Victory over evil

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Although evil continues to be present and active in the world, Scripture gives an assurance that God will finally triumph over evil in all its forms.

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Satan’s power is already limited by God

Job 1:12 ESV
And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
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Evil spirits are subject to God’s control

1 Samuel 16:14 ESV
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.
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Jesus Christ’s triumph over evil powers

1 John 3:8 ESV
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
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God’s transforming power reverses the effects of evil in human lives

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God brings good out of evil

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The removal of the curse on creation

Romans 8:20–21 ESV
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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Jesus Christ’s victory over evil is expressed in his thousand-year reign with believers, during which Satan is bound

Revelation 20:4 ESV
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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The final defeat of all evil powers

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Evil will be excluded from the new heaven and earth

2 Peter 3:13 ESV
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
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