This is from a personal study I have done on the origins of evil, evil spirits, and Satan from the Holy Scripture in the Old Testament. I intend to post one I am doing on New Testament statements regarding demons, evil spirits, spirits of infirmity, Satan, etc. I hope it will be by my next post. My intention here is to reveal what the Bible says about these things and then to show the origins of much pagan Christian thinking on these things as compared to Scripture and truth from research. Much of what most people believe does not come from personal study of Scripture but from what we have been told to believe.
I believe it is EACH Christian's responsibility to dig in, and hunt for truth.
I however, also realize the Bible is not a manual of all of God's thoughts, though I believe it provides us "the Story" and He inspired it, but without the Holy Spirit enlightening a man's heart and mind, he can dig all he wants to in it, and still miss "the story."
God wrote it, so He must interpret it to us, His story for us, and our story and how it relates to us individually and corporately. So is the Bible inerrant? Yes! and No.
Man has introduced a lot of presuppositions to it, by translations and definitions, it is inerrant in as much as God reveals the truth to us of it by the Holy Spirit. He is our teacher, and not other men or even ourselves.
I hope you will enjoy, as this is a Word Study and cannot be refuted based on what is just written here in the listing of Scripture I dug up by just hunting for the words pertaining to these things, the letter of it. Of course, Christians live by the Spirit and not the letter. I used E-Sword for my entire study, and Strong's Hebrew.
Let us begin this journey together.
Judge 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Did this evil spirit decide to do something on it’s own volition? No, God sent an evil spirit.
1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Where did this spirit come from? From the Lord that’s where.
1 Samuel 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
Again in the Old Testament where did this one come from.... from God
1 Samuel 16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Again we are shown this evil spirit was from God.
1 Samuel 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Again, the evil spirit was from God..
1 Samuel 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
Again the evil spirit was from God
1 Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
Again, the evil spirit from the Lord.
1 Kings 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
The Lord put a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets and the Lord spoke evil concerning them.
1 Kings 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1 Kings 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1 Kings 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Note, the evil spirit is an entity but just like in Job, he offers to work for the Lord, and God tells him to do so.
1 Kings 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
In all the cases above the word for spirit is the same word for wind...ruach in the Hebrew
The Hebrew words for "evil" and "spirit" is this.
H7451
רעה רע
ra‛ râ‛âh
rah, raw-aw'
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun: - adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease (-ure), distress, evil ([-favouredness], man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief (-vous), harm, heavy, hurt (-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief, (-vous), misery, naught (-ty), noisome, + not please, sad (-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked (-ly, -ness, one), worse (-st) wretchedness, wrong. [Including feminine ra’ah; as adjective or noun.]
H7307
רוּח
rûach
roo'-akh
From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions): - air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).
Now if what we see here is God sending and dispatching these EVIL SPIRITS to do His bidding, was this a willed act of God or the evil spirits will and power to act without God. God of course willed it so!
Thus I ask? Did the serpent in the garden (merely a beast of the field though more cunning then the others) speak on his own volition and will, or did God make the serpent speak as He did Balaam’s ass. (donkey)? I only bring this question to you to ponder the significance of it, as no where does it say in the description of the account of Creation and Man's Fall, in these Genesis passages that the Devil was present as traditionally taught. We must not add to the Word by presuppositions.
Let’s see so far we have seen that God is ALL powerful and NOTHING TAKES PLACE in these OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES THAT GOD WAS NOT THE SOURCE, THE WILL AND THE POWER OF...
Now that we looked at that, let’s look at where we first hear of those who called upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Now Scripture tells us this: Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Hebrew for Son is
H1121
בּן
bên
bane
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H1, H251, etc.): - + afflicted, age, [Ahoh-] [Ammon-] [Hachmon-] [Lev-]ite, [anoint-]ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, [Assyr-] [Babylon-] [Egypt-] [Grec-]ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant[-est], whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Hebrew for God as used in this passage in the Old Testament is
H430
אלהים
'ĕlôhı̂ym
el-o-heem'
Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels, X exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Now let’s look at the Hebrew where God intends to say ANGEL or ANGELS
H4397
מלאך
mal'âk
mal-awk'
From an unused root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically of God, that is, an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher): - ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Every passage in the Old Testament does not use, Ben Elohim for angels instead it uses Malak. So how did these Sons of God in Job become Angels... lies of tradition. Men’s vain imaginations that’s how. The Word of God is clear here.
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Now we see that these Sons of God came to "present themselves" before the Lord each time in the passages above, no where does it say they are ANGELS.
Deuteronomy shows us who they were that were to present themselves before the LORD.
Deuteronomy 31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and "present yourselves" in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Where did God dwell at this time? In the Tabernacle of the Lord, in the Holy of Holies. So I ask Biblically who were the Sons of God in Job..?
They were those who CALLED UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD... Who were they in Deuteronomy... Moses and Joshua... The Two Witnesses perhaps in Revelation.. as well? Just a thought.
So it is settled from these Scriptures, there is a breath of God- life giving- that He can breathe - Ruach, basically to create or give life to, which does that which He sets it out to do, either to do evil - breath, life, spirit or even to lie- spirit, life breath- or perhaps, even fall as men did?
Does that sound unscriptural to you?
Well I have news for you:
Col 1:16 For by him were ALL things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Most folks miss the last part of that verse - FOR HIM. Nothing creates itself without God, not even evil is created without God willing it so and creating it.
God says in Isaiah...
Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Same word here is used for EVIL in the Hebrew that is used in all the previous passages that speak of “evil” spirits
Yet those in the "cemetaries" (seminaries) the lear-ned churchmen and those with carnal minds refuse yet to see God is ALL POWERFUL AND ONLY HIS WILL BE DONE and that He creates evil.
Instead they have created two beings that can WILL themselves to become evil and will to do evil by their own will. Sorry it's not Scriptural. Let the Word of God stand true and all men be called liars! Only God has and ever will;have free will, at least that is how I came to see it...Scripturally.
The WORD OF GOD SAYS SO, time after time in Scripture.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Were not these of the Old Testament calling upon the name of the Lord and being led by the Spirit of the Lord by His ever present fire over the tabernacle? Yes! they were the Sons of God.. who presented themselves before the Lord. Yet men of corrupt minds have yet twisted the Word of God to come up with vain imaginations.
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the Sons of God.
Phillipians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the Sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Johnn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Where is Satan first mentioned in the Old Testament?
Here is the meaning of the Hebrew word according to Strong.
H7854
שׂטן
śâṭân
saw-tawn'
From H7853; an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch enemy of good: - adversary, Satan, withstand.
I want you to see how MEN those who do the translation of these words, can’t but fail to add their interpretative comments alongside the plain meaning of the Word. As you see in the italics above, why don't they just stick with the direct translation of the word, without telling us "how it is to be applied?"
The Word in Hebrew means OPPONENT or ADVERSARY... nothing else, no all powerful entity that can do anything outside of the WILL OF GOD or otherwise. We won’t find a Him in Hebrew thought or teaching of the Old Testament. Instead what we find is after Israel became paganized with Hellenistic teachings during their assimilations with the Canaanites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and alas Hellenist Jews and Zoroastrianism by the time of Jesus, this concept became deeply rooted into some sects of Israel, especially the Pharisees and their teachings, that this ADVERSARY was a separate God against the God of the Universe, once again MAN’S VAIN IMAGINATIONS. The Pharisees had come to believe in Dualism. by pollution of God's truth, and even ancient Israel was already developing a worship of pagan demons, as we will see in my later writings on this subject.
Let’s read of the instances of ADVERSARY – or SATAN in the OLD TESTAMENT.
1Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Job 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Doesn’t look here as if old "slew foot" had much to do, other than walking around to and fro across the landscape of the earth. It doesn't seem he was very busy at this time doing any evil on his own volition or WILL
NOTE NOW GOD SETS THIS UP BY TELLING THIS ADVERSARY THESE WORDS...
Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Note he will not oppose God, it opposes man.. so he is not some adversary of God, but of MEN, in this case he will become Jobs adversary.
Let’s look at this conversation carefully with the care of a man who loves the Word of God.
Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Job 1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
So this Adversary, makes a suggestion as usual.. for God to do something against this man in this case- Job, to oppose Job’s reverence for God..
God can do no evil but He creates evil,
He then can dispatch that evil to do that ONLY for which He sends it to do.
Just as we read in earlier passages. Note God gives this Adversary of Job, the power to do this thing for which God has enticed this evil to do and still retains the power of life and death for Himself, He gives him only power to do things that are of the Natural Law.. or the evil of other men first.
Somewhere in this time of the Sons of God presenting themselves before the Lord of Heaven and Earth, these are the children of Israel, as we have already seen perhaps even Moses and Joshua...not Angels , while presenting themselves to the Lord... there is this scene that takes place in the unseen between God and this Adversary of MEN, that has nothing to do until now, and God as always, is about to give him a job to do on Job..
Let us continue herein this story so many have demised so much out of other then TRUTH.
Job 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
Job 1:14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
Job 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
This was a man, that understood something about God, that many do not, that God creates evil, but he still loves us and is not out to ETERNALLY DESTROY us.
Now let’s go on in this drama, I think we can clearly demise that none of these things above came as a result of some supernatural being by his own will and volition but that which is ADVERSARY AGAINST MEN is often other men, and the natural laws of this earth, and God’s Fire which all through the Old Testament represents His presence among men– the Fire of God, Could this tell us something about God, that He was making it clear to Job, that He was still present in all of this “adversarial” chaos in his life.
Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
He was not about to charge God with doing the evil, for God cannot do evil, but He can create evil which he has, and uses spirits, nature and other men to do EVIL that He sends, He is the only power in the Universe and no one or anything can act without Him. He gives Ruach, to all His creation. The breath of life. He is CREATOR.
Note now something, He never says that these Natural Law things happen at the hand of some evil spirit, no these things are created by God as the Natural Evil we all can encounter in our lives that act in opposition to our peace, joy and happiness and then there is the EVIL of OTHER MEN. THEY ARE ADVERSARIAL NOT TO GOD BUT TO MEN AS ONLY.
These ADVERSARIAL THINGS THAT GOD HAS CREATED- keep us humble before God, so that our hearts will not be lifted up. We are all subject to these.
In these we fear, all of us, because they are random and at times and seem to make no sense, but God knows, He created these natural adversaries of men- Satan (ADVERSARIAL COMPONENTS OF LIFE) and evil spirits, other men and nature as we will see. Let’s list just a few mentioned here.
* Other Men, doing evil against us.. in this case Sabeans who came across them, slew his servants
* The fire of God is fallen from heaven
Note the Fire of God doing something here but it won’t destroy Job. It kills his presence of some of his wealth, his sheep and the servants and consumed them. “Our God is a consuming fire.”
*Now the Chaldeans, men once again who do the evil. They took his camels and killed more of his servants. The servants are getting the greatest whack from this, they are being killed, and the passage doesn’t tell us whether they were good men or bad men.
* Now a great wind comes from the wilderness and destroys his very house and the young men die. Now we have others dying with no mention of being good or evil young men, they just end up victims in this drama in this.
* This was natural law of evil in the earth as well, the work of God’s plan of adversarial things within the earth to oppose men, not Himself.
Let’s continue with the story:
Again on a similar occasion we see into the unseen, and God once again has the same previous conversation with the Adversary of Job and (Men) and once again we see this adversary- evil against men, with nothing to do, but go to and fro across the landscape of the land.
Here comes the second accusation and test.
God incites by speaking of His servant Job once again.
Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
We clearly see, where the power from which all these things was coming from and how they took place, THOU MOVEDST ME against him (Job) to DESTROY HIM Without CAUSE.
This adversary, can only ask God to do things or suggest to God things to be done, it is powerless to do so by it's own volition or will.
Had not others been destroyed in all this adversarial drama what about the servants of Job and the young men? Would God do this if they had no chance of eternal life and all things came to a close at a men’s death? Surely not. This would be far removed from the "God is love" description of Himself given in I John. At least in my frail opinion, but I could be wrong, depends on how Scripture defines love and from what I know of that description, of God, this would be contrary to that.
Once again we know nothing to little about these men and the young men but that they are caught up in this heavenly drama upon earth and one man- Job, they are purely casualities by association. Nothing pertaining to them being good or evil is told us here in Scripture other then they were slain. Would cast off people to eternal damnation forever and ever, just because they fell into this game plan.
I think no, but yes people can and will die, though we don't know if they were good or evil people. Does good and evil have anything to do with us being saved?
This adversarial drama goes like this now:
Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Job 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
We still see though God has created evil He determines how far and to what extent it is to be used. He still holds the power of life and death.
Now let’s see if this is not another natural law of evil in the world that God created.
* Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
So now for the very first time. This adversary actual takes a hand in the undoing of Job... SICKNESS, harm to His human body.
Illness we can truly say, is this adversarial personal touch upon Job, all the other events were from natural evil God has placed in our world, and God sending down His fire upon the earth. This time we actually hear that this sickness that comes upon Job is from the hand of this adversary but once again, are we speaking of an entity, or just the fact that God breathes life into viruses, germs and bacteria?. Could it be that old age, and viruses, and germs, etc. are this ADVERSARY TO US AS WELL?
But whence and how was this adversary able to accomplish this? Was this adversary able to do this by it's own volition or Will. No!
Once again God told it what it could do, and couldn’t do. Amazing isn’t it, men has created some power,an entity they wish to give personal volition to, who runs his own little world as a god with bunches of fallen angels he rules over. They are saying that it is greater then God that it opposes God, which no where in these passages have we seen it be an adversary or in opposition to God but to Men in this case Job. ALL BY THE WILL OF THE CREATOR. No kingdom where this it rules, or calls the shots, or tells other evil spirits what to do or how to do it. Ah! the vain imaginations of men!
All within God’s will and purposes.
This adversary could only make accusation after being told what to consider by God, and then only could it make suggestion on what to do but God enables this adversary to do only what He has purposed, and restricts it from just doing at will anything else, it has no volition or will of it’s own.
We see God is still the all powerful Creator of heaven and earth and man, woman child and animal, other spirits, angels, and even the adversarial components of this life. All of his created beings and creation is and exist that he gave LIFE to by HIS WILL AND POWER ONLY.. No man didn't disobey and bring evil into the world, nor did the devil, disobey and introduce evil into the world. God created evil as well as good.
Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
He was not about to charge God with doing the evil, for God cannot do evil, but He can create evil which he has, and uses spirits to do EVIL that He sends, He is the only power in the Universe and no one or anything can act without Him. He gives Ruach, to all His creation. The breath of life. He is CREATOR.
So with the end of Job’s story we see that though God brought about all this evil, in the terms of men's understanding of good and evil, for without the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit this is all a men can percieve things in terms of good or evil.
This is the sad state of the carnal mind. Only when one recieves the mind of Christ by grace can one understand these things, and gradually be ridded of thinking as the world thinks. You mind must be transformed first by God to see truth.
God meant for Job’s good, most of us look to the restoration of all the things (physical and material), but what most miss is the most important message in this book. Job's Spiritual Gain multiplication of understanding God the CREATOR.
His mind was renewed, he saw things as never before, He saw God, the All POWERFUL and ALL LOVING CREATOR OF ALL THINGS!
Job in the beginning was righteous among men, but God had to show Him that He God is righteous, and that NOTHING IS OUTSIDE OF HIS POWER OR HIS CREATING IT...God had to show Him His Righteousness and Justice which is always made of mercy and compassion, God is love. In the end and these things came about for His purposes and Will for Job's life. Spiritual Riches.,don't focus on what he got back in materials things, it was what he gained in a transformed mind to see God was the blessing. God by inspriation of the Holy Spirit puts these flashly-carnal things in Scripture on purpose. To confuse those who thinking they see, are blind, and thinking they hear, are deaf. Most people read right over the spiritual riches God provided to Job.
Job 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Job 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
THIS ONE VERSE IS THE MIND OF JOB TRANSFORMED TO SEE THE GLORY OF GOD and beyond the knowledge of the tree of good and evil.
Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Note when a man comes to see God as He truly is, He will fall down on His knees and repent of his finite mind and thought of God who is love, and his heart will seek Him then and only Hi, who is worthy of ALL GLORY!
Job alas sees beyond the temporal which most make their judgment of God on, their concepts of evil and good, but Job comes to the end, seeing the MAJESTY AND POWER OF THE ONE AND ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.....and there are none others before them
So in this study that took me about three hours to put together from my OWN RESEARCH, I pray that Christians will get it right.
GOD IS ALL POWERFUL and NO EVIL SPIRIT OR ADVERSARIAL EVENT CAN COME INTO YOUR LIFE THAT THE VERY WILL OF GOD IS NOT INVOLVED IN... GIVE GOD GLORY and this concoction of men’s vain imaginations of a supreme omniscient being they wish to call SATAN who willed himself to become evil and wills and does evil by it's choices, is none existent...cast it off as anathema.
Oh yes, there are evil spirits and even adversarial acts against our well being, but God knows it for behind it ALL we will find His WILL ..His love and grace for ALL OF HIS CREATION.
For these things that Job went through, are but for the grace that God sends our way, which appear as evil and adversarial but for us to come to the place of Job, so that we might say.. I have heard of thee, by the hearing of the ear: BUT NOW MINE EYES SEETH THEE!
Let All glory go to the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit for which God has so graciously given us and whereby HE saves us and WILL SAVE ALL MEN.
Why? because the Word of God tells us He wills it so, and God's will is, the only one with WILL... Men or evil spirits or Satan have NONE to lift their hearts up and be God.
HE IS ALL POWERFUL AND GOD IS LOVE
Joseph Black D. D.
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