“When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.”~ Lk. 11:21-22
One morning some years ago I awoke with one of the greatest thoughts that ever entered my mind since becoming a Christian. I do not say it is original, but it was with me. Since then I have spent the last few days praising God for the Holy Spirit’s enlightenment. The illumination I speak of is simply this: SATAN IS DEFENSELESS!
He has no armour with which to fight. This is the reason he flees from the likes of us, when we, by faith, unsheathe God’s Two-edged Sword. His only weapon is mind-control. As the Communists used to claim, “If you can get a man to think your way, you can defeat him.” The battle against evil is won or lost in the “mind field.”
Paul warns us of Satan’s stratagem. He tells us the Deceiver, in his subtlety, beguiles us in order to corrupt our minds as he did mother Eve. His Satanic suggestions are as reasonable and filled with common-sense logic as has ever been presented to a thinking mind. But after one has swallowed all the sweet wine that is in his cup, at the bottom of the chalice is a coiled, venomous viper, ready to strike.
by an Aged Saint
"As a man thinketh, so is he"
Thank you.
"His only weapon is mind-control."
So true!