{"id":53629,"date":"2018-10-27T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=53629"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:11:00","slug":"the-sin-that-caused-satan-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2018\/10\/27\/the-sin-that-caused-satan-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sin That Caused Satan to Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many of us know what happened before the events in Eden: the devil\u2014Satan\u2014rebelled against God and was cast down from the exalted position he once held. The Bible describes him as \u201cthe anointed cherub who covers,\u201d highly honored and exalted on God\u2019s holy mountain, above other angels. He was perfect in beauty, full of wisdom, and blameless in his ways\u2014until the day iniquity was found in him (Ezekiel 28:12\u201317).<\/p>\n

Because of the abundance of gifts, wisdom, and honor surrounding him, Satan\u2019s heart became proud, and he desired to exalt himself to be like God. Isaiah 14:12\u201314 recounts his ambition:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
\u2026 You said in your heart: \u2018I will ascend to heaven;
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
\u2026 I will make myself like the Most High.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Who deceived Satan?<\/h3>\n

The answer is simple: no one deceived Satan\u2014he deceived himself.<\/strong> Seeing how God had exalted him, he longed for even more. Pride entered his heart, and though he was warned, he refused to turn back. Eventually, he was cast out of heaven, losing his place in God\u2019s glorious presence. Yet God did not destroy him immediately, nor did He strip away his wisdom, beauty, or power\u2014only his heavenly position.<\/p>\n

Like a commander removed from his rank but still retaining his military expertise, Satan retained his abilities. Many mistakenly imagine that when Satan fell, he became a grotesque, horned creature incapable of rational thought. In truth, what he lost was the glory of God that once shone through him. Without God\u2019s glory, spiritual death set in (Ezekiel 28:18).<\/p>\n

The rise of the kingdom of darkness<\/h3>\n

By the time God created the first man, Adam, Satan had already established his rebellious kingdom\u2014the kingdom of darkness<\/strong>\u2014set against God\u2019s kingdom (Colossians 1:13). Everything Satan does is in opposition to God\u2019s purposes. Knowing that Adam was given a high position in God\u2019s plan, Satan sought to extend his rebellion by bringing humanity down.<\/p>\n

How? By planting in humans the same thought that caused his own fall\u2014the desire to \u201cbe like God.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genesis 3:4\u20135 records the serpent\u2019s deception of Eve:<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God<\/strong>, knowing good and evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Satan tempted Adam and Eve with the very ambition that led to his own downfall. Instead of becoming like God, they lost their privileged position and were expelled from Eden\u2014just as Satan had been expelled from heaven.<\/p>\n

Satan\u2019s unchanged strategy: Pride<\/h3>\n

Satan has not changed his tactics. The same spirit of pride<\/strong> that caused him to fall is what he uses to lead humanity astray today. Pride dethroned him, and he knows it is the surest way to bring people down.<\/p>\n

Even within the church, Satan works to plant pride:<\/p>\n