Monday, October 31, 2005

Devil's not that great afterall

Who says that devil is smart? Who says that satan is intelligent? Well..the answer really does depend on what you considered to be "smart" i think. If what you considered smart is rich in knowledge, almost all-knowing, perhaps the answer would be yes, satan is far more intelligent than us human beings. But here i've come up with some ideas that shows that satan's actually not that great! I really don't know what's happening but the issue is interesting to be raised.
My first evidence supporting my argument is that satan is indeed a fool because he rebels against God! One might argue that it is because of his rebellious nature, and jealousy drives his actions, but doesn't he understand the basic underlying principle that the Creator is definitely greater than any creation? That Creator will always be far more powerful than any creation? Take human and robots for example, well, this might not be a perfect analogy as you might argue that robots can perform calculations faster than humans, but we, humans are definitely more advanced and complicated than any possibly invented computers! A biologist might support my argument. Till today, no one knows exactly how does the neural network inside our brain works, compared to, say, a microchip inside our computers. We're definitely more "powerful" in that sense. Though there might be some future predictions that computers will somehow gain "consciousness" by the next century, still, we are more powerful, and superior to computers. Just plug of their battery source and they will die off. Similarly, going back to the argument, devil will not win from rebelling against God! Just as a computer can't win from human beings.
Next thing..this has really confused me, but the devil seems, in some way, bound to God's authority. They are afraid of God! How do i think so? It's because the devil does nothing in refuting God's revelation. What i mean is, God's revelation inside te Bible said that Jesus is the only truth. This statement excludes all other possibilities. But the devil does not do anything to at least, make this unclear. We've come across many examples through films. If someone says "I am John", and the other identical person says "No, I am John", than that would create a confusion isn't it? But in the scenario the devil seems to keep quiet, while we know that he has got the power to, say, create a religion and inside it's "holy scriptures" written another person who says that he's the only truth. That would certainly create a confusion! What i see is this.. I suspect that there has been an "invisible battle" between God and the devil, and what we're seeing now is the outcome. The fact that there's only one scripture, that is the Bible, in which it is stated clearly that Jesus is the only way of truth, is the outcome of that invisible battle, which means that the devil is losing. Well, perhaps the battle has started long ago. The devil wanted to create a confusion by the similarity of the live of the ancient God Osiris-Dionysus compared to those of Jesus Christ. But as we know today, the more you want to "censor" something, the more clue that you have to say "it is there". The presence of the fakes indeed proves that the real one is actually present. Pirated cd's would mean that there's an original version of that cd. Moreover, to speak in a more general way, the presence of many religions in this world doesnt prove that there's no absolute truth! Indeed, all of them reflects the presence of that one absolute!
Then why would be the devil so stupid? Not stupid, just "far less intelligent" than God. We, as human beings, are not able to see the "invisible battles", the real scenarion that was happening. But all of these just strengthen my proof! The belief to supranatural beings, ghosts, by those who does not actually hold truth in their hearts, is another proof! Those who have strong faith is unlikely to believe in those, let alone encounter them. Those cheap tricks are, i suspect, to divert the attention to those who are not aware of the presence of truth, or make them believe in some other things other than truth. While to us believers, presence of devil means presence of God, and we are not afraid to satan anymore since we are blessed with the Holy Spirit within us.
To conclude, devil is not that great, and we humans are not supposed to be afraid of the devil. Be open minded, and perhaps you'll be able to see the big picture. What the devil try is just to create confusion, and nothing more, and if we hold fast to truth, we will be able to see them clearly.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

be careful when you say something about devil. read what bible says about devil, what Jesus said about devil in gospels, what Apostle Peter said about devil in his letters. Devil is mentioned as ruler of the world, master of this age, described like a lion, the image of devil/satan in bible is powerful & dangerous. but do not be afraid of devil - not because we are strong or because he is stupid, but only because Jesus has defeated him and we are belong to Jesus now. keep learning HIS words. may God bless you always

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Blogger ardianto86 said...

yes, thanks 4 your comment =)

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