SATAN: The god of this age

REF:  2Corinthians 4:3-4

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

COMMENT:

Satan controls the lost and the false teachers. He has privileges and powers he acquired in heaven before he fell. He visits heaven when angels go to report to God as clearly indicated in the book of Job chapter 1 verse 6. He is called the accuser of the brethren (AOB) and therefore appears before God often to report and prosecute the believers. Anyway, don’t you worry because we have Jesus Christ as our lawyer.  All we are required to do is to repent the sin we have committed and ask Jesus to wash us with his atoning blood and represent us. His blood is adequate to pay for all debts of our sins. We are then declared innocent and our case is thrown away. Jesus, the advocate is also the son of God who is the judge. Jesus has never lost a case as long as he has been requested to act as the advocate and the sin in question has been confessed and forgiven.

Satan controls all human beings who are lost either immoral or moral. It does not matter whether they are good or bad. As long as they are lost, Satan will control them. The bible in John 3:18 says, “He that believes in him is not condemned: but he that does not believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God is condemned.” All you need to do is to ask him to come in your heart and dwell there as your saviour and Lord. Believe it and do it. You are immediately born again.

Satan also controls false teachers. He has influence and power to keep a man from looking into the bible and see God’s Son giving his life for a sin cursed world. The Bible in 2Corinthians 11: 13-14 says the following: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”

The false teachers never mention the fact that Jesus Christ paid ALL man’s sin debt with his own precious blood. This is the way you distinguish false teachers from true teachers. False teachers, teach good works and church membership, but never tell you that you need to turn from your sin and trust in the work Jesus did to save you. They laugh at sin, and the current and eternal damage that it does. You can measure men’s love for God by how much they hate sin.

Jesus Christ has power over Satan. The bible says, “But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57

Finally, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name.” John 1:12