21 Things the Devil Cannot Do

21 THINGS THE

DEVIL C A N N O T D O

DUA N E VA NDER K LOK

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7Contents

Foreword by Robert Morris 9

Acknowledgment 11

1. Sizing Up the Enemy: The Advantage Is on Our Side 13

2. Biography of a Defective Devil: The Enemy Has

Fallen 25

3. Spiritual Laws the Devil Cannot Break: Some Things

Never Change 33

4. Things the Devil Cannot Do to Believers: You Are

Protected by Law 53

5. Exposing the Enemys Weaknesses: Our Victory Is

Guaranteed 71

6. The Question of Curses: No Cursing Allowed without

Cause! 87

7. Uncovering the Enemys Tactics: A Dozen Signs of

Demon Trouble 99

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8. Jesus the Deliverer: Disarming the Devil 123

9. Enlisting in Gods Army: How to Receive

Salvation 153

Reference Guide 157

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9Foreword

Duane Vander Klok and I have been close friends and partners in ministry for many years. I realized as soon as I met him that Duane is passionate about God, his family and

the family of God. So when he asked me to write the foreword

for this book, I instantly said yes. As an author, I understand

that a books foreword serves two purposes. The rst is obvi-

ous: I am recommending the book and explaining why someone

should read it. The second purpose is not as obvious but is just

as important: When I endorse a book, I endorse the author.

Duane is a man whom I wholeheartedly endorse.

Some of my favorite books inspire me to fall more passion-

ately in love with Christ and instruct me how to follow Him

more closely. As I have traveled and become friends with many

fellow authors, I have discovered that the books that connect me

to God are written by people who are actively connected with

and pursing Him. Duane is a man with a heart after God, and

he has written a book that will help you follow Him.

I love the title, 21 Things the Devil Cannot Do. As Duane

details in the book, too many believers focus on and talk about

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Foreword

what the devil can do. This only creates fear, but, as 2 Timothy

1:7 says, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power

and of love and of a sound mind. Please understand, I am not

denying Satans existence or claiming he is not a threat. Quite the

opposite, as Scripture instructs us in 1 Peter 5:8 to be vigilant;

because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,

seeking whom he may devour. What I am saying is that when we

focus on how powerful and evil Satan is, we become too fearful

because we have forgotten how powerful and good our God is.

When we do as Duane suggests, however, and focus on what

the devil cannot do, we are really focusing on what God can do.

More specically, we are focusing on what Jesus accomplished

on the cross and on what the Holy Spirit can do in our lives as

a result.

On our own, we cannot achieve victory against the enemy;

but when we receive salvation, we are forever victorious be-

cause Jesus is victorious. When He died on the cross and rose

again, He defeated Satan. Revelation 12:11 says that the enemy

is overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our

testimony. Because Jesus shed His blood two thousand years

ago, we now have a testimony about how He gave everything to

save us. Because of what He did in the past, His Spirit presently

lives in the heart of every Christian, ensuring a glorious future

for His people and His kingdom.

How could the enemy possibly compete with that?

Robert Morris, founding senior pastor, Gateway Church;

bestselling author, The Blessed Life, The Power of Your Words,

The God I Never Knew and The Blessed Church

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Acknowledgment

I would like to gratefully acknowledge writing consultant Trish Konieczny for her invaluable help in preparing this book for publication. Her skill, patience and sense of humor

have made working together on this and other manuscripts a joy.

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Sizing Up the Enemy

The Advantage Is on Our Side

Oh, its only you.So said the great evangelist Smith Wigglesworth one night when he awoke to see the devil standing at the foot of his

bed. Far from reacting in fear and panic, as many a Christian

might do, Wigglesworth sized up the enemy and found him

lackingso badly lacking, as Albert Hibbert writes in Smith

Wigglesworth: The Secret of His Power (Harrison House, 1982,

1993), that the evangelist immediately rolled over and went back

to sleep.

The devil must have been dumbfounded. No doubt he ex-

pected a di\erent response, a little initial terror at the least. Had

he foreseen such a scathing assessment, he probably would not

have bothered to appear. Foresight, however, has never been

one of his strengths. He cannot foresee anything, and he is not

omni-anything either. Whereas God is omniscient, omnipotent

and omnipresentall-knowing, all-powerful and present every-

wherethe devil is simply overrated.

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