We
thank You, Lord, that You invite us to “come” to You and receive
salvation – “though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow.” Along with Your promise, there is also Your warning: “if you
refuse and rebel … ” (Isaiah 1:18-20). You call us to believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. With the Gospel promise, there is also
the Gospel warning: “Whoever does not
believe is condemned already because he does not believe in the Name of
the only Son of God” (John 3:17-18). Help us, Lord, to receive Your
“great salvation” – and to remember the Gospel warning: “How shall we
escape if we neglect or ignore such a great salvation.” (Hebrews 2:3).
We thank You, Lord, that our determined enemy - Satan - is Your defeated enemy. To us, the devil seems so powerful. In Your eyes, He is defeated - defeated by Jesus, our crucified Saviour and risen Lord. Jesus has triumphed over Satan. He has won the victory for us (1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15). Lord, Your Word says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" (James 5:7). Will he really flee from us? He flees from Jesus - but, surely, not from us? Have we not forgotten something? - Jesus won the victory for us. He gives His victory to us. Help us to resist the devil - in the victorious Name of Jesus. He will flee from us. Why? Because Jesus is Lord over Satan. It's not us he's fleeing from. It's Jesus. When the devil comes 'knocking on our door', help us to send Jesus to the door - and send him packing!
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