Out of His great love for humanity, God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to break the power of Satan over mankind so that we could experience an abundant life. Satan held dominion over mankind. He could cause problems in people’s lives; keep them poor, make them sick, and kill them at his will. It must be noted that he affects people’s lives by the spirit of fear operating inside their hearts. Whatever people are fearful of, he effectively uses to threaten, torment, and defeat them. Job declared in Job 3:25, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.”
There is absolutely no way that one can enjoy life in bondage to Satan. Jesus would take away Satan’s dominion and destroy him for us. He accomplished it through His death on Calvary’s cross. It was through death that Jesus delivered us from the bondage of fear. Hebrews 2:14 declares, “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
Jesus was then raised from the dead by the glory of His Father. He was raised for a number of significant reasons for us. First, He was raised so that we might be justified before God, as though we never sinned against Him. Being justified, we have peace with God. Second, He was raised so that we could, through Him, become Covenant children of God. Third, and most importantly, we could walk no longer in fear, but in the dominion that He gained over Satan. What must be understood is that Satan became legally helpless upon Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus took the keys of death and hell from him and now He holds them. (Revelation 1:18) Upon His resurrection, Jesus declared emphatically that all Authority was given unto Him in heaven and in earth. (St. Matthew 28:18) Being destroyed, and having lost the keys, Satan has absolutely no more legal ability to make people sick or kill them. Knowing this truth frees our hearts from fear.
However, to experience the abundant life, individuals must accept Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives and receive the Holy Spirit into their hearts. The Holy Spirit exhibited His Supernatural Power inside Jesus’ dead Body. He went inside it and released life into it, quickening it. He raised Him up from the death state by the glory of the Father. (Romans 8:11) Just as Jesus was dead in the grave, we were spiritually dead in trespasses and sins. (Ephesians 2:5-6) The Holy Spirit quickens us together with Christ, raises us up together with Him and makes us sit together in heavenly places in Christ ruling over all the demonic forces of the world. (Ephesians 2:5-6) Then, no weapon formed against us can ever prosper. (Isaiah 54:17) This is good news! God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankinhttp://www.christabundantlifeministries.org
There is absolutely no way that one can enjoy life in bondage to Satan. Jesus would take away Satan’s dominion and destroy him for us. He accomplished it through His death on Calvary’s cross. It was through death that Jesus delivered us from the bondage of fear. Hebrews 2:14 declares, “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
Jesus was then raised from the dead by the glory of His Father. He was raised for a number of significant reasons for us. First, He was raised so that we might be justified before God, as though we never sinned against Him. Being justified, we have peace with God. Second, He was raised so that we could, through Him, become Covenant children of God. Third, and most importantly, we could walk no longer in fear, but in the dominion that He gained over Satan. What must be understood is that Satan became legally helpless upon Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus took the keys of death and hell from him and now He holds them. (Revelation 1:18) Upon His resurrection, Jesus declared emphatically that all Authority was given unto Him in heaven and in earth. (St. Matthew 28:18) Being destroyed, and having lost the keys, Satan has absolutely no more legal ability to make people sick or kill them. Knowing this truth frees our hearts from fear.
However, to experience the abundant life, individuals must accept Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives and receive the Holy Spirit into their hearts. The Holy Spirit exhibited His Supernatural Power inside Jesus’ dead Body. He went inside it and released life into it, quickening it. He raised Him up from the death state by the glory of the Father. (Romans 8:11) Just as Jesus was dead in the grave, we were spiritually dead in trespasses and sins. (Ephesians 2:5-6) The Holy Spirit quickens us together with Christ, raises us up together with Him and makes us sit together in heavenly places in Christ ruling over all the demonic forces of the world. (Ephesians 2:5-6) Then, no weapon formed against us can ever prosper. (Isaiah 54:17) This is good news! God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankinhttp://www.christabundantlifeministries.org
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