Ignorance of Satan's tactics provides an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of you as recorded in 2 Corinthians 2:11. Many believers ignore Satan, hoping if they do so he will leave them alone. Others are fearful of him, believing that he has tremendous power for which they are no match. If you are to achieve victory in life, you must know your enemy and how to overcome him..
Jesus was able to live His life in one-hundred percent victory over the enemy because He faced Satan from a position of knowing. Jesus never wavered, faltered, or retreated. Jesus knew that He had power and authority to defeat Satan in every circumstance!
1 John 3:8 “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
Satan desperately tries to keep his defeat by Jesus a secret. He does not want you to know that through the death of Christ on the cross he has been defeated. Jesus declared in Luke 10:19:
“Behold, I give unto you power...over all the power of the enemy.”
Satan does not want you to know the truth that you have power over all of his diabolical powers!
Jesus has authority over the devil. The Bible declares the enemy is under His feet:
Ephesians 1:19-23 "...the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all."
Since the enemy is under Christ's feet and since Jesus is the Head of the Church, then this means the enemy is under your feet as well because you are part of the Body of Christ.
God’s Word declares that, through Christ, you have been given dominion over this world, the flesh, the devil, and every enemy you may encounter. This power has been delegated to you as part of your spiritual inheritance. Do not let Satan keep you ignorant of these powerful truths. Arm yourself with this knowledge as you enter the battlefield of life as a true believer in Christ.
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