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Pastor John,
I was reading your post on “the Antichrist”. How can the antichrist (satan) be omnipotent and sit in people’s hearts?
Dee
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Thank you for the question, Dee.
First, Satan cannot be omnipresent; only God can do that.
Secondly, Satan can be in human hearts just as Christ can; that is, in spirit. Anytime someone accepts Satan’s thoughts, that is to say, his doctrine, that person opens himself to Satan’s influence. Then, if he continues in that doctrine, he opens himself to greater influence from Satan. This “influence” comes through Satan’s spirit, and many have put themselves in position to have it in their hearts. Some people, though very few, even follow Satan’s suggestions as far as Judas did, to the point of being possessed by Satan himself.
Please beware what you open your heart to. Solomon said that the condition of our heart determines our future.
Pastor John