Romans 7:21-25
The battle is real, yet we choose who will have the victory in our lives.
As we discussed yesterday, we have been delivered from sin’s dominion because of Christ, yet its corrupting influence is still present and wars against our minds to the degree that we entertain it.
Notice what Paul says here: “This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.”
The operative word is still.
What haven’t we addressed in our lives? What areas have we not submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ? What back doors have we left open that have given the enemy not just access, but a right to enter our lives?
Yes, that’s right! We can give the enemy access into our lives through the things we entertain.
Some would say that a Christian cannot be possessed by a demon, but I beg to differ.
We choose each and every day whom we give expression to, and having personally experienced deliverance, I can tell you that I knew I was being oppressed by something. I prayed, commanding it to leave—we have that authority in Christ. However, whatever it was came out of me, making the most ungodly sound on its way out!
No one was more surprised than I was! I thought I was simply being oppressed from the outside, but whatever this was, it was on the inside.
So, although we have been set free in Christ, we must make sure we do not give the enemy any footholds in our lives.
If we are struggling in certain areas, we should bring those struggles before the Lord in repentance and ask Him for wisdom to discern what needs to be addressed. Sometimes we know what opened the door, and sometimes we don’t. That is why we need to seek God for wisdom and understanding.
That is what led to my personal deliverance. I simply commanded that demonic spirit to leave in the name of Jesus.
Never underestimate the power of His name!
We have authority in Christ to use His name to rebuke any inroads the enemy has made into our lives and command him to leave, never to return.
But we must also make sure we do not return to the very things that gave him access in the first place.
Christ has set us free from sin’s dominion, but we have a responsibility to guard that freedom. We must not give the enemy a foothold in territory that belongs to Jesus!
As we discussed yesterday, we have been delivered from sin’s dominion because of Christ, yet its corrupting influence is still present and wars against our minds to the degree that we entertain it.
Notice what Paul says here: “This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.”
The operative word is still.
What haven’t we addressed in our lives? What areas have we not submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ? What back doors have we left open that have given the enemy not just access, but a right to enter our lives?
Yes, that’s right! We can give the enemy access into our lives through the things we entertain.
Some would say that a Christian cannot be possessed by a demon, but I beg to differ.
We choose each and every day whom we give expression to, and having personally experienced deliverance, I can tell you that I knew I was being oppressed by something. I prayed, commanding it to leave—we have that authority in Christ. However, whatever it was came out of me, making the most ungodly sound on its way out!
No one was more surprised than I was! I thought I was simply being oppressed from the outside, but whatever this was, it was on the inside.
So, although we have been set free in Christ, we must make sure we do not give the enemy any footholds in our lives.
If we are struggling in certain areas, we should bring those struggles before the Lord in repentance and ask Him for wisdom to discern what needs to be addressed. Sometimes we know what opened the door, and sometimes we don’t. That is why we need to seek God for wisdom and understanding.
That is what led to my personal deliverance. I simply commanded that demonic spirit to leave in the name of Jesus.
Never underestimate the power of His name!
We have authority in Christ to use His name to rebuke any inroads the enemy has made into our lives and command him to leave, never to return.
But we must also make sure we do not return to the very things that gave him access in the first place.
Christ has set us free from sin’s dominion, but we have a responsibility to guard that freedom. We must not give the enemy a foothold in territory that belongs to Jesus!
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