Deity and The Fall of satan

by John Paul Jackson

“And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” Luke 10:18

You are almost ready to a glimpse of Eternity, which you will encounter in the Next Room of Mystery. I do have add that one is never fully ready for that moment. However, you have gained important understanding of the Divine through these the last four Golden Pillars. The Pillars of Immutability, Omnipresence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence are being embedded in your spirit even as you have been reading these posts. That understanding is revealed by and can only be revealed the Holy Spirit of God and in doing so it fills you with a powerful faith.

THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE THERE FOR YOU

That faith is not only in who God is, but it is a level of faith that opens the door to a mature realization of the benefit that that knowledge is and will become to you in the future. His power, His presence, and His knowledge are available to you. The added wonder that these attributes are unchanging and they are there for you, they never diminish or fade, increase or decrease and that means you can have a consistent confidence of spiritual invincibility, in fact you do - if you keep looking toward to Jesus - it’s called everlasting life. No matter what the evil one throws at you, you have the power to overcome and conquer it.

ASCRIBING DIETY TO SATAN

Sometimes, unwittingly, you may give Satan too much authority and in “backdoor” kind of way, actually ascribe deity to him. You may, in fear, run from him; you may tremble at the thought of his presence; you may feel every problem you experience is Satan attacking you. In fact you may feel so strongly about this that you inadvertently give Satan far more credit than he deserves and you seem to expose God is powerless to defend you or at least uncaring in His seeming lack in defending you.

Few realize they do this and fewer still actually pause or stop to ask the deeper question, “Why is God allowing this?” God could stop it, but He’s not - so what is so important to God that He allows these things to happen?

It is very important to your faith and where God want to take you from this point on that you think through this for a moment. Jesus’ account of seeing Satan fall from Heaven (Luke 10:18) is not just a statement to fill space in the Bible. The grasp of this statement is vitally important to actually living a quality of life that is so consumed with the attributes of the Deity of God that there is absolutely no twinge of Deity ascribed to the evil one. This distinction must be clear and permanently etched in your heart and mind.

FOUR QUESTIONS

Before you enter the next Room of Mystery you must be able to answer the following four questions: “Is Satan Omniscient?” Is Satan Omnipotent?” Is Satan Omnipresent?” Is Satan Immutable?” Before you nonchalantly say a hardy NO! You must also be able to answer “Why?’ Remember, the distinction must be clear and permanently etched in the very fabric of who you are before you pass the Veil just on the other side of these Golden Pillars. I’ll give you a hint as to the answer to each.

* IS SATAN OMNISCIENT?

Is Satan Omniscient? No, because if he was all knowing he would know the future and in so knowing he would have known that if he tried to overthrow God he would lose. And Jesus said He saw Satan fall from Heaven, which means he lost the battle with God. So you know he is not Omniscient.

* IS SATAN OMNIPOTENT?

Is Satan Omnipotent? No, because if he was all powerful there would be no power great enough to kick him out of Heaven. Thus the one who kicked him out would by definition be greater. That “One” is God and inherent in that fact is that reality that Satan is not Omnipotent.

* IS SATAN OMNIPRESENT?

Is Satan Omnipresent? No, because to be Omnipresent is to be everywhere. How can you get kicked out of some place if you are always there? By definition, to be kicked out of some place means you are no longer there and in so knowing we logically conclude Satan is not Omnipresent.

* IS SATAN IMMUTABLE?

Is Satan Immutable? No, because of the above points of truth. In each case Satan changed and therefore it is impossible for him to be Immutable.

Only God has all the attributes of Deity and He is on your side. You have a purpose for which He created you. Satan is trying to stop that purpose. God has already overcome Him - and He will help you do what He created you to do … if you will allow Him greater access to you.

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