Lift Up Your Eyes
belonged to Him all along, and He has always retained the right to give it to whomever He chooses. The Scriptures repeatedly confirm this. For example: Psalm 24:1 says, “The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalm 104:24 says, “O LORD…in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.” In Haggai 2:8 and Psalm 50:10, God says, “The silver is mine, and the gold is mine…every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.” I’d say those verses cover all of creation, wouldn’t you? And they don’t mention anything about any of it belonging to the devil. God didn’t make this earth for him and his bunch. God
Did you know the devil does not own this earth or any of its resources? He acts like he does. He’s managed to get his hands on a lot of stuff and talked a lot of people into believing that it’s his. But the truth is, nothing on this planet belongs to him. Not one square inch of land. Not one dollar or dime. Not one house or vehicle or anything else that’s been produced from the earth’s riches. Everything the devil has taken possession of is stolen property. Who is its rightful owner? God, that’s who! He created the earth and everything in it, and every bit of it is His. Although He’s delegated to mankind a certain amount of authority over it, He has never relinquished ownership of it. It’s
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The devil does not own one inch of the earth or any of its resources.
God gave dominion over the earth to His son and daughter, Adam and Eve.
The devil got his hands on the earth after Adam and Eve allowed him to deceive them.
(Ps. 24:1)
(Gen. 1:28)
(Gen. 3)
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God made a way to get the earth back into the hands of His family by making covenant with Abram. (Gen. 12:2-3)
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by Gloria Copeland
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God told His people that if they would hear, believe and obey Him, He would give them all things. (Matt. 6:33, Amplified Bible, Classic Edition).
