…The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. (I John 3:8b)

Jesus appeared to destroy the devil’s work the Bible tells us. What is the devil’s work?

1. Spiritual death – Because of sin, mankind is separated from God. His spirit is dead and disconnected from God. Jesus came to pay the price for our sins that we would be made new creations by the power of the Holy Spirit. We receive the life and nature of God. Our spirits which was dead is made alive and our connection to God is restored. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

2. Physical death – “…He (Jesus) too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). One of the consequences of sin is physical death. Before Jesus came, the devil held mankind under the bondage of death. Jesus came to destroy death. After having paid the price for our sins on the cross, he died, was buried and on the third day he rose again. Jesus promised in John 11:25, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.”

3. Sickness and Disease - Jesus came to bring healing to every aspect of our lives. “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirt and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him.”
This Advent season, remember that Jesus came to redeem you from all the power of darkness and all the consequences of sin. He paid the price on the cross that you and I would be set free from all the work of the devil.

This Advent season, remember that Jesus came to redeem you from all the power of darkness and all the consequences of sin. He paid the price on the cross that you and I would be set free from all the work of the devil.