FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GOD'S PERSON/CHARACTER
[All the titles/descriptions of God listed below are from the Psalms]
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God is the eternal One and the Creator.
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This assures us that Satan and demons are created and limited beings: not self-existent, not eternal, not omnipotent, not omniscient, not omnipresent. They are all less than God, who is:
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God is the Judge of all the earth. Satan and demons are answerable and accountable to him.
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The following titles and descriptions all contain some legal significance:
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God is the Almighty Sovereign Lord. In his sovereign power & authority the devil and demons are subject to him. He takes even their evil actions and uses them in his good purpose. What they do is not the final thing; what God does with what they do is the final thing.
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Associated titles and descriptions:
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God liberates people from bondage.
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Just as he set people free from slavery in Egypt so he sets people from bondage and slavery to Satan and demons. The redemption from slavery in Egypt was complete and final. Even so our redemption from slavery to Satan is complete and final. To consider that those whom God has liberated are still liable to possession by demons so that the demons have control over them infers a serious minimization of the redemption Christ purchased for us at great cost to himself.
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In the Psalms we find many titles of God referring to him as our protection and security in battle.
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Although at one level the Psalms were referring to the contemporary physical circumstances this physical reality is symbolic of the greater spiritual reality that God is our Shield against our spiritual enemies in the spiritual battle in which we are all engaged.
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God is faithful. He can be trusted. Both his word and his love are dependable and unfailing. Though we fail and our faith fluctuates and even fails, God is the God who fails not.
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This faithfulness of God must surely be taken into account when we think about what demons can and cannot do to those who belong to God. Can we trust him or can we not? The Psalmists had no doubt they knew that God is utterly trustworthy. The NT assures that God is faithful, and that we can entrust ourselves to him. If this does not include trusting him to protect us from demons, then his faithfulness and trustworthiness is seriously questioned, and our salvation seriously minimized.
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From all of the above regarding the nature of our God we gain utter assurance of his power, his faithfulness and his authority. All of this is convincing evidence that God will protect his children from invasion of demons. The simple faith of children, which we are all supposed to have, simply trusts this amazing God to protect them from such a thing as demon possession.
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