Mock the devil.

[kidwboro]

Whenever you do something wrong, and the devil starts accusing you, say:

"Oh nooo! I've sinned! I'm in biiiiiig trouble NOW! God's going to throw me in hell right now! Oh my! Oh my!"
"I'm a bad baaad baaaaaaad person. I'm just a terrible terrible person, oh my!"
"Ohhh! I just -- I just -- I just feel so terrible for what I've done! Oh my. Oh my. I am such a bad bad bad bad bad person!"

Mock that blankety blank! Foil that son of a you-know-what.

Folks we were called to FREEDOM! Not BONDAGE.
You have not received the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but a Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry abba, Father.

Jesus Christ paid for all our sins on the cross, so that through him, we have everlasting freedom.
Who is he that accuses you? It is God who justifies.
God justified us freely by the blood of his Son, Jesus Christ.

 

[tturt]

Know that we all have a different take on things but think it's unwise to mock the enemy. If anyone had that golden opportunity, it was Yeshua while He was on earth and He responded with Scripture.

 

[1watchman]

Yes, it is not wise to try to fight the master of evil. God says to "...resist the Devil and he will flee from you"; and that means to resist him by turning to the Lord for strength and safety and new direction. The Lord is strong and we are not as strong as we might think. Eve tried to oppose Satan and by even listening to him she was defeated.

 

[Xalith]

Even Michael the Archangel called upon the Lord to rebuke Satan.

Are we greater than Michael that we should do what he would not?

 

[Free at Calvary]

Whenever you do something wrong, and the devil starts accusing you, say:

"Oh nooo! I've sinned! I'm in biiiiiig trouble NOW! God's going to throw me in hell right now! Oh my! Oh my!"
"I'm a bad baaad baaaaaaad person. I'm just a terrible terrible person, oh my!"
"Ohhh! I just -- I just -- I just feel so terrible for what I've done! Oh my. Oh my. I am such a bad bad bad bad bad person!"

Mock that blankety blank! Foil that son of a you-know-what.

I love it, and your rejoicing. I receive it with a hallelujah for the victory.

Obviously God has shown you what Christ has done for you, that you know it in your heart to the extent not even the devil could use guilt and condemnation against you. It's a beautiful thing, and a powerful weapon by the blood of Jesus.

Mocking the devil sounds like a bold statement which may give some pause, but I know how effective it is to fight with the truth. I see the enemies of your soul falling never to rise again and Christ being glorified in you.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Job8]

Whatever Christians do or not do, it must be solidly grounded in the Word of God. Mocking the devil is certainly not to be found in Scripture. In fact Christians are told that they have very powerful spirit enemies, and the only way to battle them is with the armor of God.

 

[Svt4Him]

Even Michael the Archangel called upon the Lord to rebuke Satan.

Are we greater than Michael that we should do what he would not?

But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous judgment against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

 

[BrokenWarrior]

I get what you mean Brother,but do so in a way that you make sure you don't accidentally go from "mocking satan" to taking things too lightly in God's sight which then becomes blanket disrespect to God.

Also,mocking is one thing,but challenging is another...

I will never fear satan and his lies he tries to feed me (though I'm sure we can all admit we are fooled for a time) but I have no intentions of challenging satan to tempt me and "bring it on" just to strut my strength in God.

If God wills it (such as in the case of Job) then so be it. But if not then I'd prefer to leave it that way,haha.

Cheers Beloved

 

[Xalith]

I get what you mean Brother,but do so in a way that you make sure you don't accidentally go from "mocking satan" to taking things too lightly in God's sight which then becomes blanket disrespect to God.

Also,mocking is one thing,but challenging is another...

I will never fear satan and his lies he tries to feed me (though I'm sure we can all admit we are fooled for a time) but I have no intentions of challenging satan to tempt me and "bring it on" just to strut my strength in God.

If God wills it (such as in the case of Job) then so be it. But if not then I'd prefer to leave it that way,haha.

Cheers Beloved

This is fairly well-said; "strutting our strength in God" sounds a lot like Pride, and I'll have none of that in my life if I can so help it.

We need to remember that our Strength in God is there because God gives it to us, and not because of anything we are or anything we do. His Grace is a gift that He gives us out of Love, and He designed it that way so that men should not boast.

He can easily pull His hand back at any time, and oh boy... there is not a day anybody wants THAT happening.

To the OP, I would advise that he/she take a trip through the Old Testament. Start with Joshua, and then go straight into Kings and then skip ahead a bit to the Prophets. Do you notice something? Israel had everything going for it, and then they took God for granted and He pulled his hand back.

They wound up losing everything they had, just as God/Moses said they would back in Deuteronomy. It would take hundreds of years for them to recover, but even then, they were under Roman rule during the time of Christ's appearance and even today, the re-emergence of Israel is one that is still struggling and under the cloud of wars and terrorism.

They won't ever have peace until the Second Coming, which won't happen until they beg for Him to come back for them.

THAT is what happens when His people take Him for granted. Please don't ever do that.

 

[Free at Calvary]

Interesting how controversial this is. It's as if people can't see past "mocking the devil" to the warfare the OP is describing against his own flesh, his own conscience, and yes against that wrathful, vicious, deceiving spirit called the devil, the accuser of the brethren. Nobody seem to recognize the weapon the OP has in Christ which by faith he is wielding.

tturt says "I think it's unwise to mock the enemy."
1watchman says "Yes, it is not wise to try to fight the master of evil."
Xalith says "Even Michael the Archangel called upon the Lord to rebuke Satan."
Job8 says "Mocking the devil is certainly not to be found in Scripture."

Maybe the devil has never attacked you, tormented you, afflicted you, deceived you, buffeted you....maybe the devil is something you perceive in theory...the reality is you have to fight for peace, to believe the truth against the lies, fight by faith to see victory in Christ. It takes God's strength to do it, but we do it to silence him. If in the face of such adversity you laughed at it as being powerless, I would call you courageous and praise God for your faith.

Psalm 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

 

[Xalith]

Interesting how controversial this is. It's as if people can't see past "mocking the devil" to the warfare the OP is describing against his own flesh, his own conscience, and yes against that wrathful, vicious, deceiving spirit called the devil, the accuser of the brethren. Nobody seem to recognize the weapon the OP has in Christ which by faith he is wielding.

tturt says "I think it's unwise to mock the enemy."
1watchman says "Yes, it is not wise to try to fight the master of evil."
Xalith says "Even Michael the Archangel called upon the Lord to rebuke Satan."
Job8 says "Mocking the devil is certainly not to be found in Scripture."

Maybe the devil has never attacked you, tormented you, afflicted you, deceived you, buffeted you....maybe the devil is something you perceive in theory...the reality is you have to fight for peace, to believe the truth against the lies, fight by faith to see victory in Christ. It takes God's strength to do it, but we do it to silence him. If in the face of such adversity you laughed at it as being powerless, I would call you courageous and praise God for your faith.

Psalm 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

I believe in a literal Satan as described by the Bible, and the Bible tells us to put on armor (Defensive) and wield the Sword of the Spirit (which is His Word, aka, Scripture).

Never once does He tell us to go on the offensive against the devil, nor any of his minions, nor any of his tactics. When he presents temptations, we are to FLEE temptation (that is, removing ourselves from tempting situations whenever possible, like Joseph did in Genesis).

We are to RESIST the devil and he will flee from us.

Never once does the Bible say we are to go on the offensive against Satan. We don't fight Satan; Christ did and Christ won at the cross. Satan has been defeated and we are to rejoice. All he can do, is throw temptation at us, try to get us to condemn ourselves, and try to prevent us from coming to Christ.

All of these things can be avoided or resisted by the power that Christ gives us. The Armor of God protects us, and the Sword of the Spirit destroys lies.

Nothing about that says we are to provoke the devil or mock him. Even if you use the devil as an allegory for desires of the flesh, that's even worse. Paul told us to flee temptation, not dance with it so we can boast we overcame it. That's playing with fire, and it is likely to get you burned.

 

[Xalith]

Afterthought:

I read or heard a parable from somewhere and I'm going to do my best to paraphrase it.

A certain Christian had a two-story house, and only he and Christ were abiding in the house. One night, he heard a knock on the door and he peeks out through the window of the door and sees that it is Satan. Confident in his faith in Christ, he opens the door to tell Satan to go away and then slams the door in his face. What he doesn't realize is that in the second that he had the door open, a third of all of his possessions were stolen in an instant.

The next night, the man decides to board up his doors so that it can't happen again and he hears a noise upstairs, so he goes upstairs and sees Satan outside of his second-story window. Confident that THIS time, he's onto Satan's games, he opens the window just a tiny crack and tells Satan to go away and slams the window shut and closes the blinds. He discovers the next morning that another third of his possessions are gone.

The next day again he gets a knock on the door and this time he asks Christ to answer the door, and it turns out to be Satan again who turns and flees at the sight of Him and lo and behold, the man still has the last of his possessions.

 

[Free at Calvary]

never mind

 

[Free at Calvary]

We don't fight Satan; Christ did and Christ won at the cross. Satan has been defeated and we are to rejoice. All he can do, is throw temptation at us, try to get us to condemn ourselves, and try to prevent us from coming to Christ.

You don't have a clue but think you know it all, dealing in theory but speak like you have experience. You can fight over your beliefs while the rest make headway with the truth.

 

[Xalith]

You don't have a clue but think you know it all, dealing in theory but speak like you have experience. You can fight over your beliefs while the rest make headway with the truth.

Wow, that's rather harsh.

No need to be throwing barbs at people just because you happen to disagree with what they're saying.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

I just tell him f you or f off.

 

[Sketcher]

Interesting how controversial this is. It's as if people can't see past "mocking the devil" to the warfare the OP is describing against his own flesh, his own conscience, and yes against that wrathful, vicious, deceiving spirit called the devil, the accuser of the brethren. Nobody seem to recognize the weapon the OP has in Christ which by faith he is wielding.

Wielding what Christ gave us doesn't include sarcastically mocking the devil or any demons. That's extra stuff which is tacked on - which also happens to be immature, and actually giving the devil a foothold of pride to latch onto. That is likely something that will come back to bite anyone who does this much later. I'd say it's much better to claim the Biblical truths and promises, then focus on the positive rather than cursing the negative.

 

[BrokenWarrior]

Interesting how controversial this is. It's as if people can't see past "mocking the devil" to the warfare the OP is describing against his own flesh, his own conscience, and yes against that wrathful, vicious, deceiving spirit called the devil, the accuser of the brethren. Nobody seem to recognize the weapon the OP has in Christ which by faith he is wielding.

tturt says "I think it's unwise to mock the enemy."
1watchman says "Yes, it is not wise to try to fight the master of evil."
Xalith says "Even Michael the Archangel called upon the Lord to rebuke Satan."
Job8 says "Mocking the devil is certainly not to be found in Scripture."

Maybe the devil has never attacked you, tormented you, afflicted you, deceived you, buffeted you....maybe the devil is something you perceive in theory...the reality is you have to fight for peace, to believe the truth against the lies, fight by faith to see victory in Christ. It takes God's strength to do it, but we do it to silence him. If in the face of such adversity you laughed at it as being powerless, I would call you courageous and praise God for your faith.

Psalm 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Well,look at it like this...

Imagine there is a minefield (satan) and God will not only lead you through this minefield(without a problem if you follow His steps) but He'll also make you invincible(spiritually) if you trigger a mine...

Does that mean you should now throw caution to the wind and start skipping and frolicking through the minefield?

No... think about all that collateral damage... (Spiritual problems,physical disabilities, mental issues,hurting others around you,the disobedient annoyance to God.)

You don't need to fear the minefield,you can even safely give it a smug grin and a snap under the nose. But you shouldn't get sloppy...

Hope that kinda gives people a way to see what I meant.

Cheers

 

[Xalith]

I just tell him f you or f off.

Yes, because profanity is surely the mark of a good Christian, right?

 

[BrokenWarrior]

Yes, because profanity is surely the mark of a good Christian, right?

I lol'd