1 John 4:4-5 ”You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.”
Satan is out there and Satan is attacking! Anyone who was cherishing any fuzzy ideas to the contrary has had a rude awakening over the last few months as violence has erupted in many parts of America. Such things are frightening and cause many people to want to hide in a corner. But hiding accomplishes nothing. It has been said rightly that “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for men of good will to do nothing.” No! Hiding is not an option.
But if we can’t hide, what must we do? Ron Kenoly is fond of saying that “Today we are in a spiritual war, and there is no demilitarized zone.” There is no neutral territory; we are either part of the kingdom of darkness or the kingdom of light.
Once we have chosen to follow Jesus as our Lord and Master, we become part of the kingdom of light. As citizens of that kingdom, we have certain rights, and one of them is the Holy Spirit who comes to live within us. Dean Sherman, who has taught on spiritual warfare for Youth With A Mission for years, says that ‘There is more power in one drop of the blood of Jesus than in all the forces of hell.” While this is true, confronting evil can be terrifying. And that’s where 1 John 4:4 comes in.
Once you have chosen to follow Jesus, you need to read the Bible and to memorize scriptures so that you will have them when you need them. By ourselves, none of us is able to defeat Satan. Throughout the world, there are those involved in the occult who claim that they are controlling Satan, but in reality Satan is controlling them. But when you choose to follow Jesus, the Holy Spirit fills your heart and the Holy Spirit IS greater and more powerful than Satan.
Through the Blood of Jesus, we have the assurance that our sins have been forgiven and that we are new creatures in Christ. Before we chose to follow Jesus, we were actually following Satan, whether or not we realized it. But when we receive Jesus and the Holy Spirit comes to live in our hearts, we have a sure defense against evil. Does this mean that everything is going to be easy and we will just quote one verse and Satan will run away? Not exactly. We must pray, asking God for help and then believe God’s word.
Some spiritual battles take minutes, some take hours, some take days, and some take even longer. But the one thing of which we can be certain is that “if God is for us, who can stand against us? St. Paul put it this way in Romans 8:31-39
“What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
The Holy Spirit is greater than any demonic power! Once you are following Jesus and have the Holy Spirit, no matter how much you must suffer, NOTHING can separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord! Be at peace.
PRAYER Father God, thank you for giving us the Holy Spirit to live inside us! Thank you that you ARE all – powerful and that nothing can separate us from your love. Lord, let everyone who reads these words be encouraged to put their trust in you. In the mighty Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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