St Peters Orthodox Church

In Luke 11, after Jesus casts out a demon that had rendered a man mute, He taught "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils." Jesus was speaking of Satan being the strong man. Then our Lord speaks of Himself as the stronger man that breaks in and steals what the strong man had. From the Fall of mankind to the Incarnation, Satan had been robbing God of what belonged to Him; all of us. But when Jesus came, He rendered the strong man powerless and robbed the robber of what rightfully belonged to God from the beginning. He continues to do this in the soul of everyone who welcomes Christ there. And He let's us be joined to Him and participate in His robbing the robber.