Some challenges Christians face are battles against temptation, sin, and evil. The question is: do we have answers to what the Bible teaches about ethical dualism, about the relationship between God and Satan, whether they are two eternal and equal forces that have fought and will fight for eternity, what the Bible teaches in the passages of Isaiah 14: 12 – 17 and Ezekiel 28, what are some of the common objections to my interpretation of these two passages and how the origin of Satan explains that God did not create evil. So from a biblical point of view it proves what the limits of Satan are, as they demonstrate that he is not equal to God but is in fact subservient to Him. And finally, can Satan be blamed when a person gives in to temptation and commits a sin? Let's see what we can do to help explain the Christian view of these topics. Ethical dualism is an interpretation that "states that there are two mutually hostile forces or beings in the world, one being the source of all good, and the other the source of all evil,”1 and the idea that God and Satan are two eternal and equal forces that will fight for eternity. This idea began around the 3rd century. Some religions attempted to solve the problem of evil and held to the idea of dualism, which gave rise to erroneous teachings that the origin and fate of Satan contradict ethical dualism. In Genesis it is said that God created everything from nothing, therefore Satan was created by God. Satan is subservient to God and can only do what God allows him to do evident in the book of Job where God told Satan that he could inflict harm on Job's family and livelihood, but he could not lay his hands on his person The story continues but each time S...... half of the sheet ......" in the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter E. Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.JP Asmussen, “Manichaeanism” in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter E. Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.WS Bainbridge, “Satanism” in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter E. Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.H. Bietenhard et al., “Satan” in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter E. Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001. M.D. Lambert, “Cathari” in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter E. Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.HD Lewis “Dualism” in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter E. Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.Towns, Elmer L., “Satanology” in Theology for Today, Mason, Ohio: Cengage Learning, 2008
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