1 John 3:8 ‘“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

DAILY READING; John 5:19-47; 1 Chronicles 20:1-22:1; Zechariah8

Jacob Chamberlain was a missionary who served for 37 years among the Telugu people of India.
On one of his mission trips, he and his men came to a village that worshipped snakes and did not allow their killing.
On arrival, Jacob Chamberlain was given a hut to rest in after his long journey to the village.
As he laid on the jungle bed reading his Bible, he had no idea that a ten feet long
snake was inching close to his face. When he finally dropped the book and saw the snake, he bolted out of the bed, grabbed a nearby iron pole and attacked it. One of his native servants came in and assisted him in killing the beast.
When a villager passed by and saw the dead snake, he ran off to inform the elders of what the missionary had done.
Jacob Chamberlain knew his actions could attract serious consequences and began to think of what to do . Soon the elders arrived, but to his surprise instead of being furious, they began to thank him for killing that particular snake.
They told him how it had killed some of their people and kept the whole village in fear and because their tradition did not allow them to kill it, they had been in a dilemma on what to do.
As the news spread in the village that the evil snake had been killed, many villagers trooped out to hail and thank the missionary.
This incident opened the door for Jacob Chamberlain to tell them about another bad ‘old serpent” in the Bible and how Christ came to destroy him and his evil works at the Cross.
As he taught the people the truth of God’s Word, many surrendered their lives and gave up their old traditions for new life in Christ…

In Genesis 3:15, God promised to “bruise” or “crush” the serpent’s head. Ultimately, this promise was fulfilled through Christ who defeated the devil at the Cross.
Christ came to earth specifically for the purpose of destroying the works of the devil.
During His earthly ministry, God anointed Him greatly with the Holy Ghost and power and He went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.
At His death, He went directly to the devil’s den in hell and spoiled all principalities and powers and triumphed over them.
After His resurrection, Jesus declared that all power has been given unto Him in Heaven and in earth.
And because the life is in the Blood, the same power in Christ now resides in His Blood.

The Blood of Jesus is designed to demolish every works of the devil in our lives.
His Blood is ordained to destroy all manifestations of darkness in the form of afflictions, diseases, infirmities, poverty, sin, etc.
When Jesus went into the temple, He flogged out those
who were buying and selling. In the same way, when His Blood dwells in your body which is the temple of the Holy Ghost, everything buying and selling in your system will be driven out.
Truly, Jesus has given us all it takes to overcome the enemy.
But it takes Knowledge of
God’s Word to gain access to our victory.
Surely, the Word
is our greatest fortress and stronghold in battles against the enemy. The Word was what Jesus applied to defeat him on the mount of temptation.
God’s Word is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword.
The entrance of the Word gives light that shines in darkness and darkness cannot overcome it.
When you fill your heart with God’s Word, and boldly declare it in faith, the strangers will hear your voice and fade away from their hiding places (Psalm 18:44-45).
Today, as we begin to engage the weapon of the Blood by faith, surely every works of darkness around us will be destroyed and we will stand victorious and triumphant in every battle..

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the victory I have through Your Blood. Today as I invoke the Blood against everything fighting my destiny, I know that I truly have the victory in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
God knows how to work everything together in your life for your own good. WORDBITE 222