Subject: Does Satan Really Exist? |
Bible Note: Dear CDBJ, Thanks for your post. Yesterday I was beginning to come to a decision which your post has confirmed for me, to wit, it is sometimes possible to generate more heat than light. My original intention in posting on this forum was to discover some views contrasting my own on the belief of a physical Satan. I did not know for example, that Ezekiel 28 could be interpreted any other way than to "take the plain meaning of the text as the intended meaning." After all, once we ignore the plain meaning of the words "King of Tyrus", where does it end? I now believe I was probably wrong to post my study on Ezekiel 28, however right I believe it to be. It seems to have generated a strange discussion leading off on tangents such as "I believe Satan is insane." To which I would reply, "You believe the devil fell because he was possessed of a demon!?" To which someone would reply, to which I would reply, and again we would have more heat than light. Which brings me back to your post regarding the Truth of Christ. I believe that if we cannot find a level of consensus on an issue like Satan, which to my mind is quite clearly and provably blasphemous (see previous note on the omnipotence of God) then we are probably not ready to move forward together to discuss the Truth of Christ or any other doctrinal issue. Suffice it to say that I follow the doctrine of John, as taught in 2 John and elsewhere. This is the doctrine that was forsaken and changed (historical fact, not opinion) nearly 300 years after Christ at Nicea and which overturned the Apostles Creed. John saw that this time would come and spoke of it, "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed". But then you knew I was going to say that, didn't you? :) Anyway, I may continue to post on this forum, but I will restrict myself in future to non-doctrinal posts and, if I may, to doctrinal questions with which I will not attempt to engage in discussion. This is, I believe, the intention of the moderators and also the manner in which I should have restricted myself already. Thanks again for your post, and to all others who have posted. I really have appreciated it. Dr. B. |