For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.” For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
The natural man cannot comprehend the things of God nor can
they know it. (1 Corinthians 2) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship
of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that
the scripture saith in vain, the spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
But He giveth more grace. Wherefore he
saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. (James 4) Resist
the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh
to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double
minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to
mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the
Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. This is a
promise, and God will keep it to us. If we resist the adversary, He will compel
him to flee, and will give us the victory. We can, at all times, fearlessly
stand up in defiance, in resistance to the enemy, and claim the protection of
our heavenly King just as a citizen would claim the protection of the
government against an outrage or injustice on the part of violent men. At the
same time we are not to stand on the adversary's ground anywhere by any
attitude or disobedience, or we give him a terrible power over us, which, while
God will restrain in great mercy and kindness, He will not fully remove until
we get fully on holy ground. Therefore, we must be armed with the breastplate
of righteousness, as well as the shield of faith, if we would successfully
resist the prince of darkness and the principalities in heavenly places.
Days of Heaven Upon Earth — Rev. A. B. Simpson
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Exercise your authority to tread on serpents and to cast out demons. You are the head and not the tail. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Exercise your holy boldness.