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Did you hear the Spirit say you're free?
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Did you hear Him declare the victory?
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Did you hear Him call your name?
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Did you hear Him by His grace proclaim...
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We are free, we are free,
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We are free, we are free to live the life
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We are free, we are free,
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We are free, because of His sacrifice, we are free.
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Have you ran in the path of His commands?
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Have you talked with Him and surrendered all your plans?
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Waiting on Him crucifies the flesh.
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Trusting He knows the way, His plan for you is best.
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We are free, we are free,
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We are free, we are free to serve the king
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We are free, we are free,
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We are free, because of His offering we are free
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Shall I go up with Him to the mountain of the Lord,
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Though no one goes with me, and the traveling is hard.
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To follow Him means I forsake the idols of my hands
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Lets give up the things that cause stumbling to enter the promised land
C Em
We are free, because of grace
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We are free, look what grace has achieved
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We are free, because of grace,
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We believe in the Son, and we are made, we are made, simply free
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“Broken Dreams and The Lordship of Christ” by Lisa Groen
2006-2026
Though the road is long and the road is winding
And the view of your destination you are not finding,
You’ve started this journey and there’s no turning back,
Though the devil may howl and with doubts attack
You can rest in His goodness, rest in His grace,
Rest in Him helping you run out this race.
Because in the twilight when you can’t see the road
And in bearing the load you feel the wind and the cold,
His word is a lamp that will brighten your path,
When the door we dreamed open had a quick aftermath.
A dream I had broken, I asked, “What? Is it dead?”
But there’s a picture I missed, from another’s view instead.
The unfolding of links that links your heart to mine,
In a way that I didn’t think could be divine.
Might this brokenness be shared, as the bread that was passed?
And the path overlooked and the turn that was passed,
Might He detour us to, yet we can’t see that far?
So He gives us a hope and He raises the bar.
I was hoping in patience; questions there, but when I asked,
The answer came slowly so the knowledge would last,
Because the one I’d pass by is the one He’d point out,
To invite to the banquet, so He changes the route.
People in the way were put there for me to love;
Does my kindness within fit my brother like a glove?
I mustn’t for a minute take you for granted.
Your needs have place too, I should rightly understand it.
Will I learn to follow Him who gave birth and made new,
As I deny self, bear the cross, serve my neighbor, follow truth?
Now came grace to learn why a dream may diminish and die,
To accept the Potter’s hand and be molded as I sigh…
Through brokenness, and pain, and waiting to be repaired,
Lonely, and watching, though not in despair.
Knowing He does good things with all of my weakness,
I must trust Him and lean on Him despite all my eagerness.
Though it seems like the dream I had was the best for me
Could it simply be something of which the Lord was pleased
That the ashes of that dream began blowing in the wind?
If I always got everything I wanted-that might tempt me to sin!
But as the Lord moved in my life to rearrange my goals
And as I followed Him wherever He leads, I soon came to know,
His way is better and the fruit He causes to grow,
Is going to come as I keep my estimation of myself low
And be humble in my view and as a gardener sows,
Planning to walk with Him till I grow gray-haired and old
And follow His lead in every pursuit
And let Him operate as Lord, and surrender the loot,
Of every conquest that I may seem to win,
Or I may have to repeat this lesson again.
But His goal in me is that the image of Christ shine out
From within my heart till it’s unmistakable to anyone who is without
The love of Christ, the Savior, till the lost become found,
And the people see the glory of God all around.
So, for this I bring to Him every wayward ambition
Till my pursuit of Christlikeness becomes my mission.
And my heart renewed by Him can dream again,
From a place of purity and my highest happiness is simply knowing Him.
And from my highest happiness in simply knowing Him,
moving forward to loving Him, serving Him, and agreeing with Him,
that He can make something beautiful out of my dreams,
once they are broken, and no longer get the best of me.
If you love anything more than Christ you will find,
It has too much of your heart and will get you in a bind,
So the mercy of God is He will break the dream from you,
But keep his plan for you, for the pursuit of a love that’s true.
Love the Lord with all your heart, and soul, and mind and strength,
And love your neighbor as yourself, and give God thanks,
Trust God with all your heart, for He never makes an error,
And he will never disappoint you who more than 10,000 others is yet fairer.
*LG
Original Music-“Best Friend” by Lisa Groen
Written November 6th, 2016
A E D
Best friend, You know it all. The deepest pain
A E D A
the deepest call, the brokenness, the ugliness
A E D A
Best friend, you felt the pain, you cried the tears, you
washed my stain,
E D A
You knelt down, to wash my feet
A E D
Best friend, you talked to me, to get me to release
E D A
All the things, I’ve tried to fix and my disease
A E
You received my heart, and made it new,
D A
and placed in me an imprint of You
E D A
You stayed with me till I could feel Your presence.
A E D
So, I will look into your eyes of love, when I feel challenged
A
and I want to say “It’s enough!”
E D A
You know the strategy, the remedy, and healing
A E D
And you say healing will come to me, when I believe,
A
and it’s time for you to release.
E D A
But more than anything it’s You I want with me
A E
So, I will open up this heart of faith,
D A
and look into your amazing grace
E D A
and I will sing my song to you.
A E
So here and now, I’ll empty out,
D A
a heart that’s too busy and has doubts
E D A
I’ll clean it out and place my joy on You Lord.
A E
As it has always been from the beginning,
D A
You’d have Your family fellowshipping,
E D A
hearing, listening to Your voice.
A E
So, I’ll bend my ear, and I’ll draw near,
D A
On my knees to hear Your voice clear,
E D A
for You satisfy my deep desire to know You.
A E
And I get to love this God so high,
D A
Who calls me to draw nigh,
E D A
So here I am, I lay my burden down Lord,
E D A
So here I am, I place my hand in Yours Lord
“To Honor God My Father” by Lisa Groen
June 14th, 2007
It’s more than a day to look up and pray
more than a song to touch his heart.
It’s more than simple words to thank Him for the day
for the new life He imparts.
It’s more than my strength to sweat that I give,
more than my time I yeild because,
to honor God my Father with this life I now live,
takes my mind, my strength, and love.
*LG
Original Music- “It’s a Wonderful Thing” by Lisa Groen
C F
It’s a wonderful thing! It’s a wonderful thing!
C G
My God loves me! And that’s a wonderful thing!
C F
He knows all about me, and that’s why I sing!
C G C
To my God who loves me, cause that’s a wonderful thing!
C F
He knows my good points, and my broken ways!
C G
But he says come to me, and I’ll give you grace,
C F
So I won’t stand aside, but my life I’ll bring,
C G C
To my God who loves me, cause that’s a wonderful thing!
C F
It’s better than life, to walk with Christ
C G
No more bondage to sin, because the old me has died
C F
I have been crucified with Christ and raised up to newness of life
C G C
This is how I serve God day by day with deepest delight
C F
There’s no other joy that anyone can know,
C G
That can fill up your heart so full till it overflows
C F
So Lord please fill me with your Spirit, from my head to my toes,
C G C
Till your Truth fills each part of my spirit, body, and soul.
C F
It’s not only his peace he pours, abundantly
C G
But he will abide with us, and give us true bread to eat
C F
When we take in His word we begin to see him high and lifted up
C G C
Above all the troubles of our soul and that’s more than enough.
*LG
Original Music -“Come Unto Me” by Lisa Groen
Verse 1
“Come unto me,” Mathew 11 says, “Come unto me, verse 28.
All you who are heavy laden, And you shall find rest” (repeat 1x)
Verse 2
It’s only by grace, Romans 5 says Only by grace,
That you can stand upon my word as your anchor every day (repeat 1x)
Chorus 1:
“In this world you’ll have tribulation, but come unto me
For I am meek and lowly and humble in heart!
Do not let your hearts be troubled, Neither let them be afraid
John 14 says be of good cheer, verse 28 be of good cheer, I’ve overcome the
World.
Verse 3:
You shall find rest, you shall find rest
All you who are heavy laden when you come unto me.
Because I am humble in heart, you shall find rest
All you who are heavy laden when you come unto me.
Verse 4:
I will not leave you as orphans, John 14:18 says,
I am coming again for you and you will see me (repeat 1x)
Chorus 2:
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me
Matthew 11:29 says my burden is light.
I would have you cast your cares, and slow down your pace,
It’s simply by grace, simply by grace I’ve brought you this far.
Verse 5:
When the cares of life surround me Lord, I will turn unto you
For you won’t let the waters drown me, that’s the truth
The battle can look so troublesome, but this one thing I know,
Jesus the Son, Jesus the Son, it’s Him I must follow.
Chorus 3:
I will ask the Father, for a Helper for your needs
So that He may be with you forevermore!
The Helper is the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive
But you know Him because He’s here and He will be in you
Verse 6:
With troubles that may come my way, I see it’s not my own to fix
I will lay my burden down, right at his feet.
He says “Take my yoke upon you and leave yours on the ground”
Then you will soon, know my heartbeat.
Chorus 4:
Come you saints and celebrate the blessings of our God
Water for our souls to give a drink of life!
Mercy for our brokenness, healing for our wounds,
This is what it means to fellowship with Christ
Verse 7
When I laid it down, the burden of my soul,
I found he took the cares of my heart and my brokenness made whole (repeat 1x)
Chorus 5
“In this world you’ll have tribulation, but come unto me
For I am meek and lowly and humble in heart!
Do not let your hearts be troubled, Neither let them be afraid
John 14 says be of good cheer, verse 28 be of good cheer, I’ve overcome the
World.
Verse 8:
My heartbeat within you is the pathway of my love,
I love you from the heart without any blame.
For I love my precious child and I hear you when you pray,
And when I say come, I open up the way.
Original Music “Would Not God” by Lisa Groen 1999
C Am F G7 F G7
V1 Would not God who has built the mountains, and filled the ocean
C G7 C Am F
And has grown each tree, who has given songs to all the birds who sing his
G7
praises
F G 7 C
Would not God also give you a song
C Am F G7 F
V2 Would not God who has filled the world with his glory and built the
G7 C G7
mountain strong, to stand there
C Am F G7
who has given voice to all the praises of his people,
F G7 C
Would He not give you strength so you can face this life anew?
C Am F G7
Chorus: Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah
C Am
For He has given us His love, and He has given us His blood
F G7
And He has given us His grace, It’s for the healing of the nations!
C Am F G7 F G7
V3 Would not God who’s given oil of joy for mourning, heal your broken heart
C G7 C Am F G7
And mend the pieces, would He not speak to you, of everything He sees within
you
F G7 C
And speak his words of life to you again?
C Am F G7
Chorus: Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah
C Am
For He has given us His love, and He has given us His blood
F G7
And He has given us His grace, It’s for the healing of the nations!
C Am F G7 F
V4 Would not God who has made the path of forgiveness, and shown us of his
G7
love
C G7 C Am F G7
When Jesus died on the cross, He’s desired mercy over our sacrifices,
F G7 C
And over all our offerings, would he not show you his love again? (Go to Chorus), (end on nations)
*LG
Original Music -“Surrender” by Lisa Groen
Lyrics written in 2004
He sees you in your praying place, seeking His direction
What are the steps I must take, to be effective?
I have taken so many roads before,
trying to get farther than I was before.
Is there a decision I must make? Then a voice said to me
“Surrender to Jesus”
V2 Who is this Jesus, we are getting to know day by day?
He is the Holy and exalted one from whom all blessings flow.
He said if I remember the truth I’ve been shown, it would set
me free
And I would know whether His teachings came from the heart of God
or from man down below.
V3 King of Glory, you laid down your majesty
But You stayed Holy, when you came in the form of a man and
took on humanity.
You withstood all the temptation that we would see
You stayed true to your Holy nature when you were
tempted by the enemy.
V4 Because you had this purpose in mind, to obey the Father’s
will
And you have this purpose in mind that you will obey it still
And you have this purpose in mind, you want to live your life
through mine.
V5 So I must yeild up my troubles and not be bound by sin
Yeild up my problems and find new life again
At the cross you took away my sin and shame, and overcame my guilt
and pain.
V6 You lived your life perfectly as you surrendered to God’s plan
Now I live for you and think of the blows you received from the
Father’s hand
Without a cry, without a complaint you surrendered to the spikes.
That gives you the right to be the Lord and keeper of my life
V7 And so I must yeild up my troubles and not be bound by sin
Yeild up my problems and find new life again.
At the cross you took away my sin and shame, and you overcame
my guilt and pain.
I must surrender, I must surrender, surrender, surrender
He will never disappoint those who trust in Him
Jesus is All We Need For Salvation
by Lisa Groen
I wanted to write on the the verse Hebrews 7:25 today because it can answer many questions regarding salvation.
Hebrews 7:25 reads “Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”
This scripture is talking about Jesus, and speaks of the wonderful fact that he is the unique Savior of the world. God knows every need we will ever have, and this states he is able to save (people) to the uttermost. The scripture is speaking about those who draw near to God through Him (Jesus).
What did the writer of Hebrews intend with the choice of the word uttermost? If we look up the original meaning of the word uttermost in the early Greek manuscript, the word is uttermost is taken from the word “pantelés”. Panteles means “all; full-ended; entire; completion”. See https://biblehub.com/greek/3838.htm
This truth is definitely an encouragement to those who are wondering if God is enough. Or for those who question how deep God’s work of salvation is, he saves people to the uttermost. This covers every base, every personal weakness, every type of position people are in now and in the future and even those who feel like they don’t know if they can bring what is required “to the table”. The truth is the scripture says salvation comes to people not because they bring their righteousness to the table, because God (and Jesus) have already “set the table” so to speak as far as what is required for salvation.
Salvation in God’s plan for the world to be saved, required nothing less than Jesus’ perfect life of obedience and sacrificial love. It has already been paid in full by Jesus’ giving his perfect life to God as an offering for my account and your account. This is God’s great news to us!
God intends to grant people the wisdom in their saving relationship with Him to learn His ways. This wisdom unfolds in the lives of God’s people as a natural part of God the Father being a good father to us. The believer simply should remain open to God, by reading his word. God is able to teach us and train us in living a life of faith. We should simply talk to our Heavenly Father as a real person, as the one who is able to meet every need. Through dwelling with God in faith, going to him with our questions, our concerns, our thanks, as we keep trusting him to guide us and provide for us, our faith can grow, and we can find we are getting to know our Father God and Jesus as the graceful people they are. God’s plan of salvation for you is a good one. Are you willing to let today be the day you put your roots of faith in God for his salvation? He is able to save us to the uttermost. LG
Kenneth Copeland’s False Teaching of Jesus Being Born Again in Hell, and His Misunderstanding of Jesus’s Authority.
by Lisa Groen
I am writing this article to show plainly that Kenneth Copeland on his website is teaching the idea that Jesus was born again in hell, and the ridiculousness of this idea, and why this idea is a false teaching, and Copeland’s misunderstanding of Jesus’s authority.
I am basing this blog post on Kenneth Copeland’s online article entitled “What Happened From The Cross To The Throne Part 2” I will share screenshots to document the false teachings in his article. This screenshot below was taken near the heading entitled “The Finished Work”. Note the highlighted areas:
Copeland above says that Jesus went to hell and was born again there. This is absurd because being born again was something God provided as a rescue for mortal sinners who need forgiveness, that would give them new spiritual life with God. Jesus was never a sinner and he did not need to be forgiven, and he already had spiritual life with God. Jesus did not need the kind of salvation that God provided as a ransom for sinners. Jesus WAS the ransom. Jesus IS salvation. Let’s look at the next highlighted area in the screenshot below.
Copeland says Jesus is no longer called the only begotten Son of God from the book of Acts to John’s Revelation, but He’s called the Firstborn from the dead. Copelands definition of these two phrases are very different that what the Bible teaches. Copeland seems to say “Jesus was born again, and that he needed to be born again in order to be the leader of all Christians who need to be born again, so he could be the Firstborn of many brethren.” But the logic doesn’t follow. A Shepherd doesn’t have to become a sheep to lead the way for the sheep to be saved from danger. A Shepherd just leads them and is way above them in many ways, such as knowledge, common sense, ability and strength. A shepherd doesn’t have to eat grass to show his sheep how to keep from starving. Again the shepherd is way above the sheep but Jesus made the sheep to be drawn to eat when he created them. Jesus saves us not by being born-again himself, but by drawing us to believe in him and be saved. He stays way above us and doesn’t need to be born again to be the Firstborn of many brethren. Because He is GOD.
But Copeland says that the meaning of Jesus being begotten means Jesus was born again, but what it means Biblically is that there was only ONE conception like the conception of Jesus. That was when the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary and God placed physical DNA inside of Mary, the physical material that would become Jesus’s body, and God placed the Soul and Spirit of Jesus in union with his body so that he would grow up in Mary’s womb. and become the God-man, God from God, Light from Light. Because believers in Jesus are “born from the dead”, Copeland conflates this in his thinking to mean Jesus and born again people are on the same playing field. The Bible teaches believers are born-again, from a place of deadness to God, and made alive to God, but we are not “God from God, Light from Light” as Jesus was. The believer retains many of his or her personality traits and cognitive and physical abilities after he or she becomes born again as they had before they were born again. We don’t give up our personalities to become saved. We are made in the image of God, but retain many of our traits, but what is new, is that we receive the spiritual fruit of Galatians 5, and other communicable attributes of Jesus, but we are not on the same playing field as Jesus in his incommunicable attributes. We are saved from the bondage to sin, and delivered out of the kingdom of darkness, where now Jesus is our new King in the Kingdom of Light. Jesus is way HIGH above us. But Copeland is demoting Jesus and making him as common as a born again person:
and again:
He said Jesus was just a mortal man made sin. But Jesus was the God-man, not JUST a man. The phrase Jesus “was made to be sin”, many scholars believe that it is the short way of saying Jesus became the sin offering, and that Jews of Jesus’ time would shorten the phrase “the sin offering” to “sin”. So if we plug that phrase into 2 Corinthians 5:21, it would say “For our sake he made him to be (the) sin (offering) who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” ESV parentheses mine.
Copeland believes there are similarities between Jesus’s resurrection and the believer’s resurrection. The Bible does too. But Copeland makes up similarities between the believer and Jesus that don’t exist. Note the words below, “…the only difference…”:
When Copeland says “the only difference was, you got yours on this side of hell” I believe he is talking about the resurrection. The believers were raised up from spiritual death when they are born again on this side of heaven. True, but Copeland’s statement that Jesus went to the very pit of hell and “nailed it up for you. He stopped Satan’s authority over you. He stopped it by conquest” has tremendous problems. Copeland is talking about a conquest in hell between Satan and Jesus that we can safely say Copeland imagined, because it is no were in the Bible. In the Bible Jesus paid our sin debt in full on the cross, and then he said “it is finished” before he died. Jesus was awarded resurrection because the full wrath of God had been exhausted upon him and paid for. The righteous wrath of God had been poured out on Jesus and was satisfied, so, there was no punishment for Jesus left nor for those who would believe upon Him for him to have to go to the very PIT of hell. After Jesus died, he could go to paradise and lead captivity captive specifically because of the victory of the cross. This was the place of Abraham’s bosom. This was the place where the righteous saints who died before the resurrection of Jesus would go. So there was no conquest between Jesus and Satan in the PIT of hell.
The pit of hell would be a place of suffering and torment for those punished by God. God was the one who punished Jesus in our place on the cross. Jesus didn’t go as someone’s prisoner when he died, because “death could not hold him”, and Satan by that point was defeated, so he didn’t go to the pit of hell, but to Abraham’s bosom, or Sheol to lead captivity captive. And when he went and took captivity captive, he certainly wasn’t kept in the pit of hell by Satan, or by God but Jesus had full authority over himself after he died because he had full authority over himself while he lived each day of his life. He never gave Satan a foothold. Satan had no hold on him, and the very pit of Hell was only for those who live in sin and refuse to follow God. Jesus was successful in paying for our sins before he died. He said “It is finished, then breathed his last.” Copeland has nullified the power of the Cross:
The conquest Jesus won, was on the cross, by humbling himself, dying in our place, and taking our sins upon himself and bearing them away as the sinless lamb of God. There was no conquest between Jesus and Satan after he died because while he was on the earth, there was no physical conquest between Jesus and Satan on the earth. Satan also couldn’t lie to Jesus and be successful. Jesus just spoke the truth and resisted Satan. And Satan fled. When Jesus was crucified it was God’s plan to save the lost. Here is the victory Jesus had on earth in never sinning. Jesus’s authority over himself was in tact all the time and that was how he won the conquest against Satan:
John 8:46: “Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?” (NKJV).
2 Corinthians 5:21: “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (NKJV).
1 Peter 2:22: “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth” (NKJV).
1 John 3:5: “And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin” (NKJV).
Hebrews 4:15: “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin” (NKJV).
In the shot above after the Colossians scripture Copeland writes that Jesus took authority over Satan and said “I am He that was once dead, but I’m now alive and I hold the keys to death, hell and the grave. All power has been given me, both in heaven and in earth.” Those are 2 scriptures from Revelation 1:18, and Matthew 28:18. But Revelation gives no proof or indication that this happened when Jesus was between the cross and the throne, nor that these scriptures were spoken one after the other, nor that Jesus spoke them to Satan. Rather, when the wrath of God was paid in full, and Jesus said it is finished, Jesus went to the place of the dead to cause several old testament saints to rise with him when he would rise from the dead. There is no evidence in the Bible that Jesus spoke to Satan between the cross and the throne. Rather, the evidence seems to point to the opposite because on the cross Jesus said “It is finished”, and these words signify that he spoiled the principalities and powers by the cross. Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” The Devil was not in charge of anything anymore because the atonement was paid in full, and Jesus broke the power of death, hell, and the grave, but did this on the cross, not in hell.
Was it not the sheer righteousness Jesus offered, and shed blood and what he suffered on the cross with the full wrath of God being poured out on him in the atonement and those things together were indeed the fullness of all authority to clear the sinner of sin, when Jesus said the words “It is finished”? Those 3 words were spoken after the wrath of God was poured on him to signify to us no more atonement needed to be paid. Jesus had no need for a conquest or words with the devil–the atonement was God’s business, not the devil’s, and the resurrection was God’s business demonstrating Jesus’s full authority was unstained, in tact and I believe unchallenged between the cross and the throne. *LG
