107. RESISTING THE DEVIL
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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith (1Pet.5:8,9).
1. God's Word says, "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you!" That doesn't mean lying down and letting him walk right over you! (Jam.4:7)
2. When the Devil tempts you to get down and discouraged, fight! Start doing something positive!
3. Don't just stand there: Do something--sing, shout, praise the Lord, quote Scriptures! Hit the Devil back! Sock it to him with the Word!
4. Take up that white-hot sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and cut the Devil to the heart!
5. Fighting the Devil takes a lot out of you, but when it happens and you get the victory, God puts a lot in!
6. The only way you can get rid of the Devil is to defy him, resist him, rebuke him, refuse to obey him, get up on your feet and quit fearing him! Give worship to God!
7. You're not stronger than the devil, but God is!
8. To let the Devil get into your mind and your thoughts and your soul and your spirit and your heart is the most dangerous thing you can do!
9. The Devil really doesn't like to be exposed, and he really stirs up trouble if you start exposing him.
10. The Devil hates the Name of Jesus.
11. Through the Name of Jesus you have power over the Devil, and you can command him what to do and where to go!
12. Let the Light in!--And the darkness will flee of itself!
13. That's the way the Devil always works: He starts out with some little thing that doesn't seem to be too bad, but then it's the horrors that it leads to that begin to shake you up!
14. Even if the government doesn't know where you are, the Devil knows, and he's always ready to stir up trouble, so watch out!
15. Don't take the Devil's "no" for an answer, push ahead until you totally defeat him.
16. Any hold Satan has on you is only as a usurper. He tries to hold on to that which is not rightfully his.
17. It is impossible for the Devil to win over you, unless you give in to him.
18. The Devil is a liar and is usually bluffing.
19. The Devil can't stand the Word, nor the name of Jesus.
20. A lot of times the reason you have to fight the Devil so much is because you're actually fighting God and the Truth.
21. If the Devil can just scare you out before you begin, then you'll never accomplish what God wants you to do.
22. I've never had any patience with the Devil--he just makes me mad and I want to blow him away right off the bat!
23. When you entertain the Devil's lies in your mind and heart, eventually they're going to come out of your mouth!
24. Like the Devil's temptations, you can't keep the birds from flying over your head or pecking at you, but you don't have to let'm build a nest in your hair!
25. God speaks first, then He lets the Devil talk to you to test your faith.
26. The Devil tries to fight a lot of things that God has said are going to happen, but they'll happen sooner or later.
27. Evil spirits don't like light. That's why I always insist on leaving some light on at night.
28. The Devil only wins if you surrender! But he can never win as long as you keep fighting!
29. When God allowed the Devil to test Job, he first of all took away all his wealth, then he even took away his family, his children and all that he loved, and finally his health. It was all a test, perpetrated by the Devil but allowed by the Lord, in order to show that Job really loved the Lord in spite of it all!
30. If the Devil can get you to doubt God's Word, you are believing the Devil's word
31. The Lord sometimes allows you to have nightmares as a test to see what you do subconsciously in your dreams, if you'll cry out to the Lord and rebuke the Devil!
32. Don't blame everything on the Devil, it's not all his fault, part of it is yours!
33. You cannot listen to the Devil's music without being influenced by the Devil!
34. The Devil's forces are everywhere and are on the constant lookout for you! So you be on the lookout for them and avoid them the best you can.
35. The Devil is really mad!--Which shows the Lord is really glad!
36. There are no such things as little dangers in God's work! Any little chink in the armour, crack in the wall, tiny gap in our united front where the Enemy could get in and cause big problems is dangerous!
37. Stay dropped out of the doubts of the Devil by staying in God's Word and close to the Lord.
38. In a way, the Devil is your friend in disguise! God created him for a purpose--to hound you and keep you in line!
39. The Devil is jealous, an enemy, but in a sense almost a friendly enemy because he has got to abide by the Laws of God and we have authority over him! He (but not your enemies) has to do whatever you say in the name of Jesus Christ!
40. In spite of what tricks the Devil tries to pull, the Lord's always several jumps ahead of him and always pulls us out of tight situations!
41. God uses the Devil to give people what they deserve, and He lets the Devil attack you to test you, to see if you'll really call on God and ask Him to help you.
42. When you've got the Enemy on the run, you need to keep after him!
43. Not all voices are of God. You must "Try the spirits" to make sure that what you're hearing is of the Lord. If it is not according to His Word or causes you to be discontent or bitter, dissatisfied or unhappy or critical of others--these things are not of the Lord.
44. The demons and the evil spirits are subject unto us, they have no free will of their own. They cannot do as they please. They have to do what we tell them to do in Jesus' Name.
45. The Enemy is always ready to attack you at any unguarded moment and you must be particularly prayerful and careful in such dark, demonic areas as some of these Southern countries where Satanism and witchcraft and deviltry of all kinds are rampant.
46. You can just about tell what's right by finding out what the Devil advocates; then you know what's right must be the opposite.
47. If you sell the Devil your soul he'll give you anything you want, but materially...'cause it's his to give. God has given it into his hands, he is the god of this World at this time, and can give it to whom he will.
48. Everything Satan does is a counterfeit of the true.
49. You don't get the victory by running from him; you get the victory by standing there and making him run!
50. The Devil can never stop the man who refuses to quit.
51. When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see Christ there
Who made an end of all my sin.
52. Discouragement is the Devil's favourite weapon, and the only thing that defeats it is faith!
53. Put the Enemy out of action with the Word! Bury him in a flood of the truth!
54. When you first hear the Devil's knock, slam the door in his face so quick and so hard it cuts his nose off!
55. When you flee temptation, be sure you don't leave a forwarding address.
56. The Devil can't get you back once you're saved--you're the Lord's forever!--But he tries hard to keep you from serving God.
57. Don't worry about the Devil, just fight him and defeat him by the power of the Spirit.
58. Don't be afraid of the Devil--he's afraid of you!
59. The Devil is a coward and if you face him down and resist him, he'll run!--And every time I did, he ran! I'm still going and I'm still winning and he's still running!
60. Give the Devil enough rope and he'll hang himself!
61. Help us not to have any unguarded moments, Lord, but to guard every moment in prayer.
62. All the devils of Hell including Satan himself are subject to your power, because you have the power of Christ!
63. Martin Luther once threw a bottle of ink at the Devil--but the only thing you can really hit him with is a bottle of the Word!
64. The Devil will give up if you don't give in.
65. Jesus is our Defense Attorney before God our Judge, defending us from all the fiery darts of the Evil one, that prosecuting attorney, the accuser of the saints, Satan himself!
66. The Devil can't win unless you give in.
67. By God's Word, his Truth and His revelations, He destroys the power of the Enemy.
68. The Prince of Darkness grim,
We tremble not for him,
His rage we can endure,
For lo, his doom is sure,
One little Word shall fell him!--JESUS!
69. Satan's powers are very real, yet he is not to be feared, much less worshipped, but to be resisted, rebuked, exorcised, and gotten rid of, and reproved and cast out and sent away!
70. The Devil can't accomplish much without your help, so you should refuse to help him!
71. You can't do business with the Enemy even for a moment! He's out to win!
72. Don't give the Devil an inch or he'll take a mile--or more, and everything you've got!
73. Stay in the charmed circle of God's protection, work and will,
And the Devil's disease and dirty deeds can never work you ill.
74. Prayer and the power of positive praise
Defeat the Devil and all his ways!
75. The Devil doesn't like to be exposed, he gets angry, because exposure leaves him vulnerable to defeat.
76. The Devil and me, we don't agree,
I hate him and he hates me.
77. The Devil can't do anything with you unless you let him in, unless you give him the chance and you harbour his thoughts and his sins. If you stay close to the Lord in obedience to God and filled with His Spirit, you don't have to worry about the Devil!
78. We are in a serious warfare and you had better be constantly on your guard, ready at all times to fight any attack of the Enemy, who is going to wait for your unguarded moment and for the time when you're a little weak and a little out of sorts and out of tune, out of touch and out of the Spirit! He's going to sock you so hard it might knock you for a loop, because you didn't stay in the right spirit, you didn't stay close to the Lord, you weren't obedient, you didn't do what you should've done, you weren't on your guard, praying without ceasing, giving thanks always, staying close to the Lord in the Spirit!
79. Fill your life with love, and there will be no room for the lies of the Devil!
80. You have but to utter the Name of Jesus to fell all the demons of Hell, Oplexicon and Satan himself!
81. The Devil isn't a bit afraid of the name "God" because it doesn't really specify what god, and there are lots of gods!--But sock it to him with the Name of Jesus and he'll tremble with fear!
82. The Devil flees each time he sees the weakest saint upon his knees.
83. You don't have to know all the evil machinations of the Enemy to be able to fight him, all you have to know is the Truth!
84. You can't do business with the Devil. You can't make peace with the Devil. You just have to fight him and curse him and get rid of him.
85. We can curse people in the Spirit of God and in the power of the Lord. Just like we rebuke devils, we can rebuke people.
86. We're not just fighting evil people, but evil spirits who possess them!
87. When you've got the Enemy on the run you need to keep after him.
88. Don't let the Enemy adulterate the pure waters of the Word with his dirty lies and propaganda and his doctrines of devils. Don't believe them! Resist them! For his doubts and fears and lies can hide an even more fatal attack on your very life!
89. The Devil can really tell you a lot of truth about yourself that's horrible, not to speak of the lies he tells you, so if you start listening to the Devil, there's no end to it.
90. We're one of the few outfits in the whole World that is on the attack! We are invading the Devil's territory! We are attacking the gates of Hell and we are winning!--Winning souls and winning citizens from his kingdom, and we are winning this War! And God knows Satan hates us for it, and that's why he attacks us on every hand, every way he possible can, and tries to stop us, but he can't stop us.
(See also No. K, 33, 99, 168, 171, 261, 303, 363, 551, 602, 603, 664, 678, 686, 710, 717, 720,727,838, 857, 947, 980, 1008, 1246, 1259, 1375, 1376, 1378, 1405, 1408, 1409, 1415, 1420, Gen Series.)
91. ISA.59:19b When the Enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
92. MAT.4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get the hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
93. MAT.16:18b Upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
94. MAR.8:33 But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
95. LUK.10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the Enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
96. EPH.4:27 Neither give place to the Devil.
97. 1PE.5:8,9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the World.
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