2006-08-11 05:04:44 · 5 answers · asked by michael 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
our heavenly father hears our prayers, focus on Gods kingdom and study his words.we have a new begining every day from his mercy.Remember he that is in you (God) is greater then he that is in the world(satan).I will be praying for you.
2006-08-11 05:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of God plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-08-12 08:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do know that the word "Satan" just means "Adversary" and it literally means "whatever is against"?
So you need to define the Satan of your life, before a prayer will work correctly.
"... cast out the Satan of _______ from me..."
Otherwise you're literally saying ".... cast out the adversary from me..."
But you're not a soldier.
Just fyi, gotta learn what you're doing if you wanna do it right.
2006-08-11 12:10:51 · answer #3 · answered by Solrium 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen! God bless you, and keep remembering that He is always with you and will help you!
2006-08-11 12:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Tigger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says to, Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
2006-08-11 19:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by concerned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋