Tuesday 17 September 2013

Resist satan's wiles.

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we see that the armour that we are to put on when engaging in spiritual warfare is God's armour. The word 'wiles' is from the Greek word 'methodeia.' This means travesty or trickery.

The Bible also lets us know that when we put on God's armour, then we will be able to stand against all the wiles(methods, trickery, strategies, lies, deceit) of the devil.

This shows you that satan's weapon is deceit. 2 Corinthians 11:3(ALT) says, “But I am afraid, lest perhaps, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your* minds shall be corrupted from the sincerity [or, single-hearted devotion], the [one] in [or, to] Christ.”

Satan deceives through his craftiness. Understand that satan has no power over you as a child of God, he has been defeated and rendered powerless according to the Bible in Hebrews 2:14-15(ALT), which says; “Therefore, since the young children have shared of flesh and blood, He Himself also likewise shared in the same, so that through death He should destroy [or, render powerless] the one having the power of death, that is, the Devil, and release those, as many as [due to] a fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of slavery.”

Therefore since you know that satan is powerless over you, give no place in your heart to his deceits and lies and he will not be able to lure you away from the truth by his tricks.

CONFESSION
Jesus has completely delivered me from the power and influence of satan over my life. I declare that I died with Christ. Therefore as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so, I also walk in the newness of life. I have been released into a life of victory where I am victorious above all the methods, trickery, strategies, lies, deceit of the devil. In Jesus Name.

For further study read:
1 John 4:1-4.

DOING THE WORD
Give no place to the lies of the devil in your heart.


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