1 John 5:19 We know we originate from God but the whole world lies in the power of the wicked one.
Romans 13:1 let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities ,for there is no authority except by God , the existing authoritys stand placed in their relitive positions by God.
If God has allow the wicked one to hold the power over all the world ,then the wicked one must have a God given authority to rule , so should we not be in subjection to that authority
2007-12-10 01:46:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Last ent wife ..Has not God given Satan that authority ?
2007-12-10 01:52:36 · update #1
Absolutely NOT.
If we have made the choice to follow YHWH God we cannot
worship satan nor should we want to. Yeshua has defeated
satan.
If we have not made the above choice we are automatically
following & maybe worshipping satan unwittingly. John 3:18
2007-12-10 01:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read a really interesting short story once that took a very practical approach to why Christians worship God and what place Satan has in Christianity. It compared Christianity to two factions of the ancient Egyptian religion. In it, Satan and God were two equal Gods, and God eventually became more popular through aggressive campaigning to the people. The campaigning drew Satan as ultimate evil, so that's the way the Christians view him today. It also drew comparisons to God and communism and Satan and capitalism.
As a rule, I don't really believe in any religion (nonsense), but it was still an interesting read.
2007-12-10 10:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by Brent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should never worship anything other than the Most High God. This is called idolatry. Satan is the god of this world and the world lies in his power. The reason for this is because of the garden of Eden. God gave Adam dominion over the earth. When Adam sinned, he gave dominion over to Satan. Thus Satan became the god of this world. When Jesus came, he destroyed the works of Satan and gave that authority back to the believer. Those who do not believe are still living under the curse (the authority of Satan)...because they refuse to believe in their only means of salvation. This is why the bible says we are in the world but not of this world...we have been set apart from the world through Jesus Christ.
2007-12-10 10:00:50 · answer #3 · answered by loveChrist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 John 2 v 15-17 Do not be loving either the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because everything in the world, - the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eys and the showy display of ones means of life - does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its ddesire, but he that does the will of God remains forever.
2007-12-10 09:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by Everlasting Life 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This passage is an interpolation inserted after the council of Nicea in 325 by the politicians and rulers of that time.
"The greatest among you shall be your servant" - Jesus.
EVERY form of authority that exalts itself over other people is the evidence of the satanic consciousness at work in the minds and hearts of the people.
The ambition to rule over people IS the satanic force working through people - and it is this force that we must all overcome.
Therefore, everyone who does not overcome 'satan' within themselves is already 'worshipping' 'satan'.
2007-12-10 10:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by the_metaphysician2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unknowingly, most folks do.
2 Corinthians 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath 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.
Re 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, ****which deceiveth the whole world****: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
2007-12-10 09:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most people do, wittingly or unwittingly. For example, those who troll against God are unwittingly worshipping satan as the lord of their personal world.
2007-12-10 09:49:51 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There are religions on this world that view Satan as the god of humanity (in this life and the next), and so they worship him. They don't view him as evil though like the cartoonish Satan of Christianity.
2007-12-10 09:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Hi,
No of course not, as you say Satan has been given the power but only temporarily...
When you die then you will be judged as Satan will in God's time!
So if you really want to go to hell when you die then worship Satan, I'll stick to Jesus and God thanks very much then I'm sure of where I'm going when I die. 8-))
Arnak
2007-12-10 09:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by Arnak 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there are no scriptures supporting satan. He was cast down from Heaven for being greedy. Why ask this question?
2007-12-10 09:52:36 · answer #10 · answered by Michael C 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋