The Triumphant Churchthe job on the tenth day." He stayed with that job and
made a success of it. The owner of the business made
him an assistant manager, and later God called him
into the full-time ministry. He's been walking with God
ever since.
The Devil, the Flesh, and the World
Believers can yield to the devil and his wiles and let
the devil dominate them any time they want. Believers
can also yield to the flesh with its lusts and appetites
and let the flesh dominate them. And believers can
yield to the influence of the world and let the world
dominate them.
Many people would try to cast the devil out of a
believer when he's yielding to the world, the flesh, or
the devil. But the Bible teaches that believers have to
deal with the world, the flesh, and the devil because we
will never be free from these influences until we go to
be with Jesus in Heaven (1 John 4:3,4; 1 John 2:15-17).
But just because believers yield to the world, the flesh,
or the devil, doesn't mean they are demon possessed or
have a demon in them.
Thank God, the Bible teaches that the believer does
not have to yield to the world, the flesh, or the devil.
The Bible says, if we are born again, through Jesus we
have overcome the world (1 John 5:4,5; John 16:33; 1
John 4:4) Because we are in Christ and Jesus has
overcome the world for us, we don't have to yield to the
influence of the world, nor to the lusts and cravings of
our own physical nature. And we don't have to be
defeated by the devil, because Jesus' triumph over
Satan is our triumph.
If a Christian opens the door to the devil, the devil