Is it 100% certain from the text that Satan is being referred to? For a start, Jesus teaches "to him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him." In accordance with this saying, Jehovah has permitted the wilfully blind to become blinder.
What do you think? Or is there an explicit reference to Satan? Your thoughts please.
2007-12-07 01:35:57 · 29 answers · asked by Jerusalem Delivered 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Satan and God are just superstitions. It's not really wrong to say anything about them. However, it is rather useless to philosophize about the motives of fictitious characters.
2007-12-07 01:39:20 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
2 Cor 4:4 talks about the god of this world that blind the minds. Obviously it is Satan. If God is ruling the world right now, there should be peace and order. Just look at this world right now, and see how messed up it is.
2007-12-07 04:56:52 · answer #2 · answered by trustdell1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"is it blasphemy to say that Satan is the God of this World?" You're getting at the First Commandment, I think, in this question. Whether its blasphemy or not depends on the intention - on how you mean that when you say it. (Just like I can say "Jesus Christ" in a prayerful way or in a blasphemous way.)
Satan is the god of this world - or perhaps *a* god of this world - in the sense that he is worshipped as a god by many people. The great minority worship him outright and directly. The majority worship him through his works - through the things that they put more important in their lives than God.
Its blasphemy if you are describing Satan as your God. Its not blasphemy if you are describing the circumstances of the world and how he is treated.
2007-12-07 02:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not blasphemy. He is considered the ruler(Acts 26:18 says to open their eyes & to turn them from darkness to light, & from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins & an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. I would think by this statement He is the god of this world but He has been defeated @ the cross where our blessed Saviour died & soon we will be w/Him. He was also considered the Prince & the poer of the air. His time is short so He is trying to deceive as many people as He can & people are going along the broad way to HELL & pride has entered into them thinking there is no HELL just like in the Garden of Eden. Sad they need our continued prayers so they will see before its to late.
2007-12-07 01:49:32 · answer #4 · answered by Mark K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible is "Case gentle" so a decrease case point out of god is a pretend god that persons worship. the top case God is the single and only God. Isaiah 40 3:10 "you're My witnesses," pronounces the LORD, "And My servant whom I even have chosen, so as which you will comprehend and have self assurance Me And comprehend that i'm He. till now Me there replaced into no God formed, And there will be none after Me. 1Corinthians 8:[4] yet as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, all of us comprehend that an idol isn't something interior the international, and that there is no God yet one. [5] For besides the undeniable fact that there be that are referred to as gods, the two in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many). Peace be with you <<
2016-11-13 23:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by apley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is not the god of this world.
2 Corinthians 4:4
"In whom the god of this world both blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, Who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
the word "god" in the original meaning is Theos,
a Greek word the corresponds, with Elohim of the Old Testament, denoting the Creator.
It is used generically, as in John 10:34, Acts 12:22, 2 Cor 4:4, Phil. 3:19
Romans 1:28
"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,
God gave then over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient."
Reprobate = Websters dictionary
means a depraved or wicked person, a person who is beyond hope of salvation, morally depraved, wicked, being beyond hope of salvation, to disapprove, condemn, or censure, to exclude from salvation as for sin.
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Satan is not "god of the world", but he is the prince of the power of the air.
see Ephesians 2:2
"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience."
the word "prince" = ruler i.e. Satan
Paul is referring to Satan in this verse.
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2007-12-07 02:10:37 · answer #6 · answered by good day 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No It's not blasphemy to say that Satan is the god of this world, at least for now.
When he was trying to tempt Jesus, he made this offer, at Matthew 4:8
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
He would have had to be able to back up that offer, so yes, Satan is currently the ruler of this world
2007-12-07 01:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by Trevor S 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Satan can't blind the minds of the believers because they believe.......................but he can blind the mind of the unbelievers so that the light of Gods word can't shine trough.
That's why we need to encourage people of all nations and beliefs to learn the Bible because only the Bible can reach the persons heart so they can break free from the darkness that is so prevalent in this world.
2007-12-07 01:49:28 · answer #8 · answered by papa G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not blasphemy..the bible says that he is the "god of this world" but not for Long..
in whose case the god of this world ( Satan ) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2007-12-07 01:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible call him the ruler in 1 John 5:19 and the god of this world in 2 Corithians 4:4
2007-12-07 01:38:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Interesting interpretation. But I think that parable is referring to people, not the devil.
This is how I've always read Luke 19:11: God gives us all talents and abilities. The person who uses them to increase the Kingdom of God in the world will be rewarded with more talents and abilities. But the person who is lazy, and only uses his abilities a little, will lose even the little bit he earned.
I guess you could say it's a reference to the devil, but I don't see it. I see it as an injunction to you and me to be careful with the blessings we are given and to guard against the natural enemy of love: laziness.
2007-12-07 01:39:43 · answer #11 · answered by Acorn 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋