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.
And lo! I have given to you power to tread on serpents, and scorpions, and on all the virtue of the enemy, and nothing shall annoy you.
And the two and seventy disciples turned again with joy, and said, Lord, also devils be subject to us in thy name.
And when the twelve apostles were called together, Jesus gave to them virtue and power on all devils, and that they should heal sicknesses.
And when his twelve disciples were called together, he gave to them power of unclean spirits, to cast them out of men, and to heal every languor [or all ache], and [all] sickness.
And to thee I shall give the keys of the kingdom of heavens; and what-ever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound also in heavens; and whatever thou shalt unbind on earth, shall be unbound also in heavens.
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.
Here afterward, brethren, be ye comforted in the Lord, and in the might of his virtue.
Clothe you with the armour of God, that ye may stand against the ambushings, [or assailings], of the devil.
Do not ye give stead to the devil.
For the arms or armours of our knighthood be not fleshly, but mighty by God to the destruction of strengths [or of wardings].
And we destroy counsels, and all highness that higheth [or raised] itself against the science of God, and drive into captivity all understanding into the service of 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.
Be ye sober, and wake ye, for your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion goeth about, seeking whom he shall devour.
Whom against-stand ye, strong in the faith, witting that the same passion is made to that brotherhood of you, that is in the world.
Ye, little sons, be of God, and ye have overcome him; for he that is in you is more, than he that is in the world.
He that doeth sin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. In this thing the Son of God appeared, that he undo the works of the devil.
And he turned, and saw his disciples, and menaced Peter, and said, Go after me, [thou] Satan; for thou savourest [or understandest] not those things that be of God, but those things that be of men.
And they that be at the west, shall dread the name of the Lord, and they that be at the rising of the sun, shall dread the glory of him; when he shall come as a violent flood, whom the spirit of the Lord compelleth.