EVIL SPIRITS

1. Evil spirits

a) Some people talk about Satan as if he knew everything and were all powerful like God. Satan cannot be everywhere at once. He must work through many demons who obey his will. They are the gods of the Gentiles, 1 Corinthians 10:20. These are spirits of false prophets. In many ways their power is greater than man's, Deuteronomy 13:1-3, Matthew 24:24, Revelation 13:13-15. 

1 Corinthians 10:20 New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰ Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.  

Deuteronomy 13:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

13 “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, ² and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ ³ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 

Matthew 24:24 New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁴ For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 

Revelation 13:13-15 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴ And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. ¹⁵ He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.