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think?” Dr. Allen Fleece said, “No, thank you. I‘d rather just take all
eleven looks at Jesus”. Well, I like his answer.
Do you realize this? We are reading Job 1 and 2, but Job did not have
these chapters to read. From the beginning to the end of the book he had
no idea that Satan was working in his life. He never knew about Satan, but
he saw God. Did he have a victory over Satan? He sure did. Not by
fighting Satan, because he did not even know he was around. He got his
victory by seeing God.

Daniel’s in the lion’s den. What does he need? A six week course on how
to fight lion’s? He does not need to study lions; he needs to study his
God, and when he studies his God, he knows how to take care of the lions.

We do not ever need to study witchcraft or demonism or Satan. We do
not need to look at them at all! All eleven looks to Jesus!

And then the second part of the answer. Not only a full vision of God, but
the simplicity of faith. Do you remember in the New Testament in Luke
chapter 22:31-32, Jesus said to Peter “Peter, Satan has desired to take
thee and to sift thee like wheat, but I have prayed for thee that thy
faith fail not.” Ephesians 6:16, when it talks about fighting the devil. It
says, “Take the shield of faith wherewith you will be able to quench
all the fiery darts of the evil one.” And in Matthew 17, the Disciples
were puzzled, and said, “Why couldn’t we cast out this demon?” It was
unbelief. So you put those two things together, a full vision of God seen
with the simplicity of faith. That is how to overcome.
Picture a bridge over a huge body of water, and tied to that bridge is a
wild, ferocious, mad dog. You could see the saliva, and you could see the
teeth, and you could hear the snarling and the growling. And that dog was
chained to the fence. There was enough space for you to walk with just
inches between you and that dog. You were assured that the chain could
not be broken. Would you be afraid as you walked by? You have only
inches. Would you be afraid as you walked by that mad dog? You would
be until your faith in the strength of the chain overcame your fear of the
dog.

All right, Jesus is the One who holds Satan. He is going to crush him
under our feet shortly. He said, “I will put enmity between you and his
seed.” God puts it in there. That is why I am an enemy of Satan. God put
it there. He said, “Do not be afraid”. He will bark, and he will growl, and
he will look ferocious, but he cannot touch you. He cannot touch the
Christian. It is a shame for Christians to fear Satan. Greater is He that is in
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