There is a War between Good and Evil, GOD and Satan:
About character and authority of God and Satan
God
1 John 1:5 (This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.) 2 Peter 3:9 (The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.) John 3:16,17 (For God so loved the worldthat he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.) Isaiah 40:28,29 (Did you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no-one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.) Isaiah 43:10,11 (… before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no saviour.) Isaiah 44:6 (… I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.) Isaiah 45:5 (I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God…) Isaiah 46:9,10(Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is non like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.) Exodus 20:2,3 (I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.) Exodus 34:6,7 (And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming: The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.) Deuteronomy 10:17,18 (For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who show no partiality and accepts no bribes.) Deuteronomy 32:4 (He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.) Jeremiah 9:24 (…but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, declares the Lord.) 1 Timothy 6:15,16 (…which God will bring about in his own rime – God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no-one has seen or can see. To him be honour and might for ever. Amen.) Romans 5:8 (But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.) |
Satan
John 8:44 (You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.) Ezekiel 28:2-19 (In the pride of your heart you say: I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas. But you are a man and not a god, though you think you are a wise as a god… You were the model of perfection full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you…on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned…Your heart became proud on account of your beauty and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendour. So, I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.) Isaiah 14:12-16 (How you have fallen from heaven. O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.) Revelation 12:7-9; 13:14 Job 1:6-12 (… The Lord said to Satan: Where have you come from? Satan answered the Lord: From roaming through the earth and going to and fro in it… But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face. The Lord said to Satan: Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger. Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.) 1 Peter 5:8 (Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.) 1 John 3:8 (He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.) |
Maybe you will say this is unreal: it’s all black and white; it can’t be that simple. Yes there are lots of grey doubt areas in our lives; but it’s still that simple; as there are only 2 sides GOOD or EVIL. The grey between them is caused by our interpretations of one side or the other. Due to these grey doubt areas we somehow lose sight of the main issues: what’s good or bad; right or wrong; truth or lie… Moreover are we slowly slipping away from God and His Holy word?