[Discoveries] 05-07-08 Overcoming -- Revelation 12:7-8, 12:11

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/*And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the 
dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong 
enough, and they lost their place in heaven. -- Revelation 12:7-8*/

/*They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their 
testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from 
death. -- Revelation 12:11*/

Some people think that God and Satan are locked in some kind of cosmic 
duel, each vying for supremacy in the universe.

Wrong!

If God fought with Satan even for an instant, Satan would be utterly 
destroyed in every possible sense of the word.

While Satan has always been fully responsible for each one of his evil 
choices, God has always used Satan to accomplish His own good purposes.

God sends his servants -- angels and humans -- out to overcome the 
devil. In Revelation 12, the devil loses his place in heaven and he 
loses his grip on the children of God. Angels toss him out, and our 
brothers and sisters in Christ finish the job.

Who are these overcomers? Let me suggest that they are ordinary people, 
just like you and me, living life in the grip an extraordinary God.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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