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Love your enemies
zvezda:
Let's say we should love Satan, then what should we do in order to show our love to Satan?
i know what to do to show our love to God, that is, obey God's commands, love your neighbor.
But what about Satan? How will you show your love to Satan? Obey Satan's commands, hate your neighbor?
We definitely can't treat Satan as a human being who's lost and help him go back to God.
I guess that's something you need to ponder about ;)
Kat:
I agree with what mongoose says.
Satan was created by God.
Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
Nowhere in Scripture does God say He hates Satan,
He is here to do the work God created Him for.
1Co 15:28 But when everything has been put under him, then the Son himself will also become subject to the one who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
So in the end everything, including Satan, will be subject to Christ.
Then God will be all in all. Everything will be at one with the Father.
Zec 3:2 And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?"
Christ rebuked Satan, so for now we should rebuke him,
not hate him, for doing what God made him to do.
The time will come when Satan too will be purged in the lake of fire,
just like all of God's creatures.
Rev 20:10 and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.
So we have to keep things in prospective,
right now in God's plan Satan is the adversary, we must rebuke him.
But he will at some point be brought, to be at one with God.
That's my opinion.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat
Laren:
--- Quote from: bobbys43 on September 16, 2006, 11:31:33 AM ---Colossians 1:16-20
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:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
bobby
--- End quote ---
reconcile is an interesting word. Defined as
1) to reconcile completely
2) to reconcile back again
3) bring back a former state of harmony
I personally don't see how satan will be reconciled, brought back to what former state of harmony??
Satan's food is flesh. No more flesh, no more food, no more food, starvation, and death????
Kat:
Hi Laren,
Satan is to be, (1) to reconcile complete ), this would be the right definition.
He will not be brought back, but purged and cleansed.
This as an e-mail to Ray about, Satan saved?'
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Hello Brother Ray,
I read one of your email response dealing with God's supremacy.On this mail you stated that God created satan, uses satan, and that Satan too, will be saved after he has done all his dirty work. God will make him repent. Is there any Scriptural basis for this view?
I must confess that I find most of your articles very interesting and your teaching thought provoking.
Thank you so much for your effort in pumping out the truth.
God bless.
Remi
London. UK
Dear Remi:
First we must understand that Satan and his ministers reside in the heavens (Eph. 12:11, "the devil....against spiritual wickedness in high [Gk; epouranios--'celestials/heaven'] and the earth (Rev. 12:9 is not a one time occurance).
[1] "That in the dispensation of the fulnesss of times he might gather together in one ALL in the Christ, both that in the heavens and that in the earth" (Eph. 1:10, Concordant Literal New Testament).
[2] "For by Him were ALL things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible [Satan and demons] whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers [including 'principalities and powers' of Eph. 6:12] : all things were created by Him, and for Him...And, having made peace through the blood of the His cross, by Him to RECONCILE ALL unto Himself; by Him, I say whethe4r they be those in earth or those in heaven" (Col. 1:16 & 20).
[3] "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in HEAVEN, and those in EARTH, and those UNDER THE EARTH. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ IS LORD [I Cor. 12:3b], to the glory of God the Father" (Col. 2:9-11).
[4] "...Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the SIN OF THE WORLD" (John 1:29b).
[5] "For He [Jesus] must reign till He has put ALL ENEMIES [Satan is an enemy [Matt. 13:39] under His feet...that God may be ALL in All [that includes ALL God's creatures]" (I Cor. 15:25 & 28).
Etc., etc., etc.
God be with you,
Ray
Hope this helps.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat
Laren:
--- Quote from: Kat on September 16, 2006, 02:48:13 PM ---
Hi Laren,
Satan is to be, (1) to reconcile complete ), this would be the right definition.
He will not be brought back, but purged and cleansed.
This as an e-mail to Ray about, Satan saved?'
Hope this helps.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat
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I hate it when a word is defined by the same word: ie: reconcile: to reconcile complete????
just food for thot.
here is dictionary definiton
recˇonˇcile (rkn-sl) KEY
VERB:
recˇonˇciled , recˇonˇcilˇing , recˇonˇciles
VERB:
tr.
To reestablish a close relationship between.
To settle or resolve.
To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.
To make compatible or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours. See Synonyms at adapt.
VERB:
intr.
To reestablish a close relationship, as in marriage: The estranged couple reconciled after a year.
To become compatible or consistent: The figures would not reconcile.
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