How powerful is Satan?
Satan is powerful and should be given full credit. He is controlled only by the more powerful, sovereign God, but his power should never be underestimated. The world operates under his influence. People are in bondage to the sin nature and to Satan, its god.
Les explains that the person who is only body and soul, with the sin nature ruling supreme, is in bondage to the sin nature and to the sin nature's God, Satan. Many today don't like to give Satan much credit, but Les gives him full credit. He warns that Satan is powerful and should never be underestimated, though Satan is controlled only by the more powerful, sovereign God. The world is operating under Satan's influence.