If Satan Is Bound, Why Is He Described as a Lion, Seeking Someone to Devour?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 17 February 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 905 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. When you try to explain to children who Jesus is, they get confused because Santa isn't real, the tooth fairy isn't real, and then they think Jesus isn't real either. How do you approach this problem?
2. My work supports LGBTQ groups and other progressive communities, but never religious ones. How do I remain faithful in this kind of work environment?
3. I have heard you refer to Satan being bound on the show. I am curious, how do you explain this being in the same world as Satan being described as a "roaring lion" walking about "seeking someone he may devour"? Is it all metaphorical? How do these things relate to his status right now?
4. Is my heart too hard to reconcile with God?
5. Could you explain Hosea 3:2? The text says that Gomer was worthless yet Jesus paid the ultimate price for her. What are your thoughts?
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| 0:00.0 | If Satan is bound, then why is he described as a roaring lion seeking to devour someone? |
| 0:12.3 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:17.3 | Hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where |
| 0:21.8 | we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. Our phone lines are open |
| 0:27.3 | right now, and you can call us with your question for the next 20, 25 minutes or so. Here's the number. |
| 0:32.9 | It's 833-833-843-2673. By the way, you can also watch Adrile Live in the studio right now on our YouTube channel, and you can send us a message that way. You can also email us anytime at Questions at Core Christianity.com. Now, one of the voicemails we received recently has to do with Santa Claus. So before we |
| 0:58.5 | listen to that voicemail, just a little heads up for parents. If you've got young children listening, |
| 1:02.9 | you don't want them to hear this particular response. Then you might want to keep them occupied |
| 1:07.2 | elsewhere. Here is a call we receive from Carolyn in California. |
| 1:12.6 | My question is, with children, when you try to explain to them about Jesus, they get |
| 1:19.4 | confused because they've been brought up that, oh, the Toots Ferry's not real, the Easter bunny's |
| 1:25.5 | not real, Santa Claus isn't real. So they figure in the long |
| 1:29.7 | run, they're going to find out Jesus isn't real either. How in the world do you go about |
| 1:36.0 | approaching this problem? It's not funny, but it's confusing and it's difficult. Thank you. Bye. |
| 1:45.9 | Hey, Carolyn, thank you for that question. I love these questions related to raising our children |
| 1:50.7 | and the nurture and admonition of the Lord. And the first thing I would say is if the way in which |
| 1:56.1 | we talk about Jesus is similar to how we talk about Santa Claus and the tooth fairy, well, |
| 2:00.7 | there's the first |
| 2:01.2 | problem right there. If we only talk to our kids, you know, once a year about Jesus as this |
| 2:07.3 | sort of distant individual who's there. And I mean, we're not talking about Christ, the risen |
| 2:15.1 | Lord, who is impacting every single, you know, part of our lives |
| 2:20.8 | and every single day of our life. That's part of the problem. Now, you said there's a lot |
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