Written by,
Robert Johnson
Last night was one of those moments, a young man at work ask me a series question, a question to where I had to consider my answer not desiring to give him my opinion. His question was, “what is the difference between God & satan?”
To everything in life we find the ability to compare and contrast. What do I mean?
God’s complete path of redemption is on display in the Bible. Satan will never show the roll he plays in kingdom destruction.
To contrast something is to look for differences among two or more elements, but compare is to do the opposite, to look for similarities. It’s easy to tell the difference if you remember that contrast comes from the Latin root contra, and means “against.”
As will develop this Blog please consider that the enemy in no way can compare to our Heavenly Father in anyway. He is completely against everything that is relative to the word of God – contrast comes from the Latin root contra, and means “against. “what is the difference between God & satan?”
If the world knows about satan why will there be more that follows him than those that follow the Lord?
Matthew 7:13-14 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Narrow Way
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Jesus says of Satan is the prince of this air, he is the Spirit that is ruling the world”—and that “he has nothing in common with me” (John 14:30. The Scriptures draw sharp contrasts between God and Satan that help us better understand the profound differences between their character, motivations, goals and actions.
As the church of God, if we can not tell or distinguish the spiritual difference than his promise he will fulfill.
God ask the question of the enemy so that His/God’s bride will know the devices of her enemy – Job 2:2 King James Version (KJV)
“2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
Much of what we learn about Satan is summed up in his name, which means adversary. Peter calls him “your enemy the devil” (1 Peter 5:8). Satan’s actions and motivations are those of an enemy. God’s character, in contrast, is summarized by the word love —a deep, outgoing concern for the welfare and well-being others.”God is love,” John tells us (1 John 4:8-16).
In John 8:43-44 Christ says Satan is a murderer and liar. Later, in John 14:6, Jesus refers to Himself as “the way, the truth, and the life.”
As a liar and murderer, Satan is the exact opposite of “the truth and the life.” Christ is the truth; Satan is a liar. Christ is the life; Satan is a murderer – one who takes away life. Clearly, Satan is the exact opposite of God in his intents, motivation and character. what is the difference between God & satan?”
Emphasizing this stark contrast, Paul asks a series of questions in 2 Corinthians 6:14-15: “For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial?” The thrust of this is that the ways of Christ and Satan are as opposite as day and night, light and darkness (John 3:19-21; John 8:12; Ephesians 6:12).
To truly understand Christ’s character we can look at His prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before He gave His life in sacrifice: “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42).
Satan’s attitude is diametrically opposite. Rather than submitting to God’s perfect will, he became self -willed and determined to have his way at any cost. That attitude led to his initial rebellion against his Creator – Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28..
The enemy desire through deceit to kill and steal – Christ died to give life, not take life.
So again we see a major contrast. Compare Satan, the destroyer, with God, whose greatest attribute is that He is the Creator. God is the one who creates, builds, makes and gives us so many beautiful and wonderful things. Satan, on the other hand, is the ultimate destroyer.
What does he destroy? He ruins basically everything he can get his hands on. Revelation 9 and Revelation 12:7-12. Everywhere he is mentioned, Satan is destroying—trying to murder God’s people, fighting Jesus Christ, lashing out in anger because he knows his time is almost up.
Satan produces demonic agents ….> “a person who acts on behalf of another person or group.” Destroys the seed
Luke 8:5-15 King James Version (KJV)
5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, (satan) and the fowls of the air devoured it.
6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7 (satan) And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8 (God) And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
God produces Seed …> “new birth – embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant broadly”
Eventually every destructive thing Satan has tried to achieve throughout history will be reversed and defeated, and all that God has set out to achieve will be accomplished. This is made clear in the Scriptures. God has ultimate control over His creation, and Satan can do no more than God allows as He works out His great purpose, allowing humanity to learn important lessons.
John 19:11 King James Version (KJV)
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
In Conclusion, Eve heard the truth, God’s voice but she allowed another voice to influence her desire. She forgot the voice of commandment.
One of the most necessary skills to have in the spiritual life is the ability to discern who is speaking to us in the depths of our soul. Without this skill we run the risk of following a voice that leads us away from God to a place of eternal loneliness and despair.
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