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CHAPTER 2 -

Mentions of devil

 

 

 

 

When it is a question of what is the devil – in other words Satan – is like, certainly one of the best sources is the Bible. In it, there are stories about the Creation, the Fall, evil, and the final destiny of evil as well as many other points connected with Satan, so that we can get quite an accurate picture of him. We will look at some of such Bible passages:

 

He is a created being. Firstly, the devil is a created being who has his beginning in a certain moment in history. Therefore, he is not eternal and cannot be everywhere as the Spirit of God, but he has his own certain limitations. He is also said to have been “the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty”, and obviously he was the most beautiful and wisest of God’s creations:

 

- (Eze 28:12,13) Son of man, take up a lamentation on the king of Tyrus, and say to him, Thus said the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13  You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.

 

He was a cherub or some kind of an angel before his fall. Cherubs are mentioned also in other Bible passages (Eze 10:18-20: Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.)

 

- (Eze 28:12-14) Son of man, take up a lamentation on the king of Tyrus, and say to him, Thus said the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13  You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.

14  You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.

 

He fell, and he and the angels connected with him were hurled to the Earth:

 

- (Isa 14:12-15) How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!

13  For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15  Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

 

- (Eze 28:15-17) You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you.

16  By the multitude of your merchandise they have filled the middle of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.

17  Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.

 

- (Rev 12:9) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 

He tempted Adam and Eve so that the Fall took place. He got them to doubt the word of God – “Did God really say that?” – which is also now his main purpose. He wants to get us to doubt the Gospel, so that we will not believe and be saved as Jesus said:

 

- (Gen 3:1-5) Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2  And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

4  And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die:

5  For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

 

- (Luke 8:11,12) Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

12  Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

 

The originator of illnesses and demonic possessions. As the devil caused the Fall, also diseases, demon possessions, and evil spirits come from him (this does not mean that every disease comes from the spirit of disease) – in other words, just those things that Jesus came to destroy. The Bible indicates how Jesus and His disciples freed people from both harmful things:

 

- (Matt 8:16,17) When the even was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

17  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.

 

- (1 John 3:8) He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

 

- (Acts 8:6-8) And the people with one accord gave heed to those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

7  For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

8  And there was great joy in that city.

 

- (Acts 19:11,12) And God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul:

12  So that from his body were brought to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

 

Because of the information above, some may ask, “Can the devil then do miracles and heal the sick?”

   The answer to this is yes, he can. He can take away an disease caused by him and do miracles through his servants. For example, the magicians of the pharaoh, the slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future (Acts 16:16-19) and Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8) show this. However, the consequence of this kind of healing is one falling into stronger and stronger spiritual bonds and finally to damnation, if he does not understand to turn to God in time. The next example is one indication of this:

 

The devil can be a good healer of the body! If he can destroy one’s soul by healing the body, he is willing to give a temporary blessing of health!

   Witchcraft is not found only in heathen countries! I read recently about a little German girl who was constantly ill. Someone had given her an amulet, a little box that she had to keep on her. She was healed instantly. She was completely healthy after that, but in her heart there was darkness. She seldom smiled, and at the age of eighteen, she tried to commit suicide. One evangelist was asked to help. He inquired whether the girl perhaps kept some kind of an amulet. People had to persuade her for some time before she was willing to give it to the evangelist. And the girl said, “Never open it. He who gave it to me said that it would be dangerous to do that.” In spite of the warning, the evangelist opened the amulet and found a little piece of paper, on which it had been written, “I command you, Satan, to keep this body healthy, ‘till you have the soul sentenced to Hell!” They destroyed the amulet, and the child was freed, but became very ill immediately. Later on, she was healed through the laying on of hands. (7)

 

He is a liar and the father of lies as Jesus said. Also here, his main purpose is “that they may not believe and be saved”. Such issues as the theory of evolution, religion without God, and thoughts against the will of God always come from him and the evil spirit world, even though people may regard them as their own thoughts. The purpose of these thoughts that seem to be wise is to prevent us from turning to God:

 

- (John 8:44) You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

 

- (2 Cor 4:3,4) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4  In whom the god of this world has 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 to them.

 

- (Luke 8:11) Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

12  Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

 

In this context, we should look at a certain text. It tells about how awakenings and movements given by God break lies that people may have. This always happens when we understand things in the light of God and turn to the Truth or Jesus Christ:

 

Many doctors were also converted in those great awakenings in which I was. I would think that their studies would make them liable to doubt and to be materialistic. But they are sensible, and when the Gospel is presented to them as perfect, it is as easy to win them as any other person and they turn to God. It is true that their studies have not made them as ready to comprehend the moral principles of God as the study of jurisprudence, but I have, however, found them to be open to contrition, and they are not at all difficult to handle, as far as the great question of salvation is concerned.

   Universalism, Unitarianism and generally all kinds major mistakes of people have collapsed in these great awakenings. I have learned again and again that people must only become thoroughly convinced of their sin by the Holy Spirit to be immediately and forever gladly ready to give up those viewpoints. (8)

 

Murderer. The devil is also a murderer who has come only to steal, kill, and destroy. His purpose is to destroy everyone and to take them to damnation. The help and blessings given by him only seem to be helping, because with his help, he only binds man to deeper deception and demonic bounds.

   Interesting and of course regrettable is also the fact that these qualities of the devil appear also in those people who have perfectly given their life to him. As the devil is a murderer, stealer, destroyer, and the first rebel, the same things also appear in the lives of these people; in other words, self-destruction, slashing of oneself, murders, curses, and other of his features. This shows that the words of Jesus are really true, and that Satan hates anyone who has given his life to him:

 

- (John 8:44) You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

 

- (John 10:10) The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 

He will be bound for a thousand years. According to the Bible, Jesus has already won the devil on the cross, but his power has not been taken away yet. However, the Bible indicates that when the millennium starts after the coming of Jesus, a strong angel will seize him and throw him into the Abyss to keep him from deceiving the nations. After this, he will be released for a while, until the rebellion will quickly end:

 

- (Rev 20:1-3, 7-9) And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

9  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

 

His final destiny is damnation or the eternal lake of fire, into which also all those whose names are not in the Book of Life will be forced to go. The good news, however, is that Jesus came to save us from this place and we will get grace immediately when we turn to Him. He took on himself our bad acts (Isa 53) and therefore, we can be forgiven our sins through Him (Acts 13:38: … that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins.)

 

- (Matt 25:41-46) Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42  For I was an hungered, and you gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink:

43  I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not.

44  Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungered, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?

45  Then shall he answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.

46  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

 

- (Rev 20:10-15) And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15  And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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