The Hour and Power of Darkness!

The Hour and Power of Darkness

[My Offline Bible] Luke 22
53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

One of the lessons of lent and of Easter is that of the momentary triumph of the power of the enemy. I speak of the sell out of Judas, the conspiracy of the Jewish elders and the high priest, the complicity of the roman government, the false witnesses amongst the people, the crowd who rejected Him for a criminal, crying crucify Him! crucify Him! after enjoying the miracles, eating the fish and bread and shouting hossanna!

We all can relate to this momentary rejection, sufferings, crucifixion... the eventual resurrection in victory is what we need an assurance of; in assurance that we have in Christ! Both in this life and in eternity!

[My Offline Bible] Romans 6
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

We, just like Christ, are on a journey of purpose. We can't fulfill that purpose without crisscrossing the path of the powers of the enemy, both physically and spiritually.

But we have to know the eternal superiority of God and His purpose which establishes victory in fulfilling that purpose.

The Father has said that His purpose shall stand and He shall do all His pleasures...Isaiah 46. Not our mistakes or the power of the enemies can stop the purposes of God from coming to pass in our lives if we continually hold on to God by faith in His Word!

The hour of satan and power of darkness shall come like it was in the garden of Gethsemane Luke 22:53, but it will only last till the 'third day'...and not beyond.

No enemy can destroy the will of God...no enemy can confront the power of God, no enemy can overthrow God...they will try but they can't succeed, God works their evil to become good for us.
They delay us because it's not yet our time, they stop us so that we wont miss the mark. But they can't kill us, because we have God's purpose to fulfil in life...
They overcome only when we leave the purpose of God to seek our own. When we believe in them more than we believe in God, of course, we give away our victory but when we see them as darkness that can't even control it's movement and has to operate at the mercy of light...they remain where God has put them...under our feet.

If we will shine our Light, the power of darkness can't comprehend it...if we remain on God's side without fear, refusing to give them a place, we establish the triumph of God...
As for their activities, every one is working together for our good. If they knew, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory, if they knew the serpent wouldn't have bruised his heel but now it's too late, the Son of the woman has crushed his head! Hallelujah!

Join us tomorrow for more about the death and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ as we begin the series on

THE ESSENCE OF EASTER

Thursday 12th March 2015

After work hours 6pm

@
The Bible Class
83, Adeniyi Jones Avenue
Opposite TREVO office
Ikeja
Lagos

We are expecting you...and friends