Satan thinks that he is wiser than God. From the beginning he thought he actually could rise above God and be the object of worship of all created beings, and perhaps even God, believing he could de throne and defeat God in His sovereignty from the start of his rebellion. He has never learned that this will never occur and continues in his quest to overrule, depose, and God and even to bring corruption in God. But that is not possible.
When God brings a curse on Satan in the Garden after bringing sin in with him and he was the agent of corruption against
Adam and Eve, Satan did not understand what God ultimately meant when God said that Satan will bruise the heel of the promised Seed of the woman and this Seed will bruise his head. Satan did not realize that this "bruising" was really a crushing and a subjugating and a resounding and final defeat of Satan. Satan has always thought that he has a chance of succeeding in his attack on God and the being God has elected for Himself.
In the Garden of Eden, Satan lost, God won. Adam and Eve lost in their effort to be like God and wise in their own devices, God won. And God Triumphed over sin because His plan was going along EXACTLY as He had planned from eternity past. PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
Next, let us go to Noah. Satan had a hand in the thorough corruption of mankind before the flood. God allowed this to occur, but kept Noah and his family from being taken in by the corruption all around them. They were perfect in his generation (the last before the flood) Gen. 6:9. But the rest of humanity were so corrupted that every intent of their heart and thoughts were wicked continually ( Gen. 6:5) With all who were alive in Noah's day being completely given over to wickedness (I wonder if his father and grandfather were so depraved as well) how could Noah and his sons escape being likewise wicked? Only by the grace of God and the protection of Noah and his family.
Pt. 4
Satan thinks that he is wiser than God. From the beginning he thought he actually could rise above God and be the object of worship of all created beings, and perhaps even God, believing he could de throne and defeat God in His sovereignty from the start of his rebellion. He has never learned that this will never occur and continues in his quest to overrule, depose, and God and even to bring corruption in God. But that is not possible.
When God brings a curse on Satan in the Garden after bringing sin in with him and he was the agent of corruption against
Adam and Eve, Satan did not understand what God ultimately meant when God said that Satan will bruise the heel of the promised Seed of the woman and this Seed will bruise his head. Satan did not realize that this "bruising" was really a crushing and a subjugating and a resounding and final defeat of Satan. Satan has always thought that he has a chance of succeeding in his attack on God and the being God has elected for Himself.
In the Garden of Eden, Satan lost, God won. Adam and Eve lost in their effort to be like God and wise in their own devices, God won. And God Triumphed over sin because His plan was going along EXACTLY as He had planned from eternity past. PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
Next, let us go to Noah. Satan had a hand in the thorough corruption of mankind before the flood. God allowed this to occur, but kept Noah and his family from being taken in by the corruption all around them. They were perfect in his generation (the last before the flood) Gen. 6:9. But the rest of humanity were so corrupted that every intent of their heart and thoughts were wicked continually ( Gen. 6:5) With all who were alive in Noah's day being completely given over to wickedness (I wonder if his father and grandfather were so depraved as well) how could Noah and his sons escape being likewise wicked? Only by the grace of God and the protection of Noah and his family.
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