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You cannot kill the devil, but you can always win

 

A Reflection on THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE DEVIL by Rev Fr Joyzy Pious Egunjobi




A man was caught up in a trance, and there it was revealed to him the Battle between the Righteous man and the Devil. In the course of the battle, there were many rounds of defeats and victories on the part of both parties. Towards the end of the battle, the Righteous man dropped dead. A great voice then echoed from above saying in a loud voice: “You are dead, man; however, you still won the battle” The man in trance then asked in confusion: “How can the defeated man still win the Battle?”


 But the voice said to him: “You see! The battle between this man and the Devil delineates the struggle of a Righteous man against his Sinful Nature (Rom 7:15-23). The many times the Righteous man won the rounds depicted the many times he resisted temptations (James 1:12; 1Cor 10:13); and the many times he was defeated depicted the many times he fell into sin (1Tim 6:9). You cannot kill the devil, but you can always win (Lk 4:5-12; 1Jn2:14). St. Michael and his Angels in their greatness could not kill the Devil and his angels, but they defeated them and threw them to earth (Rev 12:7-12) Jesus, the Christ did not kill the devil as well, but he had eternal victory over Devil (Rev 15:2; 17:14; 1 Cor. 15:54-57)”. “My son”, said the voice, “Such is the life of the man worthy of the name: Righteous; His righteousness is not in his sinless-ness. But in his struggles against his Sinful Nature and his thirst and yearning for his Maker.  


May we be victorious and be able to overcome all forms of evil doing good (Rom 12:21). 


Be Blessed.

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