Denny answers:
Some angels, called demons, rebelled against God and followed the devil.
God created all the angels, including one named Lucifer, who was once a wise and beautiful angel. But Lucifer, called Satan the devil, became proud of his beauty and tried to become like God (Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:11-19). No one can be like God! God cast Satan out of heaven, along with the bad angels who joined him. These bad angels are called demons.
Satan and his demons try to keep people from turning from their sin and coming to Jesus. They tempt people to sin (doing things that displease God, like lying, stealing, and disobeying).
God is much stronger than Satan and the demons. In the end, God will punish Satan and the bad angels by sending them to hell forever. Those who have not trusted God’s one way to heaven—Jesus Christ—must also go to hell because of their sins.
Bible Truth
- “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels’” (Matthew 25:41).
- “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes” (Ephesians 6:10-11).
- “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).
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