HE+ was PROMISED !
The LORD
JESUS,
The Promised ONE+,
always keeps His+ Word.
Listen carefully
to what occurred in the account recorded in Luke 10.
The Words
of Our LORD:
LUKE
10:17 -21
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying,
LORD,
even the devils are subject unto us
through Thy+ Name !
18 And HE+ said
unto them,
I+ beheld the satan
as lightning fall from Heaven.
19 Behold, I+ give unto you
power (authority, Gk.)
to tread on serpents ..."ophis" ...
and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not,
that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice,
because your names are written
in Heaven.
21 In that hour JESUS
rejoiced in spirit, and said,
I+ thank THEE, O FATHER,
LORD of Heaven and earth,
that THOU hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes:
even so, FATHER;
for so it seemed good in Thy sight.
The "ophis"
(Gk.) --- which is that same "serpent" nachash ( Hebrew) of Genesis 3:15 and the same
"serpent" of Mark 16:18 --- appears in
this Luke 10 passage again when Our LORD JESUS CHRIST is telling
His+ disciples about their authority over the spirits, after the 70
returned with astonished joy to HIM+.
Over and
over again in His+ Holy Word, The PROMISED ONE+ tells
us that:
that ANCIENT serpent "ophis" , called
the devil and satan ...
is going
to LOSE THE FIGHT!
Revelation 12: 9 - 11
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent "ophis",
called the Devil, and the satan,
which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast
out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him.
12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven,
Now is come salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our GOD,
and
the power of his CHRIST:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which
accused
them before our GOD day and night.
12:11 And they overcame him by
the BLOOD of the LAMB+,
and by the
word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Thus, we see The
PROMISED ONE+ stating the same Promise,
running through Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelation.
Furthermore,
the "ophis" , called the devil and satan, is being
put to flight RIGHT NOW... because The Promised One+ , our LORD JESUS
CHRIST, holds true to His+ Promise
to us... and to the satan.
HIS+ PROMISE
to the satan, to bruise --- or more accurately --- to
completely crush his head, has been
kept.
HE+ always
keeps His+ Promises...
no matter to whom HE+ makes
them
and no matter what the cost.
HE+ kept His+ Promise
to Our FATHER in Heaven --- WHILE HE+ WAS IN
HEAVEN --- to come to earth and be slain to rescue man from the
satan.
We know
this is true because Scripture identifies The LORD as:
Revelation
13:8c
"...the
LAMB+ slain from the
foundation
of the world."
The LORD
JESUS kept His+ Promise to the nachash and thrashed him soundly at His+
Crucifixion and at HIS+ subsequent ( and surprising ! )
powerful and glorious Resurrection.
As
Scripture records:
Romans 6:9
6:9
Knowing that CHRIST being raised from the dead
dieth no more;
death hath no
more dominion over HIM+.
Furthermore,
our LORD JESUS keeps His+ Promises
to us, granting us all the power over the wicked spirits that we need to overcome our sins and character faults in this life right now...
if
we do HIS+ Will.
Our LORD
JESUS CHRIST came to keep His+ Promises.
Do we keep
ours ?
Let Us Pray:
Our Heavenly GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST...
All glory, honor, and praise goes to THEE, O LORD, for Thy great
and precious promises given to us, to me.
These promises grant me strength to stand against the evil one
during times of testing, during trials of endurance.
Now, I come before Thy Presence ashamed of the times I have not
kept my word to others because I chose my Self.
I acknowledge that Thy Holy SON+ JESUS has granted me
power over the sin which does so easily beset me.
Oftentimes, I have not kept my word... in little ways and in big,
both spoken and implied "promises" to be there, to do something, to
give something or to provide support
I have let my co-workers, my friends and my family down; they
could NOT count on me to be true to my word at all times.
And worst of all, O Holy FATHER, I also have reneged, pulled
back, and not with integrity kept my word to THEE, in my heart.
I have forsaken the spiritual discipline which THOU hast given me, which I committed myself to do. I sandwich my time with THEE in
between all other "important" activities... including eating and
sleeping.
I have said I would follow THEE, but I oftentimes follow my own
thinking instead of doing what is written in Thy Word.
Thy forgiveness , O LORD, I ask of THEE , to cleanse me from
these sins of my heart. Re-form my character into the likeness and image of Thy
HOLY SON+ JESUS,
and in Whose+ Life-Giving name we pray, O Gracious Heavenly FATHER.
