GOD AND SATAN ARE ONE

(IN SOVEREIGN OPERATION, NOT EQUAL DEITY)

The Solid Truth for Man to Have the Strongest and Purest State of the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord

By Jonas T.  Suizo

OBJECTIVE: to fill men with all wisdom and spiritual understanding rooted in the Spirit of fear of the Lord knowing there are things of God which remains secret and there are things revealed.

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

THE LIMIT OF SCRIPTURE AND THE DEPTH OF GOD

The Holy Scriptures themselves testify that they do not exhaust the full revelation of God. Divine truth is not only written—it is layered, manifold, progressive, and at times unbearable in its fullness. Jesus openly acknowledged this limitation when He said, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now” (John 16:12), and John concluded his Gospel with the staggering admission that the works of Christ alone could not be fully contained in books (John 21:25).

 The apostle Peter further underscored the danger of mishandling deep revelation when he warned that Paul’s writings contain matters “hard to be understood,” which the unlearned twist “unto their own destruction” (2 Peter 3:16). This confirms three essential truths: divine revelation is not always simple, twisting it is spiritually fatal, and fear of the Lord is the only safe posture for handling profound doctrine. Adding to this, Paul’s declaration of the “manifold wisdom of God” (Ephesians 3:10) makes clear that God’s nature and governance are neither shallow nor easily grasped; any attempt to approach divine sovereignty must be undertaken with trembling reverence, not arrogance.

 THE GOD THIS WORLD NEVER KNEW

 God claims both light and darkness, as Isaiah 45:7 declares: “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” This affirms that opposites do not arise from rival powers but proceed from one sovereign source; light and darkness, peace and calamity, blessing and curse all operate under unified authority. All beings function as God’s servants, for Psalm 119:91 states: “They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.” This includes angels, kings, rulers, spirits, and even deceivers, dismantling the notion of an independent kingdom of darkness. God directly sends evil and lying spirits, as shown in 1 Samuel 16:14: “An evil spirit from the LORD troubled Saul” and 1 Kings 22:22–23: “I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets… the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets.” These passages demonstrate that such spirits are instruments of divine judgment, not autonomous agents.

 Satan operates only by God’s permission, as Job 1:12 states: “Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand,” and Job 2:6 confirms: “He is in thine hand; but save his life.” Satan cannot independently choose his target, limits, duration, or outcome; all are set by God. His delegated authority as “the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4) is permitted, not inherent. Furthermore, God is present even in hell, as Psalm 139:8 affirms: “If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there,” showing that no realm exists outside His sovereignty. God works all things without exception (Ephesians 1:11: “Who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will”; Lamentations 3:37–38: “Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?”) and life and death belong solely to Him (Deuteronomy 32:39: “I kill, and I make alive… neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand”), leaving Satan’s power strictly limited and permitted.

The mechanism of oneness—union without erasure—is revealed in 1 Corinthians 6:17: “He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” and Genesis 2:24: “…and they shall be one flesh.” Oneness in Scripture unites operation without erasing identity, allowing distinct beings to function as a single system. Christ sustains all powers, including fallen ones, as Colossians 1:16–17 explains: “By him were all things created… principalities and powers… and by him all things consist.” Satan exists within Christ’s authority, not outside it. Finally, the heavenly judicial system operates under one throne with two roles: Satan as the accuser (Revelation 12:10) and Christ as the intercessor (Romans 8:34), demonstrating that apparent opposition functions entirely within God’s sovereign governance. God claims both light and darkness, as Isaiah 45:7 declares: “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” This verse establishes that opposites do not originate from rival gods but proceed from a single sovereign source. Light and darkness, peace and calamity, blessing and disaster are not evidence of divided rule but of unified authority over contrasting operations.

 In addition, all beings operate as God’s servants, for Psalm 119:91 states: “They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.” The term “all” excludes no category; angels, kings, rulers, spirits, and even deceivers operate under divine ordinance, dismantling the idea of a rogue empire of darkness outside God’s jurisdiction. God directly dispatches evil and lying spirits, as seen when 1 Samuel 16:14 notes: “An evil spirit from the LORD troubled Saul” and 1 Kings 22:22–23 declares: “I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets… the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets.” These passages confirm that evil spirits are instruments within divine judgment, not autonomous rebels.

 In its final doctrinal formulation, God and Satan are one in sovereign operation, not as rival deities. There is one absolute throne, and Satan functions as an instrument of judgment, testing, deception, and destruction under divine command. He represents the severity of God, just as mercy represents His goodness, echoing Romans 11:22: “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God.” Severity is not a foreign god but a function within God’s unified authority. The perception of Satan as a separate, competing ruler arises from the perception of domain, not from biblical sovereignty. God remains God in heaven, God on earth, and God in hell. While Satan may rule temporarily as the god of this world, he does so only within leased authority; as demonstrated in the case of Job, he cannot touch the apple of God’s eye without divine clearance. God operates across all dominions, realms, and jurisdictions, and His counsel alone stands. Thus, the thesis is firmly constructed: there are not dual gods, nor equal powers, but one throne, one will, and many operations.