- We believe that Satan is an actual person;
- that he was once holy and enjoyed heavenly honors (Ezekiel 28:13-17), but, through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, fell (Isaiah 14:12-15) and drew after him a host of angels (Jude6);
- that he is now the malignant prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2) and the unholy god of tis world(II Cor. 4:4);
- that he is the originator of sin (Ezekiel 28:15),
- man’s adversary (I Peter 5:8) and tempter (Matt. 4:1-3; I Thess. 3:5),
- that he is the enemy of God and His Christ (Rev. 12:7-9),
- the accuser of the saints (Rev. 12:10),
- the author of all false religions (II Cor. 11:13-15),
- the chief power behind all apostasy and the mystery of iniquity (II Thess. 2:7-10) and
- the author of all the powers of darkness (Eph. 6:12)–destined however to final defeat at the hands of God’s own son (I John 3:8) and to the judgment of an eternal justice in hell (Rev. 20:10), a place prepared for him and his angels (Matt. 25:41).
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