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This peculiar proverbial statement is something the Bible also implicitly teaches. It informs us that the Devil is our enemy. “Your adversary the Devil” (1 Peter 5:8). It tells us the enemy of the Devil is the Lord. “For the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over Me” (John 14:30). And speaking of Jesus it says, “That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the Devil” (Hebrews 2:14). Therefore we conclude, the enemy (the Lord) of my enemy (the Devil) is my friend!
“For He (Jesus) must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death” (1 Corinthians 15:25-26).
“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Amen!
Richard Stevens III,
Dallas, TX