Does God hate Satan? Would God forgive Satan?

Question

If you're here to argue about the existence of either, please do it elsewhere.
I notice growing up in a relatively open-minded fundy culture I *still* got the idea that God hated Satan, and that He expected His children to hate anything that the "good people" told them was the work of Satan.
I think that's more along the lines of what Satan would LIKE people to think, don't you?

Answer 1

No god could not hate Satan. The reasoning is this:

God is omniscient. God knew when he created Satan that Satan would in fact betray god later. So god knowingly created evil. If god hated Satan then god would have to hate itself because it was the actual originator.

Answer 2

Many contributors have intimated that Satan doesn't want to be forgiven. But I'm not sure if he has made that statement himself. I see lots of contributors attributing that assertion to him - that his ego and pride prevented him from seeking forgiveness, and the he will never ask for it. But nowhere in the bible does it say that he doesn't want to ask for forgiveness. Neither has Lucifer come out clearly to say that he wants to rebel for ever. Most of the misdemeanors of Satan have been ascribed to him either by biblical prophets or theologians.

Of course we read about Jesus's encounter with Satan in Matt 4:4 after his lengthy fasting, where Satan tries to usurp the powers of God through tricks and manipulation. But the question is, if Satan indeed was contesting the inheritance of God with Jesus, then he would have tried to forceful approach, instead of riddles and subtle persuasion.

Personally, I feel that the story of The Fall is rather problematic when viewed in a rational context. Therefore it should be interpreted on the basis of faith, and not logic. For example, if we are to take the creation story literally, then Lucifer would be a son of God. Perhaps Jesus took an active part in creating Lucifer (John 1:3). The bible teaches about "turning the other cheek" (Matt 5:39) and forgiving the other person "seventy times seven" (Matt 18:22). Therefore if God is "well pleased" (Matt 3:17) with only Jesus Christ, and cannot even reconcile with His other son Lucifer, then we have a problem here. After all, the Prodical Son was forgiven after wasting half of his father's estate (Luke 15:11-31). God can do the same if he chooses to.

My point is that it is that God is ever merciful, and He can afford to forgive Satan if He chooses to do so. Yet again, we're made to understand that "His ways are higher than ours", and that "His ways are not our ways". For that reason, lets give him the benefit of doubt that He knows what he's doing.

I hope this helps.
Good luck!

Answer 3

No, and why would God forgive an unrepentant rebel? Don't you realise that the only way to forgiveness is through accepting Christ Jesus as Lord, after which he becomes Saviour? Has Satan repented, asked for forgiveness and acknowledged Christ Jesus as his Lord? The death of Christ on the cross is the basis for Satan's final defeat (Hebrews 2:14-15; 1 Peter 3:18,22). This event was the grand climax to a sinless life during which Jesus triumphed over the enemy repeatedly (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). Here again, Satan probably rejoiced in the death of Christ, believing this to be a victory for him, but like all his victories, this one, too, was short-lived. When Jesus rose from the grave, Satan was once again defeated. The final victory will come when Jesus returns and Satan is cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:1-15). Strength for a Christian's victory over sin has also been provided through the death of Christ. We have assurance that "the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet” (Romans 16:20). But such personal victory depends on God’s grace and power in our lives and our will to offer resistance to Satan's temptations (Ephesians 4:25-27; 1 Peter 5:8-9). To help Christians win this battle against Satan, God has provided the power of Christ's blood (Revelation 12:11), the continuing prayer of Christ in heaven for believers (Hebrews 7:25), the leading of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16), and various weapons for spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:13-18). Some people have trouble admitting the existence of such an enemy as Satan. But his presence and activity do explain the problems of evil and suffering. The Bible makes it plain that Satan exists and that his main work is to oppose the rule of God in the affairs of man. Many wonder why God would allow Satan, this great embodiment of evil, to exist in His creation. No completely satisfying answer to this question has been found. Perhaps He allows it to show that evil and wrongdoing do not provide the key to the ultimate meaning of life which man so desperately desires. Or perhaps He allows it to spiritually build a Christian’s wisdom and knowledge drawing him or her closer to God and away from Satan. There you have the answer to your first question. And nowhere in the Bible does it instruct Christians to forgive Satan. Only God could do that. LM

Answer 4

Reading the Bible with the correct understanding would indicate that even Satan will come to receive Gods grace, because obviously hell cannot exist in Gods perfect new Heaven and new Earth. Every knee shall bow, that is Gods will. Presumably that would include Satan's knee. The idea of an eternal hell is simply mistranslation.

Answer 5

I am not sure if God would forgive Satan. If it is possible like humans, than if Satan were to repent and be truly sorry, I am sure it is possible for him to be forgiven.

However, Christ did not die for Satan, but for man. Satan's sin has not been paid for.even if he did repent, he would most likely have to spend eternity in the Lake of Fire anyway because God hates sin.

God knows all. He knows everything that has happened and will happen in the future. I think God knows Satan will never repent. Satan's fate is sealed, as seen in the Book of Revelation.

Peace in Christ!

Answer 6

God hates satan and no God will never forgive satan. and it is written in the book of revelation that satan is already sentenced to die.

Answer 7

God hates what satan does.
God has already gave satan a chance to change but satan will never do such a thing.

Answer 8

The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled was Convincing the World that he didn't Exist." -Kaiser Sosay {Keyser Söze}

IMVHO
Everything that exists or ever did is God so if God hates Satan God hates himself. I doubt that very strongly.

Answer 9

I'm not sure if he HATES him, interesting ? though. I don't think he'd forgive him. Satan also doesn't seem interested in asking for forgiveness any time soon. I guess i'll wait and see what others say, i'm not sure about the topic.

Answer 10

1.God doesn't hate Satan. 2.Satan doesn't want forgiveness.