Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Revelation 12:11-12


11 And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].
  • Jesus is the woman’s power, which is the Church's power, and His Blood keeps us clean from sin, 1 John 1:9.
  • There is nothing left for satan to accuse us with, so there is no longer any room for him in Heaven. We are no longer saved by works; we are now saved by grace and faith, Ephesians 2:8.
  • No man can truly accept Jesus as Lord unless the Holy Spirit empowers him to, 1 Corinthians 12:3. And our faith is now authored and finished by Jesus, Hebrews 12:2. So everything we are is of God, and satan has no grounds to accuse us and he has no place to accuse us. Jesus was victorious for us and it is finished! Until Jesus did all of this for us satan was allowed to stay in Heaven. But as soon as Jesus was raised up from the dead, satan was thrown out of Heaven.
  • Satan no longer has any ability to harm us. For him to harm us he would first have to penetrate the Holy Spirit, Who we have been sealed with,  Ephesians 4:30. Satan would have to defeat our Shepherd Who protects us, Hebrews 13:20, and he just isn’t able to do that. We have been raised up and we now sit together with Jesus in Heaven, Ephesians 2:6, and satan isn’t there.
  • Satan is real and he is in this world, so do we deal with him? Yes, but it is not about us. We are used to intercede for those who he does have control over. We protect those who he can attack, the lost. We are used to go to a world that needs the Truth and we are used to defeat satan and his works as we do.  
12 Therefore be glad (exult), O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in fierce anger (fury), because he knows that he has [only] a short time [left]!
  • The woman, which is the Church, is not harmed; God has always prepared a place of safety for us. We are His body, His flesh, His Temple, and there is no weapon that can harm God and we are always one with Him. Our bodies may still be on the earth, but we have been raised up together and made to sit together in Heaven with Jesus, Ephesians 2:6. These verses show us that even if we are to be killed for our testimony, that there is not a woe for us. God’s power will flow through us even if we are killed for being used to testify of the Truth.
  • The end times will be a glorious and wonderful time, as we are empowered with the Holy Spirit to serve our Kingdom and our Father during the Great Tribulation. Also remember this: the angel proclaimed that it would be a speedy victory for us as well. The time will pass quickly for the chosen of God because we will be used in power and demonstration as we never have before. 
  • But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20:24

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