Here is the threefold victory of Jesus Christ over the enemy. Additionally, this will include the spiritual warfare element over the arch enemy of God, namely, the devil. Please pay attention that the victory is in Jesus, not in ourselves. Therefore, in a real sense, we are not fighting “for” victory but instead “from” victory.

1. Jesus DISARMED the Devil! (Col. 2:15) – “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

Literally, the Son of God crushed the serpent’s head. This was foretold in the garden to the devil, who was disguised as the serpent. Although the serpent was told that he would bruise the “Seed of the Woman’s” heel, his head would be crushed! Thank God it happened. When Jesus cried out on the cross, “It is finished,” this signified that all man had lost in the garden was now won back by His ultimate sacrifice in the place of our sins. Are you forgiven?

I love what John wrote: “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”

The word for “destroy” is λύω (loo’-o), which means to break up, to dissolve, to unloose. It can mean to untie or to release. Praise the Lord! Jesus has LOOSED us from the grip of the devil! Are you bound down or loosed from Satan? Are you free or in bondage?

Look at this text of Scripture: “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”

As you continue to read this passage, here is what the Lord is saying: “For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.”

In other words, since our Lord has broken the back of the devil along with his evil forces, then with His divine life infused into ours, He causes us to TRIUMPH! To those believers around us, it is a sweet smell. But to those unbelievers, it gives off a fragrance of judgment.

Conclusion: Will you rejoice with me over this fantastic freedom we have in Jesus Christ? He is Lord of all! Is He Lord of your life?