Jesus Fellowship: Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 10/13/15

Day 285

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1 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace.

The Thessalonians' Faith and Example

2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly[a] mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers[b] loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Disassociate yourself from the devil October 13th

“Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.” 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11
How do you disassociate yourself from the devil? You do it by identifying his activity. “His thoughts” in the above verse refer toSatan’sthoughtsinourthoughts. TheyareSatan’sthoughtsinour subjective thinking. So Paul disassociates the thoughts from himself by identifying them as Satan’s thoughts. Speak to the concealed devil. This means you are going to speak to your feelings. You are going to speak to your jealousy. You are going to speak to your doubt. You are going to speak to your envy. You are going to speak to your opinion. You are going to speak to your reasoning. You are going to speak to what seems to be you! You have been enmeshed with demons, but now you have found out that an enemy has usurped your being. That is not Christ, that is not your spirit, that is not your real person, that is not really you. You discover that a hidden enemy has been occupying your thoughts and feelings.
When you start to disassociate yourself from the enemy with prayer, with the exercise of “the weapons of our warfare” that are mighty through God, you pull down the strongholds (2 Cor. 10:4). Not only does the stronghold of reasoning come down, but Satan is cast out. James 4:7 says, “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” AndRevelation12:10-11says,10 “Theaccuserofourbrethren...has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their soul-life to the death.” This means we can say, “Soul- life, I am not going to preserve you. You are the one that wants to preserve itself. You are the one that is holding back. And Satan, you aretheonehidingoutinmysoul. Youaretheonethatisafraid. You are the one that hides from the light. You are the one crouching as sin in the flesh. You are the one that is independent. Soul-life, you are the culprit. You are enmeshed with Satan.” Declare the facts to the devil. Disassociate yourself from the enemy with a strong spirit, and demons will leave you and you will be free — free in a new source.