If you are a bible scholar or a theologan you will be able to answer to this question. We all know that Satan tempts, he can tempt you or somebody else at the same time. Can we conclude that he is omnipresent?.And, how he tempts? Does he tempts to our soul ?.Where could I find and answer to this question on the Bible?
2006-07-31 06:34:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible says Satan was an angel, so he'd have the same powers as his heavenly counterparts. But the bible doesn't go into detail about his powers. I would doubt that, as a spiritual being, he is limited to the same space-time continuum that we are, but he is not omnipresent. When Satan manifested himself to Jesus when he was fasting in the desert, he came and went. He wasn't always there. Omnipresence is being present everywhere, all the time.
This pattern remains in every biblical reference to him. Even in the Garden of Eden, he had to inhabit a snake to be effective.
Satan does tempt, but most human temptation comes from human nature, and not from Satanic influences. Satan became evil when he tried to put himself in God's shoes. We do the same thing when we ignore the will of God and follow our own plans.
That's the root of most sin: the human desire to dominate being allowed to run without the application of self-control. Satan simply puts things in our path that we already want, and we chase after them with wreckless abandon. Frankly, Satan gets too much credit for our sin.
2006-07-31 06:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Corinthians 11:14 - Revelation 20:7, 8 - Revelation 12:9 - Job Chapter 1 and 2 Genesis 3:1 - 5 - Luke 4:1 - 13
The devil can tempt us by drawing us into situation where we can be tempted to do things that the Bible shows us are wrong. Satan has the ability to observe us and he knows what our weak points are. These are the things he will use to try to get us to commit a sin or draw us away from serving God. James 1:13-15. Please see www.watchtower.org for more info.
2006-07-31 13:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is a metaphor for personal egoism.
The main power of ego is bondage and suffering of all kinds.
Why do you suffer? Because you believe that you and everyone else is separate from God and that we somehow have to find a way back home to Him.
If there is God on the one hand and people on the other, they must have deserved being there because God is perfect and would not have caused the separation.
If people deserve being alone, then that opens up all kinds of justifications for doing evil upon them. Afterall, we are all just "things".
2006-07-31 14:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by The Infidel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Job 1, 6-12
"When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the Lord, Satan was there among them. The Lord asked him, "What have you been doing?"
Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth."
"Did you notice my servant Job?" the Lord asked. "There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil."
Satan replied, "Would Job worship you if he got nothing out of it? You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does, and you have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country. But now suppose you take away everything he has - he will curse you to your face!"
"All right, " the Lord said to Satan, "everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job himself." So Satan left.
Satan tempted Job to curse the Lord and turn his back on him by taking away everything he had, and later, hurting him physically.
2006-07-31 13:50:20 · answer #4 · answered by texjade23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He lies. That is about all the power he has. He can twist things around- but he is not God. He is not omnipresent or can not read your mind.
He lies, that is why the Bible says that even Michael, the Arch-Angel, did not argue with him over the body of Moses.
Gn 3:1
JB 1:67
Mt 4:1
To name a few verses.
2006-07-31 13:43:30 · answer #5 · answered by IN Atlanta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For real, or according to the Bible?
In the real world, there are no "powers of Satan", as Satan is merely a fictional character.
2006-07-31 13:44:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
His #1 power is deception (and for some people, Satan appears: read 2 Corinthians 11). You've already pointed out temptation.
How does he do this, just look around.
2006-07-31 13:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by p2sgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/skepticism/origin_lucifer.html
Lucifer or Phosphorus (the "Lightbearer"), in classical mythology, the name for the planet Venus as the morning star; the planet was personified as a youth, the son of the dawn goddess Eos, and the brother of Vesper, or Hesperus, the evening star. A verse in Isaiah 14:12 alludes to the King of Babylon as "Lucifer, son of the morning"; in the belief that this verse contained a reference to the fall of Satan from heaven, the fathers of the early CHRISTIAN church -- not Judaism -- attached the name Lucifer to Satan.
On this Isaiah verse in the Jewish bible: "This translation of the Bible does not use 'Lucifer' at all, but rather, uses 'O shining one, son of the dawn!' and further, footnotes it with 'a character in some lost myth'."
Judaism does not have a concept of a "devil" or fallen angel. Angels do not have free will, so they cannot choose to disobey God as humans can. The "Ha-satan" in hebrew is actually means "the adversary", and is used by God like a prosecuting attorney; e.g., you will see Ha-satan in the story of Job acting as Job's adversary. This "adversary" always works at God's discretion.
Jews are taught that everyone has both an inclination towards good - the Yetzer Hatov - and an inclination towards bad - the Yetzer Harah. Even when we are sorely tempted towards our 'evil inclination', we can choose to overcome it. No 'devil' can force us to do evil. We are totally responsible for both our wise choices and our not so wise choices.
According to Judaism, which invented Satan, Satan is an angel of 'God' who does the work 'God' assigned him to do.
The notion of an angel having free will is alien to Judaism. Free will requires the tension created by being a soul dwelling in a body. People can have free will, but angels can't. Satan acts as a servant of God, not as an opponent or even disobedient child. Angels cannot sin, they cannot fall.
2006-07-31 13:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is tied together with thought. We are all on the same wavelength so to speak. Also, satan are just people who have chosen hell over heaven and are in greater falseness.
See my FAQ page for lots of hot issues.
http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org
2006-07-31 13:38:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He tempts me to answer this question, but I refuse be cause he does not exist
2006-07-31 13:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by keepergary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋