Jesus told the crowd, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out” (John 12:31). Once again we are puzzled at Jesus words when we see the injustices in life and the obvious working of Satan among men. How could he say the ruler of this world is cast out, when obviously he is still at work here?
The point is Satan has only the power that people give him. He cannot murder, steal or destroy without human actions. He has quite literally been defeated but human give him back his power.
Let’s agree that for at least this day we will make him flee by resisting his temptations (James 4:7-8).
