I mean, yes I know, Satan is a horrible, disgusting liar, who deserves Hell as good as anyone. BUT..... wasn't this all planned out by God? Wouldn't he be just one of God's scenarios planned out for eternity? So, if God hadn't done this, wouldn't Satan still be Lucifer the angel?
2007-03-19 08:13:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Satan is part of the test we take (life) and God see's if we overcame his schemes
2007-03-19 08:19:32 · answer #1 · answered by Haji 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Obviously, if Satan "rebelled" against God, it was because God wanted him to - created him to, in fact. Hence it wasn't really a "rebellion." Satan is actually God's agent. I hope everybody can understand that if God is omniscient and omnipotent, there's no such thing as "free will" on the part of any other being.
For people to say things like this: "Say you have a son. Your son grows up and murders a human being. Was that your plan as a father? for you son to grow up a become a murderer?" - that's cute; but of course the flaw is that the ordinary human father with whom you're comparing God isn't supposed to be all-knowing and all-powerful. By the very definition, EVERYTHING is part of God's "plan." There is no way that anything can happen which has not been devised by God from eternity.
2007-03-19 15:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God makes no plans for anyone of his creations to betray him! what Satan did he did of his own freewill!
IS HE SO BAD? YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU REALLY THINK ATER I FINISH ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
SATAN THE DEVIL: The creature who is the chief adversary of Jehovah God ans of all who worship the true God. The name Satan was given to him because of his becoming a resister of Jehovah. Satan is alos know as the devil, because he is the foremost slanderer of God. Satan is described as the original serpent.
All of Jehovah's works are perfect; he is not the author of unrighteousness; so he did not create anyone wicked. (Deut.32:4; Ps. 5:4) The one who became Satan was originally a perfect spirit son of God. Satan did not stand fast in the truth, when saying that that the Devil "did not stand fast in the truth," Jesus indicated that at one time that one was "in the truth". (John 8:44) But, as is true of all God's intelligent creatures, this spirit son was endowed with free will. he abused his freedom of choice, allowed feelings of self-importance to develop in his heart, began to crave worship that belonged only to God, and so enticed Adam and Eve to listen to him rather than obey God. Thus by his course of action he made himself Satan, which means "adversary." Jas. 1:14,15
Matt. 7:11 "If you, although being wicked know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more so will your Father in the heavens give good things to those asking him?"
TELL ME , Would you encourage your children, friends, family to undertake a project witha marvelous future, knowing fromthe start that is was doomed to failure? Would you warn them of harm, while knowing that yo had planned everything so that they were sure to come to grief? Is it reasonable, then to attribute such to God?
"You are not a God taking delight in wickeness." Ps5:4
"Anyone loving violence his soul certainly hates." Ps 11:5
"He is a lover of righteousness and justice." Ps 33:5
2007-03-19 15:56:08 · answer #3 · answered by Vivimos en los Ultimos Dias 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan was once originally a good angel who went bad. He thought he could rule the universe as good as God.
2007-03-19 15:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. God knew it was going to happen but he never planned it to happen. God didnt do anything. God gives people free will and Satan chosed to do what he did.
2007-03-19 15:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by Kenny 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I ain't so bad once you get to know me. In fact, I'm a lot like you. An awful lot like you. That's what's really bothering you isn't it? That's the root of all religions when you come right down to it - fear, and guilt, about their own evil.
2007-03-19 16:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Say you have a son. Your son grows up and murders a human being. Was that your plan as a father? for you son to grow up a become a murderer?
2007-03-19 15:18:48 · answer #7 · answered by sfumato1002 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋