What Mean Things Does Satan Do To People?
Answer: Satan does not get to do whatever he wants to do to people.
The main thing he does is get us to hurt ourselves and others.
Lots of people think that Satan only tempts people to do bad stuff.
He does tempt us, but the worst thing he does is lie to us.
Satan hates God and does not want us to believe what God says.
He wants us to sin. He wants us to believe what is false.
He wants us to believe that we are no good. Satan lies to us about our worth and about what really matters so we’ll hurt ourselves.
The way to see Satan’s lies is to know the truth that’s in the Bible, God’s Word.
Key verse: Watch out for attacks from Satan, your great enemy. He prowls around like a hungry, roaring lion. He is always looking for someone to tear apart. (1 Peter 5:8)
Related verses: Genesis 3:1; Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7; Matthew 4:1; John 8:44; 14:30; 1 John 3:8; Revelation 12:9-10
Related questions: Will I ever get a demon? Can people be demon possessed? Do demons live in some people’s hearts?
Note to parents: Some children have heard of demon possession and wonder if it can happen to them.
They may ask a question like this as a veiled way of asking the more frightening one.
But the devil has no power over Jesus. If we have Jesus in our hearts, Satan won’t be able to do whatever he wants to with us or make us do anything we don’t want to do.
How Come The Devil Wants Us To Be Bad?
Answer: Satan’s main purpose is to make us part of his kingdom, not just to make us bad.
The devil would be quite happy if you lived a good life but never did anything for Jesus.
He doesn’t want you to serve God. He wants to hurt your faith in God, to make you doubt God’s love and goodness.
One of the ways he does that is to tempt you to do bad things.
If Satan had his way, Christians would just sit around, doing nothing good and telling no one about Jesus.
Key verse: Then [false teachers] will come to their senses and escape from Satan’s trap.
He uses it to catch them whenever he likes. Then they can begin doing the will of God. (2 Timothy 2:26)
Related verses: John 17:15; 1 Peter 5:8-9
Related questions: Why is the devil after us? Why was Satan so wicked? Why did Satan become so mean? Why is Satan so jealous? Why did Lucifer become bad?
Note to parents: Satan’s main job is to lie to people, to get non-Christians to stay away from God, and to prevent Christians from serving God.
He plants doubts and tries to convince us that we’re not God’s children.
Are Satan And Jesus Still At War?
Answer: Jesus and Satan are definitely enemies at war, but Jesus will win. (By the way, when Jesus says to love your enemies, he’s not talking about loving the devil.
He’s talking about loving people.) The devil will do everything in his power to try to stop people from believing in Jesus and living for Jesus.
But we don’t have to be afraid of Satan because God protects his people against Satan’s power. Jesus never loses.
Key verses: Put on all of God’s armor. Then you will be safe from Satan’s attacks.
We are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood. We are fighting against persons without bodies.
They are the evil rulers of the unseen world. They are the satanic beings and evil princes of darkness who rule this world.
They are the huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world. (Ephesians 6:11-12)
Related verses: Hebrews 2:14; 1 John 2:14; Revelation 2:11;12:7
Related questions: Does Satan ever talk to God? Does God know the devil? Why does Satan want to be stronger than God?
What does Jesus do all day? Does Jesus have a job in heaven? Does Jesus sleep?