accepted Jesus as the Son of God, What would happen. Would judgement day never happen.
If he can't does that meant God has choosen his fate and the worlds taking away his free will.
One of the things the bible tells us is that freewill is the basis of God gift of life . If God has taken the devil's free will now do I know that my freewill has not been taken and my life is one of fate and not freewill.
2006-07-02 13:02:33 · 12 answers · asked by Mr Hex Vision 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If God being all powerfull and knows everything, then wouldn't he had known that creating satan in the first place that he would rebell against him causing such miserable experiences in the world.
2006-07-02 13:40:52 · update #1
okay. I will answer the question.
YES, God would forgive him.
we christians do not even entertain the thought because it is not in the nature of satan.
remeber, Satan already knows GOD exhist. he knows his time is short so he is taking way ever lasting life for those that believe him. Remember, you do not have to be Satanic to follow satan, you just have to reject CHrist.
2006-07-02 13:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by melissa s 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whether the Devil repents or not is irrelevent. He was created as a perfect spirit son of God. He knew God's standards of right and wrong, and instead of loyally supporting his creator, he staged a rebellion that has effected billions of lives, both spirits and humans, over thousands of years. He is responsible for every miserable experience the world faces.
Likewise, Adam and Eve were perfect, and had an accurate understanding of what was expected of them and what the consequences of disobedience were. They made a deliberate choice, and therefore have no excuse. When they returned to the dust at death, they wouldn't be returning, ever.
However, the rest of us are not perfect. We are born into this world as sinners, prone to badness. Therefore, we make mistakes, and we have to struggle to keep our paths straight and true.
Therefore, when we do something wrong, and we are ashamed, we can repent, and demonstrate our sincerity by trying to avoid repeating the same mistake again.
2006-07-02 20:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Devil (Satan, Lucifer) is a fallen Angel. Being an Angel, he had perfect knowledge of all the repercussions when he choose to reject God. Some say he saw Christ's incarnation as man, and refused to serve any of us 'lesser' beings, choosing instead to reject God and placing himself into opposition with God.
So, Satan has free will, and has already exercised it to completely reject God. Because he knew exactly what repercussions this act has, and chose this course anyway, it is impossible for him to repent.
He does know Jesus is God (see various demonic exorcisms by Christ in the Gospels), he just refuses to acknowledge His authority. Also, having rejected God, he is determined to try to lead all others to whom God has given the gift of Free Will, to also reject God. It's simply a matter of misery loving company, and of trying to perpetuate his rejection of God by attempting to thwart His will, that all men be saved.
2006-07-02 20:48:42 · answer #3 · answered by Freeadviceisworthwhatyoupayfor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that's a gutsy and "well researched" question. But since I'm not God, and you got the balls to ask such an in-depth question, why don't you get REALLY BALLSY and ask GOD HIMSELF??!!!! I hear He's ready for your comments and questions 24/7, or aren't you as ballsy as you put on to be, and you have to stay here in Yahoo Answers to show your stuff and ask such questions. I'm sure if you still have your free will He gave you, you can go straight to Him and ask. God Bless you.
2006-07-02 20:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interestingly, in Islam, the devil (Iblis) is not the enemy of Allah, but his greatest supporter. He refused to bow down before mankind (out of his great love of god) and was therefore punished by Allah. He now tempts men to see if they are really faithful to Allah. He does this out of love of Allah. In the end, Allah will forgive him and welcome him back.
Many people often misunderstood the term, "the Great Satan" as used by Khomeini. He was actually refering to the power of temptation created by American culture.
Just a different perspective.
Most of the image that we have of in western Christian culture has little to do with the bible. What there is owes a lot to rather liberal translations (e.g., translating "morning star" - refering to the planet Venus - as Lucifer and equating that to the devil - but don't ask your pastor, your just supposed to read and believe without questioning) and the importing of other popular traditions.
2006-07-02 20:07:09 · answer #5 · answered by ksjazzguitar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His fall didn't have anything to do with accepting Jesus, it had to do with accepting man. He didn't like us, didn't want to have to watch over us, just plain resented us. There's the theory he wanted to be on an equal keel with God, but who knows which theory is truth. Regardless, I'm sure if he repented God would forgive him, but since God knows what will happen, it doesn't look like it does.
2006-07-02 20:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the devil has been the best frient the church has ever had, he drives up the attendance of church, he is a scapgoat. why would they allow him to do such a thing, and through all the awfull things said about him does he ever once defend himself or even say anything... no
2006-07-02 20:15:42 · answer #7 · answered by Bryce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would because by saying jesus is the son of god is considered blashpmy, satan became satan for not bowing down to adam saying you made me out of fire while making adam out of clay. had nothing to do with jesus
2006-07-02 20:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by nour m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding?.....everything is set in motion!.....did you forget that GOD knows the "HEART"!...He knows everything!......the answer to your question is NO!...satan can never repent and come back to GOD....EVER!....read your Bible!
2006-07-02 20:12:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the devil cannot be good because he is the spirit of evil himself, so he cannot "repent".
sorry. you just got to choose between good and evil. that's all.
2006-07-02 20:06:47 · answer #10 · answered by Zenrin Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋