The Triumphant Churchof need" (Heb. 4:16).
ROMANS 5:1,2
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this
GRACE wherein WE STAND....
Why would the Holy Spirit through Paul tell the
Body of Christ to stand fast in faith and in the grace of
God? Because everything in the world, including our
adversary Satan, will try to pull us out of faith and try
to get us to walk by sight and by our own strength.
The Bible says, "There are ... so many kinds of
voices in the world, and none of them is without
signification" (1 Cor. 14:10). And if you listen to all the
voices round about you—even some well-meaning
friends, preachers, and theologians—you could be
pulled back from walking by faith and be tempted to
walk by sight and by circumstances. But, thank God,
we're firmly fixed, standing on God's Word and in God's
grace. And that is God's provision for protection against
the onslaughts the enemy would try to assail against
us.
It's only your faith in God and His Word that will
enable you to stand successfully against the devil. First
Corinthians 16:13 says, "Watch ye, stand fast in the
faith, quit [act] you like men...." In other words, "Don't
be a baby in faith and just give up when Satan comes
against you. Stand against him with the Word. We were
all spiritual babies when we were first born again, but
babies grow up. We're not supposed to stay babies in
our dealings with the devil. We are to put him on the
run.
Satan will tempt you to doubt God and His Word,