I am a volunteer writer for the website GotQuestions. People who come to that website can browse a huge data base of already asked and answered questions or they can submit a question which is assigned to a writer to answer. I thought as I had opportunity to answer some of these questions, I would share them in a series of posts under the label "Asking Questions". Just as an FYI, I present the questions in the form they are asked without correction of spelling or grammar. I pray that you are encouraged.
Q--I have a friend that told me that satan has the ability to see the future as God. I don`t believe it and the Saul story is always brought up and how he contacted a medium if he was going to win the battle. I don`t know any scriptures to disprove this so is there any or is this true, that satan can see into the future?
A--I believe the passage you're talking about is I Samuel 28. Yes, Saul does consult a medium but you should observe that he asks her to call up the prophet Samuel (vs. 11). So he wasn't inquiring of Satan. Now, it is true that demons and presumably Satan know some things about the future such as the fact that there will a future judgment (Matthew 8:29). However, there is nothing in scripture that indicates that Satan or demons have a comprehensive knowledge about the future that is equal to God's omniscience.
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