THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL DESTROYED
To this end was the Son of God manifested, that
He might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
The works of the devil, what are they - Death
working within us, the spirit that is against truth and light, the darkness of
ignorance. The spirit of hatred and malice, greed and jealousy and the whole
unholy brood of things which are unlike God, lawlessness lying at the base of
all, the refusal to submit, these are the works of the devil. Twenty centuries
ago the Son of God was manifested, and during those centuries in the lives of
hundreds, thousands, He has destroyed the works of the devil, mastered death by
the gift of life, cast darkness out by the incoming of light, turned the
selfishness of greed and jealousy into love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
kindness, goodness. He has taken hold of lawless men and made them into the
willing, glad bond-servants of God. So has He destroyed the works of the devil?
All, so far, is but preliminary. It is twilight only. High noon has not yet
arrived; but it is twilight, and noon
must come. His first coming only brings to my heart the certainty of the
ultimate victory. For He is coming again.
The
First Advent personally was the coming of the Stronger than the strong men
armed. It was the coming of One to destroy the works of the devil in my own
life and yours. Are they not destroyed? Are they not shaken to their
foundations? Are they still established in the fiber of your being? Do you know
as you sit in your home that the works of the devil, death, darkness, hatred
and rebellion are the master forces of your being? The Good News tells you of
One manifested to destroy all such works. I bear the testimony, the forces of
this Christ have operated and are operating in my life, and the things that
were formerly established are loosened and are falling to decay.
If in this article you are in the grip of
forces of evil, if you realize that in your life his works are the things of
strength, then I pray you turn with full purpose of heart
to the One manifested long ago, Who is here now, Who, in all the power of His
gracious victory, will destroy in you all the works of the devil and set you
free taking you to the desire of His Father heart, perfection (Matt. 5:48; Jude 24).
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