Satan\u2019s Grief = The Children Of God
Tommy Robbins
\u201cThe more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And\u00a0
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\u00a0
victor over the children of God \u2013 \u201cNay, in all these things we are more\u00a0
than conquerors through him that loved us\u201d Romans 8:37. The more the\u00a0
child of God is afflicted the more we grow in grace and knowledge of\u00a0
Him. This is because of Christ, not ourselves \u2013 \u201cYe are of God, little\u00a0
children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you,\u00a0
than he that is in the world.\u201d 1John 4:4. Our Lord knows nothing of\u00a0
defeat. He has won every battle and defeated every enemy that comes\u00a0
against us \u2013 \u201cWhat shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,\u00a0
who can be against us?\u201d Romans 8:31. We but need to stand on the bank of\u00a0
the river and watch the final destruction of Pharaoh and his army to\u00a0
calm our fears. The deliverance of the children of Israel is but a\u00a0
picture of a greater deliverance. It was by the affliction of our Lord\u00a0
Jesus Christ that grace was multiplied for His sheep.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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.
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Satan\u2019s Grief = The Children Of GodTommy Robbins\u201cThe more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And\u00a0they were grieved because of the children of Israel.\u201d Exodus 1:12As Satan and the world is no match for God, neither is sin and Satan a\u00a0victor over the children of God \u2013 \u201cNay, in all these things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,110,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-tommy-robbins","category-sovereignty-of-god","category-the-called"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253","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=5253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5254,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253\/revisions\/5254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}