Resisting the Devil, Part 4 (TMF:2121)

Monday, June 26, 2023
Peace to Live By: Resisting the Devil, Part 4 (TMF:2121) - Daniel Litton
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       But this power over the enemy is available to anyone. Those who suffer just don’t think they can be like these ‘positive’ people. Really, though, anyone has power within themselves to respond correctly. Isn’t that right? Why would James tell us to “Resist” if it wasn’t in our capacity to resist? Once we have learned to resist, we can follow the next part of James’ passage here: “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom” (James 4:8-9, ESV). If we haven’t resisted Satan, we can’t draw near to God. It’s just a statement of fact. This can be in one particular life situation, or it can be that we have a bad habit in general of not resisting Satan. In this latter case, indeed, we have a lot of problems because we haven’t followed God’s truth in our lives. There has to be that cleaning, that purification, that recognition of what sin is, and really what it is not.