Most Christians are in one of two camps regarding Satan: either they think he doesn’t exist, or they believe him to be so strong that they have no hope of overcoming him.
But what does the Word say?
‘So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.’ [Isaiah 10:27]
"The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes, which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution. [Isaiah 10:5,6]
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‘How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! But you said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. Those who see you will gaze at you, they will ponder over you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who did not allow his prisoners to go home?”' [Isaiah 14:12-17]
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the ruby, the topaz and the diamond; the beryl, the onyx and the jasper; the lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; and the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, was in you. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
"You were the anointed cherub who covers, and I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked in the midst of the stones of fire. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you.
"By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, and you sinned; therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
"Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, that they may see you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries.
“Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; it has consumed you, and I HAVE TURNED YOU TO ASHES on the earth in the eyes of all who see you. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have become terrified and you will cease to be forever.”’ [Ezekiel 28:12-19]
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‘The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY, and nothing will injure you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."’ [Luke 10:17-20]
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‘You will tread upon the lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.’ [Psalm 91:13]
‘When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.’ [Colossians 2:15]
So What?
Why are these scriptures important for us to understand? Why are they relevant to our lives today?
First, we know from Hebrews 4 that God has already rested from His works, and from Ecclesiastes 3 that ‘that which is has been already and that which will be has already been.’
Second, because we’re one spirit with the Lord, His triumph is our triumph!
‘But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.’ [2 Corinthians 2:14]
"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.” [Revelations 12:11]
‘But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.’ [Romans 8:37]
Is Satan a Bible fact? Absolutely. Is he a deceiver and a thief…a killer and destroyer? Yes, he is.
But he is defeated, ashes in the earth, stripped of power.
Broken.
Don’t let him forget it. He has no more power over you, and he knows that you have authority over him. Meditate on these things until they become revelation knowledge to you.
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