KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 17:24 KJV “Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.”

We continue with our series of studies on our oneness with our lord Jesus. We understood through our identification with Christ that we are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We are in glory with our master. On earth presently, our Lord Jesus is also in every believer to express His life through us. We have looked at a number of areas of our lives where our Lord who lives in us must exert His life and authority through us. Please note, that true Christianity is all about expressing Christ through you. We have looked at expressing Christ with our very selves, towards others, and our relation to money, and now we consider how we allow Christ in us to confront Satan and his host of devils.

Satan is real and very active on this earth. To many elite ones, he tells them he does not exist. Everything that looks like him, he explains to them that it is science, psychology, or just some aliens out of this world. To others, he relates to them in person and uses them for all kinds of evil activities. To relate successfully to Satan, you must know the truth of God’s word and believe it wholeheartedly. You can never deal with Satan if you hold half-truths about any aspect of the word of God. Satan is eternally defeated by our master Jesus. Heb 2:14 KJV” Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;” Although defeated man’s probation time to live on this earth has not expired so, men are given the opportunity to prove their allegiance to God. Satan has the permission to function in this era. Satan’s means of taking humanity captive is through deception, lies, and all kinds of evil schemes.

Your greatest means to totally have the resurrected Christ in you conquer¹ Satan ìs to respond to the Lord’s first call to us into discipleship. He said in Luke 14:26;” If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”  Men’s love for their lives, recognition, and persuasions from loved ones against certain daring stands for God, are among Satan’s greatest means of having advantage over Children of God. Do not love your life, or any family association above Christ. Confront anything the devil does with the truth, believing it and announcing the scripture to Him. Satan’s power under any condition cannot defeat anyone who approaches him this way. To be continued.

THOUGHT: TO DEFEAT SATAN, KNOW THE TRUTH AND WALK IN THE TRUTH.

FURTHER STUDIES

Eph 6:11 KJV “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil”.

2Co 11:3 KJV ” But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”