We overcome Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony and by not loving our soul-life even unto death; we need to stand on the word of God and declare the spiritual facts, telling others what there is in Christ, proclaiming the victory of Christ, and testifying that the devil has been judged by the Lord.
Amen, Lord, we want to be Your overcoming saints today. We apply Your precious blood. We are not perfect, but we apply the perfect blood of Christ and we hide under the blood. Oh Lord, may we know the spiritual facts in the word of God and testify them! May we stand on God’s word, declare His promises, and proclaim Christ’s victory! Hallelujah, Satan has been defeated on the cross! Jesus is Lord! Christ is King! Amen!
We believers need to know the word of God not only in our mind but even more, know it subjectively and personally. Our whole Christian life is based on the word of God, but not merely on the black-and-white letters but the living word of God.
This is why we need to read the Bible with a prayerful spirit; when we exercise our spirit in coming to God’s word, even if it is for 5-10 minutes every day, we are infused with God’s element, faith grows in us, and we know the truth. If we know the truth, we are set free.
This means that we’re set free from Satan’s bondage and his accusations. If we know the truth concerning the blood of Christ, the overcoming and perfect blood of Jesus Christ that washes us from every sin when we confess our sins, we will stand on this fact.
Satan may accuse us, and even after we confess our sins, he may still try to accuse us and condemn us; but we stand on the facts in God’s word! We declare the word of God to the enemy, and the truth sets us free and overcomes the enemy.
When the Lord Jesus was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, He stood on God’s word and overcame Satan by the word of God.
May we know God’s word in a living way. May we commit God’s promises and the divine facts in God’s word to our memory, and may we read and pray over them, even declare them.
Our condition is a lie; what we are today, our failure right now, is not real, but what is real is the truth in God’s word, and we’re being brought into the reality contained in the truth.
It seems to be so real to us that we fail, make mistakes, and are riddled with weaknesses; the reality, however, is that we exercise our spirit and stand with the truth in God’s word, even declare the spiritual facts as our testimony, and we proclaim the victory of Christ! Amen!
We Overcome Satan by the Word of our Testimony as we Proclaim the Victory of Christ
As seen in Revelation 12:11, we overcome the enemy because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of our testimony. First, the blood gives us the victory.
The man-child is produced by the Lord as the stronger part of the woman, and when the man-child is raptured, there is war in heaven, and Satan and his armies are cast down to the earth.
How do they overcome Satan, the enemy of God? It is because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony.
What is this word of our testimony? Does it mean only that we speak to others of our conversion to Christ, or what we read in the Bible or the ministry that day? The word of our testimony is the proclaiming of the victory of Christ.
Testimony means that we tell others what there is in Christ, what we have enjoyed and experienced of Christ, and the riches in the all-inclusive Christ available for us to enjoy (Eph. 3:8).
The word of our testimony is something which must be spoken forth. We need to speak this. This is a testimony of what Christ has accomplished, the effect of His incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension.
In particular, this is the effect of His crucifixion and the power of His blood. We testify of this to others, and we declare this to Satan, God’s enemy.
The overcomers must frequently proclaim the victory of Christ, testifying that the devil has been judged by the Lord (1 John 3:8; Heb. 2:14).
The Son of God was manifested for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil. He partook of blood and flesh so that He might destroy him who has the might of death.
Whenever we sense the accusations of Satan, when there’s a condemnation in us even though we have confessed our sins under the Lord’s light, we need to verbally testify how the Lord has already dealt with Satan.
We testify not only to men but especially to the demons. We need to declare verbally, Demons, you must be reminded that Satan, your king, has been defeated by my Lord Jesus Christ! You should not be here troubling me!
Then we can preach to Satan, telling him the truth according to God’s word, Satan, you have been crucified on the cross. Jesus Christ has judged you and has destroyed you on the cross. He has prevailed over you. You have been judged, and your destination is the lake of fire! Amen!
This is to proclaim the truth, the word of our testimony. We may not feel this, we may think we’re not in the right position or condition to declare this, for we have so many failures, but we repent, apply the blood, confess our sins, and stand on the divine and spiritual facts.
This preaching is not for Satan to repent or regret, nor is it for others to turn to the Lord; this kind of preaching, the word of our testimony, is a repellent, for us to overcome the enemy. This is why we need to know the Word of God and stand on God’s word.
Satan and the demons are not afraid of what we are, but they are afraid of the word of our testimony, for we proclaim the victory of Christ over Satan. When our conscience is void of any offense (Acts 24:16) and is pure (1 Tim. 1:5; 3:9), we can speak the word of our testimony.
If there’s an accusation in our conscience, if there are sins that we have not confessed under the Lord’s light, we can’t declare anything.
But if we walk in the light, even as the Lord is in the light, we confess our sins, the Lord’s blood washes us and cleanses us (1 John 1:7), and we can declare the spiritual facts.
We have the blood before God, we have the boldness before God, and we have a testimony before man. We testify not only that sinners can be forgiven and man can be accepted because of Christ, but we also testify of God’s kingdom (Luke 5:32; Acts 2:38; 2 Pet. 3:9; 1 John 1:9).
We testify that Christ has destroyed the devil on the cross. We testify that Jesus is King. We declare that Jesus is Lord. The overcomers frequently proclaim the victory of Christ.
They stand not on their merit or their excellent spiritual condition; they stand on the blood of Christ, they apply the blood, and they utter the word of their testimony, which is to proclaim the victory of Christ! May we practice this today.
May we frequently proclaim the victory of Christ (1 John 4:4). Especially when we sense that the enemy accuses us and attacks us, may we come to the Lord in the light, allow Him to shine, confess what He exposes, apply the blood, and proclaim the victory of Christ over the enemy!
Lord Jesus, we praise You for Your victory over Satan! Hallelujah, the Son of Man was manifested to destroy the works of the devil! We praise You, Lord, for destroying the works of the devil! We allow You to destroy any works of the devil in our being! Hallelujah, Christ partook of blood and flesh and destroyed him who has the might of death, that is, the devil! Amen, Jesus Christ is Lord, and He has destroyed Satan on the cross and through the cross! We stand in Your victory, Lord, and we declare Your victory! We come to You, we allow You to shine on us, and we confess any sins that You expose. We apply Your blood. We stand on the blood of Christ, our only standing. We proclaim the power of the blood. Amen, Jesus Christ is Lord! Christ is Victor over the enemy! Amen! Satan, you have been defeated and judged by Christ on the cross! Demons, your king, Satan, has been destroyed by Jesus Christ! Hallelujah, greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world! Amen, Lord Jesus we stand one with You in Your victory today!
Satan Doesn’t Fear when we Reason with him: he Fears when we Proclaim the Spiritual Facts of Christ’s Victory!
Many Christians try to argue or reason with Satan, and they are always defeated. Other Christians simply give in, for Satan accuses them non-stop; he is the accuser of our brothers both before God, in our own conscience, and in others also.
What Satan fears is not our trying to reason with him; he fears when we proclaim the spiritual facts of Christ’s victory.
We see this in a vivid way in 2 Chronicles 20:20-22; the enemies have surrounded the people of Israel in Jerusalem, and all they did was just praise the Lord, thank Him that His lovingkindness endures forever, and sing His praises.
When they praised the Lord, He set ambushes against the enemies, and they were struck.
On the one hand, we need to know the truth and be constituted with the truth; on the other hand, we cannot and should not argue or reason with Satan about the truth but simply proclaim the spiritual facts of Christ’s victory. Our standing is the victory of Christ.
We may be intelligent and smart, and we may have a good way to reason and debate with others; we should not fight Satan with our mind but with our spirit.
The victorious Christ is in our spirit, and the victory of Christ is applied and proclaimed by us when we are in our spirit.
May we get Satan afraid by being in our spirit and proclaim the victory of Christ over him.
What we are speaking of here is not building up ourselves nor is it detaching ourselves from reality to be in some sort of a trance that has nothing to do with us.
We are joined to the Lord as one spirit (1 Cor. 6:17), and the One we’re joined to is the victorious Christ.
The name of Jesus is above every name; this is a spiritual fact which we must declare in faith, not only to men but also to Satan (Phil. 2:9-11; 1 Cor. 12:3).
We need to declare the spiritual facts of Christ’s victory, and Satan will be defeated.
We need to stand on the facts in the word of God, not only understanding them, agreeing with them, or committing them to our memory but even more, declaring them with the exercise of our spirit to enter into their reality.
We must proclaim to Satan and his demons that Jesus is Lord, that the Lord is victorious, and that Satan has been crushed under His feet (Gen. 3:15; John 14:30b; Rom. 16:20).
When we declare that Jesus is Lord, Satan is defeated, and we are in the Holy Spirit.
If we merely preach some theology or expound doctrines, we may get into the realm of the mind, and we may try to convince others or even Satan about something.
But when we declare that Jesus is Lord, when we speak the word of our testimony to proclaim the victory of Christ, Satan is defeated.
We call on the name of Jesus, calling Him, Lord Jesus. We declare that the Lord Jesus is stronger than the one in the world; He is stronger than the strong man.
We declare that Christ as the Son of God has been manifested to destroy the works of the devil, and He has already bound Satan. This is the word of our testimony.
We Christians need to be those who proclaim audibly that Jesus is Lord, that Christ is victorious, and that Satan has been trodden under His feet.
We proclaim that the Lord has given us authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19; Matt. 28:18-20).
This is the word of our testimony, and when we proclaim the victory of Christ, the enemy is defeated and Satan loses ground.
Thank the Lord for giving us His prevailing and overcoming blood and also the word of our testimony, the proclamation of the victory of Christ!
Lord Jesus, may we realise that Satan fears not our reasoning with him but our proclaiming the spiritual facts of Christ’s victory! May we be those who declare the victory of Christ over Satan! Hallelujah, Christ has overcome the enemy! Praise the Lord Jesus! Amen, the name of Jesus is above every name! Every knee shall bow and every tongue will openly confess that Jesus is Lord! Amen, Jesus is Lord! Christ is Victor! Christ is stronger than the strong man! The Son of God has already bound Satan! Amen, we praise You, Lord Jesus! We declare Your victory. We proclaim Your victory. We exercise our spirit and we stand one with You in Your victory. You are our glorious and victorious Head, and we are Your Body! Strengthen our proclaiming of the divine facts every day. May we be bold to declare the spiritual facts of Christ’s victory to Satan and to the demons! Amen, Lord, we overcome the enemy by the word of our testimony! Hallelujah, when we declare the word of our testimony, Satan is defeated and he loses ground! Praise the Lord!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother Ron Kangas on this topic, and portions from, Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 34, “The Glorious Church,” ch. 4, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4) (2025 December Training), week 44 (msg. 8), The Man-child, the War in Heaven, and the Overcoming Saints – day 5.
- Hymns on this topic:
– Hallelujah! Christ is Victor, / Tell with every breath, / That the Savior still is conqu’ror / Over sin and death. / Hallelujah! Christ is Victor, / Tell where’er you go, / That the Lord is still the conqu’ror, / Over every foe. (Hymns #890 stanza 1 and chorus)
– Encamped along the hills of light, / Ye Christian soldiers rise, / And press the battle ere the night / Shall veil the glowing skies; / Against the foe in vales below / Let all our strength be hurled; / Faith is the victory, we know, / That overcomes the world. / Faith is the victory! / Faith is the victory! / O glorious victory, / That overcomes the world. (Hymns #882 stanza 1 and chorus)
– The vict’ry’s won! We’ve overcome the enemy. / The Word of God we boldly testify. / God speaks His Word—in it there’s life and liberty— / And by the Word the devil we defy. / The vict’ry’s won! Beneath our feet the enemy, / For we love not our soul life unto death; / And so we shout, “O Lord, You are our victory!” / And praise our God with all our spirit’s breath. (Hymns #1289 stanzas 2-3)
