On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:04:37 -0400, James <bireda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>"Kit Walker" <ghostwhowalks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>>Re: Something else.
>
>>Makes u wonder what Lucifer told the angels that one third of them
rebelled
>>with him, could any of us withstand that kind of convincing from a chief
>>Cherubim?
>>
>>If he knows he's going to lose in the end, why doesn't he just give up?
He
>>knows the Bible better than anyone, after all he quoted it to the Lord
Jesus
>>and he knew in advance about the promise and has through history tried
to
>>stop it, failing at every turn. Why doesn't he give up? He's lost, is he
>>mad? Insane? If mit was any one of us, we would have packed our bags ,
sat
>>down , said sorry and gave up, this is God we are talking about, our
Father,
>>the future is set, and it aint gunna change,
>>
>>Certainly i don't know or understand,
>>
>>Kit Walker
>
>Kit,
>
>I can't find any direct answers to your questions in the Bible, but
>perhaps the Devil and his demon army so love bloodshed and sadism etc,
>that they are going to enjoy themselves as long as they can.
That's very possible since God made them for that purpose and God is
not about to forgo the pleasure he gets from our suffering.
>Recall the account when Jesus drove the demons out of two men, and the
>demons asked to be cast into a herd of swine. They then forced the
>swine to fall off a cliff. They apparently got some kind of perverse
>pleasure from the terrified animals as they fell to their deaths into
>the sea. (see Mt 28-32)
Seems God's evil knows no bounds.
>True, Satan probably knows the scriptures showing his eternal end. So
>what hope does he have? Perhaps he believes his own lies. For example,
>he called God a liar at Ge 3:3-5. Thus if he hopes that God lies, then
>he might believe his fate is not sealed, like God has said.
We know God lies.
>At any rate, all we can do is speculate since the Bible does not go
>into such details. What Christians can be sure of, is that God's word
>is "truth" (Joh 17:17) and that:
>
>"...not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke
>concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of
>them has failed." (Jos 23:14; NASB)
God has always failed us in the past and you described some of God's
evil acts through Satan and devils.
>Sincerely, James
Barry
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