Why doesn't Satan just give up?

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If Jesus’ death and resurrection conquered sin and death, then why does the devil still try to tempt humans? Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
 
Because the evil one is incredibly proud, and he knows that he has been defeated, but is trying to bring us down with him

Pride and arrogance…

Remember in the Gospels when he tried to tempt our Lord?

How incredibly proudful and arrogant.

That’s why.
 
JackVk said:
If Jesus’ death and resurrection conquered sin and death, then why does the devil still try to tempt humans? Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
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What have you seen that makes you think Satan has pretty much lost?

I think it is the same bunch of problems with different characters played over and over again.
 
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If Jesus’ death and resurrection conquered sin and death, then why does the devil still try to tempt humans? Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
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The devil isn’t interested in winning the war, but rather he is interested in winning small battles, since for the devil, to destroy one human soul is to spit in the face of God. The devil knows that God loves us, and so he is trying to destroy us by encouraging us to sin. Even if the devil couldn’t bring anybody in to hell for eternity with him, to simply influence somebody to sin is seen as a victory in the eyes of the devil because he knows it offends God. The devils actions are not wholly rational in any sense that we understand.
 
JackVk said:
If Jesus’ death and resurrection conquered sin and death, then why does the devil still try to tempt humans? Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
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Have you ever HATED anything? Even strongly detested anything?Hate does not allow for “giving up”. Hate becomes your motivator. Hate becomes the only thing left. Hate burns away all love, happiness, joy, and any good emotions and drives you on to destroy the object of your hate. That old “Im going to kill him or die trying” sort of thing. I dont think the devil CAN give up…

But that is just my $.02
 
Because in our fallen nature many do give in. The devil knows he has been defeated and like a downed animal trying to lash out in desperation before the final blow of death from God Almighty. He shall be shown no mercy from the Hand of the Creator.
 
JackVk said:
If Jesus’ death and resurrection conquered sin and death, then why does the devil still try to tempt humans? Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
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Maybe the answer is in the Book of Job where God allows Satan to torment Job.

Also, God may allow Satan to accomplish His work through the evil inclination. Without the evil inclination nobody would work, and this world would crumble. This is in line with the notion of good and evil brought about through the sin of Adam and Eve. Prior to the sin of Adam and Eve there was only the good inclination, but after the fall there was the good and evil inclinations, with the evil inclination being the domain of Satan.
 
JackVk said:
If Jesus’ death and resurrection conquered sin and death, then why does the devil still try to tempt humans? Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
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I have wondered the same thing. Since Satan is divine (the evil version of divinity) he must have knowledge of the future. If we as humans know that some day God will destroy Satan, Satan too must know that and therefore know that everything he does is eventually doomed to collapse. So why bother?
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Also, God may allow Satan to accomplish His work through the evil inclination. Without the evil inclination nobody would work, and this world would crumble. This is in line with the notion of good and evil brought about through the sin of Adam and Eve. Prior to the sin of Adam and Eve there was only the good inclination, but after the fall there was the good and evil inclinations, with the evil inclination being the domain of Satan.
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That brings up an interesting question. Before the “fall”, if there was no inclination for evil in the world and no possibility of it, what did Satan do all day?

If God could prevent Satan from infecting the world with evil and sin before, why not after? Did that one mistake of one person at one time unleash Satan to bring unending torment on every one ever after? Seems like a harsh punishment.

Perhaps Satan has long been out of the picture. Maybe he was like one rock rolling down from the top of the mountain that started a landslide. The original rock stopped and is now just dust, but the “gravity” of it (two meanings applicable here) caused the evil and the sin to keep perpetuating itself, and we have been “falling” ever since. No ongoing impetus from Satan, just mankind continuing what he started.

Just a thought.
 
JackVk said:
Hasn’t he pretty much lost?
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There are plenty of souls in Hell that say otherwise. Like an insurgent in a gurrilla war, Satan will take anyone down he can even when he knows he is outmatched and can’t win the war. In the military, it’s refered to as a “scorched earth” campaign where you destroy as much as you can while you can. Satan is miserable and desires nothing more than to make many others miserable too.
 
he can’t because he is the most evil creature there is and he is out to capture as many souls as he can. it simply isn’t in his nature to quit.

he has too much pride to admit defeat and probably believes he will win in the end.

how many souls does he need to consider himself victorious???

it is like many of the discussions on this site. we present good logical points and people simply refuse to believe. you can talk until you are blue in the face and they simply can’t open their heart or their mind to let God in.
 
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