2007-12-23 19:41:34 · 23 answers · asked by madhatter 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A lot of leaders have played their 'redneck cannon fodder' card in battle. Why not God too!?
2007-12-23 19:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bart S 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God doesn't need us to fight his war with Satan. If you read the Bible there are many examples where this is pointed out. One example is 1 John 3:8 "...The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work."
Most of the time peole imagine the battle like God and Satan in a boxing rinf trying to duke it out. but Satan is a created being. He's created by God. He cannot beat God. the most he can do is to get people to think there is penty of time to make up their minds, think there is no God at all, be confused about which God is true or, just pray to all of 'em and see what happens first.
We are not required to fight Satan. We are required to have faith in God through Jesus and his work on the cross on our behalf. The reason we do need to stey vigilant though is becaust Satan does have power to trick us and mess up out lives if we fall for his tricks. This, again, is why we need to read the bible and follow its instructions. God fights for us and we can be safe if we stay under the umbrella of His protection: faith and obedience.
2007-12-24 04:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by stjoseph5 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who says God does? we have free will to believe in God, and in satan, so that tells us that God does not need anyone. We feed satan and keep satan going with the greed of man kind, just take a look at the world how we kill each other, over stupid things, and thats before we talk of war. We have people who claim to use Gods name to control us tell what to do, going against the very words of God, and many of these people kill in this way. No God don't need us, we have done enough damage already
2007-12-24 04:05:06 · answer #3 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't need humans to fight for his war with Satan he only put us in a test to either follow Satan or obey God and this life will count as proof.
2007-12-24 05:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by deidara_43 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, to me God's mortal servants aren't needed in his war with Satan. That battle will be fought between God and Satan when the times comes. What the humans on the mortal plane do(at least those who believe in such things) is fight Satan's evil servants who are also on this plane of existance.
2007-12-24 03:52:27 · answer #5 · answered by Tammy_Suto 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God doesn't need us ...He loves us. Satan has already been judged guilty and worthy of hell. all those who wish to follow Satan may do so and will inherit the same punishment. Its our choice to believe in good or bad...it is not a war between God and Satan for Satan is already defeated...rather it is Satan waging war on mankind. Satan knows his time is running out so he persists in renewed urgency to make us believe God does not exist so we may share in his damnation.
Satan loathes us our freewill...for he does not possess this power...once Satan made his choice he was unable to retract it..as his minions also. We humans however are allowed a lifetime of choices. time and again we go against what is God's ideal for us yet time and again God forgives us when we turn back to Him. God became Man and walked this Earth to make man worthy of His Presence thus does Satan hate mankind with a passion.
He has succeeded in making many of us believe in him, through withcraft, horoscope, spiritualism, occult, atheism, false gods, false religions anything that deny the true God.
Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life and "whoever believes in Me though he die he will live"
http://www.presentationministries.com/brochures/LivingInReality.asp#pb
2007-12-24 04:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by Orita 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hah Hah Ha
Great Great question. Have a star.
Do the theologians fool us in order to have a following?
If God is all powerful , all mighty then he/she/it would fight it out and sort out everything. Well , thats the kind of questions keep the spirit of truth alive.
Buddha says - there is no God , why believe in it. He says- "I dont believe in it because I see no God"
But Buddha says that when he attained enlightenment he rather actually saw the devil. The devil rules. Devil creates bodies for all which are basically coffins , nothing more, like shells of eggs. The devil tempts everyone into desire then accuses then causes them to fall or get rebirths again like a giant , universal ferris wheel.
Buddha says there is no God and only one out there is the devil. And we are its captives. No one can save us other than us. We have to make effort to get out of desire.
And this is the way.
2007-12-24 04:42:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
who said he needed to fight satan or that he is at war?
I think you should question yourself before asking those questions.
for example.
is God at war with satan,
is the war over
will it be over
what will be the cause for the war being over
(read revelations)
what is the war about
(read genesis)
how is the war being fought
read the gospels, matthew mark luke or john.
dont forget to read acts.
2007-12-24 04:27:22 · answer #8 · answered by bagsy84 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is already a defeated foe, we humans, are the subject of His mercy a.k.a. salvation. Be thankful.
God doesn't rely on anybody. He doesn't even trust His own ministers in heaven. God is Almighty. He is complete in Himself. As for our part, we are His creations, and He values the works of hands....so the more we should be thankful of a God who thinks of us, who saves us from our foes.
2007-12-24 04:19:05 · answer #9 · answered by Philadelphia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the stupid God knows well that he can never defeat Sathan. According to Quran's and Bibles teachings,Sathan taught Adem and Eve, how to enjoy and entertain their life. God was jealous about it.God doesn't want humans as well as sathans live for pleasure.He need only pious slaves who always worship.So we can conclude that it was tricky job God to to make them enemy.You can see the same procedures applying Colonials and capitalists to make their way smooth,dividing humans as Muslims, Cristians etc.
2007-12-24 05:05:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What the heck are you talking about...God doesnt have humans fighting his battle hes already won when Jesus died on the cross for our sins Satan just wants to drag us down because we are Gods people but he and the angels are battling for us! all we do is pray and ask he sends angels rto proect us!
2007-12-24 03:54:48 · answer #11 · answered by dawnO 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋