Satan has probably come to you and said, “you have sinned, and you keep on sinning. You are not capable of serving God.” How do you respond to this? We tend to look to ourselves to try to prove him wrong. We say “no, you are a liar. I am capable of serving God. I CAN overcome sin and live for Him.” So then we try to live better, but to no avail. We fall again and again. Satan comes and tells us again, “you cannot live for God, you keep sinning and God cannot use you.” We cannot prove him wrong. He is right, we are sinners, and we will keep sinning. He has accomplished his goal; he has tricked us into looking in the wrong direction… to ourselves. When we look to ourself we are rendered ineffective for God.
Revelation 12:10-11 says that Satan is the accuser of the brethren. He is the accuser, not only before God, but before us. He accuses us day and night. No one has overcome satan by looking to themselves to prove him wrong. This passage says that they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb. Only the blood of the Lamb can overcome him. We have to understand the value of the blood. I John 1:7 says that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. Jesus Christ is our only defense against the attacks of the wicked one. He is everything to us, and we can count on His blood’s power when the devil comes to attack us.
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