![]() However, any serious biblical consideration of demons must, in some sense, be an inquiry of the figure of Satan, i.e., the devil, Diablos, the Evil One. For before you, even now, innumerable supernatural beings exist, intent on tempting you and leading you to their master’s ever-present obsession: death and destruction of human beings and scorn for the Lord Jesus Christ. And I do not hesitate to urge you to fly to Jesus swiftly. Those without Jesus Christ are in a different category regarding the devil and his fallen angels. The believer must not fear the power of evil that feeds these hideous creatures. These things need to be talked of.” 2 Believers Need Not Fear Demons But that, I believe, would have been the greater sin. My only alternative would have been to write nothing at all. Some things can be said about it: most cannot. “ Satan is spirit, and spirit is mysterious. Scott Peck, M.D., the celebrated psychiatrist and author, reminded us of the challenge we face in dealing with this subject: The evidence to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” 1 “ There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. ![]() Lewis guides us in the larger context of our study. So it is with the question of the devil and demons. “ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” ( Job 38:4, 7). The counsel of the Almighty to old Job is good for us: We are inclined to deny what we cannot see. We tend to disregard what we cannot understand.
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