100. If any one is lost eternally, has not Satan then gained the victory over Christ, and is...

If any one is lost eternally, has not Satan then gained the victory over Christ, and is he not stronger than Christ?

No, Satan has gained no victory. It is not Satan who determines that one shall persist in sin, it is the individual himself. If he persists in sin, Satan has gained no victory, and on the other hand Jesus Christ is not conquered. Jesus Christ will still be glorified, and God will be glorified. God’s holiness is manifested and God Himself is glorified as truly in the punishment of the sinner as in the salvation of the believer. Righteous government here on earth is vindicated as truly when the offender is locked up in prison or executed as when the offender is brought to repentance.

Many seem to think that hell is a place ruled by Satan, but Satan does not rule there. Satan himself will be one of the prisoners, and the smoke of the torment of this persistent rebel against God arises for ever and ever as a testimony that God has conquered.