For this purpose the Son of God was manifested

Daily Light Devotions - May 10 - Morning

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested...

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 2

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 3

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. 4

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 5

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 6
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1 1 John 3:8;
2 Eph 6:12;
3 Heb 2:14;
4 Col 2:15;
5 Rev 12:10,11;
6 1 Cor 15:57