Fellow Nairalanders of faith, this question has been bothering my heart for a very long time now, so i decided to bring it to this platform for better clarification.

CAN THE LORD FORGIVE THE DEVIL IF HE CONFESSES HIS SINS AND REPENTS FROM HIS EVIL WAYS.

This question came into my heart after reading the books of Roman chapter 10:9 from the Bible KJV.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be.

oboy c question where are all the pastors and defenders of d faith abeg come an answer.

I believe he can

danvon:
I believe he can

Then what next will happen to the world?

The devil is already condemned...he has been placed on eternal judgement. No more opportunity for repentance even though if he want to.

We humans will still get to that level where there will be no more opportunity for repentance, that's why its very Paramount for us to make our ways clean while we are still alive now.....Hebrews 9:27.".And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment".

wrightangle83:
Fellow Nairalanders of faith, this question has been bothering my heart for a very long time now, so i decided to bring it to this platform for better clarification.

CAN THE LORD FORGIVE THE DEVIL IF HE CONFESSES HIS SINS AND REPENTS FROM HIS EVIL WAYS.

This question came into my heart after reading the books of Roman chapter 10:9 from the Bible KJV.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be.

Did the so called devil even sin or commit any sin in the first place?
Peace..!!

danvon:
I believe he can

but d fada of sin won't, so d point is moot

https://www.nairaland.com/4404518/christians-which-pastors-boast-acts

wrightangle83:
Then what next will happen to the world?

Well let him repent first then we'll discuss that

Then the cookies crumbles.
Devil is a balance that has to been maintained for easy propagation of religion in the world.
Devil is like the protagonist in a movie. You know... the boss and the actor characters. The God personality ain't gonna be interesting without the resident villain. Imagine Jack Bauer without the terrorist... Boring

The devil is a spirit,and as a spirit he does not have our human weaknesses and emotions.
He does not struggle to learn and understand as we do.All the knowledge he needed to function was given to him upon his creation.His was made in perfection and his knowledge was complete.It is in this knowledge of God and creation he sinned.There is no repentance and regret in him because it requires admission of error.But his choice was made without our human emotions and with full knowledge of what he was doing.He chose himself before God in complete knowledge required for his being and cannot back down 'ever'. Hence,his judgement is fixed and eternal.

dragon2:
The devil is a spirit,and as a spirit he does not have our human weaknesses and emotions.
He does not struggle to learn and understand as we do.All the knowledge he needed to function was given to him upon his creation.His was made in perfection and his knowledge was complete.It is in this knowledge of God and creation he sinned.There is no repentance and regret in him because it requires admission of error.But his choice was made without our human emotions and with full knowledge of what he was doing.He chose himself before God in complete knowledge required for his being and cannot back down 'ever'. Hence,his judgement is fixed and eternal.

if his knowledge is complete, why would he choose a fate that will doom him forever?

Pastors and people of faith, can you explain with Bible references why the Lord will never forgive the devil. I need a clearer understanding pls.

wrightangle83:
Pastors and people of faith, can you explain with Bible references why the Lord will never forgive the devil. I need a clearer understanding pls.

the devil can not repent

Gggg102:


if his knowledge is complete, why would he choose a fate that will doom him forever?

Pride. A capital sin. Knowing God he wanted to be like God.
Something we humans are doing to a lesser extent,having been given an understanding of God we prefer to be our own gods. Or do we pretend not to know the impending eternal doom?
His was more perfect however hence,more condemnable.

wrightangle83:
Pastors and people of faith, can you explain with Bible references why the Lord will never forgive the devil. I need a clearer understanding pls.

Pride.period. Just like some people are too proud to say I was wrong I am sorry.His case is more perfect and permanent.

Ezekiel 28:14–15
You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy
mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. You were
perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Isiah14:12-15
How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the
ground, which did weaken the nations! For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be
like the most High. Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

It is also the sin of all humanists and evolutionary pantheists, from Adam's day to our day, for they seek to
do away with God and make "gods" out of "corruptible man." They have "worshipped and served the creature
more than the Creator" ( Romans 1:23 , 25).

But "pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18 ). Our Lord of creation
is "above all gods," even in that "thing wherein they dealt proudly." The sin of pride was the very first sin and
is still the most difficult sin to overcome, but "God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble" (1
Peter 5:5 ).

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid; for behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed; ....He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

Luke (1:46–55)

https://www.icr.org/article/7467
answersingenesis.org/sin/the-first-sin/

danvon:
I believe he can

The devil's punishment is eternal. He has no ability whatsoever to repent.

Everyday, his sin keeps piling up likewise his punishment.

Sin cannot be forgiven without the shedding of sinless blood. Spirits have no blood.

Jesus didn't die and shed His blood for angel race but for human race.
So, devils repentance is an impossibility.

dragon2:

Pride.period. Just like some people are too proud to say I was wrong I am sorry.His case is more perfect and permanent.

It is not pride. Even if the devil became humble, he can't be forgiven simply because Christ atoned for the sins of humans and not fallen angels like the devil. Christ was God's help extended towards us to atone for our sins. In this regard, God helps man but does not help angels. Christ's sacrifice does not cover the sins of fallen angels.

For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. (Hebrews 2:16)

CC wrightangle83

BluntTheApostle:


It is not pride. Even if the devil became humble, he can't be forgiven simply because Christ atoned for the sins of humans and not fallen angels like the devil. Christ was God's help extended towards us to atone for our sins. In this regard, God helps man but does not help angels. Christ's sacrifice does not cover the sins of fallen angels.

For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. (Hebrews 2:16)

CC wrightangle83

Repentance is not offered to the fallen angels exactly because of their perfection of state when they sinned.The natural knowledge of things and the divine knowledge given to them was enough to make a decision devoid of our human weaknesses.There was no darkness of heart and mind(iniquity)in them when making that decision.hence the devils are the fathers of sin and cant repent.Their condemnation,which will be the condemnation of all who die without christ is this..
John 3.19
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

But adams children were born in sin with our hearts and minds darkened by iniquity hence the free grace of Christ came to enlighten us where sin has darkened.

Matthew 4:16
The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned
John 8-12
I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but have the light of life.

The knowledge and love of God is what the Devils had known and rejected,what we have been given through repentance and we must not reject.

dragon2:

Repentance is not offered to the fallen angels exactly because of their perfection of state when they sinned.The natural knowledge of things and the divine knowledge given to them was enough to make a decision devoid of our human weaknesses.There was no darkness of heart and mind(iniquity)in them when making that decision.hence the devils are the fathers of sin and cant repent.Their condemnation,which will be the condemnation of all who die without christ is this..
John 3.19
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

But adams children were born in sin with our hearts and minds darkened by iniquity hence the free grace of Christ came to enlighten us where sin has darkened.

Matthew 4:16
The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned
John 8-12
I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but have the light of life.

The knowledge and love of God is what the Devils had known and rejected,what we have been given through repentance and we must not reject.

if they were perfect how could they sin?

wrightangle83:
Fellow Nairalanders of faith, this question has been bothering my heart for a very long time now, so i decided to bring it to this platform for better clarification.

CAN THE LORD FORGIVE THE DEVIL IF HE CONFESSES HIS SINS AND REPENTS FROM HIS EVIL WAYS.

This question came into my heart after reading the books of Roman chapter 10:9 from the Bible KJV.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be.

Can God change his word? The answer is No hence Satan is doomed already.

Gggg102:


if they were perfect how could they sin?

Sin is law breaking. God's goodwill and justice demands he give us freedom of choice. The perfection of the devil is not in choosing(if it was so then he is not a free independent agent in determining his fate)His perfection was chiefly in understanding and acting upon it.He had all the tools he needed to make the correct decision more perfectly and permanently than a great many.However,he chose himself over God despite his very clear natural ( not supernatural)vision and understanding of God.In doing this he sinned against the goodness of God by pride,seeking to be like God despite being his creature.
Knowing clearly the goodness of God he chose himself over God.

The moment satan confesses and repent,God becomes useless