So if Satan was chosen as the perfect Angel to be close to God.. WHY did he rebel? [Spirituality & Religion]
What did he see to reject what was taught to him?
56-60, M
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For the right answer, we must turn to God's Word. It tells the whole story. Nothing in the Bible states that Satan was chosen as the perfect angel. Not one verse. He wasn't perfect at all. The Bible says sin was found in him, so he's far from perfect. He was jealous of God and wanted to take over the Kingdom of heaven, so he and some of the angels that he talked into following him, started a war with God and Satan lost, and got kicked out of heaven, all of them who followed Satan.
Bible tells us two important truths about evil that we need to remember. First, evil doesn’t come from God; He didn’t create it, and He doesn’t cause it. Evil comes instead from the Evil One — Satan — who is absolutely opposed to God and His goodness. It also comes from within our hearts, as we turn away from God and live only for ourselves. Jesus said, “For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly” (Mark 7:21-22).
Second, the Bible assures us that God has already done something about evil! He sent His only Son into the world to defeat it — and He did. When Jesus died on the cross and then rose again from the dead, He confronted the powers of death and evil and Hell — and He defeated them. Some day the final battle will be fought, and He will come again to destroy all evil.
Don’t put your hope only in this world’s solutions. I assure you, they shall always disappoint you. Instead, put your hope in Jesus, for He alone is the answer to victory over evil and its consequences, and one day His victory shall be complete.
Bible tells us two important truths about evil that we need to remember. First, evil doesn’t come from God; He didn’t create it, and He doesn’t cause it. Evil comes instead from the Evil One — Satan — who is absolutely opposed to God and His goodness. It also comes from within our hearts, as we turn away from God and live only for ourselves. Jesus said, “For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly” (Mark 7:21-22).
Second, the Bible assures us that God has already done something about evil! He sent His only Son into the world to defeat it — and He did. When Jesus died on the cross and then rose again from the dead, He confronted the powers of death and evil and Hell — and He defeated them. Some day the final battle will be fought, and He will come again to destroy all evil.
Don’t put your hope only in this world’s solutions. I assure you, they shall always disappoint you. Instead, put your hope in Jesus, for He alone is the answer to victory over evil and its consequences, and one day His victory shall be complete.
MikefromEP · 56-60, M
What ever happened to the.. lost words of Jesus...
@MikefromEP: I'm sorry, I've never heard anyone use that term before. You're probably referring to the lost books of the Bible. I doubt anyone knows, but the important thing to know, is that the most crucial parts were preserved so that we may know how to have eternal life.