Resisting and Overcoming All Darkness by Faith in Jesus’ Cross and Victory
Triumphant Jesus, in You all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form and You are the Head of all rule and authority. In You, I have received this fullness,[i] grace upon grace,[ii] being blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies[iii] where I am now seated in You.[iv] Since I am now born of God, I overcome the evil one and the world system through faith (believing, trusting, relying, resting) in the fact that You are the Son of God.[v] Now, infinitely greater are You, Who is in the new me, than Satan who is running the world system.[vi]
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for disarming the rulers and authorities of Darkness, making a public spectacle of them and triumphing over them by Your cross[vii] and for delivering the new me from all evil by being in You.[viii] Through rebirth, You have given me authority and power to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Therefore, nothing can harm the new me in You.[ix] However, I do not rejoice that all the evil spirits must submit to me in You but I rejoice that I am confirmed, anointed and sealed in You [x] and that my name is written in heaven [xi] – in Your Book of unending Life.[xii] Hallelujah!
[i] Colossians 2:9-10 “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, Who is the Head of all rule and authority,”
[ii] John 1:16 “And from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” Also see 2 Corinthians 9:8.
[iii] Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.”
[iv] Ephesians 2:6 “…and raised (us) up together and seated (us) together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.”
[v] I John 2:13 and 5:4 “…write to you, young men, because you overcome the evil one.” “Because everyone having been born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory overcoming the world, our faith. Who is the (one) overcoming the world except the (one) who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
[vi] I John 4:4 “Little children, you are of God and have overcome them, because He Who is in you is greater than he in the world.”
[vii] Colossians 2:15 “And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He (Jesus) made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”
[viii] Colossians 12-13 “…giving thanks to the Father, Who has made us fit for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light, who delivered us out of the power of darkness and translated (us) into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
[ix] Luke. 10:19 and I John 5:18 “Behold! I give you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you, in no way.” “We know that everyone having been generated of God does not sin, but the one generated of God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.” Also see Romans 16:20.
[x] 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 “Now He (who is) confirming us and anointing us with you in Christ (is) God who has also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.”
[xi] Luke 10:19 “‘But not to rejoice in this, that the (evil) spirits submit to you. But rather rejoice that your names are written in Heaven.’”
[xii] Revelation 21:27 “And all profaning may not at all enter into it, or (any) making an abomination or a lie; except the (ones) having been written in the Scroll of Life of the Lamb.”
Coming next week: Chapter 15 Walking in the Armor of God by Being Clothed In and One With Christ Jesus
life, that is, Jesus himself.