Wow.
Being like Satan (or becoming like him after one is born again) seems akin to having the knowledge of God, without the love of God.
If that is correct, I don’t think the world could even qualify to be like Satan. The knowledge of God comes through the Spirit of God. So the error of being like Satan would belong to the body of Christ alone.
But for God’s children, if we gain the knowledge of God after we are born again, and then allow the life, the love, the Spirit of God in us to dry up, we are left with a dead shell…a memory of life. I guess we could call that a knowledge of God, but without love (or life – God’s life) to wield it.
As God’s (ex) prosecutor, it seems that Satan was/is just that way. He knows the rules, so to speak, but he doesn’t know God’s heart to apply them. He would hurt everything he touches even when meaning to do well.
Whew. Makes me want to abandon hard and fast rules for life in the Spirit, where both the knowledge AND THE LOVE exist!
Jerry