Who are your enemies? Satan is one; is your mouth opened wide over him? It has a right to be. He is not a vanquished foe, but he is a defeated one. Then what about sin? That is another foe of yours which has been dealt with and all put away so that you have “no longer any conscience of sins.” Blessed fact! Christ, who knew no sin, was made sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. That is another foe disposed of and positive blessing brought.

What about death? He has annulled death and brought life and incorruptibility to light by the gospel. What about judgment? The Judge Himself says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears My word, and believes Him that has sent Me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life” (Jn. 5:24). Is not that wonderful? Our mouths may well be enlarged over our enemies. What about wrath? We read in the first chapter of 1 Thessalonians of “Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.” There is no reason why you and I should not be glad and have a song in our mouth all the day long. There was a time when our mouth was stopped, according to Romans 3:19: “That every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.”

So you see, Satan, sin, death, judgment, and wrath have all been disposed of. Do you know what Jesus said on the resurrection morning when He entered behind those doors that were closed for fear of the Jews? He said, “Peace be unto you.” It was divinely imparted and they had a divine right to it. The One who made peace pronounced it. He made it by the blood of the cross and conveyed it by His own words. Have you a right to be glad? You have—a real right!