God Up Many, Satan down Zero!
Crazy title, huh? Hey, what can I say, it is almost 9p.m., and I am tired but was compelled to write about this exciting revelation! Don’t you just love it when you read the Word of God and something jumps out off the pages to you and sings to your spirit, LIFE! Especially when it is late in the evening and you were tempted to just go to bed and not read the Word to begin with. Yes, I am so GUILTY of that!! Oh, but God is all I can say! He is always faithful and moves us past our flesh at times because there is something that He wants to speak to us personally!
Well, here it is and please forgive me if you already know this. It is nothing new and has been in the bible all along. I have read this passage many times before, but tonight there was an importance behind it for me.
Please read Romans 5:18-19. It says, “Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
Now read it again and notice the bold words in print. There is a pattern here. Basically, this scripture is saying that Satan had his plan using Adam to sin and bring many to death, SO, ALSO God had his plan to use Jesus to bring Life to many. Duh, right? But read it again and allow this truth to sink in for a minute. Meditate on it, chew on it, sleep on it people. God is showing us something here!
What is it really saying? To me, it is saying that with every plan Satan has to bring us down, there is a plan for God to redeem that much more! Yes, yes and Amen!! In other words, God is always UP one on Satan! He is in control and has the final say! It is finished!
How many times has Satan tried to bring death to areas of your life, such as, your marriage, your children, your finances, your mind, your body, your future, your promises, etc. Do you understand what I am saying? Let me quote what the Message bible says for verses 5:18-19, “ Here it is in a nutshell, just as one person did it wrong and got us all in trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into Life! One man said no to God and put many to in the wrong; one man said yes To God and put many in the right.”
How awesome is that? It says, “he got us into Life!” That means LIFE over all things in your life, right now. Satan is trying to cause death in so many areas, but he holds no authority over you because Jesus bought those rights on the cross! The only way, he has authority, is if you give it to him!
How awesome is that? Now take it a little deeper for your own life. There are places in your life that Satan has tried to destroy with sin and death, but because of Jesus, those places can be made right. In other words, the enemy can’t steal, kill and destroy your life any longer! Satan tried to destroy with sin and death, but because of Jesus, those places can be made right. God bought and justified all those places through His son! So, if Satan has taken from you in any area of life and tried to cause death, I dare say, be bold and courageous this day and DEMAND it back, take back the plunder because it is RIGHTFULLY made yours through Jesus righteous act! You hold that authority in the spirit because of Christ.
This is deep because this is truth and it carries authority in the spirit! Read the scripture again and let it sink in. When sin verses grace, grace always wins! God is in the business of restoration and bringing all things under His authority. This includes your life, the kind of abundant life He always meant for you! Demand it back from the enemy this day. Take back the plunder from the war and begin to walk in the LIFE that God really has for you!!
Grow in grace,
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