Hebrews 2:14 “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,”

DOG GONE

When I was a boy growing up in Pelham, GA, we could ride our bikes all over our small town. My buddies and I did just that. There was only one problem. The shortest distance from my house to downtown was right past a house where a white German Shephard dog lived. That dog loved to chase us on our bikes. Initially we were all so scared. We would get up our speed as fast as possible so we could zoom past him, hoping to get by before he got to us.

Then we discovered something about that dog. He didn’t have any teeth. One of my buddies got grabbed by the dog’s mouth, and he just slid right off his leg. That changed everything. From that point on we almost welcomed that old dog. He still barked and chased us, but we weren’t scared of his bite anymore.

TEACHING MOMENT

God has made the devil toothless. Sure, he barks and chases us with the hope of instilling fear in us. But he has no bite in the life of a Christian. He is powerless to harm us, not because of anything we have done, but because of the shed blood, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. When Jesus came out of that grave, He kicked the teeth out of Satan.

Our children need to know this. They need to know that Satan has no bite. They have no need to fear the “man in the red suit with horns and the pointy tail.” He may look scary, but he is already defeated. And he knows it. That’s why he is always so mad.

So let me ask you, “Are you scared of the devil? Do you fear him?” Why? Don’t! He can’t touch you unless the Lord allows it. And if he does, the Lord has a plan to make you better. A defeated foe is just that – defeated. We have already won. Act like it.