can you speak directly to Satan?

[LeonaWithHumility]

I am wondering this because I had some issues with my anxiety on Monday and I said some words to Satan, basically telling him to get out of my life and I am no longer his, that I belong to God now. Is this wrong of me to do?

IMO, if you're rebuking satan in the name of Jesus....you're doing the right thing. But never enter into a conversation with him without donning the full armor!

I love the way you put this!

[Guest Butero]

I am wondering this because I had some issues with my anxiety on Monday and I said some words to Satan, basically telling him to get out of my life and I am no longer his, that I belong to God now. Is this wrong of me to do?

I don't think rebuking the devil in Jesus name is wrong, but chances are, you were not talking directly to Satan. Unlike God, he can't be everywhere at the same time. You were probably being attacked by a demonic spirit. It sounds like you were resisting the devil, and the Bible says that when we do that, he will flee from us, whether it be the devil himself or one of his representatives.

[exrockstar]

I am wondering this because I had some issues with my anxiety on Monday and I said some words to Satan, basically telling him to get out of my life and I am no longer his, that I belong to God now. Is this wrong of me to do?

yes it is. that was very mean of you

[Openly Curious]

I am wondering this because I had some issues with my anxiety on Monday and I said some words to Satan, basically telling him to get out of my life and I am no longer his, that I belong to God now. Is this wrong of me to do?

No, it is not wrong to rebuke Satan in fact Christians should do it often let him know where his place is in your life and that is under your heel. When we do rebuke Satan we should do so in the authority that has been delegated to us within the name of Jesus. For it is the power of Christ that defeated Satan once and for all when he conquered death, hell, and the grave and it is Christ who gave us the victory and we can stand our ground against Satan and be strenghtened in our inner man by rebuking Satan in the name of Jesus.

We have to remember that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

But our weapons "through" God are "mighty." The weapons God has given to us to fight the battle with are spiritual weapons and are not carnal weapons of the flesh. In other words we have not been given weapons that this world uses in their battles such as knives, rifles, machine guns, grenades, tanks, bombs, etc., these all are used in battle when your country goes to war because it is a physical battle having to be faught in fleshly bodies.

The weapons that have been given to believers are not pertaining to the carnal (earthly) side. God has given to us spiritual weapons to use against Satan and his kingdom of darkness in the spiritual realm.

Ephesians 6 tells us just what kind of weapons we have been given, our soldiers uniform being the armour of God we are to put on and every piece of the armour protects us from head to toe as each piece protects a certain part of our being in the spiritual realm.

There is no armor given to protect our backside as we are not to retreat but to advance forward in battle and God has our back.

If we keep our armour in good condition every single day as we are told do then the devil will lose the battle he has waged against you because he cannot penetrate the armour of God. The armour protects us as it is mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds taken captive every thought to the obedience to God. These are mighty "weapons" and not weapons of this carnal earth.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5--For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but "mighty" through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

[Guest]

Amen!