Differences between God and Satan in terms of the soul
The law of diminishing returns which our natural man itself is subject to means that all pleasures in life at some point apart from the Lord are vanity. God's gifts are from above without variableness or shadow ( James 1:17 loosely translated). The enemy infuses evil spirits to gradually bring men from what appeared at first to be a wonderful experience to one of torment and bondage. No wonder he is described as an angel of light ( 2 Cor. 11:14).
Clearly then our enemy doesn't appear like a creature with horns and a pitchfork. His true ugliness isn't from the outer appearance but from the corrupted nature that he has instilled in the world system ( James 3:15). We could say the opposite about the Lord; He doesn't have to show off; and there isn't anything appealing to the flesh in Him. Of course we all will be flat on our faces when He comes but His beauty shows forth to us mainly in righteousness and through the remnant Body of believers who are sold out for Him. Only God knows who are His; but the lukewarm show no clear difference from the world at large and are neither transforming society with salt or light or being any real help to the remnant that are fighting through daily spiritual warfare and not being given aid on the battlefield.
God grants legal authority to Satan based on two things; one as with Job to demonstrate testing and trials on a righteous man to exalt him further in the end or two the most common thing someone has sin in their lives allowing the enemy to continue to work on holding someone in bondage so that he is rendered ineffective for the Kingdom of God.
The Lord makes it clear; that He is Lord and Master as well as Savior; that He doesn't tolerate any others in charge over His subjects. The sooner we realize that true freedom comes through serving the Lord and not to being served what the world offers the better off we will be. (see Luke 14:28).
The law of diminishing returns which our natural man itself is subject to means that all pleasures in life at some point apart from the Lord are vanity. God's gifts are from above without variableness or shadow ( James 1:17 loosely translated). The enemy infuses evil spirits to gradually bring men from what appeared at first to be a wonderful experience to one of torment and bondage. No wonder he is described as an angel of light ( 2 Cor. 11:14).
Clearly then our enemy doesn't appear like a creature with horns and a pitchfork. His true ugliness isn't from the outer appearance but from the corrupted nature that he has instilled in the world system ( James 3:15). We could say the opposite about the Lord; He doesn't have to show off; and there isn't anything appealing to the flesh in Him. Of course we all will be flat on our faces when He comes but His beauty shows forth to us mainly in righteousness and through the remnant Body of believers who are sold out for Him. Only God knows who are His; but the lukewarm show no clear difference from the world at large and are neither transforming society with salt or light or being any real help to the remnant that are fighting through daily spiritual warfare and not being given aid on the battlefield.
God grants legal authority to Satan based on two things; one as with Job to demonstrate testing and trials on a righteous man to exalt him further in the end or two the most common thing someone has sin in their lives allowing the enemy to continue to work on holding someone in bondage so that he is rendered ineffective for the Kingdom of God.
The Lord makes it clear; that He is Lord and Master as well as Savior; that He doesn't tolerate any others in charge over His subjects. The sooner we realize that true freedom comes through serving the Lord and not to being served what the world offers the better off we will be. (see Luke 14:28).
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