Is it possible?

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MatthewG

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Pearl,

Ephesians 2:2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

The Prince of the Powers of the Air - Satan in Job was able to go to and fro from Heaven and Earth - here in Ephesians 2:2 seems to show a place where Satan had stayed, and his demonic spirits - being the prince of the power of the air - so they had a place to live - and Satan according to Jesus was the prince of this world at one point in time.

The thing is, my friend. Satan was an accuser of the people who were under the Law, and was able to Go and accuse people for not obeying it.

If all the Laws and ordinances were nailed to the Cross of Christ, how can Satan do anything to you anyway? And also that Revelation which is after Ephesians and the tie in of everything of the Victory of Christ, suggest that the Devil is thrown away Revelation 20:10.

People can continue to play around and believe Satan is the one who causes people to sin, and fall short now today but no one is under the law, and John talks about Satan and his demise.

He makes a comment in his heart saying :Genesis 8:21 - 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

So for me it is up the individual what they are going to decide to believe... and according to Yahweh we have evil intentions from childhood.

Just sharing with you, ma'am. I am not worried if you continue to believe that Satan is still around and his demons and stuff if that is what you wanna believe but going to share still openly why I do not believe he is still around due to the Bible does say that he is defeated - though some it is tough to accept, and many play the blame game with Satan but can not accept that is our own nature that causes us to do evil... - inherited from Adam, the only reconciliation of a new nature - is through Christ Jesus the light of the world.

Does darkness still exist? Yes, it does.
Does Satan still exist? He did for a time, but now has been done away with since the culmination of the ending of the Age which done away with all material religion. (Where Yeshua has victory over Sin, Satan and his demons, hell/hades/sheol, and is the victor over all things, in Heaven, in earth, and under the earth).

 
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Randy Kluth

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Having read the following verse from the Bible:

Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. Genesis 3:1a

Is it possible Satan tempts us into prideful (and other sinful) behavior without our even knowing about it?

You mean, Can we be fooled? Of course! God's word does speak to the universal conscience of Man, but this, knowing that Man has been deformed, and is now susceptible to deception by his own choice.

And so, God's approach is as an outreach, to appeal through agencies of His choosing, to help Man discover a way back to alignment with Himself. Once we've come to Christ, we still need instruction to be wise and to avoid deception.
 
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