“By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [thus, his wrathful condemnation of sin is expended on his Son’s flesh, not ours]” (Romans 8:3).

Nevertheless, in dealing with God’s wrath in this way, the double work of Satan is itself overcome.

It is crucial that we see this wrath-enduring work of Christ as foundational to our deliverance from Satan’s work.

To say it more provocatively, it is crucial that we see our deliverance from God as foundational to our deliverance from Satan.

The double work of Satan is his work of accusation and his work of temptation.

His name, Satan, means accuser. And John describes him that way, “The accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God” (Revelation 12:10). And both Matthew and Paul call him “the tempter” (Matthew 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:5). Consider then how Christ’s deliverance from the wrath of God is the foundation of his deliverance from both these works of Satan.

On this day...

• Exodus 21 - 2024
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• Ezekiel 34:26 - 2009
• Job 10:2 - 2009
• Genesis 24:63 - 2008
• John 9:7 - 2007
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