If God is omnipotent, how can there be opposition with the devil?

Question

No matter how powerful the devil is, God would be infinitely stronger. Am I right?

Some people think that force and opposition are unrelated, when in fact they are interrelated. Remember Newton's first law, F = m *a. In order for there to be a force there must be mass and acceleration (which is the same as opposition since a body at rest tends to stay at rest).

Answer 1

Yes. You lack any understanding of the Theology though. You have to remember the single main issue here would be "Free Will" and intellect. Angels and humans were given this.

First, Satan decided he "will not serve". He chose to go against God in heaven and was ejected for it. Then Adam and Eve disobeyed, eating the fruit in direct opposition to what God had told them. They all separated from God by their actions, not God's

Because God has given us the gift, and immense responsibility, of an intellect and free will, each of us can choose to follow our own path, even if it excludes God and Heaven. He will not interfere.

Answer 2

God has a plan and a purpose for all of existence which includes the timing of things to happen. To human eyes God does not seem to be in control and the devil seems to be just as powerful but when the end of time occurs for all human and angelic and demonic activity ends. You will know then who is all powerful. It is not the devil or man. It is God all by himself.

Answer 3

Whether you are right or not , time will show, for the time being it suffices to know that God can't destroy the immortal, and Satan like all the angels was created immortal by the Big Boss himself. When Satan rebelled, the Omnipotent could only cast him into the kingdom of hell, that it seems, is as far as God's power on Satan goes.

Answer 4

Power has nothing to do with opposition. One can have powerful enemies or weak enemies. And it's not like Satan is some sort of balance to God's power; the Bible does not describe any kind of symmetry between good and evil. God will imprison Satan when he's ready.

Yes, God is more powerful, no matter how powerful he made Lucifer (who became Satan).

Answer 5

YES... God wants to see, how much we believe in Him, and trust him, that's why the evil contradicts to God, but definitely, the devil is afraid to the name of the Lord... all what is happening to us these days are God's plans and tests... I believe that everyone has a mission on this world, and when he succeed and accomplished God's commandments, eventually, in the end, he will be with Him above... "...he will not perish but have everlasting life"

Answer 6

Of course God is more powerful than the devil. The Bible makes that quite clear.

Answer 7

My favorite party the Demopubs ---- to your question.

You are right, God is infinitely stronger, but consider:

If you are standing unarmed before a Kodiak Bear, the bear can be considered omnipotent in your case. Whether he has you for breakfast is entirely up to him.

Answer 8

God created the Devil and Man!

This is a test to see who shall enter Heaven and who (God forbid) won't

The Devil is Man's opponent in this test, not God's!

Answer 9

Satan raised the question over universal sovereignty, not only over humans but over the angles as well.
Jehovah’s quality of justice is allowing that question time to be answered.
There is enough evidence now to prove that Satan was wrong, mankind need’s the guidance from their creator much like any child needs guidance from their parents.

Answer 10

Personally, I would say that the idea of anything in the universe having power except G-d is insulting to Go-d and smacks of polytheism.