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drifter
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I think Satan/ demonic spirits make predictions through people and work to make it come to pass. They can't know the future (they do understand bible prophecy though).

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Nigel Holland

2021/2/4 18:50

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TMK
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I can buy that Nigel. Makes sense.

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Todd

2021/2/4 18:58

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Hey Billy-

In regard to your examples, we do not know that the vision of Samuel was a demon, could just have easily been a God sent apparition.

In regard to the fortune telling girl, we don’t know how accurate she was or even what she was actually doing. Many people flock to astrologers and fortune tellers and psychics who are nothing more than charlatans. Now I realize the text says she had a spirit by which she predicted the future, but we really don’t know all that was going on.

I agree with Nigel that if a demon appears to predict the future it is because it is influencing humans toward a certain result, or that they have knowledge and intelligence and can make deductions.

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Todd

2021/2/4 19:05

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billy1980
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I believe it was really Samuel. I just see those instances as things to consider from within God’s Word.

Sree, I do agree with your experience concerning the issue.

Certainly we all agree seeking such things is forbidden. As brother Greg’s post shows.

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Billy Witt

2021/2/4 19:47

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MrBillPro
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Sree said:

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Yes, that is my point here.

Jesus himself called Satan, the ruler of this world. Also, Satan told Jesus that he has the authority to give power and riches to whoever he wanted.

Satan is also called the "prince of the power of the air" in Ephesians 2:2. He is the "ruler of this world" in John 12:31. These titles and many more signify Satan’s capabilities. To say, for example, that Satan is the "prince of the power of the air" is to signify that in some way he rules over the world and the people in it.

This is not to say that he rules the world completely; God is still sovereign. But it does mean that God, in His infinite wisdom, has allowed Satan to operate in this world within the boundaries God has set for him. When the Bible says Satan has power over the world, we must remember that God has given him domain over unbelievers only. Believers are no longer under the rule of Satan (Colossians 1:13).

Unbelievers, on the other hand, are caught "in the snare of the devil" (2 Timothy 2:26), lie in the "power of the evil one" (1 John 5:19), and are in bondage to Satan (Ephesians 2:2).

So, when the Bible says that Satan is the "god of this world," it is not saying that he has ultimate authority. It is conveying the idea that Satan rules over the unbelieving world in a specific way. In 2 Corinthians 4:4, the unbeliever follows Satan’s agenda: "The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.

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Bill

2021/2/11 20:53

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