Bible Questions Answered:
“The devil is the god of our world?”
Becka/ Belfast, United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
II Corinthians 4:3,4 NKJV
3 But even if our gospel is veiled,
it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4 whose minds the god of this age
has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
God is in control over all creation, but Satan's control, is over the world and all sinners, who refuse to come to The Light.
John 8:44 KJV
Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in The Truth, because there is no Truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it.
John 3:16-21 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that
He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be
saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
19 And this is the condemnation,
that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
Light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light, lest his deeds should
be reproved.
21 But he that doeth Truth cometh to
The Light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
II Corinthians 4:4 NLT
3 If the Good News we preach is
hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are
perishing.
4 Satan, who is the god of this
world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They
are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t
understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact
likeness of God.
Yes, Satan is the god of this world.
Adam, lost his claim to his control through his fall.
Genesis 3:23,24 NLT
23 So The Lord God banished them
from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground
from which he had been made.
24 After sending them out, The Lord
God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And
He placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the
way to the tree of life.
Satan, boasted that the kingdoms of the
world were his, to do with as he wished, an assumption which our Lord
did not deny.
Matthew 4:8-11 KJV
8 Again, the devil taketh Him up
into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of
the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto Him, All these
things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get
thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth Him..."
Luke 4:5-8 KJV
5 And the devil, taking Him up into
an high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a
moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto Him, All
this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me,
all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Get thee behind Me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
The Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
Satan called by
Jesus the prince of this world.
John 12:31 KJV
Now is the
judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast
out.
John 14:30 KJV
Hereafter I will not talk much with
you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.
Ephesians 2:2
KJV
Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience:
Though Adam the
first man, lost to Satan, yet there is victory and reclamation
through the second Adam, Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:3-5
KJV
3 Grace be to you and peace from God
The Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who gave Himself for our sins,
that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to
the will of God and our Father:
5 To whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
Hebrews 2:14,15
NLT
14 Because God’s children are
human beings—made of flesh and blood—The Son also became flesh
and blood. For only as a human being could He die, and only by dying
could He break the power of the devil, who had the power of death.
15 Only in this way could He set
free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
Our Lord, won back
the title to creation through His vicarious death, and at his second
coming He will reclaim it.
I John 3:8 KJV
He that committeth sin is of the
devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose The
Son Of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the
devil.
Revelation 20:10
KJV (Future)
And the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and
ever.
Ephesians
1:17-23 KJV (Coming Age.)
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, The Father Of Glory, may give unto you The Spirit Of Wisdom
and Revelation in the knowledge of Him:
18 The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling,
and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding
greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the
working of His mighty power,
20 Which He wrought in Christ, when
He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the
heavenly places,
21 Far above all
principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that
is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things
under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the
church,
23 Which is His body, the fulness of
Him that filleth all in all.
I Corinthians
15:24,25 KJV
24 Then cometh the end, when He
shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even The Father; when He
shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign, till He hath
put all enemies under His feet.
Colossians
1:12,13 KJV
12 Giving thanks unto The Father,
which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the
power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His
dear Son:
