HOW TO OPPOSE THE DEVIL
1 Peter 5:8King James Version (KJV)8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
If you have been crying to God to run the devil out of your life, stop. The bible says, you are the one who is supposed to overcome the devil.
How? By resisting him.
By rebelling against him when he tells you to so something you know is wrong. Instead do what God says to do.
When satan tells you a lie, contradict him with the word of God… oppose him.
James 4:7King James Version (KJV)7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
This verse is telling you when you resist the devil he will flee from you… ie he will run as in terror.
That means everywhere you go, as you walk in faith and oppose the devil, darkness is pushed back.
You can push back the darkness with the life of God that dwells within you.
When we accept Jesus he comes and lives inside of us. Every where we go he goes with us.
Every problem that rises up against us or every evil spirit that tries to influence your life is coming up against God. The Word says resist him and he will flee. Be aware of that, operate in it.
Keep studying the Word of God, it will dwell in your spirit, you will develop a closer relation ship with the Savior…
Romans 6:4-5King James Version (KJV)4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
This verse is telling us that as believers we actually have the same new life God gave Jesus when he raise him up from the dead.
The old sinner we once were has died; we have become a new creation on the inside. We are full of the resurrection life of God.
Sin and disobedience, living a selfish carnal life will keep that resurrection life from flowing. Sin separates us from the power of God, even though we have been born again.
Resurrection life will lay dormant in you if you walk in sin. Over come sin by walking after the new life God has put within you, by spending time in the word and in prayer.
As you do that the spirit of God will strengthen you and enable you to put sin under your feet. The Holy Spirit will not reduce old fleshy habits in your life; he will wait on you to take the initiative.
Then he will strengthen you to follow through with your decision to stop sinning. He will teach you how to walk in the new life that is inside of you.
Take the first step today by asking for his help… Say… Lord I desire to experience the power to live by this new life every day. By a decision of my heart, I put down dictates of sin. I declare myself dead to it in Jesus name.
I will spend time in prayer and in the word today. As I do this I believe I will receive a Holy Ghost refreshing in my life.
I believe I will begin to live out the resurrection power that you have placed in me. I pray all in Jesus name.
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