KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 14:30 KJV” Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”

What is the strength of the devil over a man?

 It is not the difficulty, or the trouble Satan and His devils put you into, but when he has succeeded in depositing any of his deceptions into you.

The Lord came to the tail end of His ministry and said, the prince of this world comes but he has nothing in Him. The Lord was referring to His suffering and death. Luke 22:53 KJV “When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” It was the hour of the evil one, and God had indeed allowed it.

The Lord described Satan as the Prince of this world. He was the ruler of the world and its systems. As the ruler of the world, he has deposited his ways in his subjects. His ways are basically deceit. Rev 12:9 KJV “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” He has his deception in the people of the world. Sadly, many children of God have allowed some of his deceit to get into them. What are some of the things Satan has in Christians? The following are some of Satan’s ways in Christians? Fear, worry, envy, drunkenness and all the works of the flesh, are listed in Gal 5:19-21. Unbelief and doubt strongly hold that, if he should get into a man, would seriously make Satan mess up   that individual.

The worse weapon that Satan could plant in a man, especially a Christian, is self-centeredness. Self-centeredness is a kind of ‘god’ worshipped by many. This self opposes the Spirit of God in a man. When a man is filled with himself, he becomes an enemy of God. Rom 8:7. The Lord said, he does not have any of these in Him. Remember that the Lord said we must give no place to Satan. Remember, if you give Satan or a demon a foothold, he would take your ‘ body hold’ Whatever, Satan has in you, gives him an edge over you and the right to visit you at will.

To have complete victory over Satan, you must root out everything that comes from him. Lust, must go, fear must die, anxiety and worry must be no more. Unbelief and doubt must be attacked aggressively. You must be free from all forms of carnality.

THOUGHT: A LIFE FREE OF SATAN’S INFLUENCE, IS A LIFE WHICH HAS THE MASTERY OVER SATAN.

FURTHER STUDIES

Gal 5:17 KJV” For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.’

2Corith 10:5 KJV “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”