Matthew 4:10-11 (NKJV) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen Jesus said to him, \u2018Away with you, Satan!\u2026Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.\u2019\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have often wondered why the angels only came to minister to Jesus after Satan left him. Could it be because it was necessary to use the powers of heaven to rebuke Satan before He could receive the comforts prepared for Him by God? In fact, maybe Satan may have stopped tempting Jesus much earlier if He had rebuked him after the first trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n God has given us the name that\u2019s above all names, and He expects us to use that name to rebuke the devil. Be aggressive with Satan. We must stop discussing with him because, in the process, he might eventually succeed to trip us up through his cunning deceitfulness, just as he did with Eve. We must learn to rebuke Satan and rebuke him early. The angels are there to minister to you, but they wait for you to use the name of the Lord, which is the sword of the Spirit, to vaporize Satan\u2019s evil suggestions. Use the name. Don\u2019t die in silence. Don\u2019t struggle in silence. Use the name, aggressively and frequently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLord, help me to be more aggressive in using Your name. Deliver me from engaging in lengthy discussions with Satan, when I should be rebuking him. I know I will enter the comfort that the angels have prepared for me, but I must first overcome the powers of Satan by using the Lord\u2019s name. O God, help me fight the good fight using Your name. Amen.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matthew 4:10-11 (NKJV) \u201cThen Jesus said to him, \u2018Away with you, Satan!\u2026Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.\u2019\u201d I have often wondered why the angels only came to minister to Jesus after Satan left him. Could it be because it was necessary to use the powers of heaven to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-matthew"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Matthew.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3516,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions\/3516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}