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THE DESTROYER


Text : John 10:10

 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly .

Today, we shall be looking at the third mission of our arch enemy-the devil. Jesus made us understand that the devil has come to destroy. 

Praise be unto God who has also sent His Son to redeem all humanity from the destructive power of the devil. 

God is so powerful that He can restore whatever the devil has stolen, resurrect whatever he has killed and redeem whatever he has destroyed.

For example, there was a man who once lived in the country of the Gadarenes whose life was redeemed  from destruction. 

The scripture says, "This man had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him".(Mark 5:3-4).

Though the devil had destroyed the life of the man of Gadarenes beyond human repair, but when Jesus came into his situation, he was redeemed and repaired. Jesus fixed him up!

The Lord Jesus can also fix you up if you will run to Him today. The man in whom legions of devils had been living in, the man who lived in the tomb and was self-destructive turned into a new man simply because Jesus changed the narratives of his life.

If only you will allow Jesus into your heart and into your situation, then He will fix whatever you think the enemy has completely destroyed. 

All you've got to do is run to him. Even the demoniac man of Gadarenes approached Jesus in his condition. Just approach Jesus as you are and He will redeem you today.

The man of Gadarenes later became a great Evangelist who reached out to ten cities (Decapolis), preaching Christ. (Mark 5:20). That means he once had a purpose to be an Evangelist, preaching Christ, but the enemy destroyed him and cast him into the tomb. Praise be unto God, Jesus found him out, fixed and repaired his destroyed life.

There is nothing that is beyond God's redemptive power.

 Come to Jesus the great redeemer; He will fix you, and He will make you whole again.

 Bible reading:

Mark 5:1-15

 Prayer focus

Father Lord, I receive all the provisions of your  redemption for my life in Jesus name.

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