*Mark 16:17-18
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.
These were the instructions the Lord Jesus gave to His disciples before ascending into heaven. One of the things He told them was that they should cast out demons in His name.
Whether we like it or not, the entire human race is part of a spiritual battle, & it is our responsibility as Christians to fight in it.
That is why Jesus told us to cast out demons before He spoke about healing the sick.
Going unnoticed while he persuades people to see sin as something insignificant or innocent is one of our enemy's greatest deceptions.
His goal is that people would see sin as some sort of game.
Without drawing any attention to himself, he attempts to entangle people in sin until they end up trapped, with no way out.
The enemy does not want us to understand or perceive what he is doing as he plots out the destruction of people's lives.
The enemy is a spiritual being created by God. He used to be a cherub who led worship in the heavenly kingdom - he was highly respected in heaven because of his authority & his life of holiness.
But he was the first creature to allow pride to enter his heart & in his arrogance, he wanted to overthrow God so that he could exercise cruel control over everything. However, his greatest ambition resulted in frustration & defeat.
As he was not able to achieve his goal, he lost all his privileges, expelled from the kingdom of heaven & became a hidden enemy of God's work.
He has made it his primary goal to remove God from the hearts of men & obstruct their minds so that the message of salvation will neither be preached nor accepted in the world.
When people sin, the enemy acquires a legal right over their lives so that he can afflict them as he sees fit. He employs a military strategy to achieve this.
Under his authority, there are rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world & spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
*Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
These spiritual beings of varying rank & power follow the orders of the adversary whose main aim on earth is to completely destroy man.
It is important for every believer to understand that the enemy fights with all his might to divert people from the right path.
*John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
There is a war that constantly rages in the spiritual realm. Whether we like it or not, you & I are part of that war.
From today on, decide to see through spiritual eyes; be a person who sees sin as God sees it, not as something insignificant.
Remember that it is through sin that the enemy obtains authority to torment our lives.
Yet we know that Jesus came to the world to destroy the works of the devil.
Given that the sin had given the devil authority over our lives, Jesus removed our sin so that He could set us free.
*Colossians 2:14-15
Having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
When we receive the forgiveness of our sins, the enemy stops having authority over our lives & we are finally free from oppression.
Not only sis Jesus take away our sin, He also defeated all our enemies.
It is important to understand that the battle was not a close call; Jesus won an overwhelming & eternal victory.
*Revelation 12:11
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
*Luke 10:19
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
REMEMBER:
JESUS HAS ALREADY TRIUMPHED OVER OUR ENEMY ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY.
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