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The devil and the Tree

Do you see how the devil is defeated by the very weapons of his prior victory?

The devil had vanquished Adam by means of a tree. Christ vanquished the devil by means of the tree of the cross.

The tree send Adam to hell. The tree of the cross brought him back from there.

The tree revealed Adam in his weakness, laying prostrate, naked and low. The tree of the cross manifested to all the world the victorious Christ, naked and nailed on high.

Adam's death sentence passed on to all who came after him. Christ's death gave life to all His children.

- John Chrysostom 347-407

- quoted from Mike Neglia's blog

Isaiah 14:12

12. "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! 13. For you have said in your heart: `I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; 14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' 15. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

We have to realize that God has always been more powerful than the devil. And there is no greater demonstration of God’s power than in the book of Isaiah 14: 12-15 We have to remember who threw whom out of heaven. The devil thought he was better than God and we can see by the scripture he wasn’t. The devil tries to make you think he has more power then you. But for a Christian this is not true God gave us power over the devil. All we have to do is use it.

Remember what the Bible says in the book of: Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

As long we serve God, no one can stand against us, not even the devil.

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