Resistir
Resistir ao diabo e às forças do mal é um imperativo bíblico. Deus nos deu autoridade, armas espirituais e poder para enfrentar e vencer toda investida do inimigo.
Autoridade em Cristo
Jesus deu aos seus discípulos autoridade sobre todo o poder do inimigo. Em seu nome, temos domínio sobre as trevas.
19 Look! I have given you the authority to trample snakes and scorpions and to destroyall the enemy's power, and nothing will ever hurt you.
17 The seventy came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"
1 Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.
1 Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.
19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have beenprohibitedin heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permittedin heaven."
A armadura de Deus
Somos chamados a revestir a armadura completa de Deus para resistir às ciladas do diabo e permanecer firmes na batalha espiritual.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty strength.11 Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the devil's strategies.
27 and do not give the devil an opportunity to work.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not those of the flesh. Instead, they have the power of God to demolish fortresses. We tear down arguments5 and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey Christ.
Firmes na resistência
Resistir ao diabo é um ato de fé ativa. A Bíblia nos garante que quando resistimos, ele foge, e que maior é o que está em nós do que o que está no mundo.
8 Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.9 Resist him and be firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
4 Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
8 The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the devil has been sinning since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy the works of the devil.
33 But turning and looking at his disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying,"Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"