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bondage. Have you ever thought about
that? It was sin that caused Satan to
be expelled from heaven and sin that
caused the fall of humanity.
Sin is the root evil, and every other
evil is the fruit of sin. Jesus came first
to destroy the root of sin and then move
against the fruit – sickness, bondage
and demonic control. As He approached
the cross, Jesus said, “The ruler of this
world is coming and he has nothing in me”
(John 14:30). Jesus was able to defeat
Satan on the cross because Satan
had no hold on Him.
Absolute victory
Jesus lived a sinless life, totally
victorious over all the works of Satan.
That’s why he could speak a word, and
the demons would come out. That’s why
He could command sicknesses to leave
and they would leave. He was sinless and
the devil had nothing in Him.
And this is good news for us, because
done. I have seen the Lord do these Jesus has placed us in the same position.
things. Many times I have watched him Because we are in Christ the devil has
destroying the power of the devil, and nothing in us either. He has no hold over
moving against principalities as we pray us. There is no reason for a believer in
and intercede, proclaim the Word of Jesus to be defeated on a single score.
God, and minister in the power of the
Holy Spirit. But these things are not Jesus came into this world to deal with
the deepest work of God. They are all the root of sin and to remove sin from us
external consequences of something totally and forever so that God’s will and
more evil that lies at their root. purpose would be perfected in our lives.
And God’s will is totally, 100% against sin.
Sin is defeated And He has dealt with it at every level
Jesus came to deal with all the devil’s in our lives.
works, especially sin. If there had been
no sin, there would have been no Hearts on Fire by Colin Dye is
sickness in the world and no demonic available from the KT Bookshop.
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