English Devotion - Binding Satan

Binding Satan

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Galatians. 5:1).

The most common cause of spiritual weakness in a Christian or a church is a failure to recognize the flesh in its disguise of being religious but not righteous.

 Like Peter flashing a sword in Gethsemane, the fleshly Christian thinks he is doing God's will and fighting God's battles for him.

 Christians are told to "resist the devil". Resisting the devil is done by putting on the whole armor of God, as Paul describes it in Ephesians 6.

The "binding and loosing" mentioned in Matthew 18:18 refers to the agreement in the prayer of believers. This is the promise of God revealed in his Word.

Galatians 5:19-21 clearly tells us that lust, hatred, discord, jealousy, rage, envy, sexual orgies, and the like are not the work of demons but of the flesh.

It is impossible to "cast out" the flesh during this lifetime, rather we must recognize its evil character, refusing to yield mind or body to its impulses, and turning immediately to Jesus for the supply of his strength and purity.

Romans 6:13: Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Christians identify the flesh in themselves, by means of the Word of God, and to follow the pattern the Word describes to keep the flesh in subjection to the spirit and the individual is free to live as the Lord has already made provision.

We must understand the root cause of our behavior and discern before we bind the spirit. Many of us live in disguise to fool ourselves declaring that we are under spiritual attack, while we know it is the flesh that we struggle and are unwilling to disclose, let go, or resist it.

We must exercise self-control over the patterns of the world by subjecting ourselves to the spirit.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires, but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. Romans 8:5

If you can bind your disguise, you are binding the plots of satan through the disguise.

Prayer:
Dear Lord, help us to have the heart of discernment to understand our fleshly desires to remove our life in disguise. Help us to be righteous and truthful to you.  In Jesus Name. Amen.