We thank You, Lord, that Jesus is our Saviour
– ‘Lord, You establish peace for us’; ‘We have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ’. We cannot save ourselves. We can only look away
from ourselves to Jesus – and be saved by Him: ‘all that we have
accomplished You have done for us’; ‘By grace you have been saved
through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God’
(Isaiah 26:12; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8). We thank You that Jesus is
our Lord – ‘Lord, our
God… You alone are our Lord’. How are we to live once we have received
salvation through faith in Jesus Christ? – ‘Just as you received Christ
Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him’. Help us not to ‘keep on sinning
so that You, Lord, can keep on showing us more and more kindness and
forgiveness.’ Help us to live a life of ‘good works’ (Isaiah 26:13;
Colossians 2:6; Romans 6:1; Ephesians 2:10).
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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