What Did Jesus Think of the Devil?

Philippians 2:5--KJV--Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 2:16--KJV--But we have the mind of Christ.

Romans 12:2--KJV--And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of you mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

If we follow Paul's admonition in Romans then we should think like Jesus thinks. As far as this particular blog is concerned let's ask ourselves just what does Jesus think about the devil. We can find that out by what Jesus says and what Jesus does concerning the devil.

Luke 10:18--KJV--I beheld satan as lightning fall from Heaven. In plain King James English, Jesus was standing right there when iniquity was found in satan and IMMEDIATELY satan was expelled from the portals of glory. Jesus said that it happened as quick as lightning. 

Jesus saw satan's status with the Heavenly Father change irrevocably in the blink of an eye. That's how long God tolerated sin and satan. The mighty archangel Lucifer's status in the Glory World was changed to that of a disgusting imp in just a moment of time.

How did Jesus treat satan when they met? When they met and satan tried to get Jesus to worship him, Jesus refused by battering him with the Word of God (Luke 4).  Again, in Luke 4 Jesus told a demon to shut up and he shut up. In Mark 5 Jesus commanded one to speak and he obeyed. In the same chapter Jesus told the demons to go into the pigs and they did. Luke 11, Matthew 8 as well as other places in the gospels tells of how Jesus cast demons out. Not once did ANY demon NOT do what Jesus told them to do. He was their master. They knew it and went into hissy-fits when Jesus came around (Luke 4:41)

So, just what does Jesus think of the devil? He NEVER ONCE gave into the thought that the devil was more powerful than He was. Jesus NEVER ONCE entertained ANY thought that the devil would not obey His command. Jesus NEVER ONCE was intimidated by anything the devil did. Jesus NEVER ONCE felt powerless and unable to cope with ANY situation dominated by the devil.

Paul put on the mind of Christ. He was not intimidated in the least by stoning, beating, useless arguments, prison, hunger, sickness or shipwreck. Yes, the devil came at him time and time again. But, Paul changed his thinking from that of a mortal man to that of the Living God. How could he do that? He reminded himself that (Romans 8:11) the same powerful force that raised Jesus from the dead was alive and well inside of him.

We have that same Spirit of God inside of us. BUT, our minds are shackled by erroneous teaching and preaching that satan can run over us any time he wants. I will admit, satan can come against us just like he did Paul, But, (James 4:7) if I will resist the devil he will have to flee because we are filled with that same creative force that created the devil. We are filled with that same Spirit that cast the devil out of heaven in the first place. We are filled with that same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead and gave Him power to cast out every demon He came across.

Change your way of thinking and spend hours meditating on the power that resides inside of you. Think like Jesus thought. Pray like Jesus prayed. Spend time with the Father like Jesus did and pretty soon the commanding presence of the Holy Spirit will rise up inside of you. Then you'll begin to think that nothing is impossible to the believer. Because Jesus said that it wouldn't be (Mark 9:23).