In Job it seems to speak of Satan giving Job the boils and in the NT Paul attributes his disease to Satan:
7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
It appears that God allows Satan to afflict his children and that even disease can come from Satan, though also ultimately coming from God for bigger reasons of His ultimate glory and our ultimate good.
Please help explain or get me some quotes about how God uses Satan, but yet Satan still is the active agent in afflicting us and even causing disease to our physical bodies.
P.s.: I've had malaria 4 times. I blame mosquitos. But how does Satan make us sick. We just had a team-mate's daughters baby get very sick after being "cursed" - coincidence or caused by Satan?
7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
It appears that God allows Satan to afflict his children and that even disease can come from Satan, though also ultimately coming from God for bigger reasons of His ultimate glory and our ultimate good.
Please help explain or get me some quotes about how God uses Satan, but yet Satan still is the active agent in afflicting us and even causing disease to our physical bodies.
P.s.: I've had malaria 4 times. I blame mosquitos. But how does Satan make us sick. We just had a team-mate's daughters baby get very sick after being "cursed" - coincidence or caused by Satan?