Authority and Temptation
In Luke 4:5-6 how could the devil claim authority over everything? Or, if Satan didn’t have authority over everything as he claims, how could it have been a temptation?
Answer:
Satan's temptations, from the time of the offer he made to Adam and Eve, have been lies, but that has not prevented them from working. From long experience as "a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44) Satan knew that lies often work. In this case they did not.
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