The Triumphant Churchsuccessfully withstand the devil in the evil day of
testing, trial, and temptation (v. 13). Whether we like it
or not, the Holy Ghost is telling the Body of Christ that
the evil day is coming when the enemy is going to come
against each one of us. But Jesus said, "... In the world
ye shall have TRIBULATION: but be of good cheer; I
have OVERCOME the world" and that includes the god
of this world, Satan (John 16:33; 1 Cor. 4:4 ).
What are you going to do when Satan comes against
you? Are you going to get all the saints to pray for you?
That will only help temporarily. Have you ever noticed
that no believer can stand against the tests and
temptations of the devil just because the saints pray for
him? Sooner or later, each of us has to stand our ground
on the Word against the wiles of the devil for ourselves.
And if we don't do it, it won't be done.
Stand Fast in Faith
Once you have your armor on, the only position the
Bible tells you to take against Satan is to stand against
him—that means to enforce his defeat with the Word of
God. Paul said, "Stand, stand, withstand and stand."
He never said "attack, attack, counterattack, and
attack."
The purpose of putting on the armor is so that we
can stand against the wiles or the craftiness and deceit
of the devil. The Bible does not say we are to put on the
Bible so we can attack the devil, but rather so we can
stand successfully against his attack.
When I say "stand," I am using this word in
reference to our enemy Satan. This is not to be confused
to mean that we are not to go into all the world and
preach the gospel (Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15). In