Thursday, February 5, 2026

Satan Is the Enemy

There is a belief that I've heard at various points. It's not "common", but it's common enough that I hear about it, preached by certain so-called "Christians". The belief is that Satan isn't actually an "enemy". These people believe that Satan isn't fallen and evil, but rather, that he's a servant of God who basically does all of God's dirty work for Him.

This belief is wrong and dangerous.

The belief is wrong because the Bible clearly talks about Satan as an enemy of God, not a servant. Here are just a few of many examples:
[Revelation 12:7-9] shows angels battling against Satan, and throwing him down from heaven.
[Revelation 20:7-9] shows Satan "deceiving the nations" and waging a war against God.
[Revelation 20:10] shows Satan being thrown into Hell to be tormented "day and night forever".
[Matthew 25:41] tells us that Hell was created for the specific purpose of punishing Satan and the other fallen angels. (Yes, human sinners will go there too, but it was first created for Satan.)
[Mathtew 4:1-11] shows Satan trying to tempt Jesus. The other two temptations are bad enough, but the last temptation is giving up worshiping God, and instead worshiping Satan.

1) NO ANGEL OF GOD WOULD ASK ANYONE TO SIN.
2) IF GOD WAS ASKING SATAN TO DO THESE THINGS, WHY WOULD GOD PUNISH HIM FOR IT?

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

The belief is dangerous because Revelation talks about Satan as an enemy of God. Revelation is given special importance: [Revelation 22:18-20] clearly warns that anyone who changes that book is under God's judgment. If someone does this, THEY MUST REPENT IMMEDIATELY. People who say Satan "is a servant, not an enemy" are adding and taking away from the prophecies. This book clearly shows that Satan is not working with God at all. Satan opposes God at every turn, and seeks to deceive people, and God is going to punish him and condemn him to Hell for his actions. If someone tries to say that Satan "isn't an enemy", they're saying none of this is true, that Revelation is lying to us. We can see in verse 20 that Revelation has Jesus' personal approval, and that Jesus affirms judgment for anyone who tries to change Revelation.

Be extremely careful in this world. Heresy abounds everywhere.
May God bless and guide you all according to His perfect will. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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