John 19:8-11
When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace."Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?" Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."
The Devil always chickens out of the spiritual test of might and resorts to physical, emotional, religious, financial means of warfare. The Devil uses his evil children to defend himself. His evil children get wiped out by the LORD in the end. There are some foolish people who still believe that the Devil could 'help' them. How foolish! It was the will of the Father in heaven that the Lord Jesus Christ be the perfect sacrifice for our sins to show the Devil that His Son would not fail Him. His Son would remain faithful to Him till the end, even with the death sentence on the cross. He will not chicken out. He stood the test till the end to show everyone the true power of the living God. The living God has full power over death too. He resurrected from the dead on the third day! He could have like the Devil resorted to physical means with the help of angels or his men but He didn't chicken out of the spiritual fight! He faced the spiritual fight till the end. The Lord Jesus Christ took away the power of death from the Devil which he brought upon Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden by his triumphant resurrection.. Now, the Devil cannot easily deceive those who belong to the LORD. The Devil cannot bring spiritual death to the chosen children of God. The Lord Jesus Christ has put to death the sinful nature of the Devil in those who believe, love and obey Him till the end, like He obeyed the Father in heaven. The Lord Jesus Christ now holds the key to Death and Hades. He could go there and anywhere to preach to those who have been trapped by the Devil with his sinful nature. The Devil has been set the boundary now.The Devil stands condemned forever and ever through the demonstration of God's power in Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ fills the whole universe now! The Devil chickened out of the spiritual fight and resorted to physical, emotional, religious, financial and political means. The Devil was declared the loser and he is the loser for ever and ever. You fight a spiritual fight fighting the spiritual way not physical or other means. You are a loser, if you do that. You have openly declared to God that you cannot fight Him spiritually so you have resorted to physical and other lower means. What a loser! No wonder the Lord Jesus Christ made the Devil a public spectacle before everyone in heaven and on Earth. God always challenged the Devil to a spiritual fight and the Devil always lost in all the fights because he always resorted to some cowardly means of fighting back. Check history in the Bible and you will learn this truth!
Hebrews 2:14-18
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
