Why does the all powerful God have no control over the devil?

Cant even stop the devil from influencing people apparently. Doesnt seem that powerful to meWhy does the all powerful God have no control over the devil?
Zeus wasn't able to stop Prometheus from stealing fire from the gods. But hey, look where he wound up: chained to a rock for all eterntity, with an eagle chewing his liver! So watch yourself, or you may get a thunderbolt in your direction!Why does the all powerful God have no control over the devil?
God is sovereign. Check the book of Job to see that the devil can only do what God allows. The devil is doing what he was created to do and will be eventually cleansed in the final judgement, just as all people will who have not been chosen to be judged now (ie, judgement begins at the house of God).
I don't see why God would allow the devil to do bad things to those he loves, as Pamela says.





And Daydreamer says Satan influences those who allow him to influence them. But I prayed and prayed for years for people in my family to stop dying, for my mom to get better, for her not to die, for my dad not to get a new girlfriend less than 6 months later, for them to not hate me and for my life to be normal. I was not allowing any of that to happen, but it did. Plus Pamela's and Daydreamer's answers contradict each other, since one says it is God's choice and the other says it is our choice.





My conclusion is that I don't believe in God anymore.
if He 'has no control over the Devil', then He would've allowed Satan to continue in his ways, BUT He recognised that Lucifer was proud and wouldn't submit so He threw him out.





As others have said, Satan influences those who ALLOW him to influence them. If you don't let him in, he won't influence you.





Jesus is Lord of MY life.
Firstly God is not all powerful. Satan or evil is like a cancer beyond god's control.
Because neither one of them really exist.
Because he might have created him as a joke and then lost control of the monster, like Dr.Frankenstein
He has got control over Satan.





Satan's time is running out....slowly...
Evil is the absence of good
good question it just shows what a lot of drivel it all is, similar to ';who created god?';
He does...





The point is WE are being given this time to decide who will govern us..





God or Satan...