Satan has no authority over us

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.  I John 3: 8

A conviction came to me with great certainty this morning that Satan has no authority over our lives.  If we have truly repented and given ourselves to living for God and not to please ourselves, we are living in the Kingdom of God. Satan has no authority in that Kingdom at all.

Adam and Eve walked on the earth in purity and perfect relationship with God.  They were the rulers over the earth in joyful submission to God.  Satan had no entry into the earth or their lives except by lying and persuading them that in order to fulfil their God given destiny, they must do something God had told them not to do. Through their sin and disobedience, Satan was able to gain control of the earth.  Jesus however came and lived the life that Adam and Eve had not lived and by perfect obedience to God, even to death on the cross, he took all of mankind’s sins, griefs and sorrows and overcame death itself. He won back for us what Adam and Eve had lost. 

Now by repenting of our selfish lives and giving ourselves to live for God, our sins are forgiven and we now live in the Kingdom of God. Satan has no authority in the Kingdom. He lives outside it. As Alan Vincent wrote, ‘Even to this day Satan has never been able to enter the kingdom and never will be able to. Anything inside the kingdom is out of his domain and he cannot touch it.’

The only authority Satan has over our lives is what we permit him to have. He can only come into our house, our life, by our permission. He will lie and tell us that he has the right to be there but he does not.  He will try and persuade you that the work of Jesus was not complete or that some bad habit or past failure keeps you outside of God’s protection and grace.  Lies, all lies. Jesus’ work on the cross was complete and Jesus came to destroy all the works of the evil one.  By learning to take authority over our lives in Jesus’ Name, every sin, addiction, rejection, hurt, inadequacy, insecurity, every sense of worthlessness, guilt, shame and generational curse is broken.

Let me repeat again Satan has no authority in your life. You do not belong to him. Move forward with confidence that you have been given the authority to see freedom in your life.  Please do not listen any more to the devil’s lies but live instead in the truth that you are a child of God, saved by grace, forgiven of all your sins, completely accepted and free from condemnation, guilt and shame.