Some people think that Jesus and
the devil are always confronting and lighting each other. But when I read
my Bible, I don’t see fights between the two. What I see is the devil
having to flee whenever he encounters Jesus!
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Consider the demoniac from the
country of the Gadarenes in Luke 8:26–39. The demons in the man begged
Jesus not to torment them or send them into the abyss, but to permit them
to enter a herd of swine nearby.
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You see, neither the devil nor his
demons can stand before Jesus. They may be able to torment people for a
while, but when Jesus comes on the scene, they know that that is the end of
their stay. They will have to flee! All it took was just one word from Jesus,
and the entire legion of demons had to come out of the man and flee into
the swine.
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As a child of God, you exude a
spiritual fragrance which evil spirits can detect and which causes them to
tremble. It is the life of Jesus inside you. And He who is in you is
greater than he who is in the world. (1 John 4:4) That is why no curse,
spell, accusation, scandal or destruction planned against you can succeed.
Your enemies may come against you one way, but the Lord will confuse them
and cause them to flee before you seven ways!
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Jesus paid with His life to give
you this victory over your enemies. After His arrest in the garden of
Gethsemane, the Jews and Gentiles were united for the first time with one
common objective: Torture Jesus and have Him killed. King Herod of the Jews
and Pontius Pilate of the Romans were long-time enemies, but because of
Jesus, they became friends. (Luke 23:12)
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My friend, Jesus’ enemies were
united and had “victory” over Him. But because He triumphed over them
through the cross and rose again, today, your enemies will be scattered and
you will have victory over them!
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