YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR

Tony Padilla

Christ Is Supreme Because He Cast Down Satan and Every Other High Thing That Exalted Itself Against Him!
"And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it…" (Colossians 2:15).

"…Now shall the prince of this world be cast out…" (John 12:31).

"…That through death. he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil…" (Hebrews 2:9–17).

Christ destroyed the power of the devil. The Greek word here means "to make of none effect" or "useless." Why should any Christian be nervous or intimidated by the fictitious powers of the one who has been stripped and made totally ineffectual? Christ has drained satan of all power — He has cast him down and held him up to open shame.

The "god of this world" has been crippled, and we dare not overestimate his power. The children of the Lord are not of this world. They are not under any dominion from sin or satan. Christ took from satan the keys of death and delivered us from the bondage of the fear of it. Now, through the victory of the Cross we fear neither death, sin, nor the devil. Our glorified Christ declared, "I have the keys of death and hell" (Revelation 1:18).

It is time to look at satan as God sees him — defeated, useless, without power or strength. Satan fell as lightning from the heavens and he has never regained power. When we recognize that the flesh is his ally, we will spend more time seeking the power of the Cross to effect victory in those areas and less time occupied with demonic activity. We hate to admit that our flesh is inherently evil and capable of gross sins. It is far less humiliating to blame it on demon activity.

"From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your own lusts that war in your members?" (James 4:1)

I fear that many well–meaning people are attributing power to the devil that he never claimed for himself. Satan is not omnipresent (everywhere at the same time). No created being has ever been so deified. He did not have that power when he was the anointed cherub. Did he gain such power after being cast down? No!

I, for one, prefer to speak of the supremacy of Christ and the total defeat of satan. The Spirit–filled Christian can say with Christ, "Satan cometh and hath nothing in me." Christ is not locked into a deadly struggle with satan. The war was won at the Cross. Our adversary, the devil, is a dethroned adversary. To suggest that a dethroned power can inhabit a temple of the Holy Ghost is unthinkable to me. The Blood of Christ has never lost its power, and satan will never be able to cross that line.

Others may choose to engage in a war with satan, but as for me, I have claimed the victory of the Cross and have reckoned my flesh dead by faith in His resurrection power. Now, by faith I am seated in a heavenly place with Christ Jesus where no devil or demon dare enter. It is all a matter of revelation. It is a matter of understanding the victory of the Cross and our Lord's supremacy over satan. I believe it when the Lord tells me that no weapon formed against me shall prosper; that I am more than a conqueror; that I am free from the fear of the enemy, even death itself; that I have entered through the veil which is His flesh through which no demon can follow; that I am a member of His body with His life flowing through me; that God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit have made their abode in me — and having done such, no demon power would dare seek entrance; that the Holy Spirit has come upon me, giving me power over all the power of the enemy; that I am in the Father's hand, a place no demon could share; that the light in me has dispelled all darkness; that no principality or power can separated me from the love of God; and best of all that no demon or devil or dominion or power can come anywhere near a cleansed, blood–washed, Spirit–filled, resurrected, heavenly man who is seated at the right hand of the Father. Could God possibly provide any better protection than this?

We had better get back to the Cross quickly and open our eyes to the supremacy of Christ. Otherwise, we will be ministering death rather than life. CHRIST IS THE KING AND HE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND HE LIVES IN EVERY BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER!!! WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE VICTORY THAT TOOK PLACE AT CALVARY ON THE CROSS AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LORD DEFEATED THE DEVIL COMPLETELY!!! IF YOU ARE TRULY A BORN-AGAIN CHILD OF GOD, NO DEMON IN HELL CAN TOUCH YOU!!! SO LET THIS SINK DEEP WITHIN YOUR HEART TODAY, CAUSE WE HAVE TOTAL VICTORY OVER EVERY DEMONIC FORCE OF DARKNESS BECAUSE OF OUR LORD'S SUPREMACY OVER SATAN AND HIS DEMONS!!! SO BELIEVE IT WHEN THE LORD TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR AND THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER!!! THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS BELONGS TO EVERY TRUE CHILD OF GOD!!! AMEN!!! JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS FOR US, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE VICTORY OVER THESE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, BUT SOME OF US LIVE IN DEFEAT BECAUSE OF OUR IGNORANCE!!! THIS VICTORY ALREADY BELONGS TO US AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND CLAIM IT AS OUR VICTORY!!! ALL GLORY TO GOD THE FATHER AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!!! AMEN & AMEN!!!