Victory Over the Devil: Embracing Our Protection in Christ
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when we take the Bible and begin to understand it we find first of all that the devil was a created being there is great mystery in this admittedly but nevertheless the devil fulfills the very purposes of God, he is a fallen angel, the second thing that the Bible makes perfectly clear is that this devil is defeated, first of all it is clear that the devil had no power over Jesus he had no power over Jesus he has no power over Jesus. [00:00:53]
Jesus says I will not speak with you much longer for the prince of this world is coming, he has no hold on me, it's powerful but he has no influence or power over Jesus if you just turn back I'll give you one or two verses John chapter 12 and verse 31 now is the time for judgment on this world now the prince of this world will be driven out but I when I am lifted up from the earth will draw men to myself. [00:01:32]
Colossians chapter 2. speaking of Jesus and having disarmed the powers and authorities he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them by the cross, and in Romans chapter 16 we learn that the devil is in deep trouble concerning not only his defeat but also his ultimate Destiny Romans chapter 16 and verse 20 the God of Peace will soon Crush Satan under your feet he is going to be crushed. [00:03:16]
so the reason that I take time to emphasize this is because it is imperative that we understand that the devil is a defeated foe, Checkmate has already occurred on the chessboard of life, at the cross Jesus played the Czech mate, there are moves left on the board but it cannot reverse the fact that Checkmate is certain those of you who play chess understand this. [00:03:53]
we can spend the last 20 minutes or so playing it out but they've already seen the end that is what has happened at the cross he is going to be crushed under our feet he was defeated at Calvary he has no hold on Christ as we will see in a moment he has no hold on the Christian therefore we are told not to be casting him out or casting demons out but we're told that the devil is to be resisted. [00:04:22]
James 4 7 submit yourselves then to God resist the devil and he will flee from you, okay that's a very straightforward and categorical statement right, resist the devil, submission in submission to God and he will flee from you, now on the strength of this biblical instruction, and what the rest of the Bible has to say let me anticipate a question which will inevitably come. [00:05:27]
can Christians be demon possessed I've never ever taught on this without someone comes to me afterwards and said Do You Believe then that it is possible for demons to possess Christians, the answer to that is no I do not, and I don't care whether whether you know what I believe I care whether you understand what the Bible teaches, and you need since you're sensible people to examine the Bible yourself to see if these things are sold. [00:05:56]
let me tell you why I believe that it isn't possible for Christians to be demon-possessed first of all because of what we read in Colossians chapter 2 that Christ's death has given Victory verse 10 of Colossians 2 for in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form and you have been given fullness in Christ who is the head over every power and authority Jesus Christ has filled your life believer. [00:06:31]
the believer is described as the one who has been delivered from these things still in Colossians and in verse 1 he says of God the father that he has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the Saints in the Kingdom of Light for he has rescued us from the Dominion of darkness and he has brought us into the kingdom of the son he loves in whom we have Redemption even the Forgiveness of our sins. [00:07:16]
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you whom you have received from God 1 John 4 4 says great to see that is in you than he that is in the world, so now we know that in realistic terms the Holy Spirit lives within our lives and he's not about to leave to make room for demons. [00:08:03]
when an evil spirit comes out of a man it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it, then it says I will return to the house I left, when it arrives it finds the house unoccupied swept clean and put in order, then it goes and takes with it seven other Spirits more wicked than itself and they go in and live there and the final condition of that man is worse than the first. [00:08:39]
so in other words within the state and sphere of natural man it is clearly possible to be possessed of demons, it is also possible for those demons to leave or to be removed, if they leave voluntarily or are removed by any power unless that house namely that life is then to be filled with the fullness of Christ and with the indwelling spirit of God then that life becomes the very potential for a far worse experience of demon possession. [00:09:12]
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Jesus says I will not speak with you much longer for the prince of this world is coming, he has no hold on me, it's powerful but he has no influence or power over Jesus if you just turn back I'll give you one or two verses John chapter 12 and verse 31 now is the time for judgment on this world now the prince of this world will be driven out but I when I am lifted up from the earth will draw men to myself. [00:01:32]
Colossians chapter 2. speaking of Jesus and having disarmed the powers and authorities he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them by the cross, and in Romans chapter 16 we learn that the devil is in deep trouble concerning not only his defeat but also his ultimate Destiny Romans chapter 16 and verse 20 the God of Peace will soon Crush Satan under your feet he is going to be crushed. [00:03:16]
so the reason that I take time to emphasize this is because it is imperative that we understand that the devil is a defeated foe, Checkmate has already occurred on the chessboard of life, at the cross Jesus played the Czech mate, there are moves left on the board but it cannot reverse the fact that Checkmate is certain those of you who play chess understand this. [00:03:53]
we can spend the last 20 minutes or so playing it out but they've already seen the end that is what has happened at the cross he is going to be crushed under our feet he was defeated at Calvary he has no hold on Christ as we will see in a moment he has no hold on the Christian therefore we are told not to be casting him out or casting demons out but we're told that the devil is to be resisted. [00:04:22]
James 4 7 submit yourselves then to God resist the devil and he will flee from you, okay that's a very straightforward and categorical statement right, resist the devil, submission in submission to God and he will flee from you, now on the strength of this biblical instruction, and what the rest of the Bible has to say let me anticipate a question which will inevitably come. [00:05:27]
can Christians be demon possessed I've never ever taught on this without someone comes to me afterwards and said Do You Believe then that it is possible for demons to possess Christians, the answer to that is no I do not, and I don't care whether whether you know what I believe I care whether you understand what the Bible teaches, and you need since you're sensible people to examine the Bible yourself to see if these things are sold. [00:05:56]
let me tell you why I believe that it isn't possible for Christians to be demon-possessed first of all because of what we read in Colossians chapter 2 that Christ's death has given Victory verse 10 of Colossians 2 for in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form and you have been given fullness in Christ who is the head over every power and authority Jesus Christ has filled your life believer. [00:06:31]
the believer is described as the one who has been delivered from these things still in Colossians and in verse 1 he says of God the father that he has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the Saints in the Kingdom of Light for he has rescued us from the Dominion of darkness and he has brought us into the kingdom of the son he loves in whom we have Redemption even the Forgiveness of our sins. [00:07:16]
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you whom you have received from God 1 John 4 4 says great to see that is in you than he that is in the world, so now we know that in realistic terms the Holy Spirit lives within our lives and he's not about to leave to make room for demons. [00:08:03]
when an evil spirit comes out of a man it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it, then it says I will return to the house I left, when it arrives it finds the house unoccupied swept clean and put in order, then it goes and takes with it seven other Spirits more wicked than itself and they go in and live there and the final condition of that man is worse than the first. [00:08:39]
so in other words within the state and sphere of natural man it is clearly possible to be possessed of demons, it is also possible for those demons to leave or to be removed, if they leave voluntarily or are removed by any power unless that house namely that life is then to be filled with the fullness of Christ and with the indwelling spirit of God then that life becomes the very potential for a far worse experience of demon possession. [00:09:12]
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