I thought Christianty's main tenets were forgiveness and salvation?
2007-09-17 14:09:29 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hmmm...Actually, one of the things I'd heard afore is that Satan doesn't need any forgiveness. In the OT, he's not evil, that's a creation of the Church, needing to have a dark enemy, for them to warn the faithful to be afraid of...
I'd heard that it was just a bum rap, where, he's just the warden of the prison, not an inmate, but you know how those inmates feel about the warden, eh?
Then again, in some gnostic tradition, he's on the same level as Christ, but just the more physical side of things, and JC is in charge of the spiritual...
Also, from the Xian point of view, he's got the same offer of forgiveness as we all have, he just has to ask or it, and say he's sorry...and you know how those misbehaving children can sometimes get...we see enough of that in "After-School Specials".
2007-09-17 14:27:19 · answer #1 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, God punishing Satan is not setting a bad example for Christians. God is "above the law." Rules for humans behavior do not apply to a Supreme Being or Deity. They do as they wish when they wish. Might makes right. Jesus set a good example for Christians. God the Almighty flooding the earth to destroy the wicked, destroying Sodom and Gomorrah in a hail of fiery destruction, these are not actions the average Christian should strive to emulate in his or her daily affairs.
2007-09-17 16:05:13 · answer #2 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just another proof that it's all man made, isn't it?
It's obvious why 'god' can't forgive poor old Satan, isn't it?
They'd have no one to blame for when shït happens.
And don't forget, we've only ever heard god's side of the story.
2007-09-17 15:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God has never refused to forgive satan. Satan has just never repented and asked for it.
Why do you people continually make claims about a subject you clrearly don't understand? Why not actually study what Christians believe instead of jumping to conclusions and then making false accusations.
2007-09-17 14:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by ozchristianguy 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
God cannot save satan because satan has never repented or asked for forgiveness. As far as we know he is still Very jelous of Gods Greatness.
2007-09-17 14:13:21 · answer #5 · answered by *~*Gettin' Hyphee*~* 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
God has no flaws except apparently in the human race that has been tainted by satan. All it takes is to ask God for repentance and even you will be saved. Do you think Satan asked? Apparently not....And we are made in God's image, and I believe He, too, weeps at your words as He wept when Lucifer turned against Him.
2007-09-17 14:28:05 · answer #6 · answered by dawnUSA 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This comes from a misunderstanding of the nature of God's wrath. Traditional Christianity teaches the God does not change. Wrath, in a human sense, is a flare of emotion--a change. It is false to ascribe emotion to the wrath of God; God's wrath describes a relationship between God and some changeable entity. Satan is changeable, and by his rebellion, he initiated between himself and God a relationship of wrath. Since he removed himself from the loving presence of God and developed a condition called Hell, he is incapable of turning back to a relationship of love in and with God.
2007-09-17 14:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by delsydebothom 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hebrews
4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance
Satan cannot be saved.
2007-09-17 14:25:38 · answer #8 · answered by TIMOTHY R 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is a place for all the falling angels and that is called hell. The devil made his choice. He had free will like we have free will. There are people like you who try to find flaws in God's everlasting words and there isn't.
You should read the Bible carefully for the scripture is flawless. You would probably not understand it because you do not belong to God. You have to have faith and believe in HIM with all your heart, but you rebel because your heart is hardened. I will say a prayer for you to seek the Lord, Jesus Christ for refuge. May you surrender yourself to the Lord so that you may live your life righteously. - † God Bless. †
Hebrews 3:8
do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert,
Hebrews 3:15
As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."
Hebrews 4:7
Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
Psalm 95:8
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert,
1 Samuel 6:6
Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?
Mark 8:17
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
John 8 - The Children of the Devil
42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. 43Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? 47He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
2007-09-17 14:36:30 · answer #9 · answered by †Evonne† 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Satan does not asks for forgiveness and just like you.
2007-09-17 14:14:17 · answer #10 · answered by Near of DN 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋