“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.” 2 Corinthians 4:4
In this world there are two gods of power, God or Jehovah the
Creator of the world and the Creator of all things, and a god named Satan that
controls the world system and the lost souls in the world. Listen to Albert
Barnes, “The name “god” is here given to him, not because he has any divine
attributes, but because he actually has the homage of the people of this world
as their god, as the being who is really worshipped, or who has the affections
of their hearts in the same way as it is given to idols.” Satan has a great
irresistible power over people, because of his power over the world system. “Now
is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be
cast out.” John 12:31 This means that Satan sits on the throne of the world
controlling the minds of people, to a point saved people and all lost people.
God said “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not…” People are not morally
good as so many claims, “…There is none righteous, no, not one:” Romans
3:10 Just as Adam and Eve both displeased God after the fall, every single soul
ever born (except Jesus) was born blinded to the righteousness of God and under
the evil and sinful powers of Satan. Satan is so powerful people cannot resist
him, they must and will obey his every command that God allows. People thing
they can just resist him, but they cannot, they do not have the will or the
power within them to resist him. God called him the prince of the power of the
air. “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that
now worketh in the children of disobedience:” Ephesians 2:2 This is strictly
speaking about all the lost people, when God said “Wherein in time past
ye walked…” these are the saved, who are no longer under the irresistible
powers of Satan, but under the powers of God the Holy Spirit. However, even
Christians must beware that we do not fall into the powers of Satan, because he
is our adversary seeking to devour us. There are lots of Christians who
ignorantly walk after Satan’s power and fall into his will, and there are
Christians who walk in some of Satan’s will unknowingly. Only Jesus Christ had
the power to overcome the temptations of Satan. Christians can overcome his
temptations only thru Jesus Christ, it must be in His given power. Listen to
God describe Satan in Ephesians 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.” We
are “wrestling” or fighting against powers we cannot see of feel, we
must recognize this is not another man but a power causing people to disobey
God. Satan is not “flesh and blood” but rather a power that is inviable “a
power of the air”. The lost world, the people, the king’s, the powers that be,
even most of “Christendom” are under his power and authority. “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.” John 8:44. Satan is called the god of this
world because of his control of it, whether governments, people, or even most
of what is called Christendom he controls it. He will control it as long as God
allows him too. Satan is only defeated by the power of God. “…now shall the
prince of this world be cast out.” John
12:31 This world is going to get worse and worse until Jesus returns. Some true
churches and Pastors will ignore and avoid biblical truth more and more in this
time called the days of apostasy. Satan will use demonization thru this world system,
Christendom, and news organizations to demonize the truth and shame real Christians
and churches into submission. It is up to the Pastors and the churches to
fight for the truth and to keep the truth alive for the next generation. Christians
and churches of old surrendered their lives to keep the churches and truth
alive. They refused to surrender unlike some today in the time of apostasy. What
is your fight, are you fighting for biblical truth or are you surrendering to
Satan and his world system? “As we said before, so say I now again, If any
man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be
accursed. “For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?
for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I certify
you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I
neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of
Jesus Christ.” Galatians 1:9 - 12
