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1 | Why did God Create Satan? | Luke 4:1 | armond888 | 193555 | ||
Great question... But let me see if I can answer it like this.. we would not know obedience unless we know disobedience... GOD did not want robots.. He wanted people made in His image and His likeness and people who choose to follow HIM.. Satan serves to create the need to choose through temptation.. Heb 5:8 Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered Heb 5:9 And, [His completed experience] making Him perfectly [equipped], He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him, |
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2 | Why did God Create Satan? | Luke 4:1 | Spex | 193598 | ||
i'd like to add that God likes to make copies of himself. Gen. 1:26 states "Then God said 'Let us make man n our image and likeness...'" In making man in His image, he gave man free will to choose whether or not to follow him. Now, this is only my opinion, but i think that when creating angels, God decided to give them free will as well. i can't remember where it's found, but i remember that when satan was in heaven he rebelled against God, and a third of the angels in heaven went with him to Hell. How would one be able to rebel without free will? -In him; -Andrew |
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3 | Why did God Create Satan? | Luke 4:1 | DocTrinsograce | 193599 | ||
Dear Spex, An even better question would be the source of the initial germ of an idea (Isaiah 14:14) that initiated the rebellion in the first place. Scripture doesn't tell us, and it is a kind of speculation beyond us. Praise God, though, that He preserved the "elect angels" (1 Timothy 5:21). The potential for redemption doesn't exist for angels as it does for men. In Him, Doc |
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