And Satan answered the LORD,
and said,
Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
But put forth thine hand now,
and touch his bone and his flesh,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
And the LORD said unto Satan,
Behold, he is in thine hand;
but save his life.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 2:4-7
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke 10:18 |
"Four out of ten Christians (40%) strongly agreed that Satan “is not a living being but is a symbol of evil.” An additional two out of ten Christians (19%) said they “agree somewhat” with that perspective. A minority of Christians indicated that they believe Satan is real by disagreeing with the statement: one-quarter (26%) disagreed strongly and about one-tenth (9%) disagreed somewhat. The remaining 8% were not sure what they believe about the existence of Satan."
"Satan exults that he is regarded as a fiction."
Testimonies for the Church vol. 1, p.342 E.G.W.