If I’m looking at the forces of God versus Satan, and one is actively interested in pursuing me while the other sits there and waits for me to come snivelling to him, then . Hail Satan.
“Here’s the thing about Satan. God created Satan. God should probably destroy Satan, don’t you think? If God knows everything, including the future, God should have foreseen Satan’s betrayal. Christians believe the answer to any kind of question of this nature is “God gave people free will,” which is the reason people do bad things. But why can God not destroy Satan? Is it seriously as punishment for Adam and Eve? Really? God would allow a rival trying to bring him down and turn people away from him because Satan had tricked Eve? Really that just makes Satan seem like he won. He was smart enough to trick Eve and now he is smart enough to pull people away from God while God does not actively intervene. God does not like to get his hands dirty. If I’m looking at the forces of God versus Satan, and one is actively interested in pursuing me while the other sits there and waits for me to come snivelling to him, then . Hail Satan.”
^That was the whole thing. Anyway:
Satan? God’s rival? Not even. God is is willing to give us ALL THE HELP we are willing to accept. As long as we believe He will do the best for us, as long as we have FAITH in Him, He’ll see us through everything. He’s very much actively seeking our love. It’s all around us. However, because we were tainted (through the Fall), we remain in sin (sin = separation from God). Then, suddenly, God says it’s enough, and sends His only Son out of His love for us to die on the cross. And then to be resurrected. Now, because Christ is risen, we have the power to overcome sin and Satan with the Holy Spirit, but only if we have faith in God. Don’t make it sound like it’s God’s weakness when it’s actually our own weakness. As you said, God doesn’t want robots. He’s doing everything to try to reach our deaf ears to have us return to Him by our own free will. We’re just blinded by our sinful nature. That’s not Satan’s power overcoming God’s power, it’s Satan’s deception overwhelming us humans.
