" To “overcome the wicked one,” the world, its love and its things must be abjured. There stands at the threshold of many a church door these words, which in spirit belong to the sacred honour of every soul’s true espousal to Christ: “Dost thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow or be led by them?” “I renounce them all,” was the answer solemnly said in the serious hour, and the preacher and the people and our own hearts, if true, said, “Amen.” And Amen let it be now and forever. "

― E.M. Bounds , Satan: His Personality, Power and Overthrow