Many people don't know the truth about Satan's defeat. In fact, many Christians are the very instrument the devil is using to foster the deception
that he is still a powerful foe. "Spiritual warfare" is one of
the hottest topics in the church today. People are expending great
amounts of energy constantly battling the devil in ways contrary to
Scripture, but in reality, Satan has already been
defeated. We don't need to defeat him again.
We need to believe that Satan has already been completely
destroyed (Heb. 2:14) and simply enforce his defeat. The only power he
has is the power to deceive. Our battle should be against the wiles
(trickery) of the devil (Eph. 6:11), not the devil himself. Any other
approach is actually giving the devil authority and power which he
doesn't have, and he uses that to intimidate us. The only weapon Satan has is the power we give him when we believe his lies.
Warfare only takes place between two undefeated foes. Once an
enemy has been conquered, the war is over. Satan is a defeated foe.
Colossians 2:15 says, "And having spoiled principalities and
powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." The
archaic meaning of the word "spoiled" here is "to plunder; despoil"
(American Heritage Dictionary). This means that after Jesus defeated
Satan, He stripped him of everything he had, specifically the keys of
death and hell (Rev. 1:18). Satan has no power to imprison anyone.
The Greek word that was translated "shew" in this verse (Col
2:15) is "deigmatizo" which means "to exhibit" (Strong). This comes from
the root word "deigma" which means "a specimen (as shown)".
Satan is like one of those bugs we had to capture for biology class. We
caught it and then impaled it on a board with a little pin to exhibit
it. You need to picture the devil nailed to the cross of Jesus like a bug on display. Hallelujah! Take that, Mr.
Devil!
The Greek word that was translated "triumphing over" in
Colossians 2:15 is especially significant. It means "to make an
acclamatory procession" . This is specifically referring to the way the Romans had a "triumphant procession" after they had defeated their enemies.
Upon conquering an enemy, the Romans would hold a parade. They
would take the conquered king, strip him naked, and drag him through the
crowd behind the conquering king or commander for all their subjects to
see. He would be humiliated and insulted, but that's not all. They
would also cut off the thumbs of his hands and the big toes of both
feet. This was to assure the subjects this enemy would never be a threat
to any of them again. He could not hold a sword and he would never be
able to run again. There was no need to fear him any more. Any rumor
about him ever challenging Rome again would be scoffed at because the
citizens had seen him in the parade.
The same thing happened to the devil. That's what this verse is
referring to. Jesus not only beat the devil, but He had a triumphant
procession to display the devil to the universe as a totally conquered
foe. Satan should never terrify us again. Unfortunately, many Christians have missed the parade. They
haven't seen God's triumphant procession that was pictured in God's
Word where Satan was displayed as a totally defeated foe. They are circulating rumors that Satan is a powerful foe to be reckoned
with. That's not so.
Satan is still alive, and we do have to reckon with him but only
because he has so many lies circulating about his power against us.
These are all lies, and therein lies Satan's power. If we believe his
lies, he then uses our own authority, which our fear grants him, to work
his destruction in our lives. He has no power of his own. He's using
the power and authority that our misdirected faith gives him.stand up, take hold of your authority as a christian..love u and see u at the top
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