He will distress those whom he cannot devour!',
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"They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their testimony!" Revelation 12:11
What a formidable representation of SATAN, the context gives us. He is called "the great dragon—that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world!"
His power is great—and his cruelty is greater!
His cunning is deep—and his designs are dreadful!
He hates the Saviour—and he hates all who love Him!
He attempts to destroy—but he will distress those whom he cannot devour!
He is dreadful as a roaring lion; but he is more likely to harm us—when he comes slyly, and quietly—as a deceitful serpent!
He is always most dangerous—when he assumes the garb of an angel of light, for then we are apt to mistake him!
Every Christian overcomes him—though they were so weak! They conquer him—but not by reason, or argument, or eloquence—but by the blood of the Lamb, and the Word of their testimony. To that blood they looked—when he tempted them to despair; by that Word they walked—when he tried to draw them aside. The blood was their plea, the ground of their hope, and the subject of their rejoicing; the Word was their shield, their solace, and their rule. "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their testimony!"