The Joker That We Have To Deal With In Our Lives

John 14:30, He is known as the Prince of this world

In Ephesians 6:12, He is known as the Ruler of darkness

In Matthew 12:43, He is known as the Unclean Spirit

In Matthew 13:19, He is known as the Wicked One

Now in this movie the Dark Knight, one of the things that I had noticed about the Joker, especially at the beginning of the movie, was that he was very deceitful. He had mislead a whole lot of folk, especially those who were working for him. And likewise, Satan is a deceitful person. According to John 8:44, Satan is known as a liar. He will mislead you. He will misguide you into going somewhere or doing something that will bring nothing but total destruction in your life.

Another thing that got my attention in this movie about the Joker was the fact he would never quit. I mean, just when I thought Batman had him defeated, the Joker would always came back with another plan to try to defeat Batman. And likewise, Satan the devil, he is always going to be on his job trying to wreck your life. He is not going to quit. Just when things are going well in your life, just when you have gotten over this or that problem, pops up the devil who comes to steal, kill and destroy. But we don’t have to let devil to wreck havoc in our lives. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, we can have the victory and the power over the devil our enemy.

Now notice in this movie that Batman needed some help to defeat the Joker. He needed help from his Butler, and from the police. And likewise, we need the help of the power of the Holy Spirit. We cannot defeat the devil on our own power. We need the whole amour of God if we are going to be able to defeat the devil. Ephesians 6: 10-11 says,” Finally, my brethern be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Also in this movie, Batman almost gave up in frus-

tration in defeating the Joker. In matter of fact, he hung up his costume, and retired for awhile because he was somewhat frustrated during the whole deal. But thank God that Jesus never gets frustrated. He never quit on us. No matter how tough times are, Jesus is right there for us to help us to overcome the Joker in our lives because when Jesus went to the cross to die for our sins and rose from the dead, Jesus defeated Satan. And the bible commands us in James 4:7, “To submit yourself unto God, resist the devil and he will flee from you.” You see the the devil cannot defeat you when you submit your life to God.