Stronger Than He

The following is from Jessie Penn-Lewis' book Prayer and Evangelism:

"The 'Stronger than he'—the Lord Christ—is . . . , by His Spirit, the Overcomer Who is greater in us than he that is in the world (1 John iv. 4).

"It is necessary to emphasize here that the Stronger than the strong man can only manifest His power through us, as by definite faith we MAINTAIN OUR POSITION as crucified with Christ, and thus dead indeed unto sin in Him.

"Never is there a stage in the spiritual life where there is not the deepest need of the severing power of the Cross.

"We must learn how to walk in personal victory over sin and Satan at every point if we are to have the fullest victory over the powers of darkness. Any uncrucified or weak spot is a target for the enemy, and all the devices of Satan will be at work to keep us in ignorance of our true condition.

"Consequently, we must always be open to all truth about God, ourselves, and the powers of darkness, and then honestly face the truth made known by the Spirit of God.

"Ourselves delivered out of the power of the strong man, we become liberated into real resurrection LIFE—'alive unto God' (Rom. vi. 11)—in steadfast aggressive intelligent warfare against Satan, his hosts, and his goods."