Satan Has Not Been Stripped of His Power

…Once Christ as our life is accepted by faith, we will begin to take an offensive position against the enemy, refusing the lie that he has more power than we do in Christ, and exercising the release of the life within us that has already defeated Satan at every turn.

In conjunction with this deception, many are told that when there is something in their lives they cannot overcome, they should seek the Lord to see if there might be some type of demon dwelling within them.  Though there is no scriptural basis for a demon’s inhabiting a believer, this will be taught with fierceness because of what has been seen or heard…

Again, the issue is to find what works in terms of being conducive to a victorious Christian walk…when problems recur, these believers are then told they didn't struggle hard enough to keep the demons out, which avoids the real issue that the whole process did not work…

If Satan can possess Christians as easily as many report, isn't it reasonable to assume he could wreak much more havoc than we now see?...Why does Satan not do such things, given his nature?  The answer must be quite simple: he cannot!  But he can lie and deceive and make Christians waste time casting demons out of one another, not standing against him with heavenly power to accomplish the work of the Kingdom.

…Church history does not bear out that casting demons out of Christians was ever a solution to defeat.  It does, however, bear out that the enemy has continually introduced one-time solutions into the Church, all calculated to keep our eyes off of Jesus.  If demons are so much the problem, why is it that Paul and the other writers of the New Testament neglected to come right out and tell us so?...

This is not to say that a Christian cannot be oppressed; we know that does occur.  And all too often what the enemy uses to harass the believer are particular manifestations of the flesh; these, as we have already mentioned, are removed by taking up the cross daily, which will cut the ground out from under the enemy and free us from his influence…

If Christ in you cannot keep demons from dwelling in you, what chance do you have of keeping them out?  Victory belongs not to those who try to generate power over the enemy, but to those who receive Christ’s power.

So, what’s the problem?  Why is it so many Christians believe the lie?   Because lies are manufactured to satisfy the emotions.  Too many are too quick to believe their lying emotions rather than God’s Truth.  The Truth is invariable.  Unless one is prepared to stand and not compromise, they should never fool around with the Truth.  That is the Victory Michael gives us in his last sentence: 

“Victory belongs not to those who try to generate power over the enemy, but to those who receive Christ’s power.”  Amen!  So much for Lie #1.