For had he been a sinner as other men, death must have held the power over him that it had over them. In this way he has become the righteousness of God to us. And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. The devil, or Satan, is the Bible name for sin in its various forms among men. Christ took away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Sin is the death-power.
There is no such being as the personal immortal devil of popular religious belief. The belief in such a being is due to the misunderstanding of certain figures and symbols in the Bible. He presents himself in our own feelings, and in the persons of those who would draw us into wrong ways. In his largest shape, he exists in the present political constitution of things upon the earth. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.