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“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
Yesterday I talked about two deer who were very watchful as they ate acorns in our backyard. After a few minutes, my wife ventured to open the door to our deck just a crack, and in a moment the deer bounded away into the woods. They ran away from us, thinking that danger could be near.
We also need to be on guard for the devil, but the Lord’s instruction is to resist him. How do we do this? It is by following the Word of God. If we do this, we will not have to flee from the devil; rather, he will flee from us, for he knows that he is a defeated enemy. The Lord Jesus defeated him at the cross, and if we meet him in the power of God’s Word, and in the name of the Lord Jesus, he will flee. We should certainly respect Satan and his power, for he is stronger than we are. However, if we resist him with the power of the Lord Jesus and God’s Word, he cannot stand up to that. He will flee from us.
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