Defeating the Darkness of the world

By: Shaila D Touchton

On the eastern side of Lake Galilee there is a place of caves and graves. There, Jesus met a man called "Legion." He was so named because "many" evil spirits lived in him. He kept crying out and cutting his naked body. The demons in him recognized and feared Jesus. They made the man shout, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You,
don't torture me!" (Luke 8:28). Jesus ordered the demons to come out of the man. The demons obeyed at once. The local people were amazed when they saw the man called Legion "sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind" (Luke 8:35). Jesus met many others who had demons. He always had mercy on them. He always healed them and forced the spirits to leave them. All the people were amazed and said to each other, "What is this teaching? With authority and power He gives orders to evil spirits and they come out!" (Luke 4:36). Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him (Acts 10:38). Jesus shared with His followers the power to defeat Satan. He proved this by giving to those with Him power for miracles and casting out demons (Matthew 10:1; Luke 10:19; Mark 16:17). They too had the same success. (The disciples had only one failure, as recorded in Matthew 17:14-21. That was because of their own lack of faith. After that lesson, every other attempt at working miracles was successful.) When seventy disciples came back from their preaching journeys, they joyfully said to Jesus, "'Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.' He replied, 'I saw
Satan fall like lightning from heaven'" (Luke 10:17-18). Now no force can control God's people against their will. Nothing can separate us from God's love (Romans 8:38-39). Christians continue to win their struggles against "the powers of this dark world." They do this by using the mighty strength of Jesus. "...This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is
it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son
of God" (1 John 5:4-5). "Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power...Take up the shield of
faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one"
(Ephesians 6:10,16).

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