Satan Is Powerless

[Voice Of God]

I, personally, am tired of christians talking about being under demonic attack!

Did you know the devil loves us to talk about him?

Do you know that you have been given ALL POWER and AUTHORITY over the devil?

Word about satan

[Ovedya]

Edification, brother...edification. We know these truths to be self-evident, yet it never hurts to be reminded. BTW: All Christians are filled with the Spirit.

[Voice Of God]

All Christians are filled with the Spirit.

Not true brother!

ACTS 8:14-17

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had RECIEVED THE WORD OF GOD (They recieved Jesus, thus they were now christians), they sent Peter and John to them, who, when they had come down, prayed for them that THEY MIGHT RECIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR AS YET HE HAD NOT FALLEN UPON NONE OF THEM. THEY HAD ONLY BEEN BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS. THEN THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM, AND THEY RECIEVED THE HOLY SPIRIT.

[Guest skeezix]

if satan was powerless, we would have nothing to worry about....

we wouldnt have been told to put on the armor of God....

we wouldnt have been told to pray without ceasing....

Jesus Christ rules over all, but that doesnt mean the adversary is powerless...

just my thoughts!

[Bill]

if satan was powerless, we would have nothing to worry about....

we wouldnt have been told to put on the armor of God....

we wouldnt have been told to pray without ceasing....

Jesus Christ rules over all, but that doesnt mean the adversary is powerless...

just my thoughts!

I like this thought, skeezix, even if I'm not in 100% agreement. God never promised us as Christians a smooth trip, only a safe landing.

[Guest Singer for God]

I guess a better way to phrase this is that satan has no dominion over a Christian. We cannot be controlled by satan, without giving permission, of course.

[Crusader4Christ]

Hello and welcome to Worthy Boards Singer for God. It's awesome to see another new christian on these here humble boards.

I'm telling you Singer that these are some fine boards, and you are lucky to have landed here.

Anyways, you make a good point SFG. Satan does not have dominion over

christians, but does poke and praud us many times on our journey with God.

He is a stumbling block, a wall, an obstacle. We must overcome Satan by ask-

ing God to be part of His flock, and for Him to be shield against the Adversary.

Put on the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of

faith, and the sword of the spirit ( much better said in Ephesians 6:14-17.)

Well God bless you SFG, and welcome again to Worthy Boards.

[Mrs Mac]

Jam 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

If we had complete authority over him (like word of faith says) why would we be told to resist him? Scripture is full of instruction regarding how to deal with the devil. We are told to give no place to him.

1Th 2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

Satan was directly at work here against Paul so he certainly does work against those who are doing God's work.

On the other hand.......

I think Voice of God (rather presumptious name)is right in that many Christians would rather blame their problems on the devil than deal with the flesh that is at the root of most of our troubles.

[Bill]

I think Voice of God (rather presumptious name)is right in that many Christians would rather blame their problems on the devil than deal with the flesh that is at the root of most of our troubles.

I hear too much "the devil made me do it" for my liking. I believe there is influence today in the demonic realm, but there also has to be a level of personal accountability. When you see different sins mentioned, such as greed, pride, lust, covetousness, etc., in scripture, not always is satan's name attached. These are part of our human nature, a part that has to be put away for sure, but they do rare up their ugly heads from time to time.

True, satan can get up in our face, and we do need to resist him. But we also have to realize that some things we get into are our own doing, not satan's.

[nebula]

I, personally, am tired of christians talking about being under demonic attack!

I disagree.

Ephesians 6:12 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Being attacked is a part of what happens when you are in a war.

Did you know the devil loves us to talk about him?

Have you ever heard the expression: "Know your enemy"?

Do you know that you have been given ALL POWER and AUTHORITY over the devil?

But if you are ignorant and unskilled in how to utilize that power and authority, you won't do too well.