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The Devil is Disarmed

Colin Dye — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:20:55 +0000

When it comes to overcoming Satan, religion is of no value. In fact, it is one of the greatest weapons he uses against us.

Satan cast out of heaven,he is a defeated foe.

Once we put our trust in religious ritual or ceremony, or any other means of impressing God, we have become religious and miss the grace and power of God in our lives. That way we become easy prey to the devil.

But Christ has come and removed every charge or accusation against us through the blood of his cross, and in doing this, he has totally disarmed the devil forever. He has displayed his triumph over the devil and his evil forces and manifested his complete victory.
?Lord, I bless you for setting me free from the bondage and guilt caused by religion. Thank you that all spiritual charges against me cannot hold because you have totally disarmed the devil of his power.?
The defeat of Satan extends to the spiritual realm where Christ has openly triumphed over the devil. He is totally disarmed, stripped of his authority and has no more power over your life. He can no longer hold you captive through religious guilt or accusation. You are set free in Christ.
The freedom of true disciples consists in this: we know there are no more requirements we have to fulfil in order to be acceptable to God. The controlling forces of religion have been defeated in our life through the blood of Christ.
This deliverance leaves us ready to walk in the new resurrection life of Christ through the daily exercise of our faith. Take up that mindset of belief as you set out today on the next step in your journey of faith. Every day is an adventure to a disciple.

Read Colossians 2:11-15

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The Devil is Destroyed

Colin Dye — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:30:03 +0000

The devil is at war with God for the souls of men and women and the whole human race. But God has destroyed his plans once and for all. He sent his Son into the world to be born as human being, meeting the devil on our territory ? human nature.

Now that our sin has been taken away and the fearful judgment of death removed, the devil has lost his grip forever!

This means Jesus was able to confront the devil, and through his death surrender to the Father?s will to die on the cross and defeat Satan forever. Jesus? death destroyed the devil and ?rendered him inoperative.? He no longer has any power over us. Now that our sin has been taken away and the fearful judgment of death removed, the devil has lost his grip forever!
?Thank you, Lord, for overthrowing the devil and destroying his hold on me. You tasted death for me and for every person and have released me from the fear of death and condemnation.?
Jesus became man in order to pitch the battle for humanity on the same ground it was lost ? human nature. His death atoned for our sin and delivered us from the condemnation and eternal death we were due to receive. The devil now is defeated and totally inoperative in this area.
You have been delivered from the fear of death and condemnation. You can now serve God freely from the heart. Neither love nor faith can operate out of fear because perfect love casts out fear and faith works through love. This means you can serve God acceptably and walk in love before him. This is the real motivation of those who are united with Jesus Christ and are following the example he set on this earth. Plant your feet in his footsteps today.
Read Hebrews 2:10-14

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Strongholds of the Mind and Spiritual Warfare

Colin Dye — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:03:29 +0000

The battle is truly for the mind. The enemy has only three weapons to use against us ?deception, which brings temptation which opens the door to accusation. All of these activities operate from within the mind.

Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons.The strongholds of Satan over your mind are brought down and you become free to follow Christ wholeheartedly.

The devil suggests something to us, and we see it in our mind?s eye. He whispers his thoughts and our imagination protects them onto the screen of our mind. These become powerful arguments within us inciting us to reject the wisdom of God. But equally, if we resist these vain imaginations and hold onto the wisdom of God, every wicked thing is cast down from our minds and we have victory over the devil.

Key Thought

Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons. God has given you the full force of his wisdom to cast down arguments and to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. That way the strongholds of Satan over your mind are brought down and you become free to follow Christ wholeheartedly.

Prayer

Lord, I reject every false argument and vain imagination of Satan in my mind. I bring every thought of mine captive to the obedience of Christ, now, in the name of Jesus! Amen.

Discipleship Steps

Dealing with your thought life is a crucial part of following Christ. Ideas have consequences and false notions lead you down wrong, even disastrous, paths. Reject the lies of Satan that come through popular culture, human wisdom and the thoughts that build strongholds in your mind. It is absolutely essential that you spend time each day in the Word and in prayer, tearing down every argument and making every thought captive to Christ.

Read: 2 Corinthians 10:4-6

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Will we sell our souls for the sake of our present comforts?

Colin Dye — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:55:36 +0000

Satan goaded God with these words believing that he had found the ultimate human weakness: “A man will give everything he has for his life” (See Job 2:4-5).

Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922)

This accusation certainly exposes a deep fear in the human personality. Our frail humanity makes us vulnerable to the fear of death together with the ageing process and failing health that often come with it.

The strength of the Christian gospel is that it speaks right into the depth of these human needs and offers us eternal life, freedom from sickness and deliverance from death itself through the resurrection power of Christ.

“If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you” (Romans 8:11).

Jesus came proclaiming the good news of the kingdom – that the long-promised age of freedom and deliverance from the powers of sin and death had arrived.

This means we are in “the presence of the future’ and are heirs of unimaginable levels of healing, prosperity and well-being. The kingdom has come!

However, this doesn’t mean we are free from suffering and trials. On the contrary, Jesus made it clear that the troubles of this world would continue as long as this present world was in existence.

“In this world you will have trouble” (John 16:33).

Nevertheless, we can live in victory over all these circumstances and enjoy the blessing of God.

“But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

God’s will is for health and prosperity for His people – even if we, like Job, must pass through various trials to serve a higher purpose for the glory of God.

“Skin for skin?” Was Satan right? Will we sell our souls for the sake of our present comforts?

No! We have settled it once and for all. We will serve God with all of our hearts – no matter what our circumstances.

And nothing will shake our confidence in our Heavenly Father’s capacity and willingness to save, heal and deliver us from every sin, every sickness and every bondage.

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Satan Unmasked:Overcoming the Jezebel spirit at work in your life

Colin Dye — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:20:01 +0000

Satan Unmasked, a book by Colin Dye. Click here to read more on this topic.

Few years ago I had returned from a prolonged time of seeking Jesus. The revelation that He gave me was startling and focused on unmasking Satan. In our lives as Christians it is vital that we learn to overcome. I want to help you to discover how the enemy operates and for us together to unmask him and defeat him.?Living in this kind of victory does not happen simply through deliverance but occurs through deliverance and daily discipline. Many people believe that victory comes to their lives when they receive deliverance ministry – but in reality true victory comes when deliverance is coupled with a new godly, disciplined daily lifestyle. Also as you read this article today do not just receive it as intellectual truth but take it into your spirit and appropriate it. Then act on the truth – live it out!

The Jezebel spirit

So what is the Jezebel spirit? This is the spirit that is named after Queen Jezebel who was the wife of King Ahab who was a king of Israel. This spirit seeks to affect our marriages, family life, self image, relationships, sexuality, ministry and so much more! This spirit is at the root of the demonic kingdom and seeks to destroy all that is of God in the earth. This is a spirit that seeks to dominate everything in our spiritual and national life.

The beginning

The strategy of Satan has always been to take from mankind the authority that God has given to us. This strategy can be seen right from Genesis chapter one where mankind rebels against God and the battle of the sexes commences. God’s intention was for men and women to work together in partnership to subdue the world. But Satan’s distortion brought the temptation for women to manipulate and rule men and for men to dominate women. Men and women have equal status and worth in the eyes of God but they do have different, but complimentary, roles. The role of the man is as the head and that of the women as helper. The man’s role is as the loving leader and the woman’s as a suitable helper. Together men and women can subdue the earth!

Ahab and Jezebel

In 1 Kings 16 we see the supreme example of the Jezebel spirit. This evil queen Jezebel brought great sin into the nation and an incredible conflict occurs with the prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel. Jezebel encouraged Baal worship which promoted immorality and perversion. A great victory is won on Carmel and the nations sees the fire of God descend. But even after that amazing victory Jezebel threatens and intimidates Elijah to the extent that he runs for fear of his life. Jezebel then institutes a period of persecution and the prophetic figures in the nation are killed. This is a spirit behind a woman who manifests incredible control, seduction and manipulation and Ahabhas given in to that control. Jezebel operates out of a spirit of witchcraft. Ahab had given up the headship of his home and of the nation. This Jezebel spirit is passed from one generation to another until it is stopped by the power of Christ. Ahaziah became the new king of Israel and indulged in all the sins of his parents.

Jezebel’s defeat

In the book of Revelation chapter 17 the spirit of Babylon or the Jezebel spirit comes into focus once again. Babylon is that great system of the world which is dominated and controlled by Satan. Babylon is everything that the devil has built around himself, it is the system of antichrist. He controls governments, the arts, media, finance, education, science and so much more! In fact he even tries to control the church. But at the same time the city of God, Zion, is rising to defeat Babylon. Babylon will fall. As believers we need, by repentance, to come out of Babylon and to live holy lives.

Freedom from the Jezebel spirit

As the conflict between the Elijah generation and the Jezebel spirit increases we need to know how to confront that spirit. God has given us powerful weapons in order to enforce the victory that he has already accomplished – the name of Jesus, faith, the word of God, praise, binding and loosing, prayer and the blood of Jesus. Incredible weapons by which we can wage warfare.

Living Free

We have been set free so we must live free! It is crucial that we do not yield our lives to sin. If you have sin in your life then repent of it now and shut off those areas of your life from the devil. Sins that might be relevant for you include pride, self-righteousness, abdicating male headship, usurping male headship, greed and adultery. Ask for the Holy Spirit’s light to shine on your life. Do not allow the devil to have access to your life. Today you can start to walk the path of freedom by:

Confessing your sin
?Forsaking your sin – walk towards Jesus and away from your sinful lifestyle
?Forgive all those who have sinned against you
?Ask God for deep cleansing and forgiveness; ask Him to extract the sin out of your personality
?Expel every evil presence in your life
?Praise God
Seek a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit

This new path needs to be your continual path. You can maintain the lifestyle of freedom in Jesus by pursuing God with all of your heart, by filling your life with prayer and intercession, by living in the word and walking before Him in obedience and service. Jesus has set us free so let’s live free!

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David Cameron jokes about the death of a 'devil':Muammar Gaddafi

Colin Dye — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:35:10 +0000

David Cameron (Picture Getty)

David?Cameron?has made?further mention of Gaddafi’s?death last night as he spoke to prominent members of the Sikh and Hindu communities at a reception for Diwali inside 10 Downing Street. He said: “Obviously Diwali being the festival of a triumph of good over evil, and also celebrating the death of a devil, perhaps there’s a little resonance in what I’m saying tonight.?
Today, even though many unbelieving western people may reject the idea of a ?devil?, they still often identify a particular event or person as being ?evil? or as being influenced by ?evil?.
Terrible events like 9/11, or the London bombings of 7/7, the mass murder caused by the Gaddafi regime in Libya or the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq cause even the most hardened unbeliever to recognize that a great force of evil must somehow exist.
It does. And the Bible calls the leader of this force ?Satan? or ?the devil?.
Whenever unbelievers try to explain how people like Hitler, Staline, Pol Pot- to cite a few – can possibly have acted as they have, they almost always have to fall back on the world ?evil?.

How can we possibly explain that men would do such a thing? London bombings 7/7 Tavistock Square, London

It is as though, deep in their innermost beings, they know that the participants in these events must have been influenced by a malignant, destructive force of evil- by something which is outside and apart from humanity, but which seeks to rule the world and to ravage its inhabitants.
Even though most people recognize that a force of evil can influence others, they find it hard to admit that it may affect them. The truth, however, is that every man, woman and child in the world experience temptation. But only a few go on to realize that this has to point to the existence of a tempter. Every human being feels a pressure to do what they know to be wrong or not to do what they know to be right. There is nothing that you can do, nowhere you can go, to escape from the tempting evil pressure to do wrong.
How about us believers? Deep down, we really want to do God?s will, to speak God?s words, to do God?s deeds, to bring great glory to His wonderful name. But at times it all seems so terribly hard. Sometimes when you start moving in God?s will, it?s as though you?re walking in treacle, with lead weights on your shoes and a gag in your mouth.
Why is this? It?s simple. It?s because there?s a great force of evil which is trying to stop you praying, to snatch your joy, to silence your witness, and to side-track you from God?s purposes.
As a believer, you cannot be ignorant of the devil?s schemes. If more of us knew the real truth about Satan, he would surely be more hated, more resisted and more defeated.
So strip away the mask of Satan so that you can see him as he is, so that you can understand his strategies, hate him with God?s righteous passion, resist him in Jesus?s precious name, and overcome him in your life and family!

Click here to read more about this topic in my book, 'Satan Unmasked'

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