Does God control this world?
1) God creates man like Himself and gives man all authority over the earth.
Gen 1
26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.
26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.
2) Man gives all authority over the earth to Satan.
Gen 3
15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her [1] Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.(3)
22And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live [2] forever--
3) Jesus afirms Satan rules the Earth and all the kingdoms are His
15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her [1] Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.(3)
22And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live [2] forever--
3) Jesus afirms Satan rules the Earth and all the kingdoms are His
Matthew 4:8
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.
Luke 4:5
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.
Am I taking these verses out of context or are churches just missing these key verses about Satan? I'm wrestling with my beliefs so let's have some discussion going on bout this.
Eric
A bondservant of the King of Kings, Jesus Christ
