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Many good-meaning people use 2 Corinthians 4:4 and its reference to Satan as the “god of this world,” to argue that Satan can place individuals into public office or make someone a president or ruler over nations. However additional biblical truth found Daniel 2:21 teaches that God “controls the course of the world events; He removes kings and sets up other kings” (NLT).

Then we have Psalm 75:7, which explains that God is the one who “brings one down and exalts another” (NLT). I believe Daniel 4:17 summarizes it best, stating “The Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will” (NKJV). God is sovereign, and the devil is regulated by his decrees.

Some followers cling to the devils statement found in Luke 4:6 during the great temptation. Here the devil told Christ that he has authority over all the kingdoms of the world and gives them to whosoever he wants. Christ did not challenge this statement. Was the Lords silence due to knowing it was a complete lie by the father of lies or agreement with the devil’s statement.

I do not believe there’s a shared power agreement between God and the devil. Either the devil rules and controls the kingdoms of mankind or God does. We can’t have it both ways, and it really doesn’t work both ways.

Is this a legitimate response to what is commonly taught and believed. Due to Adam and Eve’s disobedience they automatically transferred their authority to Satan. Does Scripture teach that there was a legal or divine transfer of dominion?

This ideology is based on the devil being the god and ruler of this world which both Jesus and Paul confirm in scripture. But isn’t this a god without dominion, authority, or power over all the kingdoms of the world?

During the tempationin Luke 4:6 Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of world- claiming they were given to him therefore he could give them to who anyone he wants to.

However God said in Psalm 24:1: “the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it”(NIV).

There is no shared governance or rule with God and the devil. Someone is not telling the truth and we know Satan is the father of lies.

There is no clear biblical support for the idea that God, who retains ultimate sovereignty, permitted an automatic transfer of earthly authority from humanity to Satan because of the Fall. Yes, sin opened the door for Satan to exercise undue influence or persuasion over humanity’s actions. Yet, he does not have sovereign authority over this world to do as he pleases.

Do you know the very concept of selling your soul to the devil for fame, fortune, or pleasure is not a biblical concept. No where in scripture is this practice documented or clearly stated by any prophet, disciple, psalmist, Jesus, or the writers of the Old and New Testament. So how did this all start? Where in the world did the church come up with this ideal.

What is even more intriguing, yet disturbing is out of the sixty-six books and over thirty-one thousand passages of scripture in the Bible. There is only one singular passage that implies Satan has this authority. You won’t believe this, but it is based on a quote from Satan himself the father of lies.