“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” Zeph. 3:13
Remnant believers love the word of God. Once they feed on it and receive from it, they have rest, even in the midst of a busy day. And no devil in hell can make them afraid.
“Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;” II Cor. 1:21
There are those that have turned the anointing into fanaticism. They make the anointing out to be something it isn’t. They say the false signs and wonders they do are from the anointing of God. Therefore, many Christians have grown so fearful about the anointing that they would just as soon not talk about it. That is exactly what the devil wants. You can be sure if there is the fake there is the real. Don’t let the false talk you out of the real. The Christian that is anointed is who the devil fears the most.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jn. 1:1
I don’t know if this verse has really been grasped as it should. In simple terms, the word of God, our bibles, and Christ are the same. You cannot separate the two. Of course when we get to heaven there will not be a bible sitting on the right hand of the Father, it will be Jesus, but understand that He is the word in person. The bible is given to us so we can have God in a simple form. The most subtle way that the devil can get you lost and bound again is to distract you from the Word of God. He may even encourage you to read a lot of Christian books or encourage you to participate in what seems to be spiritual labors (an endless list of ministries). You may ask, what is wrong with that? Christian books and ministries have their place in the believer’s life. But here is what can happen. As you get more and more preoccupied with other books and get more involved in spiritual works, it don’t take long and you can start to get comfortable with not reading your bible (not reading your Christ). Then eventually what will happen when you do pick it up to read it, you will lose your ability to understand it for you have lost your sensitivity to the pure word of God. So saint of God, you must always keep the bible in the center of your life for what else will sustain life better than the book of life.
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” Rev. 12:9-11
Satan was overcome in heaven and he can be overcome on earth. Not by all, but by those that have the kingdom of heaven in their heart. Satan cannot overcome where God’s kingdom is.
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Rev. 12-9
The unredeemed inhabitants of this world all have one thing in common; there is one thing that unites them all; they are deceived by the devil. They all believe what is false. This should teach us believers that we should have one thing in common that unites us, we are enlightened to the truth. We must all believe what is true.
