Main Scripture for this study: James 4:7
A. Scripture as recorded:
1. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (NIV)
2. Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (ASV)
3. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (KJV)
4. Chinese Bible translated the same!
5. Satan is scared to the point he flee by flight!
The original word dictionary # is 436! Look it up!
Normal human common sense can know this one! Your resist can make Satan flee by flight!
B. Think about a big evil man in front of you! Trying to kill you! What can make him flee from you?
1. You are stronger than he? No! Strong evil man is not that dumb! They never do!
2. In my years of growing up on the street!
I tried to challenge strong evil man to challenge man stronger than he! They dare not!
3. Yes, show him your deadly weapon! Remember they do not flee from knife!
4. Yes, an AK47 and retreat to at least 10’ away from him!
Immediately shoot him! Do not say a word just keep shooting him!
C. Think about what Peter wrote! 1Peter 5:8-10
1. Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,
whom withstand steadfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren
who are in the world. 1Pet.5:8-9
2. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,
will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 1Pet.5:10
3. Think about a roaring lion trying to tear you into pieces! What you have to do to make him flee?
4. Same thing, 10’ away from it with a machine gun keep shooting immediately until it disappeared!
5. The whole world lies in the devil! 1Jn.5:19
Except a few of us in the church of Christ!
We are those able to put up a fight with the devil and make it flee from us!
D. See what Paul did! Ac.13:8-12
1. But Elymas the sorcerer opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith! Ac.13:8
2. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said:
You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit
and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? Ac.13:9-10
3. Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will be unable to see
the light of the sun. Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone
to lead him by the hand. Ac.13:11
4. When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
5. The sorcerer did not have a chance to explain!
E. Jesus told this parable: Matt.22:10-14
1. And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad
and good: and the wedding was filled with guests. Matt.22:10
2. But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
3. and he said unto him, Friend, how came thou in hither not having a wedding-garment?
And he was speechless. Matt.22:11-12
4. Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness;
there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. Matt.22:13
5. For many are called, but few chosen. Matt.22:14
F. Weapon we are authorized to use for war against the devil! Rev.1:13-16
1. Among the lamp stands was someone "like a son of man," dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and
with a golden sash around his chest. Rev.1:13
2. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. Rev.1:14
3. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. Rev.1:15
4. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword.
His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. Rev.1:16
5. Make Satan flee by flight is keep shooting him with verses of the Bible!
6. The best one is --> is the name of your church in the Bible?
7. This question includes lots of verses! When exploded it become many destructive bombs!
May God grant you good health and peace! Wrote August 21, 2020.
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