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The Cross and the resurrection have defeated Satan but he remains until God gets rid of him at last.

Yeah, but he does not have the power over me that he had before I became a child of The God. I can resist him, and put him to shame.

James 4:7 AV

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

One has attained a measure of spiritual maturity when he/she has overcome the Wicked One:

1 Jn 2:13d-f,14d-h AV

"I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. . . . I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one."

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Yeah, but he does not have the power over me that he had before I became a child of The God. I can resist him, and put him to shame.

True.