"But you belong to God, my children, and have defeated the false prophets, because the Spirit who is in you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world." (1 John 4:4, Good News Translation)
When, by the power of the Holy Spirit, I'm able to confess that Jesus is Lord, it proves that I belong to the Lord, that the Lord has given me the gift of faith, and that I am in Him, part of His new creation. I needn't fear evil and I can live confidently in the freedom of God's grace.
Like Luther, I can tell Satan that yes, I am a sinner, but what of it? Jesus, my God and Savior, has overcome sin, death, and the devil. There is nothing that Satan or the world can do to me that won't result in my being with God in eternity forever.
Period!
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