00:05he has nothing in me the phrase is striking in its brevity and its confidence the prince of this world
00:12cometh and hath nothing in me he was not claiming that the enemy would not come
00:18he was about to walk into the darkest night of his earthly life and he knew it what he was
00:25claiming was that when the enemy arrived he would find no foothold nor agreement with darkness there was no hidden
00:32compromise no threat of selfishness or fear that could be pulled and unraveled nothing this is a picture of perfect
00:42inner integration the peace of jesus was stronger than mere emotional composure
00:47his peace was the fruit of a life entirely without division a life in which every thought every desire every
00:56act of will was aligned with the father the enemy's power to disturb peace depends on finding something to work
01:02with a fear to exploit a doubt to widen a wound to press in jesus there was nothing of that
01:10kind
01:11his inner life was wholly clean and wholly his father's the enemy came and found a locked door with nothing
01:18behind it that he could use colossians 2 verse 15 describes what happened as a result of the cross having
01:25spoiled principalities and powers he made a shoe of them openly triumphing over them in it
01:31the victory was total the one who had nothing in him that the enemy could grip went to the cross
01:38defeated death and stripped the powers of darkness of their claim over every person who belongs to him the enemy's
01:45legal ground is gone
01:47his authority over the believer has been publicly and permanently revoked the peace this gives is anchored in a finished
01:56victory the one who would disturb your peace has already been disarmed by the one whose peace you carry
02:03walk in that today reflect what area of your inner life gives the enemy a foothold what unresolved fear bitterness
02:12or compromise is he working with
02:15how does the knowledge that christ has triumphed over principalities and powers change the way you face spiritual opposition
02:23prayer lord jesus i want to be able to say what you said he has nothing in me search my
02:30heart and remove every foothold
02:32let my inner life be so wholly yours that there is nothing for the enemy to grip amen
