Colossians 2:15 (NASB95)
15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
Below is an excerpt from John Piper’s 1997 sermon, “Buried and Raised in Baptism Through Faith”
The second enemy defeated was the host of evil spiritual beings : the devil and his forces. Verse 15: "When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him." It's true that we must still "wrestle with principalities and powers" (Ephesians 6:12), but if we wrestle in the power of Christ and his shed blood, they are as good as defeated, because the blow he struck was lethal. Revelation 12:11 says that believers "overcame [the devil] because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death." We must fight. But the battle belongs to the Lord and the decisive blow has been struck at Calvary. Satan cannot destroy us.
By John Piper. © Desiring God. Website: desiringGod.org
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