The New Testament mentions the devil, or Satan, nearly one hundred times. The Bible clearly teaches that there is a real, personal devil.

What insight does Jesus give us into the character of the devil?

“He [the devil] was A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and THE FATHER OF LIES.”
—John 8:44.

According to Jesus, the devil is the originator of sin in the universe, the “father” of sin and thus of murder and lying.

Thomas Carlyle, the great English philosopher, once took Ralph Waldo Emerson through some of the worst streets of London’s East End. As they walked along, silently observing the wretchedness and evil around them, Carlyle finally asked, “Do you believe in the devil now?” We might extend such a walk to the hospitals, prisons, and inner cities of today’s world, or follow the TV cameras into battles which maim and kill innocent civilians, and then ask, “Do you believe in the devil now?”