# Satan — Unspoken Sermons character guide

> Satan in Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-the-temptation-in-the-wilderness

## Who they are

Adversary figure who tempts Jesus and represents evil in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [God the Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/characters/god_the_father)

_rivalry_

God and Satan are cosmic adversaries, with Satan as the tempter and accuser.

### [God the Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/characters/god_the_father)

_rivalry_

God and Satan are cosmic adversaries, with Satan as the tempter and accuser.

## In the story

### [The Temptation in the Wilderness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/the-temptation-in-the-wilderness)

The tempter who challenges Jesus to prove his sonship by turning stones to bread, casting himself from the temple, and worshiping him for worldly power.

### [The Eloi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/the-eloi)

The tempter who urges Christ to doubt the Father's care and faithfulness in his final agony.

### [Love Thine Enemy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/love-thine-enemy)

Mentioned as the captor of the enchanted brother or sister, from whom they need to be freed.

### [Kingship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/kingship)

Satan is referenced as the embodiment of the principle of hell—self-centeredness and the claim to be one's own king. Jesus rejects Satan's offer of worldly empire.

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