judas was not the only one that Satan used so masterfully. What about Peter? When Jesus rebuked him saying, "Get thee behind me, Satan" (Matthew 16:23). Whether Satan entered in or not, he turned Peter so masterfully that Jesus had to address the devil as if Peter was not even there. Does that mean that Peter was not Jesus' disciple?
What about John 6:70? "Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?" This was a future prophecy not yet fulfilled at that time but recorded in the present tense as was Isaiah 9:6 ("For unto us a child is born ..."). Compare also the terminology in Psalm 41:9 which refers to Jesus and Judas one thousand years later-spoken in the present tense.
In Matthew 17:22-23 Jesus foretells His betrayal. Verse 23 gives the disciples' response, "And they were exceeding sorry." Judas was exceeding sorry. He apparently did not know he would be the one to betray Jesus.
Judas was called, commissioned, chosen, and ordained an apostle of Christ by our Lord Himself. He preached repentance, healed the sick, cast out devils, and had the treasury bag. John 4:2 says he baptized others. Mark 9:35-41 says he belonged to Jesus. Note especially verse 35, "the twelve," and verse 41, "because ye belong to Christ." He believed on Jesus (John 2:11). John 12:4 says, "Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him." Both statements in this verse are true. He was a disciple who also then betrayed his Lord, became a devil (John 6:70), a thief (John 12:6), a murderer, and a traitor (someone who once belonged to a person or a cause but betrayed the cause). You can't betray what you never pledged allegiance to. Through covetousness he was drowned in destruction and perdition (1 Timothy 6:9-10), and through transgression he fell (Acts 1:25). He became lost and the son of perdition (John 17:12), and went to his own place (hell), whereas before his fall he was destined to go to heaven.
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