Luke 10:17-20 - "The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Jesus says, we have the authority to overcome all the power of the enemy. The first thing I want you to see here is that the enemy does have power. Secondly, we have been given authority and our authority is greater than Satan's authority. Therefore, we have been given power to overcome the enemy. Yet, believers do not always overcome the enemy because they don't utilize the power Christ has given to them. To overcome the enemy it will require us to stand in faith on the Word of God and declare it. It will require us to walk in the Holy Spirit and live godly lives.
Christ goes on to say that nothing will harm you. Many Christians take this to mean that no physical thing will harm you. Yet, when look around us, we see Christian being harmed physically and even experience sickness that leads to death. It makes one wonder if the statement is true. We need to keep this statement in context with the whole passage. First of all, Christ wants us to know that no power of darkness can harm us. Satan can not harm us. Secondly, he wants us to know that we are secure in Him as we serve Him in ministry. Ultimately, he wants us to know that no harm spiritual or otherwise can harm us with out Him allowing it. Yes, he does let harm befall Christians for various reasons. The Bible attests to this and their are many examples of this which I will not go into.
Because of the these truths we can live in joy, peace, and victory as believers.
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