He Does Worry Me so!

From: Faithful Words for Old and Young: Volume 12

“HE does worry me so!” said a man, seemingly near death, who had turned from the devil and his ways late in life. “Read me the fourteenth of John; I’m sure he can’t stand that,” said my aged friend.

Right. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7).) The Lord Himself overcame Satan by the word, and took His stand on “it is written.”

The “young men” in 1 John 2:14¹⁴I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. (1 John 2:14), overcame him; the word of God abode in them.

“If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31³¹What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31).) “Greater is He that is it you, than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4).) A.

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