Daily Archive

Luke 8:30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31 And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
~Here, we see the demons afraid and pleading with Jesus not to order them into the Abyss.

Acts 19:13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”
15 And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” 16 And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded
~Here, we see the demons unafraid and attacking the men who attempted to drive them out.

How is it that in one scenario the demons were afraid but, in the other the demons were unafraid and attacked? It’s because Jesus understood His authority. When we understand our authority through Jesus Christ, we can do anything (Phil 4:13). The problem is we think the devil is some big bad scary being but, in reality he is a defeated foe and we have authority over him and all his attacks. If there is anything devilish in our life, our finances, our marriage, or in our career use this God-given authority to drive the devil out.

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.