When we were born into this world, we were born into sin. We had never committed an act of sin when we were born, but we were just as guilty as Adam because we came from Adam. In just the same way, when we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior by faith and were born of God, we inherited a victory over the forces of darkness that we never earned. Our ability to live as a free child of God that has fellowship with the Father and deliverance from the law of sin and death was given to us as a gift through the offering of the spotless Lamb upon the cross.
Col 2:14-15 - “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”
Just as Adam, when he sinned was carrying all of humanity in his loins; Jesus when he went to the cross was carrying all of humanity in his loins. Jesus was the 2nd Adam and he put to death the first Adam. He completely stripped the devil from any power over humanity. The Bible says that the ‘strength of sin’ is the law. Sin is only a stronghold over a person’s life when they don’t have a revelation of the fact that Jesus blotted out and nailed the law to his cross. The strength of sin has been broken. We are free through the atonement of the blood of Christ.
After the crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and ascension, God sent the Holy Ghost to be our guide and comforter to lead us into all truth.
Acts 1:8 - “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
God has endued us with power to enforce the victory of Christ. Jesus called the Holy Ghost the Spirit of Truth. He will impart divine revelation into our heart that will expose the defeat of Satan and the Lordship of Christ. The way to maintain our victory over the devil is simple:
John 8:31-32 - “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
We are called to live by faith. We must continue in His Word. The Word of God is our life source. Christ is the vine, and we are the branches. When we abide in the Word, the Word abides in us.
1 John 1:7 - “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
If we walk in the truth, we have fellowship with the truth. We have had a radical transformation take place in our spirit man through the new birth. Now we must have a radical transformation in our mind in order to experience the benefits of Christ’s victory over the devil. Faith awakens our true identity, or we really are. Faith causes what was dormant with reference to divine endowments and causes them to come to life.
1 John 5:4 - “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
We get faith by hearing the Word of God with our spiritual ear and receiving it. The only way that the devil can be active in our life is if he can get us to yield our thought life to him.
Romans 8:6 - “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
God has given us a choice to choose life and blessing, or death and cursing. The way that we choose is by what we accept, meditate on, and eventually release spirtual power in the form of words. We have been given this victory through the grace of God, but we must continually choose to continue in the Word.
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