So God is completely sovereign and omnipotent? Then how is the devil even an issue? Wouldn't that mean that God allows the devil to tempt people? Why do so many Christians pretend that the devil is some kind of tricky elusive entity that's outside of God's control?
I don't know. But it is.
>>18293050If that's the case, then God isn't completely sovereign and omnipotent
>>18293047The devil is just what God insists you call him when he wants to behave like a retarded evil faggot because he thinks it absolves him of responsibility somehow the problem is that he always acts like a retarded evil faggot so the distinction is even more useless than it would already be to the point where you might as well just call the God by his "evil name" all the time because that's his primary character
There's no coherent official answer to this question.1) In Genesis the Devil seems to be a trickster who can be quickly punished by God as long as the latter gets a clue of what the former has done2) In the Book of Job the Devil seems to be God's buddy and a dispenser of character tests3) In the New Testament he's like this arch-enemy that is supposed to be killed by God to bring about the New JerusalemBasically 3 different beings collectively referred to as "the Devil", a reverse Trinity perhaps?Only vaguely related, but it's stupid how all pictures of Genesis already depict the Devil as snake-like when tempting Eve, since it's only after the temptation that he's forced to crawl on his belly, so he must have looked like something with legs beforehand
>>18293047Arguing this is just a waste of time. Just dont be a cunt to other people, thats it.
>>18293138Theology majors on suicide watch
>>18293047There's this protestant Christian radio station I listen to every morning where they answer Bible questions, and I want to ask them something about this
2 Corinthians 4:4"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12"And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."If God will allow a power to control things when this power is evil and malicious, then why would the passage in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 cause any wonderment at all? The passage merely states that God gives what a man demands and asks for. If he wants a lie, he gets it.If he will not take light (John 11:10), then light becomes lightning (Matt. 24:27). If he will not accept the truth of God, then he is exposed to a power that God has permitted to exist for the purpose of putting across a lie (John 8:44). Nothing could be plainer. The executioner is appointed (Rom. 13:1-5); he is "the minister of God," a revenger to execute wrath, etc.Man is born a lost sinner, an enemy of God. The whole world rests under condemnation, wrath, curse. If it didn't then it would mean that everything is fine and there isn't any problem, that's why life here is suffering, because the state of this world is meant to show us that we are not on good terms with God and that judgement is coming. If God maintained everything and made sure everything around is pretty, innocent and harmless, we wouldn't have any idea of the impending doom that is coming upon this kingdom of darkness.Do you want to be condemned with the world, or be saved? To be saved, a man has got to believe that Jesus Christ died, that he was buried, that he arose, that he died for your sins, the way the Scriptures declare it. He has got to believe that. That's the Gospel.
Proof that the Bible is the word of God:https://truthischrist.com/seven/fcbaptist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bible-proof.pdf1 Cor. 15:3-4: “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRT2FFXntc1 John 5:7: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”Rom. 3:23: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”Jesus Christ is God who has come in the flesh from heaven. He died as a sinless sacrifice for the sins of the whole world to save you from eternal hell, the punishment for your sins. He was buried, then resurrected and ascended to heaven, and will return soon to judge the world. You can't be justified to God your own way, so will you choose His righteousness instead? (Rom. 10:3)Salvation is by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9) in the one, final, effectual sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ (Heb. 10:8-12) dying in your place as a substitutionary offering for sin (Rom. 5:1-10). His blood atonement made for you is finished, so if you have received the Lord Jesus by faith (John 1:12) in your heart, you're forgiven of all your sins and are saved, once for all; finally and forever! The gift of salvation can't be earned, it is a gift. Rom. 10:9: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Confess The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in prayer, that you trust in Him, not your own deeds, He atoned for your sins on the cross.Eph. 2:8-9: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” After you're saved, you are a child of God and nothing will separate you from His love. (Romans 8:38-39)
>>18293047Yes, obviously the devil only acts with God’s permission. That’s literally what it says in Job.
If God allows you to disobey him why would it be any different than the devil?What, you think God forces you to sin?That he forced the snake to deceive, Adam and Eve to eat?Get real. You'd be missing the entire point of what obedience even means.>>18293134Crawling on the belly and eating dust is a metaphor, it alludes to the entity being earthbound as a punishment.
Earth bound as in, barred from heaven.Doomed to wander the face of the earth until the last day, and going into the fire prepared for it's angels, which are now bound with great chains in the abyss and reserved for judgement.
