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Can Satan Heal?

Satan is a spirit being who does have a certain amount of power on the earth among the unsaved. He is able to do “lying signs and wonders” to deceive, if possible, even Christians. Since Satan is the instigator of sickness, in some cases he can “call it off” when a person goes to a witch doctor or Spiritualist “healer.” He will always leave you worse off – instead of being just sick, you could end up demonized by opening the door to his power. However, Satan is not all-powerful like God, so he cannot always help the sick person.

The witches of Egypt were able to duplicate some impressive demonstrations by Moses and Aaron. (You can read these accounts in the early chapters of Exodus.) They turned rods into snakes after Aaron’s rod turned into a snake. (The Hebrew word for snake does not denote some cute little garter snake, either. It was some kind of land and sea monster, possibly a crocodile.) Yes, Aaron’s snake ate their snakes, but you can see that the Egyptian witches, with the help of the devil, were able to do “signs and wonders.”

The Egyptian witches duplicated the first two plagues that Moses pronounced. They were unable to duplicate the last eight. Satan’s power is limited and does not begin to compare with God’s power. Also, his specialty is destruction, not creation. The magicians copied the plagues, but they could not copy their removal! Pharaoh had to go to Moses to get rid of the plagues.

Given that some ailments are described in the New Testament as being demon-induced, and demons are in Satan's kingdom, clearly Satan could order one of his own to leave a person alone for a season to work a “miraculous healing.” However, Satan has no compassion for people. He would provide this “benefit” only to ensnare people into one of his false cults. This provides profitable repeat business for witch doctors because people who use them will get sick again and have to go back. The more the people submit to the devil, the more the devil can use sickness in their lives to control them.

I used to be involved in the occult and I noted that many leading occult practitioners paid a lot of lip service to God. Some teach that God gives “you” the power to do occult things. But change the topic to Jesus Christ instead of God and that is another story. All leading occultists agree that Jesus was not God in the flesh. This should come as no surprise because 1 John 4:1-4 gives us this “litmus test.” Spirits that are not of God may talk on and on about how wonderful God is and how wonderful heaven is, but they will not confess Jesus Christ. If you wonder who is doing the healing, find out what the person in charge of the gathering says about Jesus Christ. If the person does not teach that He was God in the flesh, stay as far away as possible, even if the group calls itself “Christian.” To save yourself some trouble, let me point out that Mormons (Latter-Day Sinners), Christian Scientists and Spiritualists incorporate miraculous metaphysical healing into their religions, and all three of these are false cults that lead their adherents straight to hell while appearing “Christian” on the surface. Their healing testimonies prove only that Satan does have limited power to heal.

Satan’s ability to do signs and wonders proves that you cannot certify a ministry as credible just because signs and wonders follow it. Consider these passages:

Matthew 24:24:
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mark 13:22:
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-9:
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Revelation 13:13-14:
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast...

Revelation 14:14:
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles...

Revelation 18:23:
...for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

This should be ample warning that God is not in a ministry just because signs and wonders follow it. Some signs and wonders can be demonic, and others can even be mere sleight of hand or other trickery. (I have heard of at least two ministers who had quite a following until it was shown that their “signs” were phony. I’m sure that there are more. I was even at a non-Christian meeting where “plants” in the audience gave “testimonies”; don’t think that an unscrupulous minister could not have his own “plants.”)

Healings are not mentioned explicitly in these signs and wonders, but I think the Scriptures above are ample proof that Satan can do “miraculous” healings when it suits his purposes.