We Belong to God
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit, we belong to God, not to Satan. Any claim or legitimacy that the devil may have had on our lives was utterly destroyed at the cross. When we are born again, we are born as a new man belonging to God. There is no other person stated on the “sale agreement”; we have been purchased exclusively by God, for God.
God’s Ownership and Our Freedom
God being God, He is not a controller, He has no need to be, He is not insecure. So He entrusts that “ownership deed” to us so that we have complete freedom. In that freedom, we can choose right or wrong, that is how far our freedom is extended.
Our Choices and Their Consequences
If I vandalise my own home, that’s my right, it belongs to me. I can do what I want with my belongings. God gives us His word as a foundation to build strongly on, something that holds, carries and sustains us from beneath, not as an oppressive set of laws that comes from above. We can choose to build straight or crooked on that foundation, that is our choice. But whatever we choose to do never gives the devil legitimacy, it just gives him power, because what we make agreement with has power over us (we submit to the devil’s word instead of the word of God).
The Devil’s Usurpation
The devil is a usurper because ALL power and authority were given to Christ at the cross. The devil therefore has no legitimate power or authority; he can only usurp that which is legitimate. Don’t let the devil usurp the authority God gave to you over your spirit, soul, and body. Give it all back to Jesus, He has the strongest, safest, most loving arms you will ever find.