March 2
Resist the
devil
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to
God.
Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
Every believer must expect
to be visited by Satan; he is our adversary; he is always watching for an
opportunity to injure us. He first tempts us to sin, and then accuses us of
sinning.
He misrepresents every
subject. He endeavours to make the world appear lovely, sin trifling, death
terrible; he regenerates hard thoughts of God, perverts His holy word, and
leads believers into bondage.
His fiery darts are very
terrible.
Thoughts the most
blasphemous, horrible, and unnatural, are often thrown into the mind by him;
and then lays them to our charge, and distresses our souls on account of them.
But we are called upon to
resist him steadfast in the faith, believing what God is to us; what Christ has
done for us; what He has promised to give us; and that God will bruise him
under our feet shortly.
The triumphing of the
wicked one is but short; for we shall overcome him by the blood of the Lamb,
and the word of His testimony.
Look to Jesus, call upon thy
God, and oppose the blood and righteousness of Jesus to all his charges.
He is mighty, but thy Jesus
is all mighty.
Take this shield of faith,
and thou shalt quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
Temptations
every where annoy;
And sins
and snares my peace destroy;
Lord let
thy presence be my stay,
And guard
me in this dangerous way.
James Smith
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