TAKING
DOMINION OVER THE DEVIL
Text: James 4:7–8 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your
hearts, you double-minded.
1.
The Power to
Overcome the Devil
A.
The Restrictive
Power of the Devil. Job 1:12; 2:6; 1Corinthians 10:13; Revelation
12:12; 20:3
B.
The Repelling
Power of Jesus over the Devil.
Matthew
4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13; John 1:5; Hebrews 2:18; 4:15
C.
Believers have
power to fight the devil.
James
4:7; Luke 10:19; Romans 6:13; Ephesians 4:26-27; 6:11-13; 1Peter 5:8-9; 2Peter
3:17; 1John 2:13-14
2.
The Protection
of God’s People
2Thessalonians 3:3. Cf. 1John
5:18
3.
The Prayer that
Repels the devil
John
17:15; cf. Matthew 6:13; Luke 22:31-32; Ephesians
6:11,18
4.
The Person of
Jesus brings victory over Satan
A.
The overthrow of
the devil on the cross
Colossians
2:15; John 12:31; Revelation 12:11
B.
The name of
Jesus destabilized the devil
Philippians
2:10; cf. Isaiah 45:23; Psalms
118:10-12; Mark 16:17-18; Luke 10:17; Acts 16:18
5.
The Profits of
Perseverance
2Timothy 4:7-8 ; cf. James 1:12; Revelation 2:7,17,26;
3:5,12,21
