Pastor John,
Do you think that Satan recognizes the spirit that Jesus gives as the spirit of God? I wonder how he could justify killing those under the spirit of God if he did. Is it even possible for him to discern that kind of life with his kind of life?
Could he still think that Jesus is a son of God?
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Satan would have no reason to think that Jesus ever was not A son of God. Even the angel at jesus’ birth called him “son of the most high”. As for Jesus being THE Son of God, I am less sure that Satan is convinced of that yet. But if he is not convinced now, I expect that he will be thoroughly convinced when he is being cast into the Lake of Fire.
He is angry enough to kill anyone who loves Jesus and has received the Spirit. The last verse in Revelation 12 tells us that. Without having God’s kind of life, though, which is the Spirit that believers receive, Satan cannot possibly understand it. He may not believe that the Spirit Jesus baptizes with is the real Spirit of God. It certainly is not the kind of spirit that Satan thought God was!
Pastor John