Bible Questions Answered:
“How can we protect ourselves from
evil?”
Lucy/ London, England (United Kingdom)
Bible Answer:
A
Christian, may rebuke the enemy through God's Word, and the name and
blood of Christ!
God's
promises to His people:
Exodus 14:14
KJV
The Lord will
fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Deuteronomy
33:27 KJV
The Eternal God
is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and He shall
thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
II Chronicles
16:9 KJV
For the eyes of
the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him..."
II Chronicles
32:8 KKJV
"...with
us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles..."
Psalm 5:11,12
KJV
11 But let all
those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for
joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be
joyful in thee.
12 For thou,
Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as
with a shield.
Psalm 27:5 KJV
For in the time
of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His
tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a Rock (Christ).
Psalm 31:20 KJV
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence..."
Psalm 32:7 KJV
Thou art my
Hiding Place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble..."
Psalm 33:20 KJV
Our soul
waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield.
Psalm 34:7 KJV
The Angel Of
The Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth
them.
Psalm 44:5 KJV
Through thee
will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread
them under that rise up against us.
Psalm 46:1 KJV
God is our
Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 119:114
KJV
Thou art my
Hiding Place and my Shield: I hope in thy word.
Proverbs 14:26
KJV
In the fear of
the Lord is strong confidence: and His children shall have a place of
refuge.
Proverbs 18:10
KJV
The name of
the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is
safe.
Proverbs 30:5
KJV
Every word of God is pure: He is a shield
unto them that put their trust in Him.
Isaiah 25:4 NLT
But you are a
tower of refuge to the poor, O Lord, a tower of refuge to the needy
in distress.
You are a
refuge from the storm and a shelter from the heat.
Matthew 26:28
NLT
for this is My blood, which confirms the covenant between God and
His people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of
many. (Christians, justified, by the blood of Christ.)
Luke 10:19 KJV
Behold, I give
unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over
all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.
John 1:29 KJV
The next day
John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold The Lamb Of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 10:10 KJV
The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come
that they might have Life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
Acts 20:28 KJV
"... the
church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood.
Romans 5:9 NLT
And since we
have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ,
He will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.
Romans 8:35,37
KJV
35 Who shall
separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress,
or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
37 Nay, in all
these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
Ephesians
6:10-18 KJV
10 Finally, my
brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His
might.
11 Put on the
whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
12 For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore
take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand
therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and
having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your
feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all,
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God:
18 Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Hebrews 2:14 KJV
For as much
then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also
Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
For the word
of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
Hebrews 9:14 NLT
Just think how
much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from
sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power
of The Eternal Spirit, Christ offered Himself to God as a Perfect
Sacrifice for our sins.
James 4:7 KJV
Submit
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
I Peter 1:18,19
KJV
18 For as much
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition
from your fathers;
19 But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and
without spot:
I Peter 5:8,9
KJV
8 Be sober, be
vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist
stedfast in the faith..."
I John 1:7 KJV
But if we walk
in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and
the blood of
Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
I John 3:8 KJV
The one who
does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been
sinning from the beginning. The reason The Son Of God appeared was to
destroy the devil’s work.
I John 5:4 KJV
For whatsoever
is born of God over cometh the world: and this is the victory that
over cometh the world, even our faith.
Revelation 1:5
KJV
And from Jesus
Christ, who is The Faithful Witness, and The First Begotten Of The
Dead, and
The Prince Of
The Kings Of The Earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from
our sins
in His own
blood,
Revelation 7:14
KJV
And I said unto
him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:11
KJV
And they
overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the
death.
See also the blog posting...... Protection-God's
