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SUBMIT & RESIST

Text :James 4:7 

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you_ .

The two major key words in our text are SUBMIT and RESIST. It takes a man who has submitted to God to resist the devil. It is when your obedience is fulfilled that you can revenge all disobedience.

2 Corinthians 10:6 "And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled"

The greek word( hupotasso) where SUBMIT is coined from can also mean the following: to arrange under, to subordinate to, subject one's self, to obey, to yield to one's admonition or advice. 

Submitting yourself to God is a deliberate action that every man must undertake to obey, subject or yield oneself to God. God does not force people to submit. You must do it willingly.

On the other hand, unlike God's pattern, the devil forces himself into one's life. That is the reason God asked us to RESIST him. The Greek word(antisthemi) where RESIST is used also mean to set one's self against, to withstand, oppose to, set against. 

You only resist something or someone who is forceful. The enemy (devil)that is engaging us is a forceful and relentless one. We must resist him vehemently. We must oppose him. We must set ourselves against him. This you can do successfully having submitted yourself to God.

From now on, you must know that your first and primary assignment is to Submit to God. Once you play this part very well, you can then RESIST the devil and he will FLEE from you.

Devil, though he is a lawless one but he also understands authority and hierarchical order in the spirit realm. When you SUBMIT to the highest one who sits on the throne above every other, you will command the devil and he will obey you.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Philippians 2:9-11

Bible reading: Ephesians 6:10-18


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