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Satan, his origin and mission

Questions to determine if Satan could be considered Deity

  1. Can God lie (Titus 1:2)? ______
  2. Is Satan a lair (John 8:44)? ______
  3. Is there any sin in God (I John 3:5)? ______
  4. Is the devil a sinner (I John 3:8)? ______
  5. Does God tempt men with evil (James 1:13)? ______
  6. Is Satan the tempter (Matthew 4:3)? ______
  7. Can one be a child of the devil (Acts 13:10)? ______
  8. Why did Paul call Elymas a child of the devil? ______
  9. Did Jesus call the devil the wicked one (Matthew 13:38)? ______
  10. Does evil follow the children of the wicked one (I John 3:12)? ______
  11. What is God (I John 4:8)? ______
  12. What has God done “for man” (I John 4:9-10)? ______
  13. What is the devil (John 8:44)? ______
  14. What does the devil try to do “to man” (I Peter 5:8)? ______

Thought questions

  1. Would it be accurate to saythat,“All that God is - Satan is not”?______
  2. Could Satan possibly be Deity? ______

Questions to determine if Satan is a part of humanity

  1. Does man have a flesh and blood body that is connected to this world (I Corinthians 15:39-49)? ______
  2. Did God prepare the earth for man to inhabit (Isaiah 45:18)? ______
  3. Is Satan restricted or bound to earthly places (Job 2:1)? ______
  4. When man dies, where does his soul go to await the second coming (Luke 16:19-31)? ______
  5. Does Satan have a place prepared for him (Matthew 25:41)? ______
  6. When does his confinement begin (Revelation 20:10-15)? ______
  7. Does God have a plan of redemption for man through the sacrifice of Christ (Ephesians 2:12-16)? ______
  8. Is Satan’s fate sealed (Matthew 25:41)? ______

Thought questions

  1. Would it be accurate to say that Satan is neither God nor man but somewhere in-between? ______
  2. Is Satan less powerful than God, and more powerful than man? ______
  3. Would it be correct to say from those observations that:
  4. Satan was created? ______
  5. Satan has a moral awareness and could choose between good and evil, for God does not create evil? ______
  6. Once Satan chose evil, the choice was irreversible? ______
  7. What is the only class of being which would fit that criteria (Psalms 148:1-5; II Peter 2:4; Matthew 8:29)? ______
  8. Was Satan an angel, that due to pride (I Timothy 3:6), rebelled against God was cast out of heaven and became the arch enemy of both God and man (Revelation 12:7-10)? ______

The mission of Satan

  1. Did Satan even attempt to reach those wholived almost daily with Christ during his public ministry? ______
  2. Did Jesus tell Peter that Satan wanted him (Luke 22:31)? ______
  3. Did Jesus, in essence, tell Judas that Satan had him (John 13:27)? ______
  4. How was Satan successful with Eve (Genesis 3:1-5)? ______
  5. Was Paul afraid that the church at Corinth might fall prey to the same tactic (II Corinthians 11:2-3)? ______
  6. Is Satan the false accuser of brethren (Revelation 12:10)? ______
  7. ______was falsely accused (Matthew 26:59-60).
  8. ______was falsely accused (Acts 7:9-13).
  9. ______was falsely accused (Acts 24:1-8).
  10. Is Satan the great deceiver (Revelation 12:9)? ______
  11. What are we not to be concerning Satan’s devises (II Corinthians 2:11)? ______
  12. Is the devil our adversary (I Peter 5:8)? ______
  13. Is Satan easily identifiable (II Corinthians 11:14-15)? ______
  14. Does that make him all the more dangerous? ______
  15. Does Satan use false teachers to invade the church (II Peter 2:1)? ______
  16. How does Peter describe these false teachers II Peter 2:13-19:
  17. Verse 13 ______
  18. Verse 14 ______
  19. Verse 17 ______
  20. Verse 18 ______
  21. Verse 19 ______
  22. How can we defend ourselves (I John 4:1)? ______
  23. What are Christians to put on to stand against the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6:11)? ______
  24. What does the devil attempt to do (II Corinthians 4:3-4)? ______
  25. What results if he is successful? ______

Thoughts to consider

  1. The devil can only be successful in his attack on the church if one or more of the following exist:
  2. II Timothy 4:2-4 ______
  3. Hosea 4:6 ______
  4. Luke 8:11-15 ______
  5. Hebrews 3:6-19 ______