It's Mine!!

Is Satan the ruler of this planet?  Luke 4:6 says that the Devil told Jesus that all this Domain and its glories have been handed over to me and I give it to whomever I wish. So are we truly foreigners in a land that is not ours…a land in which God has no power?

I rather think that the Devil is the father of lies and was being a bit boastful to make himself seem more powerful than God. I think that when Paul refers to Satan as being  “the prince of the power of the air” that maybe he meant “hot air.”  Frankly, I don’t believe anything the Devil would say.  He is often referred to correctly as the father of lies. In fact, the ONLY power Satan has over us is the lie. Yes, this is a broken world in which Satan holds influence.  He is able to have free reign to lead us into our natural man’s self-centered behaviors…but God is still in charge over all.  It really bothers me when people say that this world belongs to Satan. God is not a visiting ambassador and we as Christians are not aliens without a green card.

To me it seems more like the parts of the city that get written off during battles (whether they be against crime or political enemies.)  The city is under the control of one power group (the government) but they haven’t completely cleaned out pockets of resistance or crime.  The enemy is on the run.  He is defeated already, he just hasn’t bled out yet from his wounds.

This earth was not created to be Satan’s domain of action.  We pulled that stunt out of the bag when we disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden.  But Christ defeated Satan’s grip on us by his crucifixion and resurrection.  The battle isn’t over in each of our daily lives, but the tide of that battle has changed, and Satan has no hope of winning in the end if we simply believe that the gift of salvation is ours through Christ’s atonement.