Reigning Over Satan By Life And By The Body
REIGNING OVER SATAN BY LIFE AND BY THE BODY
To reign in life is to subdue three main ene mies: Satan, sin, and death. In this booklet we shall consider the matter of reigning in life over Satan.
SATAN, SIN, AND THE FLESH
Satan is the source of sin. Sin is the nature of Satan injected into man. According to the reve lation of the Bible, Satan as sin is in our flesh, in our fallen, contaminated body. Romans 7:18 says, "For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, nothing good dwells." When God created man, He created him with a body that was pure. But when Satan injected himself as sin into man's body, the body became corrupted. Hence, in the Bible man's body is called the flesh.
In our flesh we are one with Satan, for the flesh is Satan's dwelling place in man. In the same principle, our spirit is the Lord's dwelling place in us. A saved person is rather complicated be cause Satan as sin is in his flesh and the Lord as the life-giving Spirit is in his spirit.
Satan, sin, and the flesh go together. When