An Offensive Weapon

Matt 4:10-11 NIV

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.

When I was a much younger man I decided to get into the martial arts. I took two karate lessons. What I learned is that a good defense many times becomes an offensive weapon. Of course I also learned that I was no good at karate.

In a recent class at our church one of the teachers walked us through the parallel temptations of Eve and the serpent in the Garden and Jesus and Satan in the Desert. As Satan threw out blow after blow Eve eventually succumbed to the temptation, however, Jesus used God’s Word in a defense posture and the end result was the Word of God became an offensive weapon that defeated Satan’s onslaught.

Do you want to defeat Satan in your life? You too can use God’s Word as an offensive weapon.