Is GOD at War with satan?

First of all, is satan real? Some preachers and denominations teach that hell isn’t real; some won’t even mention satan. Christians in such churches generally don’t want to hear anything that takes them out of their “comfort zone,” where they assume that their salvation is a given. Nevertheless, the BIBLE mentions hell more than 100 times. JESUS himself mentioned the existence of satan, the devil, the “evil one,” 83 times in the New Testament (ASV). HE mentioned the existence of demons 46 times. If you don’t believe in satan, then it has to be said… you don’t believe the BIBLE. Rev 12:9  Mat 4:1-11

So, is GOD at war with satan? Surprisingly, the answer is no, not really. GOD can crush satan like a bug any time HE chooses. satan however, is trying to fight a war of rebellion against GOD and since he can’t actually do anything to GOD, he attacks what GOD loves. “satan vs GOD” is really satan vs you. 

satan is out to destroy you as a way to oppose and hurt GOD, because GOD loves you and wants you with him. satan wages his war against us using ignorance, temptation, negative emotion, lies, and unbelief – often injecting evil thoughts directly into our minds. 2Cor 4:4  His goal is to make us unfit for eternal life with GOD by getting us to defile our bodies and souls. Rev 20:11-15  Rev 21:22-27  Every time we are convinced to sin, satan wins a victory over us. People often don’t accept or even know that they are in sin – they may know something is wrong or that they don’t feel right, but they don’t know why. In many areas of life, we have been trained by modern society to obey satan without a second thought.

It is, of course, one of the great mysteries of the BIBLE that GOD loves us and wants us to be saved; but still, HE allows satan to sponsor all the evil we see on earth, and to test us through temptation and hardship.  

Many people can’t accept the fact that although we have the ability to think, our minds are not able to comprehend GOD’s motives or HIS plan. Aside from what we read in the BIBLE, we don’t know why GOD is testing us - other than to prove which of us will obey HIM out of our own free will. If we obey GOD with the right attitude (love), not only does HE provide protection for us here on earth, HE will allow us to move on to the next step - eternity in HIS presence. Heb 2:14-18  There we will learn what our true purpose is. Understand that heaven isn’t necessarily the end point – it may just be a stepping stone to another reality (without sin); a reality that we do not possess the capability to comprehend in our current states.