August 9, 2016

Question: In Bible study the other day, we were studying Luke chapter four. Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness for 40 days. Satan says to Jesus, “Bow down and worship me, and I can give you all this.” I know he is the father of lies, so was that a lie? Could he have given Jesus all if Jesus had bowed to him, or was it a trick/lie, and he hadn’t any authority to offer Jesus the world?

Which then brought up another question: Does Satan need authority from God to do anything to the people and to the earth? Is that true? Or as one lady said, Satan gets authority from God only when pertaining to Christians believers. But Satan does not have to get permission from God when dealing with unbelievers? -Tammy


Answer: Hi Tammy, Both good questions. Let’s start here:

Satan’s Rebellion

How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.(Isaiah 14:12-15)

This is probably the most detailed account of Satan’s rebellion in the Bible. One thing to notice here, in Satan’s own words, is his desire to “make [him]self like the Most High.” Of course, that’s impossible! Why?
Author-ity: Where Does It Come From?
If you think about the word “authority,” it comes from the word “author.” We know from Genesis 1 that God is the Author of the entire universe (including Satan himself)! Remember, Satan is an angel, created by God. Satan is not divine. He is not God’s equal. The closest Satan comes to being an author is by twisting what God has done, and turning it into sin. He’s the author of lies.
“All authority comes from God, and those in position of authority have been placed there by God” (Romans 13:1). I take this to refer to human authority. Now, notice what Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 28: “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to…” who? Me! Therefore, no authority that God has given has been given to Satan. So any authority that Satan exercises was taken, not given. He is, by definition, unauthorized!

What Kind of Authority Does Satan Exercise?
Jesus referred to him as “the ruler of this world” (John 12:31), and Paul calls him “the prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2) and “the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4). John makes a further distinction when he says: “We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one” (1 John 5:19). These references leave us with the question: In what sense does Satan “rule” the world?

The Bible frequently uses “the world” or “this world” to refer to the present evil system of opposition to God. So, the Bible never teaches that Satan actually rules over the entire world, but that he is ruler over the current system of sinful opposition to God. In other words, he’s leading the rebellion against God.
Satan’s Limited Authority
The book of Job gives further insight into the limited nature of Satan’s power. Satan came before God with other heavenly beings (Job 1:6), and God asked him where he had been (1:7). Satan tells him, and God asks if he knows about his servant, Job (1:. Satan challenges God, saying he’s put a hedge around him and blessed him, and he asks God to take away the hedge, threatening that if he did, Job would curse God to his face (1:10-11). God removes the hedge of blessing around Job’s life, but restricts Satan’s activity.
It is clear from this that Satan could do only what God had given him permission to do, and nothing more. Job was certainly a believer, but there is no reason to think that Satan somehow has unrestricted authority over unbelievers. This Scripture tells us the reason that Satan has any authority at all, because God allows it to be so…for now.
All the Kingdoms of the World and Their Authority
Back to your question: If Jesus had bowed his knee to him, could Satan really have given “all the kingdoms of the world and their glory” (Matthew 4: to him? If we take what we’ve learned so far, we can reframe the situation a bit. The kingdoms of the world are made up of people and systems in rebellion against God.
Satan was essentially tempting Jesus to join his rebellion against God.
How would Jesus do this? By choosing to bypass God’s plan for him to humble himself, die on the cross for our sins, rise to new life, and receive the kingdom of God from his Father (Ephesians 2:5-10). Instead of bowing to God, and being obedient to him, Jesus could bow to Satan, avoid the pain and suffering of the cross, and immediately become king of Satan’s rogue kingdom.
Why the Son of God Took on Flesh and Blood
Yes, Satan could have given this kingdom to Jesus. But the very reason that God took on flesh and blood was “that through death he might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). When Jesus died on the cross, he took away our sins, satisfying the demands of God’s law, and he triumphed over Satan, disarming the power that he holds over people–the power of death, because sin leads to death (Colossians 2:13-15).
Instead of joining his rebellion, Jesus now waits for the final judgment and the decisive victory over Satan to be accomplished, when he will be “thrown into the lake of fire” and “tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Revelation 20:10), and his kingdom and authority will be taken away from Satan and given back to King Jesus, its rightful Author and Owner. Amen.
Hope this is helpful to you,

Pastor Tim

God had the authority, gave it to man, man gave it to Satan, man(Jesus) took it back from Satan.

Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV)

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

And I will say amen and amen to that.

God bless.

We all have authority on earth, but our authorities differ. We can change rules, ideas, religions, gods, etc with our authority. For example, if I want people on earth to start questioning Jehovah, Allah, Vishnu etc their gods on earth and switch from worshipping them, I unleash my authority and in a certain period of time, the world would change and these gods will lose their followers in billions.
If an atheist wants to unleash his authority on earth, he goes about promoting his ideas, soon many will buy it and join him. So also, if the Muslims want the same, they go about killing people and forcing their children to join their religion. Christians can threaten with hell fire so that they can make their authorities on earth established.

The sum total of all the authorities on earth is the authority of God Almighty on earth. As for Satan's authority, well I don't know, because Satan changes. The Satan of today is Jehovah aka Yahweh because currently he is the greatest hater of humanity, but he is currently in a spiritual cage, therefore his authority doesn't pass the one in the bible. As soon as people become wiser than the bible, his authority will fade away completely.

Good and Bad happens so.....

Let's first remind our self that God is just. He doesn't break principles. Now to the question of who has authority on Earth.

God created the earth and gave man authority over it.
Man started obeying Satan, thereby losing their authority bro him. Satan became the god (ruler) of this world. Yet during this period, men who chose God could invite God into their affairs through prayers and relationship with Him. God does not just intrude.

Jesus came to the world to reclaim the authority over the earth for mankind. Any man who accepts salvation has authority over Satan, but Satan still has authority over anyone who has not received salvation. That is why Christians can command the devil but unbelievers can't.

Satan still has some influence on societal affairs because some people still serve him. That means he is using their authority they have seeded to him by obeying or serving him.
Satan will finally have no say on the human society after all sinners have been destroyed. There will be no more person to seed their right of authority to him because all those who are left will be holy people of God. Satan will also the finally dealth with.

Meanwhile for now, Satan rules unsaved men while saved men have authority over him and he has to obey them when they command him in Jesus name.

Satan may still have a lot of influence in the world today through his human agents but the ultimate authority belongs to God. Nothing in this world happens without God's permission, even the bad things. Everything ĺboth good and evil) works according to God's plan.

Earth is a battle ground .. Darkness against light .. Man has a choice to make all the time ..

Satan control the world, but he did NOT have ultimate authority, it is part of God plan to give Satan control over the world. in Luke 4:6 , he admits this: “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has
been delivered to me .”

By whom? God. in his sovereignty, Satan control and power in this earth is by PERMISSION , Satan was given permission to afflict Job with pain.

The whole world lies in the power
of the evil one. (1 John 5:19 )

malvisguy212:
Satan control the world, but he did NOT have ultimate authority, it is part of God plan to give Satan control over the world. in Luke 4:6 , he admits this: “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has
been delivered to me .”

By whom? God. in his sovereignty, Satan control and power in this earth is by PERMISSION , Satan was given permission to afflict Job with pain.

The whole world lies in the power
of the evil one. (1 John 5:19 )

And one of the biggest deceit is not recognizing the fact that he currently controls much of the kingdom of this world.

OpenYourEyes1:


And one of the biggest deceit is not recognizing the fact that he currently controls much of the kingdom of this world.

we shall prevailed in Jesus name.

Let see it this way; the devil is a custodian of the affairs of this world, but not the owner or creator. Definitely he controls the world objectively.

Mat 28:18

All Authority has been given to me, in heaven and on earth.


If someone has all of something, is there any left?


The devil has no Authority, Jesus already got all.








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Satan and God are just two different aspects of the same thing... Just like two different ministries of Nigeria government.. Ministry of justice and ministry of education... Working in different capacities to achieve the same thing or purpose

Satan is not independent of God, he is part of God . Together with 6 other dieties form the Elohim..

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mesopotamian_deities&ved=2ahUKEwiAqe75jozkAhUUXRUIHaBQCQ4QFjARegQIDxAo&usg=AOvVaw1zN2-lemBgj0OQ541_Vlmm

Nanna is the God of darkness , so that would make him the devil and he was part of the Elohim... But his first daughter Inanna was not, she got Enki drunk and stole the Mes from him.. Because she wanted to be among the Elohim, there was thereafter elevated to it, ninmah was withdrawn from the pantheon and replaced with inanna... Inanna is Lucifer, she is the Queen of heaven..

She is Marduk enemy because she represented death..
Isaiah 14 is about death...