Dulfite said:
God does not use Lucifer like that. The book of Job clearly shows that lucifer himself wants to persuade people away from God. I would encourage you to read this article. I didn't read the entire thing, but the stuff I did read was accurate and is too lengthy to copy/paste into this thread so here you go:
And again, humans are the ones rejecting the hand of Christ. You can't say God is sending people to hell. Anyone who desires to be saved in Jesus Christ can be in this life. Those who don't wish to be saved by Jesus Christ are not forced to be. Regardless of what you believe now, there is no changing the eternal truth that God loves you and desires you. |
What happened to Job was just a bet between God and Lucifer over Job's loyality to God. God sent the limits of what Lucifer could do to Job and Lucifer did everything he was allowed to do. God uses Lucifer to tempt people in general otherwise what's the point of letting Lucifer have any influence over humans in the living world? Lucifer is not the source of sin but he was the first one to sin. What Lucifer can and can't do is determined by god unless the power dynamics between them isn't true at all.
Oh don't give me that god isn't sending people to hell. God is the one that defines the rules and what he considers sin or what's punishable behavior. All humans have to do is cross the line and they are sent there for all eternity. A person doesn't even have to sin or do any action to cross that line. Simply not believing in god and living your life peacefully will get ya a permnant room in hell. It's not that different than some tyrant king who demands you to bow and accept him as your king or you can just be tortured in some dungeon for as long as you live. Forced huh?