It is Written

It is Written

 

 In our courts many times,

good people are taken advantage of

because they don’t know the law.

The accuser strips them of their freedom

because they don’t know their rights.

Satan has taken away many of our freedoms in Christ

because he has won the case in our minds.

He has accused us of not being worthy of God’s promises

or that they are not for you today.

But you can win the case,

if you believe God’s Word

and speak it in your defense!

 

Jesus’ only defense

when tempted by the devil

was the written

Word of God.

In the court room,

a righteous judge

can only act on

written law.

Our God in heaven

has established

a written law.

His law is not confined

to the 10 Commandments.

We have an accuser.

When the devil

stands before God accusing us,

we have a defense.

When the accuser says

you are not worthy of God’s love and favor; your defense is:

John 3:16

“God so loved the world”…that’s me!!!

When the accuser says

your finances are going to dry up with the fallen economy; your defense is: 

Philippians 4:19

 “God will supply all my needs.”

When the accuser tells you

you will never break that bad habit; your defense is:

Jude 24

“He will keep me from falling

and when I stand before Him He will not find fault.”

When the accuser says

you can not do anything right; your defense is:

Romans 8:28

“God will work out all things for the good.”

The accuser says

you give and you will have nothing; your defense is:

Luke 6:38
“When I give it shall come back to me

shaken together and running over.”

&

Proverbs 22:9

“A generous man will be blessed.”

When the accuser tells you

to worry and fear; your defense is:

2 Timothy 1:7

“God has not given me a spirit of fear

 but a spirit of power and sound mind.”

When the accuser says

you are sick; our defense is:

Isaiah 53:5 & 1 Peter 2:24

“By His stripes we are healed.”

The devil was not able to win a conviction on Jesus

because Jesus used the written Word of God as His defense!

The devil will not win a conviction on you and I

if we use the written Word of God as our defense!

But remember God’s promises are two part:

your part and God’s part.

Jesus paid a great price for your freedom

so don’t let the devil take it away from you!

Know your rights!

Scripture Reading

Revelation 12:10-12 NIV

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

"Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God,

and the authority of his Christ.

For the accuser of our brothers,

who accuses them before our God day and night,

has been hurled down.

11 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.

12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens

and you who dwell in them!

But woe to the earth and the sea,

because the devil has gone down to you!

He is filled with fury,

because he knows that his time is short."

Matthew 4:1-11 NIV

4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert

to be tempted by the devil.

 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

3 The tempter came to him and said,

"If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

4 Jesus answered,

"It is written:

'Man does not live on bread alone,

but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" 

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city

and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down.”

For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you,

and they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

7 Jesus answered him,

"It is also written:

'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain

and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

9 "All this I will give you," he said,

"if you will bow down and worship me."

10 Jesus said to him,

"Away from me, Satan!

For it is written:

'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'" 

11 Then the devil left him, 

and angels came and attended him.