{"id":3875,"date":"2015-05-15T09:59:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T09:59:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-04-12T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T09:51:35","slug":"the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/en\/2015\/05\/15\/the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The scriptures and the lives of God\u2019s saints bear witness to the existence of the <strong>devil<\/strong>. The devil is a fallen bodiless spirit, an angel created by God for His service and praise. Together with the devil, are his hosts of wicked angelic powers who have rebelled against the goodness of God and seek to pervert and destroy God\u2019s good creation. <br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, Day Star, son of Dawn!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And the angels which did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day. &#8230;(Jude 6, Cf. 2 Pet 2:4). &#8230;the devil and satan, the deceiver of the world\u2014he was thrown down to the earth, and his \u00c3\u00baangels were thrown down with him (Rev 12:9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the New Testament the Lord Jesus speaks of the devil whom He called him \u201cprince of this world\u201d (<em>Jn 12:31, 14:30, 16:11<\/em>) in this way:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies (Jn 8:44).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The devil and his multitude of evil spirits, \u201cthe principalities\u2026 the powers\u2026 the world rulers of this present darkness\u2026 the spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places\u201d (<em>Eph 6:12<\/em>) war against man seeking to destroy him by ensnaring him in sin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour (<em>1 Pet 5:8<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Christ has destroyed the power of the devil. He came into the world precisely for this reason. If one is \u201cin Christ\u201d he is led out of temptation and delivered from the evil one. If one is in Christ, the evil, who is also called Satan, which means the Adversary who \u201cdisguises himself as an angel of light\u201d (<em>2 Cor 11:14<\/em>), cannot deceive or harm him. To be victorious over the alluring and deceiving temptations of the devil is the goal of spiritual life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The scriptures and the lives of God\u2019s saints bear witness to the existence of the devil. The devil is a fallen bodiless spirit, an angel created by God for His service and praise. 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