Topic: Understanding the Weakness of the Enemy
Bible Reading: Job 1:8-12
“Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered
My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and
upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?'' So Satan answered the Lord and
said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around
him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have
blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse
You to Your face! So the Lord said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your
power; only do not lay a hand on his person. Then Satan went out from the
presence of the Lord.”
One of the reasons why Christian are suffer in the hands
of the enemies today is because many Christians do not understand the weakness
of the enemy called Satan. As a Christian, you must fully understand the
weakness of your enemy. Satan is our number one enemy and we must aware and
understand that he has weakness, and it is our responsibility to study his
weakness, confront him and war against him.
According
to the Scriptures, the Holy Bible, Satan is powerless in the following areas:
Number one: Satan cannot Tempt Believer without approval from God.
Satan has no right or authority to tempt a believer without
God’s permission. The above Bible passage tells us the reality of this fact. It
should be noted here that in verse 10 Satan actually told the precise truth,
for God had indeed made a hedge about Job.
Number Two: Satan
cannot stand to be resisted
Another
weakness that Satan has is that he cannot stand to be resisted with the name of
Jesus, the word of God and the fire of God.
“Therefore submit to God. Resist
the devil and he will flee from you.” James
4:7
But how does one go about resisting the devil? James answers this, by submitting first to
God. This means that we must be subject
to Him. Ready to listen to God and obey Him; you must humble and repent. We
should humble ourselves under the power of the Almighty God. NOT proud and
stiff necked in our doings. We must get
serious with our Christian lives; equip ourselves with the power of God, word
of God and name of Jesus in our mouth. As a Christian, we must lives a holy
life and not allow wrath or sin to give room for Satan in our life and
environment.
When we actually get serious about these things, then we
will be able to resist the devil. "Be
angry, and do not sin'': do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give
place to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26-27:
The Christian can also successfully resist the devil if he does the
following:
Firstly, he must know how the devil attacks. The most important thing that every
Christians should know and understand is how Satan attacks through devices
ways. Be ignorant to his devices is a great disease that is affecting many
believers today. In 2 Corinthians 2:1, Paul
warns us that: “lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his
devices.”
Satan
can deceive Christians through dreams, hearing voices, teaching and preaching
that is not originated from the truth word of God. Such happened to Paul during
his ministry, but thank God that Apostle was sensitive enough to discover the
satanic devices that he uses to deceive Paul and his companion.
“And it came to
pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of
divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same
followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most
high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And she did this many days.
But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the
name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.” Acts 16:16-18.
Can
you see how coning and manipulate the Satan is? He had deceived Paul and his
companion for some days before God arrested her. If such can happened to
Apostle Paul, I can imagine thousands of so-called believers that have been
deceived by the satanic strategies, policies and doctrines.
Secondly, Christian must stand guard and be alert in
anticipation of Satan’s attack. In 1 Peter 5:8, the Bible says: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour.” To be sober means to be
serious-minded, to take a realistic approach to life, to be intelligent
regarding the strategies of Satan.
Remember that Satan has different poses and he can masquerade
at anytime. Sometimes he comes like a snake, seeking to lure people into moral
corruption and adultery/fornication. Sometimes, he disguises himself as an
angel of light, attempting to deceive people in the spiritual realm with fake
miracles and counterfeit doctrines. The
Bible make it clear that: he comes as a roaring lion bent on terrorizing God's
people through persecution. 1 Peter 5:8. He can come with false messages that
were planned from his kingdom, which can eventually derail Christians from the
truth.
Thirdly, the believer must have on the proper protection
when Satan attacks. As a Christian, we should be sincere with ourselves with
what the Bible says. The Bible makes it clear that we shall be confronting by Satan
and his agents, and therefore we should be properly protected. The world we are
is full of satanic strategies and tactics.
“Finally, my
brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole
armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For
we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts
of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armour of
God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of
the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;” Ephesians
6:10-17.
Look at verse 14: Christ is the Truth. John
14:6:- Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.
Yet another of Satan’s weaknesses is that he cannot
stand the blood of Christ, nor the positive testimony of the Christian. "And they overcame him by the blood of
the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives
to the death.” (Rev. 12:11).
PRAYER BOMBS
1. Every deadly
incantation programmed into the sun against my family scatter by fire in the
name of Jesus.
2. Every incantation
programmed into the moon and the stars against my family line through the agents of Satan, scatter by fire
in the name of Jesus.
3. I forbid evil hands
from performing their enterprise concerning my family, business, job, ministry, marriage, work and life in the mighty name of
Jesus.
4. Every satanic
farmer sowing evil seeds into my bloodline, marriage, business, job, ministry, and work be paralyzed by fire in the name of
Jesus.
5. Every conspiracy against the divine destiny of my family lineage, marriage, business, job, ministry, and work scatter by
fire in the name of Jesus.
6. Any power monitoring my life, marriage, business, job, ministry, and work for evil, receive sudden destruction in Jesus’
name.
7. Every contrary handwriting against God’s purpose for my life, marriage, business, job, ministry, and work be wiped off by
the blood of Jesus.
8. You wicked altars and evil priests firing arrows against my destiny, marriage, business, job, ministry, and work die in the
name of Jesus.
9. I release my marriage, business, job, ministry, and work from the grip of evil manipulators in the name of Jesus.
10.
Thou monitoring spirits working against my marriage, business, job, ministry, and work receive spiritual paralysis and death in the name of
Jesus.
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