Wow.... This is a question I am working on answering on here today. There is a short answer that yes evil does really exist, but there is a lot longer answer too.
As you all know I can not just leave it at the short answer. Warning this will be long and most likely take a few posts. I may jump around a bit too.
Here is my first post on the existence of evil.
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The First error people make is to deny the existence of Satan, demons and the spiritual world. Some people make the mistake of thinking of Satan and demons like Santa.... Figments of imagination. They do not understand that a lot of the evil in the world in the work of satan and demons. They choose to believe that the only reason that bad things happen is because of accidents of nature and poor socialization. This is not true.
The wickedness of the world is influenced, encouraged and fueled by satan and demons. Spiritual struggle and warfare is not a myth. It is a reality that many people wish to ignore. Satan loves to make us think he is not real or doubt in the spiritual real and spiritual warfare. He wins when people don't think he exists. It makes his job so much easier.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Lucifer (Satan) was not always the way he is now. He was a beautiful angel. but he wanted to be like God. He wanted the honor and glory meant for God. He wanted to be God.
Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
The angels that rebelled along with satan were thrown out of heaven too. They are now demons. The bible says that 1/3 of the angels followed satan in rebellion.
2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Since satan was thrown out of heaven he turned his attention to earth. He turned his attention to God's creation. He turned his attention to taking as many of us down with him that he can.
Satan is not all powerful or all knowing.
Satan knows that in the end he loses but he wants to destroy as many souls as possible before that happens.
Act 26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Act 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Act 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Act 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Act 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
I have so much more to say and I will continue it soon I will just add it on to the bottom but I do want to end right now with this. If you are not a follower of Jesus then the devil is in victory over your life. If you would die right now you would not go to heaven. You would go to hell. Hell is not a place that was made for you. It was made for satan and his followers. God does not want you to go there. He sent His son so that you wouldnt have to go there. Jesus died for your sins. All you have to do is accept that and follow Him.
Here is a sample prayer if you want to accept Jesus into your heart. It is just a sample you don't have to say these exact words. Just pray from your heart.
Dear God.
I know that I have lived my life the way I wanted to. I haven't done it the way you want me to. I haven't acknowledged you as Lord and Jesus as my savior. I need your help Lord. I can not do it myself. I need the blood of Jesus to come and clean my sins away. Fill me with the Holy Spirit and help me live according to your will. Give me joy and peace that comes from you. Help my feet walk your path.
In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Continued:
Satan's main staregy is to keep people from hearing the gospel, recognizing the truth and accepting Jesus as Savior. Keeping them in spiritual bondage.
Act 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
2Co 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2Co 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Luk 8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Joh 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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