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How Are God and Satan BOTH In Control? | Difficult Bible Passage #3

Sean McDowell

Sean McDowell

apologetics

January 25, 2026
Is God in control, or is Satan? How do we make sense of 1 John 5:19? People often get confused by seemingly different teachings about who is in charge of the world. Today, I bring on my Talbot colleague (one of the world's experts on spiritual warfare) to make sense of the dilemma for us. This is the third part of the new Sunday series in which we are analyzing the most difficult Bible verses with professors from Talbot School of Theology. READ: Power of Darkness: Principalities and Powers in Paul's Letters, by Clint Arnold (https://amzn.to/4pSeIbr) CHECK OUT: Dr. Clint Arnold (https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/clinton-arnold) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA (https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf) *USE Discount Code [smdcertdisc] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program (https://bit.ly/3AzfPFM) *See our fully online UNDERGRAD DEGREE in Bible, Theology, and Apologetics: (https://bit.ly/448STKK) FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://x.com/Sean_McDowell TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sean_mcdowell?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmcdowell/ Website: https://seanmcdowell.org

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1 John1 John 51 John 5:19

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