I was horrified when I read the national news yesterday! I was believing that I had become some what desensitised to the bombardment of terrible and horrific news stories these days. Not so! Anyone who wonders about Satan, know this: He is alive and well in America! Yesterday in Tampa, FL, a 20-year old man was fussing with his 17-year old girlfriend. He began to beat her and then he started beating her 3-month old baby. He slammed the baby down on the concrete and then scooped her up and fled in his car. When he reached the Interstate, he simply tossed the baby out the window of his moving car like it was a piece of trash. The whole thing was witnessed by several people. I know it's not the Christian thing to say, but I sure wish i could get my hands on that monster for just 30 seconds!
Satan is alive and well! From Bible times to today, we see the result of Satan's power in humanity. He is the ultimate evil, and he has the power to possess any of us. We are completely helpless in our fight against him. There is absolutely nothing we can do to defend ourselves against his awesome power...that is, nothing we can do on our own. But Jesus has already defeated Satan. Where we are completely powerless on our own, Jesus is completely victorious over him! We must use Christ as our constant shield against Satan. We are involved in a spiritual battle everyday that can spill over into reality. As long as we keep Jesus at the center of our lives, we will have power to keep Satan in check. But if take our eyes off the Lord even for a minute, Satan is right there, ready to pounce on us. Do you have the Power and Protection of Jesus? We need Him more today than ever before!
I Peter 5:8 says, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour."
Father, please protect us against Satan. We know he is more powerful than we are, but not as powerful as You. Thank you for loving us enough to want to help us. In Jesus name, Amen.
We seem to be on the same page today.
ReplyDeleteWhat a powerful message!
ReplyDeleteI had to go to court the other day for a small fender bender. The lady I hit had lied and said I hurt her insides. I was going less than 5 mph and I hit her truck with my sports car. I was the only one to plead guilty in court everyone else said they weren't guilty. The other person involved in the accident did not show up and my case got tossed. No fine, no driving class... It pays to be honest. Those pleading not guilty only angered the judge. I think it will be the same on our final judgement. Don't lie on the stand!
Thank you for the great reading material.
Amen to JESUS being the victor over Satan.
ReplyDeleteSadly this world is full of these kinds of sick people and I can only say that I am thankful God is a just God, because he will see fit to deal with people like this man, lets just be happy he will spare us in the process.
ReplyDeleteOn another note,I just love the way our Lord commands the devil and he goes away in Matthew 4:10, a he tells us the same thing, resist the devil and he will flee from you in James 4:7.
Amen to that!
Satan is alive and well, but the "One who is within us is greater than the one who is without." (1 John 4). Good post.
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