Days of Heaven Upon Earth | Oct 14
October 14
- Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.” — Matthew 16:23
When your old self rises up, if you listen to it, fear it, or believe it, it will have the same power over you as if it were still alive. It will control and destroy you. But if you recognize it as no longer part of you, if you say, “You are not me, but Satan trying to deceive me into thinking the old self is still alive,” and reject it as a foreign enemy, it will lose its power over you.
Just as a divorced wife might say to her former husband, “You have no hold over me anymore,” you can say to the old self, “You have no power over me. I renounce you in the name of Jesus.” The evil presence will disappear, the shadow will vanish, and Christ’s risen life will stand in its place, backing up your faith and securing your victory.
Satan can’t stand being ignored. If you disregard him, he will eventually give up and leave. Jesus often turned His back on Satan and said, “Get behind me, Satan.” Let’s do the same, and we’ll find that Satan will have no choice but to obey our faith.
Posted Oct 14, 2025, 12:59 PM UTC