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Does satan (god of this world) have power over us? 6/21/2010 8:05:47 AM
Most Christian scholars say that Satan has no power over us and that a worm has more power than he does because he doesn't have a physical body.
That is true to some extent. But then when we read the account of Job, we see Satan getting a green light from God to kill Job's cattle and servants. Then Satan killed Job's sons and daughters. When that wasn't enough to shake Job's faith, Satan afflicted him with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
How about the magicians and sorcerers in Pharaoh's time, how did they manage to make their staffs turn into snakes? Did the magicians have special powers? We know that Moses's staff turned to a snake by the power of God and swallowed the other snakes. But where did the magicians' power come from?
What about the possessed man of Gadarenes who was able to break his iron chains. Did he have this kind of strength or did Legion, the demons possessing him, give him his strength? We know that Samson was given a special gift of strength from God that he used to conquer Israel's enemies. But where did the possessed man get his strength from?
Finally, we know from the book of Revelation that the false prophet will bring fire from heaven like the prophet Elijah did. And the Antichrist will be fatally wounded in the head but then he will recover or get resurrected. Our Lord Jesus was resurrected by the power of God. By what power then will the Antichrist get his fake resurrection
