Five Facts Satan Hates

Colin Melbourne

© 04-08 Born-Again-Christian.info

And Tries to Keep Hidden

When you embrace these five Gospel foundations you will begin to exercise the authority Christ gives believers to trample on demonic snakes and satanic scorpions, and overcome all the power of the enemy.

I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy: nothing will harm you. However do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Holy Bible, Lk. 10:18-20 NIV

The enemy of your soul relishes religion, humanity's dishevelled fig leaf, which does nothing to bridge the chasm between sinners and God. He adores philosophy, 'spirituality', and endless doctrinal discussion; because they only leave the lost and limping more confused, and frustrated, than before they began.

What Satan can't tolerate is the Gospel Truth Christ gave the Church to proclaim until He comes. There's power in God's Word that nothing can overcome.

Heaven endorses the Message of Christ with an anointing that drives back the forces of evil, and draws sinners to the only Saviour.

God's Word is His Seed; it has divine power within it to accomplish what it says.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. 1:15

You see why the devil says we must not preach the Word, but rather smother it with religion and rituals. Homilies, opinion, theology, story telling, and entertainment, are what you hear from his pulpits. Man's word cannot save; only God's Word saves sinners.

Here are the pillars of redemption and the Gospel of Christ, which true believers preach in season and out, to every creature. They draw sinners to the Fountain, and nourish the saints. Be established in them today.

Five Glorious Facts of Redemption

No Condemnation for Believers

God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Jn. 3:17

God came to save you, not condemn you. Has God's Son, Jesus Christ, saved you yet? If you are not sure take heart, you will be saved today when you accept this message, and do what it says.

The world is already condemned, and doomed to perish because of man's rebellion against God. Your ancestors, Adam and Eve, sinned by rebelling against God's only command, and brought sin to the human race. You inherited a sinful nature from your parents, and have been a sinner since birth.

The Good News is, God didn't come to condemn you, but save you from condemnation. There's only one way, through heart faith in Christ. Repent from unbelief, believe in Him, and you'll be saved; reject Him, and you will remain condemned to Hell.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's only begotten Son. Jn. 3:18

How can this be so?

Because Christ is Almighty God in the Flesh, He came from Heaven, lived a perfect sinless life, and took your place on the cross. God gave His Only Son as the blameless Sacrificial Lamb, slaughtered to atone for the sin of the world.

The LORD Jesus Christ was punished; bore your sin, sickness, guilt, and was judged in your stead. Exactly as foretold in the Scriptures, He arose on the third day, and offered His own Blood on the altar of Heaven to purchase your redemption.

God made a covenant, the New Covenant, that whoever repents and believes in Him; is forgiven, saved, and translated out of the devil's kingdom, into God's. They change families, from Satan's to God's. They are born again, born from above.

Because the believer's sin was fully judged in Christ at Calvary, there cannot be any condemnation for the born again believer. It would be unjust to condemn a believer for a sin that was atoned for by Christ. That is why the Holy Spirit declares:

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the sinful nature, but according to the Spirit, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Ro. 8:1-2

Take God's Word for that Gospel fact. It's the truth the devil hates, because he is eternally condemned.

There is no condemnation for believers.

Shout it from the rooftops!

No Judgment of Believers for Sin

Every person who dies in their sin, will face God's perfect Judgment for each sin they committed. Everything has been recorded:

The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. Rev. 20:12b

Grandad has long forgotten most of his sins, helped along by senile dementia, but God hasn't.

Jesus warned, I tell you that men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless word they have spoken. Mtt. 12:36

God's word is crystal clear on this. He will judge sinners for everything they have done, and said. It will take place at the awesome Great White Throne Judgment of the dead. After which, they are thrown into the Lake of Fire, because their names are not in the Book of Life. (Rev. 20:11-15)

That is the destiny of all who reject Christ, who are not born of God, who are sinners not saints. That is why you must be born again, and become a Blood-washed saint through simple faith in Christ's finished work.

Is your name in the Lamb's Book of Life right now? Are you a sinner or a saint? You can be sure, certain, and at peace.

You see, the instant a sinner receives Christ their sinful nature is crucified, dead, buried, and they are raised to new life with Christ. They are no longer dead in sin, but alive to God, and credited to be His righteous child through faith in Jesus' Name.

The Great White Throne judgment is of the dead, not the living, of unbelievers, not believers.

Believers do face God's Judgment, because the Holy Spirit tells us:

We must all appear before the judgment seat [bema] of Christ, that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Co. 5:10

This is the Bema Judgment of believers, not to be confused with the Great White Throne Judgment of sinners.

There is no condemnation, no judgment of sin at the Bema Judgment, because sin is not an issue: Christ dealt with a believer's sins at the Cross. He put them away once and for all.

This is a Judgment of the believer's Christian life for rewards, not punishment. According to their faithfulness, and diligence, some get a little more, others less. This is also alluded to in the passage 1 Co. 1:10-15.

But understand this Gospel fact: Believers are not judged for their sin, otherwise Christ died for nothing.

Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed to take away the sins of many people. Heb 9:27-28

The heart of the Gospel is that Christ has freed believers from their sins, by His Blood. (Rev. 1:5) That is why the Holy Spirit declares to believers these precious words every true Christian treasures:

I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 1 Jn. 2:12

Personalise that, replace the word children with your name, and read it out loud. It is the testimony of God to you as a believer in Christ.

That is why there's no judgment of sin for a believer.

He took it all in your place, to set you free from sin, and its judgment.

Worship Him Saints, and repent you sinners!

No Rejection of Believers

Once you have come to the Cross, and received Christ as LORD and Saviour, God will never, ever, reject you. You become accepted in the Beloved, a child of God, and a co-heir with Christ.

God in the Flesh promised:

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. Jn. 6:37

The Holy Spirit echoes:

Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Heb. 13:5b

Jesus reassures those following Him:

Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Mtt. 28:20

If you are genuinely born again, you are accepted by God, and will never be rejected.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved. Eph. 1:6 KJV

No Guilt: Believers are Justified, Not Guilty

The instant a sinner yields their heart to Christ; God justifies them, and declares them 'Not guilty!' They are justified because Christ bore their guilt, and was raised for their justification.

Savour this:

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Ro. 4:25,5:1-2

As a born again believer you can declare with confidence:

'I am no longer guilty before God, Christ has justified me, just-as-if-I'd never sinned.'

Because,

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Co. 5:21

Since you are a believer in Christ, you can say, 'I am righteous through trusting in Christ, I am clothed in the perfect righteousness of God.'

Accept your righteousness in Christ, and never deny it. He died to give it to you, so you can live in God's Presence without guilt or shame.

It is yours today:

Now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish, and free from accusation, if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. Col. 1:22-23

To be blameless, spotless, and free from accusation, repent and believe in Christ now.

No Captivity for Believers

No longer held captive by Satan and sin.

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins. Col 1:13-14

Satan is no longer your master; Jesus is your Lord.

No longer captive to sickness

He took up our infirmities, and carried our diseases. Mtt. 8:17

He took them, and carried them to set you free: Only believe!

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Pe. 2:24

Believe God's testimony enough to act on it, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (Jn. 8:32)

So if the Son sets you free, you are really free. Jn. 8:36

Accept these five pillars of the faith, and tell the world what Christ has done for you:

No Condemnation
No Judgement
No Rejection
No Guilt
No Captivity

If you are still in your sins, and want to get right with God, now is the time. First understand who Jesus is, and what He's done for you. Then repent and believe in Him by praying this prayer sincerely with all your heart.

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