What Satan Can And Cannot Do. Part [5] 06/21/2022 (Morning thought)

Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

[The Great Controversy pp 589] In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hail-storms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power.

He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and beast.

[2] Satan can bring certain diseases on persons If, and when he is permitted to do so. What often takes place is that persons are tempted to violate the Biblical teachings on diets and foods, by partaking of forbidden things, and then natural consequences do follow. However, in addition to this, satan is also able to afflict persons directly with diseases.

Luke 13: 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!