Rebuke the devil and he will flee

Matthew 4:

Lucifer endeavors to temp Christ but fails.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you,Satan! For it is written,‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”
¹¹ Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.


Christ show us through his encounter with Satan that we can Rebuke the devil and he will flee from us. But only when we do it in the Name and the authority of Jesus Christ.

We can see in James 4:7   That by us resisting the devil  he will flee from us. nothing in this phrase, indicates that he will not return. The word of God simply says  he will go away for a season, how long that season is apparently was not as important for us to know as it was for us to know that we can get him off our back for a moment. Defeating the devil doesn't start with a TV preacher rebuke or shouting out, "Satan I bind you in the Name of Jesus!!!" It takes more than  . It takes you standing upon the word of God, for Christ already told Peter in Matthew 16:19 whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.   So while the TV Evangelist shouts at the devil, it probably will have the same effect as if  Motley Crew themselves said it. The Bible makes this crystal clear in James, "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." God gives us a strategy to stop the devil in his tracts. 

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 

Christ tells  us in Mark 11:23-24 to speak to the mountains in our lives and they will be removed if we but have the faith of a mustard seed. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.  Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Each encounter with devils or evil spirits, Christ through words he rebuke or cast them out.  So isn't it take we take that authority in which Christ has given us and kick the devil out. Stop giving him a foot hold in our lives, stop letting him give  us a black eye, and then we go running to Jesus crying saying the devil hit me.  Perhaps we accept we are in a battle and put on the full armor of the Lord each day when the devil comes up ready to battle us, we are dressed and ready to battle.  Are you dressed and armored with the tools the Lord has given you to fight the good fight???  

Do you know what it mean to rebuke Lucifier aka (the devil)?  The Greek word “epitimao” is used here.  It means to essentially to command a person or thing.  
Before you start trying to rebuke the devil you need to make sure that you are walking with he Lord your God.


 This I say to you is place the fear of God in your hearts and for you to realize  there is power in his name but again walking with the Lord is paramount.  Let us look at Acts 19:13-16
 The Seven sons of Sceva and a Jewish priest who were of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over one who had  evil spirits possessing, saying, “We command you in the name of Jesus the same Jesus that Paul is preaching ”  And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”  Then the man in whom the evil spirit was in leaped out of him and unto them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.  Okay now do you get the point, here we must full clothed in the word of God and be walking with him. For the devil knows the children of God and the authority we have in Christ, does he hope you are not aware of this fact, most certainly he does.  Once you use the authority in Christ  he will flee and never return right?  Yes he will flee but he will certainly return for we are in a battle daily against the evil one.

Oh Lord God, grant us the wisdom and the strength to stand boldly upon your word and in your name against the attacks of the evil one. Let us not fear for you are with us always. I ask you today Lord God to fill each us with your spirit and let us like Christ, know in whom we stand and let us not be afraid, for you are in us then who can be against us. Oh Lord God you know my brothers and sisters needs better than I can ever know them, I ask you to meet them on the battle field and let them know that you are right there with them.