Re: Is Satan have equal authority as God?

On Aug 2, 9:48�am, All4One <jim_...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
God=Man
Satan=Man

Men created GOD and SATAN to control men. Without God and Satan, men
will destroy men and everything else in the way....compelete
anniliation of the human race!

jim

On Aug 1, 9:53 am, chery...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:



Satan have limitation.

A.  Satan is not self-existent. He is created.
· Satan rules a domain of demons, but he does not rule beyond the
bound of that confinement of rule which God has given him.
· Satan's chain stretches just so far and as God allows him to go.  He
operates completely within the sphere of God's allowance (Job 1:12;
2:6; Luke 22:31-32).

B.  Satan is not omnipotent (all-powerful).  (I. John 4:4; Revelation
12:8; 20:2).
· Satan is an angel and angels don't know everything (I. Peter
1:11-12).
· He is pretty good at predicting our behavior, because he's an expert
on human nature.

C.  Satan is not omnipresent (everywhere at the same time).
· Being a creature that dwells on earth, Satan cannot be in more than
one place at a time. Job 1:7 makes it clear that Satan roams here and
there.
· He was thrown to earth in a war with Michael and other angels and
lost his place in heaven (Revelation 12:8).  If Satan can lose his
place, then he is not in every place.
· Satan is the head of a network of subordinate devils who make his
influence felt all over the earth (Matthew 12:24).

II. THE POWER OF SATAN OVER THOSE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST

A.  Satan has the whole world of unbelievers under his control.
(Matthew 4:8-10; John 14:30; 1 John 5:19).
· Unbelievers belong to him and are his children (I. John 3:8, 10,
12).
· He blinds the minds of the unbelieving (II. Corinthians 4:4).
· He prevents the gospel from entering their hearts (Matthew 13:19;
Luke 8:11).
· Satan speaks through fortunetellers (Acts 16:16).
· Cult leaders (I. Timothy 4:1-2).
· False preachers (2 Corinthians 11: 13-15).
· He is the deceiver of the whole world (Revelation 12:8).
· His ultimate deception will be in the anti-Christ (II. Thessalonians
2:9).
· Satan can control a person's body and cause muteness (Luke 11:14),
· Mental disorder (John 10:20)
· Violent action (Luke 8:26-29).
· Crippling (Luke 13:11, 16). In these examples Satan caused people to
be handicapped although there was nothing physically wrong with them.

III. SATAN'S POWER OVER BELIEVERS.

A.  Satan tempts believers to
· Confuses the world as to what a Christian really is (I. John 4:1-6;
II. Peter 2).
· Lie (Acts 5:3).
· Immorality (I. Corinthians 7:5).
· Be preoccupied by the world (I. John 2:15; II. Timothy 4:10).
· Be proud (I. Timothy 3:6).
· Discouragement (I. Peter 5:6, 7, 10).
· Persecutes the Church (Revelation 2:10).
· Hinders our service (I. Thessalonians 2:18).

B.  Jesus cast out demons as evidence of His victory over the prince
of demons.
· The truth is that Satan is bound and he is powerless before the Son
of God (Mark 3:27).
· Christ has defeated Satan (John 12:31).
· He defeated Satan and all spiritual forces of evil at the cross
(Colossians 2:14-15).
· Satan has fallen from the heavens (Luke 10:18).

C.  Christians do not need to fear Satan, because
· Satan can only do to believers what God permits him to do (Job 1:12;
2:6).
· In Christ we have been delivered from Satan's power (Colossians
1:13; Acts 26:18).
· God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our capacity (I.
Corinthians 10:13).
· Christ keeps us safe and Satan cannot lay hold of the believer to
harm him (I. John 5:18).
· Demonic powers cannot separate us from God's love in Christ (Romans
8:37-39).
· Those who are in Christ can overcome Satan (Revelation 12:11; Romans
16:20).
· Greater is the One who is in us than Satan who is in the world (I.
John 4:4).
· We can resist the devil and he will flee from us (James 4:7).
· The weapons that we have been given can pull down strongholds (II.
Corinthians 10:3-4).
· If we use the armor of God, we have God's promise that we can take
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Mother Nature is bigger than both.

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