Great news! Fallen Angels can only go so far! God has them on a leash! And as the holder of that leash God is master over them! Jude 1:6 'And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.' But what about Satan himself? Is he bound? Job 1:6-8 'Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." Apparently Satan himself is not bound which leads us to the words of Jesus in Matthew 12:28-30 '28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29How can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man?Then he can plunder his house. 30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.…'
So If He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world then we have nothing to fear about the demonic realm. Their controlled though they have some leeway but can only go so far. That Lucifer, the greatest of the created angels has a little more leeway as he is allowed to roam. But when Christians find themselves confronted by Satan, we see in Job that he comes to and with the Son's of God, we are to bind him as Ambassadors of Christ. The way we do this is with the truth of scripture quoted and prayed into the situation. Anything else we would do is emotion based, soulish, and not spiritual of the Holy Spirit. There are no chains on the Holy Spirit and the power of God so many long for can only be obtained through the infilling of the Holy Spirit after Salvation in and through Jesus Christ.
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