Grace, the Forbidden Gospel - Online Christian Library

God even went as far as parading the devil and his fallen angels in a humiliating manner before their
enemies:
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over
them by the cross. (Col 2:15 NKJV)
Through Jesus’ sacrifice, obedience and consequent death He did what Adam neglected to do: He
conquered evil and ruled over the earth, guarding over it and subduing it in the manner God had commanded
Adam to do (Genesis 1:28).
Jesus Christ destroyed the works of the devil everywhere as He went, healing the sick, raising the dead,
casting out devils and providing for people’s physical needs (such as multiplication of food, obtaining tax
money from a fish’s mouth, etc). As a normal man He portrayed to all mankind what it can look like to live a
life fully surrendered to the Holy Spirit. Apart from being born from a virgin, Jesus had no other advantages
over any other believer. Even though He was always the divine Son of God, He restrained all His divinity so
that everything He did, all the miracles and wonders, He did as a normal man (if a Christian can be called
“normal”) through the power of the Holy Spirit, just like the rest of us:
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider
it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant,
and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. (Phil 2:5-8 NKJV)
Jesus became the last Adam; the One who restored mankind’s lost authority and restored God’s children to
unhindered, unbroken fellowship with the Father. Death came through Adam’s disobedience, but life came
through Christ’s obedience.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Cor 15:22 NKJV)
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many
will be made righteous. (Rom 5:19 NKJV)
Why Then is the World So Broken?
Now this naturally poses the following question: If the enemy has already been defeated, why is he still
causing so much havoc in the world? Why are there so many wars and diseases; why all the violence and
poverty? Why are people suffering and dying by the millions daily?
Because just like Adam, we are not doing our job in guarding the earth properly. The devil was stripped of his
authority over 2000 years ago and the only muscle that he now has, is illegal power. The devil can only get
away with what we allow him to. He poses as an intimidating and powerful adversary when in fact he has no
right to steal, kill and destroy anymore! That is why it is so simple to evict demons and infirmities from
people’s bodies and lives, because the sound of the Name that destroyed them is enough to make them
shiver and leave at once.
Another important factor is that God does not impose His will on mankind. Just like any love relationship
between two people can only be truly beautiful when it exists as a result of the free will of both parties, in the
same manner God desires for our affection from within our own free will. He did not create dummies or
robots to control. If God really wanted to stop Adam from eating that fruit in the Garden of Eden, the Spirit of
God inside Adam could have easily smacked the fruit out of Adam’s hand. But that would have violated
God’s permissible will which allows people to make their own free choices.
It is therefore simple to see that God relies on His children to enforce His kingdom in the earth - we are His
hands and feet! Let us therefore take up the responsibility which we have been given and rule the earth like
we are supposed to. Let’s stop this defeated adversary in his tracks and do away with the suffering and harm
he causes. Christ in us is the hope of glory!
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