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The greater One lives in you, I
John 4:4, and you have authority over Satan and all
his demons, Luke 10:19 (for one). And, Jesus has
disarmed him! Col.2:15. Please get my brochure, You
have Authority.
Our
Job
Submit to God and resist the devil, James 4:7.
Learn to use the blood of Jesus by faith, Rev.
12:11; the name of Jesus, Phil. 2:10; and the Word,
like Jesus did in Matt. 4:1-11. Wear your armor,
Eph. 6:10-17, and recognize that 90% of the battle is
in your mind, II Cor. 10:4-5. Satan gives you
suggestions, but don’t accept them.
You’ll discover later that he is a liar!
Eph. 4:27 says to give him no opportunity or
access. Intentional sin gives him access, big time! And, we must not
be ignorant of his devices, II Cor. 2:10-11.
Where
is he?
Satan told Jesus (Luke 4:5-7), “The world is
mine!” I hear you objecting, “You just said he’s
a liar!” Yes,
but if this were a lie, it wouldn’t have been a
temptation for Jesus! And consider these other verses:
II Cor.4:4 says that Satan is the god of this world.
Eph.2:2-3 calls him the prince of the power of the air.
So he operates in our atmosphere.
(Also John 12:31 and 14:30.) In Rev. 2:13 and
12:7-13, it explains that he lives and reigns here,
and how he got here.
What
can he do?
He accuses us to our Father, Rev. 12:10; He’s
a deceiver, Rev. 20:2-3 and 12:7; He’s a liar and a
murderer, John 8:44; and he’s like a lion,
looking for someone he can hurt, I Pet. 5:8.
Sickness:
Acts 10:38, Jesus healed all who
were oppressed by the devil.
Jesus healed a woman, and said
that Satan had bound her, Luke, 13:18.
I Cor. 5:1-5, God wanted a
man’s body afflicted as sort of a spanking, and got
Satan to do it.
A similar situation is in I Tim.
1:20.
Death:
Satan comes to steal, kill, and
destroy, according to John 10:10.
John 8:44, He is a murderer.
Heb. 2:14, He had the power of
death.
I Cor. 15:26, Death is an enemy.
Your
Words
God wants you to live a long time! According to
Gen.6:3 you can live 120 years! Psa.91:16, Prov.
3:1-2, 3:13-16, 4:10, 9:11, and Ex. 23:25-26 are all
verses proving that long life is God’s will.
Find out how these promises work in my brochure, If
it’s God’s will, then why doesn’t it always
happen?
Do you know that you can speak life or death to
yourself? Prov.
18:20, “Death and life are in the power of the
tongue.”
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you stop using
words of death to express yourself.
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I
nearly died laughing.
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I
thought I’d die.
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My
feet are killing me.
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I’m
dying to go.
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I’m
starving to death.
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I
was scared to death.
These words will make you die early.
Most
dangerous
When is Satan the most dangerous? When he
disguises himself as an angel of light! (II Cor.
11:14). He can do miracles, too! (II Thess 2:9).
Combine these facts with his ability to deceive, and
this becomes very serious!
I know entire churches full of people who think
they are hearing from God, but are actually listening
to demons! How do I know? People said what
they thought God told them, and I knew it was contrary
to the Word of God!
Please get my brochures, Helps in hearing
God’s Voice, and You have Authority.
These will help you to remedy that situation in your
life.
Satan
is not your Only Problem
There are two more forces on the enemy’s
side. These
are the world and your flesh. Let’s take those one
at a time.
The World:
Rom. 12:2 says, “Don’t be conformed to
this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
minds…” If
you are not renewing your mind daily with the Word of
God, you will be conformed to the world’s
way of thinking and doing things. To benefit the
most from your Bible reading, read mainly the letters,
Romans through Jude.
These were written to and about us. The same
verse, Rom.12:2 in the Living Bible says, “Don’t
copy the behavior and customs of this world …”
I John 2:15-17 “Do not love the world or the
things in the world.
If anyone loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him…”
John 15:19 says we are not of the world. James
4:4, “Adulterers and adulteresses! Don’t you know
that friendship with the world is enmity with God?
Whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes
himself an enemy of God.” James 1:27 “…keep
(your)self unspotted from the world.”
There is a long list of verses that could be
given to show that God considers love of the world’s
ways to be spiritual adultery.
We are called the Bride of Christ, and we are
not to love another.
The Flesh:
What is My Cross is a brochure that can
explain this a whole lot better than I can in this
space remaining. Here are a few verses that give the
idea clearly:
Rom. 8:5-6, “Those who live
according to the flesh (human nature) set their minds
on the things of the flesh. But those who live
according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
For to be carnally (fleshly) minded is death.
But to be spiritually minded is life and
peace.”
Rom. 8:13, “If you live
according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the
Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you
shall live.”
Gal.
2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the
life which I now live, I live by the faith of the Son
of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Also,
Gal. 5:16-17, 24-25, Luke 9:23, II Cor. 3:5, and I
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