“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:44And he must needs go through Samaria. (John 4:4)).
The Christian may well fear Satan, for “the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” On the other hand, as we depend upon the Lord, we need not fear Satan, for he is a defeated foe. “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil,” and “greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” “When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.” Our Lord has “overcome him” and “divideth his spoils” with us, His redeemed. “Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Now, “thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” It is “through our Lord Jesus Christ” alone that we can overcome the evil one. Our response to Satan must ever be: “The Lord rebuke thee.” Then, always at the right time and in the right way, “when the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”
Helpless and needy do we stand
In array against our foe,
But our dear Lord is on our side,
And He helps us here below.
1 Peter 5:8; 1 John 3:8; Luke 11:21-22; Col. 2:15; 1 Cor. 15:57; Jude 9; Isa. 59:19.