The New Testament declares Satan is real. Satan is mentioned much more frequently in the New Testament than in the Old Testament, about 115 times. Over half of the times he is called “Satan” or the “devil.” He’s also called the evil one, Beezelbub, the dragon, the serpent, the enemy, the ruler of demons, the ruler of this world, the prince of the power of the air, Apollyon, the tempter, and the god of this world. Some of the names, like “the dragon,” are symbolic. That’s one way the Apostle refers to him in the book of Revelation. Though Satan…
The Old Testament Declares Satan is Real Scripture declares the reality of Satan from Genesis to Revelation. The third chapter of Genesis (Gen. 3:1-5) tells the story of the serpent tempting and lying to Eve in the Garden of Eden. That encounter, followed by Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, led to the fall of man. Because of Adam’s fall, death, hardship, and suffering entered the world (Gen. 3:17-19), affecting not only man, but all creation (Rom. 8:19-21). Two main objections to this being a plain teaching of the…
Satan is Real In the introduction to his book, “Satan: His Motives and Methods,” Lewis Sperry Chafer wrote: “The name Satan has by no means been lost. It has, however, been associated with a most unscriptural fantasy. Without reference to revelation, the world has imagined a grotesque being, fitted with strange trappings, who has been made the central character in works of fiction and theatrical performances, and by this relation to that which is unreal, the character of Satan has come to be considered only one of the myths of a bygone age.” Chafer’s comment isn’t particularly striking today because…