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Satan has no power over you!
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | Uncategorized
November 23, 2008
Dear Friends,
This week, I want to give you a powerful truth that you need to continuously meditate upon if you want to walk in God’s preplanned best for your life:
Satan has no power over you!
Do you understand me? Satan can’t do anything to you, other than what you allow and empower him to do. Jesus stated a powerful truth that applies to you, if you are a Believer in Him. In John 14:30 (Amplified version), Jesus stated, “I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.]” Now, meditate upon that truth and remember that it’s not you who lives, but Christ who lives in you (Galatians 2:20). Satan cannot touch you; Satan cannot harm you; and Satan cannot defeat you – Only you can defeat yourself when you listen and believe Satan’s lies.
Gloria Copeland, who I respect tremendously as a teacher of God’s Word, once asked the Lord if Satan was able to do whatever he wanted on the earth; and the Lord answered her by saying, “If Satan was able to do whatever he wanted on the earth, then why does he have to use deception upon mankind?” No, Satan uses your God-given power by planting negative thoughts into your mind and getting you to speak them out; fully understanding the spiritual power of Mark 11:23, and that you have what you say! Your thoughts and words control your destiny; and Satan deceives you into believing his thoughts and getting you to speak his words over your life to bring harm and destruction. All over the world today, people are speaking doom and gloom; economic devastation; lack, want, need, debt, sickness, disease, failure and death. Satan just stands back and laughs as the world is held captive by their own thoughts and words; and as they follow Satan’s path of fear, destruction and death.
But we, Believer, are the redeemed of God: We are Sons and Daughters of God, and Jesus is our Lord and Savior. Do you understand that Jesus defeated Satan? I am talking about stripping Satan of all his power and status of being the “god of this world”. Yes, Satan was the god of this world (authority given to him by Adam) UNTIL Jesus stripped him of all power. Jesus did not only strip Satan of power, but triumphed over him. It states in Colossians 2:15 (Amplified version), “[God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him and in it [the cross].” I like what it says in the Message Bible, “He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.” Praise the Lord – Get a vision of that: There was Satan and all the demonic hordes thinking that they had Jesus defeated; and suddenly Jesus triumphs over them all and marches them naked through the streets – totally powerless. Talk about a reversal of fortunes!
No – Satan has no power over you; specifically, if you won’t fall prey to his deceptions and lies. Get it firmly in your heart: Satan can’t touch you or stop God’s blessing from manifesting fully in your life! You have been redeemed from the curse that is upon this earth, Christ being made a curse for you (Galatians 3:13); and if you be Christ’s then you are an heir to God’s blessings (Galatians 3:29; Genesis 12:2-3). Satan is no longer the God of this earth: Jesus is King of kings, and Lord of lords!
And if you dare to believe: Through Jesus Christ, you are now a ‘god of this world’, and walk in the same power, authority and dominion as Adam did before his fall; and as Jesus walked upon the earth!
Now, I know Satan would love for you to fear and tremble at what I just wrote; but do you remember when the Pharisees told Jesus that he was blasphemous stating he was the Son of God. The Bible states in John 10:34-35, “Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;” (the New Living Translation states that the “scriptures cannot be altered.”)
As I wrote last week – it’s time for the Sons of God to be manifested upon this earth; and it’s time to rise up to the level of dominion, power and authority that Jesus gave us! Get a revelation: Jesus made you to sit with him in heavenly places at the right hand of God (Eph 1:20; 2:6) - and you did not earn or deserve it. You are walking in Jesus’ power and authority. If Jesus is your Lord and Savior, and you are walking as a ‘god of this earth’, that only raises Jesus up higher in authority, power and glory! The Body of Christ needs to get a revelation that we are commissioned to fulfill Adam’s original orders: To have dominion, power and authority upon this earth, to replenish the earth (to complete it) by the Blessing of God; and to subdue it (this earth is to yield its goodness and riches to us) in the name of Jesus. We are to be blessed, and to bless all the families of the earth!
Why are you looking and listening to the world and its problems; and why do think you have to follow its “death course”? Why are you listening to Satan’s deceptions? Instead, listen now to God’s Word in Colossians 2:20 (New Living Translation) and BELIEVE: “You have died with Christ, and He has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world?”
Jesus stated in John 14:12 (Amplified Version): “I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.
We are not only called to do the same works as Jesus did (raise the dead, heal the sick, feed the mulititude with a few loaves and fishes, and walk on the water); but GREATER WORKS. Why? Because when Jesus spoke those words, he knew he was going to hell and pay the price to free you from Satan’s bondage. Jesus knew that he was going to strip all authority and dominion from Satan. Jesus knew with that power and dominion, he would go to heaven and pour his blood on the heavenly mercy seat and make a new covenant with God that gave you and me rights as ‘Sons of God’ to walk as a ‘god of this world’. We will do greater works, because unlike Jesus, we don’t have to deal with Satan being the ‘God of this world ‘anymore: Satan is just a fallen angel; spiritually dead with no power; and whose only future is the Lake of Fire! (MEDITATE UPON THIS TRUTH UNTIL IT GETS INTO YOUR HEART).
It’s time for the Sons of God to be revealed – all of creation has waited for this hour. So rise up in your Jesus-given authority, power and dominion; be blessed, and be a blessing to the world. Satan has no power over you, and it’s time for the entire world to know the truth!
Be blessed and full of Joy -
Dr. Will