1 John 4:20. We must love Satan?

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Yes, actually I heard this same thing the other day on an old Fr. Hardon tape, and also in some patristic materials. The angels were in God’s presence somewhere, but not in Heaven and not with the beatific vision. They had enough info to know that God was all-good and all-powerful, but not the beatific vision. God gives Heaven to beings who actively choose it.
 
I’m sure Satan was fairly confident in his plan to overthrow God, as unbelievably delusional as that sounds. His irrevocable decision was to turn against God. If he had known what the outcome of his rebellion would have been and where it would have landed him, he might have had second thoughts. Can’t wait to see him being sentenced to hell on Judgment Day, if that is an indication of what my “feelings” for him are.
 
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I’m sure Satan was fairly confident in his plan to overthrow God, as unbelievably delusional as that sounds. His irrevocable decision was to turn against God. If he had known what the outcome of his rebellion would have been and where it would have landed him, he might have had second thoughts. Can’t wait to see him being sentenced to hell on Judgment Day, if that is an indication of what my “feelings” for him are.
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He’s already sentenced. He is already in Hell.

Everyone who has died is also already judged and sentenced. On Judgement Day, the sentences will be revealed for all mankind, but they all will have already happened.

God Bless
 
I in no way feel compelled to have love for Satan. That being said, GOD LOVES SATAN which is why Satan still exists. God loves us just the same, the difference is that Satan made the choice of rejecting God and was thus cast into eternal damnation. Let God love Satan but let’s not deceive ourselves into thinking we need to do the same or else we could end up in the pit with him and WITHOUT God’s love that he wants to share with us at the other end of eternity.
 
No. On the contrary, Jesus wants us to be protected from the Evil One.

John 17:15
"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the Evil One.
 
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