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"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8, New International Version).
One primary cause lurks behind the suffering and tragic circumstances that afflict so many people. The Bible reveals that a powerful, intelligent and seemingly infinitely influential being actively orchestrates the wickedness that dominates our planet. Most of us have heard of him. The Bible most often calls him the devil and Satan.
You may have wondered whether he really exists. After all, to many the devil seems like a fairy-tale character-a grotesque, blood-red creature with horns, a pointed tail and bat's wings that carries a pitchfork and inhabits an infernal region of ever-burning flames. Because he is typically depicted so fancifully, it isn't surprising that few take the idea of a devil seriously.
Does such a being exist? Where could such a creature have come from? What is his purpose, his goal, his intent? What does he do?
Is he, as many believe, simply a mythical embodiment of evil?
Most people aren't sure what to believe. They either haven't given the concept of the devil that much thought or don't know where to look to find the answers.
Through the centuries belief in the existence of the devil-a being responsible for evil-has waxed and waned. During the Middle Ages belief in the evil one and his influence on mankind was unquestioned. But, as scientific advancements during the Renaissance dispelled myths and superstitions related to demons, the notion of the devil as a literal being fell into disfavor.
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