Satan

Simply Put

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

He's called the tempter, the accuser, the evil one, and the god of this age. In this episode, Barry Cooper looks at the biblical--and very real--figure of Satan.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Nathan W Bingham, host of Renewing Your Mind, and I want to invite you to join us in
0:05.7	Orlando for our Ligonier National Conference. Beginning May 23rd, Christians from around the
0:10.9	world will gather to hear biblical teaching and enjoy fellowship together.
0:15.4	This year's theme is the way, the truth, and the life.
0:18.9	Over three days, we'll focus on the person and work of Jesus Christ. To learn more and register, visit
0:25.0	Ligonier.org slash 2024.
0:30.0	If you want people to know that you're incredibly unsophisticated and let's face it, who doesn't?
0:35.6	Tell them you believe in the existence of the devil.
0:39.2	Most people in the West do not believe that Satan is a real living being.
0:44.3	And in fact, if a recent survey is anything to go by,
0:48.0	only a minority of professing Christians believe that the devil actually exists. Now given the way that the devil is
0:54.8	typically caricatured this isn't surprising. mention his name and most of us
0:59.4	immediately think of a cartoonish figure with red skin black horns and a rakish goatee.
1:05.0	But, as the author CS Lewis observed,
1:08.0	there are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about devils.
1:13.7	One is to disbelieve in their existence.
1:17.6	The other is to believe and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors, and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.
1:32.0	It's sobering to note that Jesus Christ believed in the reality of
1:35.8	Satan and demons. And while it can be tempting to discard Jesus' view as being
1:40.8	merely a product of its time, it's salutary to remember that Jesus was never
1:45.2	one to toe the party line or go with the cultural flow.
1:50.9	The biblical angel, a being created by God, who nevertheless rebelled against the Creator.
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