There has been considerable activity in the last few years in the area of moral deliverance, deliverance from sin. One problem here is that deliverance from sin does not have lasting effectiveness unless the believer is living a solid Christian life. If we are not living as a true disciple the spirits that are removed from us will return and we will be worse off than before.

What provision has God made for us that we may be completely delivered from the person of Satan and all his works?

First, we have been forgiven through the blood of Jesus. No condemnation remains. All deliverance is based on the blood atonement.

Second, God has given us the writings of the Apostles. We are to obey the commandments of Christ and His Apostles, praying always to God for help in keeping them.

Third, we have been born again. Christ has been born in us. There is a new Divine Nature growing in us and by that Divine Nature we can overcome the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fourth, we have the drama of water baptism to emphasize to us that we have died to the world and have entered newness of life in Christ.

Fifth, God has given to us His Holy Spirit. If we walk in the Spirit we will not yield to the lusts of our flesh.

Sixth, God has given to us the assembly of saints so we can be strengthened by one another.

Seventh, God has given us elders who share their experience in Christ with us so we do not fall into the traps of Satan. The Christian life is a very dangerous journey.

Eighth, God has placed in the Body ministries and gifts that serve to bring us to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God.

Ninth, God has given us the body and blood of Christ to eat and drink so we may be nourished in the Divine nature.

Tenth, we have the people of Old Testament times to serve as examples to us.

Eleventh, when Christ has been formed in us the Father and the Son will come and dwell for eternity in our transformed inner nature.

Twelfth, in the day of resurrection our flesh and bones will be raised from the dead and clothed with a new body filled with righteous tendencies.

Thirteenth, we are coming to a new world of righteousness. The very environment will encourage us to practice righteousness.

Fourteenth, Satan, his angels, Antichrist, the False Prophet, and all wicked people will be bound in the Lake of Fire. There will be no demons to provoke us to sin.

Fifteenth, the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

All of these relationships and situations are God's way of totally removing Satan and all of his forces from the universe of God. The Lord God is making Jesus Christ the Center and Circumference of the creation. We will govern along with Him if we pass the tests administered to us by the Lord.

To be continued.