AT A ZOO one day a man was cleaning the lion’s cage. Somehow the lion got in and killed him. Other workers tried to get his body away from the lion, but try as they would the lion wouldn’t let him go. He carried it wherever he went. At last a policeman came with his gun. Two shots rang out, and Mr. Lion was dead.
The Bible tells us that Satan “as a roaring lion,” goes about “seeking whom he may devour.” If we are not saved we are like that poor man, in the grip of the lion. Satan will not let us go.
Now the Lord Jesus came into this world to destroy the work of Satan. Satan has the power of death, but the Lord Jesus by His death and resurrection has triumphed over the great enemy’s power. Ever since He has been setting free those who were once captives to sin and Satan. Those who trust in Him and own Him as their Saviour belong to Him now; no longer are they slaves to their old master, but love and serve Him who died for them and rose again (2 Cor. 5:14,1514For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Corinthians 5:14‑15)).
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