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Faith, A Powerful Defense Against Satanic Attack!

Christians are soldiers in a spiritual war that has been in progress for thousands of years. They live their entire lives on an ancient spiritual battlefield that is filled with carnage, death, and destruction. I have written more on this in a series that starts with, “To the Soldiers in the Spiritual War.”

You may have heard the expression, “Christians are not perfect, they are just forgiven!” As a Christian man who has lived for over 90 years, I can relate to that from sad experience.

I find a great deal of comfort in 1 John 1: 8-10 where it is written:

“⁸ If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. ⁹ But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. ¹⁰ If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.”

Guilt, part of Satan’s Arsenal of Offensive Weapons!

I confess I am a sinner saved by grace; I have turned to the Lord Jesus Christ and embraced him as my Savior and God. I rejoice in the new birth and the sure knowledge I am now a new creation.

Despite God’s loving grace and mercy to me, I have sinned against him in many various ways. While it is true, I have confessed my sins to God, the memory of my transgressions can still haunt me.

While I know Christ paid the penalty for my sins, their memory can still plague me from time to time. Faith tells me that I have been washed whiter than snow by the shed blood of Jesus Christ; I know Christ’s death on the cross paid for the sins of the world and they are no longer counted against us.

Satan’s Counterattack

My sin nature challenges my faith and tells me how can I possibly think all is well as my sins were such a violation of God’s commands. How can such a fallen creature even dare to speak of God and God’s commands in light of such disobedience.

The Apostle Paul fought this battle and resolved it by recognizing one overpowering truth as declared in Romans 8:1-2 where it is written:

“8 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. ² And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.”

So Now What?

The walk of faith demands full trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ as God’s full and final answer to human sin!

Let every Christian reject memories of past failures and instead, rejoice in the righteousness that has been eternally imputed to us by the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ!