God's power supersedes that of the fallen angel aka Satan and ALL of his minions. Most Christians do not exercise the power that has been delegated to them by Jesus, often due to false teachers.
John 14:12-14 King James Version (KJV)
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Those who call themselves Christian and act not on Jesus' behalf will be dealt with worse than Satan's minions.
I see that this is the core precept of Christianity, and why I do not call myself Christian, as I know of no one calling themselves Christian that does this. They all believe in magic, and that speaking magic spells invoking their fetishistic idols will effect what Jesus has called upon them to do with their own flesh and blood.
I do not believe in magic, nor the Roman practice of deification of those they consider great men. I believe in the acts of love and sacrifice that Jesus exemplified with his meat and life, and pretend to no magic or spells to protect me from the consequences of my actions. If I do not act to love my neighbors, then I am due consequences, and suffer them as the world metes them out. If I do love my neighbors, then I will act - not send thoughts and prayers - and bear the burdens of my actions in this world.
My hope is in the next world, because this one is ruled by evil that punishes every good deed. The faint of heart will shy from doing good that will cost them their blood and treasure. They will pretend magic suffices for acting. I will not, and have paid the price in blood, freedom, and treasure for it.
This is why I do not murmur the lies whispered sweetly in our ears by the enemedia, why I will speak the truth whatever the consequence. Here, speaking truly is the only action I can undertake, so that is what I do here.
Peace!
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John 14:12-14 describes NOT the core concept of Christianity.
It is this:
Jesus is the son of God.
He died, rose again to attain for our sins so that those that repent and believe in Jesus as their Lord and Saviour will be saved by the shedding of Jesus' blood. See John Chapter 3 which lays it out.
The power of God exists, as does the angelic power (both godly and fallen). The latter is better known as dark arts or magic, etc and it is very real. All eastern martial arts, Yoga, clairvoyance, Voodoo, Shamanism, etc are examples of these powers.
Back to Biblical truth: The main reason that this world is ruled by evil is that man has given authority to Satan to rule over humanity. (Gen 3:1, 6:1-4)
A quick look at what happened to the US
from June 7th 1963 when school prayer was removed demonstrates the concept.
A properly informed Christian will give Jesus authority over his life, thus having also authority over Satan and his agents.
Loving thy neighbors do NOT involve supporting or tolerating their efforts of theft, destruction, and murder. One prays that the enemy sees the light, so that they too may be saved.
Here is a two verses for the road:
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