“Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” 28 If He has overcome the world, surely He has also overcome the sovereign of this world 29 with all his power. But what else is [the devil’s] power but death, by which he has made us subject to himself, [and] held us captives on account of our sin? But now that death and sin are overcome, we may joyfully and cheerfully listen to the sweet words: “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” We certainly are not to doubt that these words are indeed