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Tag: satan
Crushing the Serpent’s Head
"And the God of peace shall crush satan under your feet in quickness. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen." [Rom 16:20] In Genesis we read of the first promise regarding the Messiah. The LORD speaks to the serpent, who is satan, saying, “And I will put enmity between thee and …
The Easy Defeat of Satan’s Rule
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." [1 Jn 4:4] As it stands presently, satan is “the god of this world,” [2 Cor 4:4] who in great contrast to the “right sceptre” [Psa 45:6] of Jesus’ kingdom, …
Faultless Before His Throne
"And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of The LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And The LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even The LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the …
A Correct Perspective of Self
"And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him." [Lk 8:30] In Jesus’ ministry, it came to pass that when “they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes,” that “there met Him out of the tombs …
Our Enemy’s Powerless Intentions
"And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him…" [2 Sam 21:16-17a] In the …
Deceitfully Plain
Cleaning up several overgrown, poison ivy filled areas for a single mom with a mentally disabled child. Poison ivy looks harmless; without someone telling you, or having experienced having it before, the appearance of it wouldn't be very alarming: just another green leaf. It's similar to satan and the things of this world. God tells …
Chosen and Protected
Satan stands at the right hand of Christ to resist us, to accuse us. He is, "the accuser of [the] brethren" and accuses us before God "day and night." This is shown to us visually in a vison which Zechariah had. In it, he writes for us, "And he shewed me Joshua the high priest …
Praise as a Weapon
Have you ever considered the fact that your praise to God is a weapon against Satan? It most certainly is! Our genuine praises to God with an upright heart can defeat the enemy in our lives and in others' lives. Take note of an account from 2 Chronicles, "And they rose early in the morning, …