Satan\u2019s Grief = The Children Of God
\nTommy Robbins
\n\u201cThe more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.\u201d Exodus 1:12<\/p>\n
As Satan and the world is no match for God, neither is sin and Satan a victor over the children of God \u2013 \u201cNay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us\u201d Romans 8:37. The more the child of God is afflicted the more we grow in grace and knowledge of Him. This is because of Christ, not ourselves \u2013 \u201cYe are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.\u201d 1John 4:4. Our Lord knows nothing of defeat. He has won every battle and defeated every enemy that comes against us \u2013 \u201cWhat shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?\u201d Romans 8:31. We but need to stand on the bank of the river and watch the final destruction of Pharaoh and his army to calm our fears. The deliverance of the children of Israel is but a picture of a greater deliverance. It was by the affliction of our Lord Jesus Christ that grace was multiplied for His sheep.<\/p>\n
The grief of Satan is the growth of God\u2019s kingdom through Christ\u2019s suffering and death. Shall those whom Christ purchased with His Own blood suffer loss? Emphatically, NO! \u201cThis is the Father\u2019s will which hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day\u201d John 6:39. As the children of Israel were an uncontrollable burden and grief to the Egyptians, so is Christ and His church to the world.<\/p>\n
Adversity is sent from the loving hand of God to graciously force us to Himself. \u201cThese things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world\u201d John 16:33. What Satan means for evil, God uses for His people\u2019s good. \u201cWe know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose\u201d Romans 8:28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Satan\u2019s Grief = The Children Of God Tommy Robbins \u201cThe more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.\u201d Exodus 1:12 As Satan and the world is no match for God, neither is sin and Satan a victor over the children of God \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-tommy-robbins","category-perseverence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4392,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions\/4392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}