5 Lies Of The Devil (Part 3)

Satan is not in control over the earth. his power is limited, and he has no power over you except what you permit him to have. 

Satan cannot make you sin. He can lie, deceive, and tempt you to sin, but he has no power over your will. One of the most powerful things God has given you is your will. Unless you yield your will to Satan, he cannot have any power over you. He cannot make you lose your temper. He cannot make you steal. He cannot make you commit adultery. He cannot make you sin against God. He cannot blot your name out of the Book of Life.

When you were born again, you were delivered out of Satan’s dominion and you are now living in the Kingdom of God.  Paul said that God has “...delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son” according to Colossians 1:13.

As the ruler of darkness and the god of this world, Satan controls unbelievers who yield their wills to him.  They are taken captive by him at his will according to 2 Timothy 2:26 and he blinds their minds to the Gospel:

2 Corinthians 4:4 “…the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”    

But Satan does not have power over you, as a believer. You are no longer under Satan’s dominion.  He has no power over you unless you yield your will to him. Paul told the Romans in Chapter 6:16-19:: 

"Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness…even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness."

Your will is a strong force given you by God.  One of Satan's  major strategies is to attack your will, take control of it, and then cause you to yield to his plans instead of doing God’s will.  You yield to Satan; he does not seize control.  You are not his helpless victim.  You must willingly yield yourself to him in order for him to seize control.

But no longer will you fall prey to this strategy. You now know that he has no power over you except what you allow him to have