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Question: Why did God let Satan live and let sin go on? He is
capable of it.

God does not want robots. He wants men and women who give
themselves willingly. 

I may not, and I'm sure do not know all the reasons why, but I do
know we have to deal with things as they are. Accordingly:
     God doesn't promise a world without temptation, but He does
promise limits to temptation, and a way of escape (1 Cor. 10:13).
     There is a battle going on: Gal. 5: You determine who wins.
God has voted for you; Satan has voted against you; you cast the
deciding vote.

     We have the example of Jesus (Mt.4:1ff).
     We are assured of victory in Jesus, that we can overcome (1
John 5:1-5).

     We have God's assurance that if we resist Satan he will flee
from us (James
     We have the assurance that "greater is He that is in you than
he that is in the world" (1 John 4:4).
     Hell is that place which is prepared for the devil and his
angels (Mt.25:41: cf. Rev. 20:10).


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