THE GOD OF PEACE WILL CRUSH SATAN

Romans 16:17-27 / Keywords 16:20

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

16:17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

21 Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.

Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. [24] [e]

25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[f] faith— 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Footnotes

e. Romans 16:24 Some manuscripts include here May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.

f. Romans 16:26 Or that is

  

1. Paul gives a final warning to the church to watch out for those who cause division. He warns of people who deceive naive people. He wants the church at Rome to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil. We need God’s wisdom daily to discern what is good or evil before God. May we depend on God in prayer every day.

 

2. Paul proclaims, “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” (20) No matter our hardship or difficulty, we have a sure promise that God will crush Satan soon. In fact, Jesus has already won the victory over our powerful enemy Satan. We still struggle with our problems, shortcomings, and weaknesses each day. But we believe God will soon crush Satan under our feet. We will win the complete victory in Christ in our daily lives!

 

3. Our sins linger in our hearts: lust, anger, difficulty forgiving and loving, worries, fears, unbelief, etc. God promises that he will soon crush Satan under our feet. Halleluia! May we continue to be renewed in Christ, bless others, and bring others Christ.

 

4. God has revealed Christ to us, so we all are able to come to the obedience that comes from faith. May we give glory to God who saved us from the bondage of sin through Jesus Christ.

 

Prayer Father, thank you for loving us.

One Word God will soon crush Satan under our feet