I believe that the best example that we have as Christians in how to deal with Satan, is that of Jesus Christ himself and how he dealt with Satan in the book of Matthew, chapter four. Here we see how the devil works and how Jesus dealt with his tactics. The very first thing that you will notice, is that the devil tries to tempt Jesus in his flesh and at the same time he tries to make Jesus think that his Father in heaven is holding something back from him. That would be the bread, that Jesus’ flesh would be desiring after 40 days of fasting. But Jesus, by denying his flesh, was totally in the spirit and doing the will of the Father. So Jesus’ response to the devil was, “It is written, Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

I think that it is very interesting that the devil tried to get Jesus to fall by using pride to tempt Jesus, by trying to question Jesus’ authority as the Son of God. Then after that wasn’t working that he kept trying to get Jesus to fall down, but I guess that is how he works on us to, always trying to get us to fall down also. To question God and to lower ourselves to his level. Another thing that the devil does, is he misquotes scripture, by either leaving something out or putting something extra into it. In Matthew 4:6, he tries to tempt Jesus with throwing himself down, then he quotes the word of God, specifically Psalm 91:12, but of course he didn’t quote the entire verse, he forgot to put in that the angels were to keep Jesus in all of his ways. This is obviously very important that Jesus stays doing the will of the Father in heaven. If he didn’t then I guess he wouldn’t of got on the cross and took all the sin of the world upon himself, for our sakes.

Here is the verse that really puts Satan in his place Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.” Now I don’t know about you, but if you look at this verse I would say that Jesus is making a very clear statement here. He tells Satan that he is to worship and serve the LORD and Him only. When Jesus told Satan this, Satan left His presence. In James 4:7 we are told to “Resist the Devil and he will flee from you.” Then we see that even Michael the Archangel told Satan “The Lord rebuke you.” We do not have any power over Satan, but the LORD does and He gives us authority over Satan and his demons if we only believe. Jesus told us that we shall do mightier works than Himself if we only believe and if you study church history you will see that this is true. Just read Foxes Book of Martyrs if you want some historical input on this subject. Remember, you only have this authority if you are one of God’s children. That means that you have to be born again. As it speaks about in John chapter 3. I hope that this study benefits you and that you understand the authority you have over evil in the name of Jesus, may God Bless You and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen!!!!!!!!

Matthew 4:1-11

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: “He shall give His angels charge over you,” and, In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.” Jesus said to him, “It is written again, You shall not tempt the LORD your God.”

Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.” Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

James 4:7

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Jude 9

But even Michael, one of the mightiest of the angels, did not dare accuse Satan of blasphemy, but simply said, “The Lord rebuke you.” (This took place when Michael was arguing with Satan about Moses’ body.)