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“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world” (1 Peter 5:9).
“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
In spite of the fierceness of the devil, and the way he comes at us as a roaring lion, we see clearly from the Word of God that we are to resist him. How can we do this? We can resist him because he is a defeated enemy, and he knows it. If we try to resist him in our own strength, we will surely lose, but if we resist him in the Lord’s strength, we will find that he will run away from us. He knows that the Lord Jesus won the victory for us at the cross, and that everything that he tried to do to the Lord Jesus ultimately failed.
Satan thought that he could get rid of the Lord Jesus at the cross, but our Lord rose triumphantly from the grave, and is now seated at God’s right hand. All power is committed to Him, and eventually Satan will be banished to the lake of fire forever.
If he tries to attack us, we can resist him in the Lord’s strength, and he will flee from us.
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