Greater than Yourself According to CBNnews.com, The latest Barna Group revealed that about 60 percent of Christians believe that Satan isn’t ‘a living being,’ but ‘a symbol of evil.’

About 58 percent also said they agree or somewhat agree that the Holy Spirit is “a symbol of God’s power or presence” but not a “living entity.”

Is the prevailing view of Satan and the Holy Spirit Biblical?

Of course not.

Peter tells us in 1 Peter 5:8-9 that “the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. Take a firm stand against him, and be strong in your faith.”

And Jesus is clearly referring to the Holy Spirit and Satan when He says, “He that is in you [the Holy Spirit] is greater than he [Satan] who is the world.”

If most Christians believe that Satan is just a symbol and is not real, why would the Bible tell believers to resist an imaginary enemy?

Furthermore, if the Bible mentions that Satan and the Holy Spirit are real and some Christians believe that either one is not real, then someone is telling a falsehood. Both of them cannot be true. Either Satan and Holy Spirit are not real, or the Bible is not telling us the truth.

There are real forces out there, those forces are not imagined. They are pulling us different in directions.

Right now, you can make a choice that will affect your eternity.

What do you choose?

–James Wait, the Underground staff writer

Tags: Barna poll, christianity, Holy Spirit, Real or not, Satan, the bible

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