Jesus is a consuming fire. You have been given authority over your enemies.

Jesus is a consuming fire. You have been given authority over your enemies.

“A fire goes before Him, and burns up His enemies round about.” (Ps 97:3)

“Behold, I give you the authority [exousia] to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (Lk 10:19)

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”  (Jm 4:7)

“because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome [nikao] the wicked one.” (1Jn 2:14)

“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.” (Deut 32:43)

“Through You we will push down our enemies; through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.” (Ps 44:5)

“But You have saved us from our enemies, and have put to shame those who hated us.” (Ps 44:7)

“Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies.” (Ps 60:12)

“And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.” (Ps 89:23)

“He increased His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.” (Ps 105:24)

“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy” (Ps 107:2)

“Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies.” (Ps 108:13)

“And rescued us from our enemies, for His mercy endures forever” (Ps 136:24)

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (1Jn 5:4)

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Cor 15:57)

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Rom 8:37)

“For this purpose [touto] the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy [luo] the works of the devil.” (1Jn 3:8)

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour [katapino].” (1Pet 5:8)

“having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Col 2:15)

“He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power [kratos] of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage [douleia].” (Heb 2:14,15)

“Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” (Matt 10:8)

“Therefore understand today that the LORD your God is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the LORD has said to you.” (Deut 9:3)

“The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.” (Ex 24:17)

“For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” (Deut 4:24)

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.” (Heb 12:28-29)

Reading: Ps 96-98; Rev 8