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Angels and Demons Part X, “Taking autority over the devil and his demons” Bible Study 12/01/10

Angels and Demons Part X

Taking authority over the devil and his demons

Synopsis of Bible study 12/1/10

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

As children of God, we have been given authority. This came when God gave Peter the keys to heaven and he said whatever he bound on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. This was power between two dimensions. This was power in the earth realm, over principalities, over demon attacks we experience, and power in the heavenly realm.

 

To get authority:

1.      We have to understand that Satan appears as an angel of light. Fallen angels try to appear as ministers of righteousness.

2.     Paul warns how false prophets show up. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 says ¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. ¹⁵Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. –There are people who operate in the office of Minister or Apostle, but are actually ministers of Satan. They specialize in looking righteous, but they are not. As children of God, we have to know that everything that looks sound is not sound. Everything that proclaims to be called by God may be called, but not called by God.

3.     Satan is trying to get you to buy into doctrines of devils 1 Timothy 4:1-2 says ¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; -Why is this important? Doctrines of devils suggest that there is a way to exist while living beneath God’s word. Satan wants to tell you that living God’s way is unrealistic. Satan wants you to accept the fact that you can live beneath God’s word, this way another reality is created. What used to be up is now down. As a result, people start attaching stuff to sin, so we can live with it. As a result, it creates another culture that says we are crazy trying to live by this word, because it is impossible and out of date.

4.     Satan is trying to get an advantage over you. You can’t let him get the advantage. We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices. At the end of the day, we are keenly aware that Satan is trying to set snares. The Holy Spirit in us is a great discerner of this.

5.     Satan tries to set snares. 1 Timothy 3:6 says ⁶Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.-You can’t put people new to the faith into leadership positions. Verse 7 says ⁷Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. – Everyday we wake up, the devil is setting a snare to try and capture our destiny.

How do we ward off these snares or traps?

1.     Remember the circles we drew. We equated the heart as the essence of a person. Psalm 119:11 ¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. -Logos- This is the Greek word for the word “word.” We get the word logic from this Greek word logos. This means to us that Gods word is his logic.

2.     Remember that diagram that we drew (at the beginning of this series)? The word you get every week on Sunday morning is a word we try to understand. We first receive it in our intellect which is part of our outer realm. This is the same realm where your ear gate and your eye gate are located. Now the intent of the word is for it to get into our spirit. If it stays in your head, it will collide with your logic and our logic will override God’s word. This is why some people think tithing is not logic. In their mind they are trying to process the word logically. Ex- Remember the 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread? Logically it doesn’t make sense. This is why the bible reminds us of what God says when he says, “My ways are not your ways and my thoughts are not your thoughts.” This means this word has to make it past our mind and into your spirit. Once the word makes it into your spirit, the Holy Spirit breathes on it and pushes it back out to our flesh. Then our flesh comes under submission and we begin to live out what the word says to do. We have belief, but we ask the Lord to help our unbelief. If your flesh never corresponds with what is in your spirit, then you act out in your flesh, contrary to what you know you should do. When you allow God’s word to get into your spirit, you logic becomes God’s logic.

Six things to think about (how to avoid giving place to the devil)

1.     You have to avoid or flee from all forms of witchcraft and cults including books about witchcraft, sorcery, fortune telling, trances, hypnosis, horoscopes, séance, astrology, casting spells, and etc. Leviticus 19:31 says ³¹Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. – All of these open the door in allowing the devil to get a foothold into your life. When you exercise in any of these, you authorize somebody who doesn’t even have a right to be in your life (the devil), an opportunity to come in. We are giving given the devil access in this area when we operate in these areas.

2.     Beware of your music. It is a powerful tool either for good or evil. Seducing sprits thrive in the arena, because music lulls you to sleep, sedates a person’s spiritual sensitivity. The rock beat, in particular, is known to call up evil spirits and satanic rituals. Are we saying only to listen to gospel music only? The answer is no. Any music that speaks of love and relational edification is good. What we do want you to understand is you need to pay attention to what you are listening to. Don’t listen to stuff that will turn your spirit away and lull you to sleep in the spirit. Ex- There is a difference between listening to a love songs and a song that says, “I’ll die for her!” What do think person listens to on their way to rob a bank?  - If you fool with any of these, you give the devil access. What do you do listen to when you go out creeping? I am sure it is not “I will trust you in the Lord”. The answer is we normally put on something that sedates our sensitivity and moves us far away from being spiritual. Ex- Pay attention to this. Do you remember Lucifer (the Devil)? In heaven was over music. The reason he got cast out of heaven along with a 3rd of the angels, is because he was sick of the glory going to God. God cast him and his angels out as a result of his rebellion. Now just because Satan got cast out of heaven, doesn’t mean he stopped music. Since God got glory in heaven Satan figures that maybe he should get the glory down here on the earth. As a result, he got into our music. Imagine the manipulative paradox, social and spiritual illusion, and conflicted reality of this moment played out in the drama of music in this realm. Ex- An artist can sing while calling you a B and a Wh, tell you to kiss his A, and say F you, then he will get up and say , “Thank God for his award.” We are not judging, but imagine how disillusioning this could be to someone that is trying to figure this out. Music can mess up your head. Imagine songs like “You will always be mines”. This is a stalker song. What about, “I knocked the window out your car”?  You might think you are mature enough to think it won’t bother you, but in this case Satan is not after you. If he can’t get you through music, he will turn his attack on your children. You are listening to it, but you kids suffer the attack. Ex -Your son hears the negative things in a song and begins to think that this is the way he has to act to be a man. Pay attention to what you are feeding to your spirit.

3.     Realize that the television is a common vehicle for allowing every kind of evil spirit imaginable into your home. It’s governed by the prince of the power of the air (the Devil). This is why reality TV is so popular. – The devil is trying to create a whole new reality, so another generation will think this is normal. 5 or 10 yrs from now, what we know as traditional marriage won’t exist. Our kids will think it is normal to live in a house with more than one wife.

4.     Understand that knowingly practicing sin gives Satan a legal right in your life. 1 John 5:18 says ¹⁸We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. – Satan has no right to touch a child of God who is not sinning. Cleanse your home of any possessions that displeases the Lord such as Books, Magazine, statues, etc… All of these open a door to the enemy.

5.     Break ancestral curses by the Holy Spirit. Evil spirits will continue their maladies down the family line until the cycle is broken by the power of God.

6.     Submit yourself to God. When you resist the Devil he will flee from you. James 4:7 says ⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 1 Corinthians 10:21 says ²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. -You cannot do what God wants you to do and do what the devil wants at the same time. You cannot be in church and shouting and then do that afterwards (going out into the world and doing something that represents the exact opposite.)

Exercise

1.     Your “this and that” consists of at least 3 things. By this we mean what are 3 things that you do that are completely opposite of the things you do that represent God? Write them down.

2.     You got to choose who you will serve this day. Joshua 24:15 says ¹⁵And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

3.     Daniel saw a lot of visions. In Daniel 10:13 says ¹³But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. – He saw the kingdom of Persia. What we see Daniel saying is there was an attempt to prevent what God was trying to do, but God sent an angel to protect him.

4. You have angelic help to help you with what is on that list. Daniel 10:3 says³I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. – Why can’t you then stop doing what is on your list (written down on #1). How many of you wrote down something down on your list at #1 yet you really love the Lord and you feel that you are really saved? The issue is what is on the list. You won’t overcome the things that are on your list in the flesh. If you could, you would have done it by now. You have to allow the word to come into your spirit and bring your flesh to be under submission. This is why when some things can only be dealt with by prayer and fasting.

Demons should be afraid of us

1.     Historically, the Devil ran from Jesus. Matthew 8:29 says ²⁹And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? – The devil historically has run from Jesus. In John 14 Jesus proclaimed that greater works than him would we do. If this is true, why aren’t demons running from us? It is because we are afraid of the devil. We are not supposed to run from devil he is supposed to run from us. Ex- Dogs for example sense fear. If a Chihuahua (chiwawa) senses that you are afraid, that dog believes he or she is 10 ft tall. That dog will run you. Why do you think dogs bark at cars? It is because they think the cars are running from them. The truth is dog is really barking at something that could potentially kill it. Like the dog, the devil is barking at you knowing that you could turn around and put this to death, but if you run, you give the devil more power than he really has.

2.     How did we overcome this? We overcame by the blood of the lamb. Revelation 12:11 says ¹¹And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

How do we take authority over attacks? We plead the blood. We are dealing with laws and principalities in two realms. Now a plea is a statement of conviction. When a person is standing in the court room hearing the charges that are raised against them, they make a plea. They are saying regardless to what they have against me, they plead this because they are convicted about what they believe is right or wrong. When you plead the blood, it is rooted in a conviction about the power of the blood. When you understand in Genesis where Adam and Eve sinned after being beguiled by the serpent, you realize that this is when sin entered the world. The wages of this sin was death. Men throughout the Old Testament had to deal with their sin issues. They had to bring sacrifices (lambs and bullocks) to be killed and their blood sprinkled at the altar. Once the blood was shed, the priest would go behind the veil and make statements of forgiveness on behalf of those who brought sacrifices. There become a time where there was more sin than lambs and bullocks to cover these sins. When the blood lambs and bullocks it wasn’t’ enough, God would send his son to be the ultimate sacrifice. Jesus shed his blood. He even shed it before the cross. He was whipped 39 times. It was part of a prophetic utterance prophesied by Isaiah. Isaiah said “Jesus would be wounded for our transgressions and bruised by our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we would be healed”. Jesus was bleeding when they put him on the cross. As Jesus blood was shed as he was nailed to the cross, his blood was transforming power. His blood would do what lambs and bullocks couldn’t do. His blood would blot out sins for many generations. Sin was brought in with one man (Adam) and it would be taken out by another man (Jesus). When Jesus said it is finished, the veil was rent into. There was no more need for a priestly confession. Watch this typology (where you see something in earlier scripture that will happen later), in Exodus, when the death angel rolled through Egypt. The Israelites were told to blood on the door post. When the death angel came by and saw this blood, he would pass over their house. The death angel killed the first born of the Egyptians, but passed over the children of Israel. Wherefore the blood is, the death angel must pass over. When Jesus said it is finished, he gained the authority over death, sin, and the grave. Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, “Oh death, where is thou sting. Oh grave where is thou victory. The sting of death is sin, power of sin is the law, but thanks to God who gave us the victory through Jesus Christ. The bible says be yea steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in work of the Lord, because your work is not in vain. Now Satan is a defeated foe. He knows, but since he is a sore loser. If there is a loser, there has to be a victor, this why we have to choose what side we are going to be on. Will you be on the winners or losers side? If Satan is a loser, he wants you to be a loser. He is trying to make you lose your mind, your family, your money, and your career! He doesn’t know that if you know what you know, you can speak to him from a place of authority. When you plead the blood, you remind him of what happened at Calvary. He does not have authority over your life and has to therefore pass over you. You need to plead the blood over your house, finances, and every situation! The song writer says it is the blood thaaat reaches to the highest   mountain and flows to the lowest valley… It will never loose its power! Plead the blood!

Angels and Demons IX “How we ought to live in Victory” Bible Study 11/17/10

Angels and Demons Part IX

How we ought to live in victory

Synopsis of Bible Study 11/17/10

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

As a believer, every Christian should be aware that you are subject to demonic attacks. Because we have these attacks, we have angelic interventions that occur to try and keep things from happening to us. It is important for you to know that God’s desire for us to live in victory.

The Christians victory

James 4:7 says ⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1. The bible says submit. This means to be under authority, so in other words, we must be under the authority of the Lord.

2.     What does that mean? To understand this, we must see God here as triune (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost). In other words we must see God as 3 in 1. This means we must submit to his Lordship, his revelation, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

a.     Submit to his Lordship- We realize that God is over us.

b.     Submit to his word-Revelation of God’s word is in our context.

c.       Submitting to the power of the Holy Spirit – Ephesians 5:13 says ¹³But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

3.     The reason some of us can’t resist the devil is because we are not completely submitting. Partial submission is not an option. We must submit totally to God’s Lordship, his word, and the power of the Holy Spirit and then we will have the wherewithal to resist the devil, causing him run from us.

4.     Many of us spend most of our time submitting to the devil. If we have total submission, the devil should be running from us. It should not be the other way around. Ex- Remember the Atari game back in the day called PacMan? The whole concept of the game was PacMan would go through the maze eating pellets while trying to avoid the ghost who were trying to eat him. PacMan runs from the ghosts that are trying to get him. PacMan eventually runs into bigger pellets that allow him to become something bigger than he is. As a result of being empowered by the bigger pellets, PacMan chases what was chasing him (the ghost). In like manner, when we submit to God’s Lordship, his word, and the power of the Holy Spirit, we have eaten a bigger pellet and we are empowered. The devil looks at us and says, that is too much power.

5.     If we are going to get the victory, we have to know how the Devil Works.

Christian conduct towards Satan

1 Peter 5:8 says ⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1.     Sober in this scripture means don’t be under influence of anything that can make your mind go one way or another. Be alert and be vigilant, so you can be aware of Satan.

2. Take a look at the metaphor. The scripture says Satan is like a roaring lion. Ex – Bishop explains that he watches Animal Diary. On this show, they explain how a lions hunt. You have a herd of gazelle on one hand and on the other hand, you have this den of lions that may have 7 females to every one male. The males don’t hunt. They just eat and make babies. The females do the hunting. The female lions scan the herd and lock in on one gazelle. The lionesses have examined the herd and locked in on the weakest link. The Alpha lioness begins to stalk the herd. As she steps out, her other lionesses step out with her but in other directions. The other lionesses are waiting for her queue (alpha female). When the time right, the alpha lioness charges the herd. Her responsibility is to make the prey (the weakest one) fearful enough to run and separate from the herd. As this gazelle runs trying to avoid the alpha lioness, it runs right into the other hunters/lionesses. The gazelle has run right into an ambush. What does this have to do with us you might ask? Satan hunts us in like manner. The devil knows our weaknesses and searches us out. He has demons around us waiting for us to run into an ambush. We can end up in a messed up situation and be left wondering how we got there. Satan’s purpose is to separate us from God. This is why you shouldn’t give the devil a place.

3.     A Scripture to remember. Ephesians 4:27 says ²⁷Neither give place to the devil. – Don’t give the devil a place. What does that mean? What the devil is looking for is an opportunity or an opening. Remember the acronym we learned called HALT. The H-stands for Hunger, the A -stands for angry, the L – stands for Lonely, and the T – stands for Tired. The devil gets into us when we are at any of these states. This is when you contemplate participating in the” that will do ministry”. When you are hungry, anger, lonely, or tired all your defenses are not up. The devil got a place with Eve, because she didn’t tell Adam the snake was there.

Exercise:

1.     Write down the top 3 things that gave the devil a place in your life

2.     Under each one of them, write down what it cost you?

3.     In what areas did you give a place to Devil (named in the top 3) that is still open (put a check mark by it)? Does the Devil still have access to those places?

4. Demonstration of previous question :

There is an imaginary door. We go through the door and close the door behind us.

a.     Phase one – We are peeping out at the thing that we closed the door on.

b.     Phase two – We jump in and out the door. In other words, we are jumping in and out of the thing we say we have closed the door on.

c.     Phase three – We jump all the way out the door. We have decided to stay in the thing that we say we closed the door on.

5.     When you think about the thing that gave place to the devil and what it cost you, does it upset you?

6.     God gave us this amazing promise. No matter what snare we get caught in, we can get out of it. 2 Timothy 2:26 says ²⁶And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. – Even though I might be in a trap or a snare from the devil, it isn’t over for us. We can still get out of it. No matter what was on your list (mentioned above), you can still get of it.

How do we get out of our snare?

7.     When Gabriel blows his trumpet, the dead in Christ shall rise. 1 Corinthians 15:51⁵¹Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, – Remember the 2 realms we talked about? The law in spirit overrides the laws in the physical realm. Sleep in this scripture means just that. Everyone is not going to die. Some of us will be caught up in the rapture. When Gabriel blows the trumpet, the dead in Christ will rise. Those who died in Lord and went to the spiritual realm are no longer corrupted. When they comeback, they will come back in corrupted. They are where there is no sickness or disease. Those caught up will be changed and will not look the same.

8.      Mortality must put on immortality. 1 Corinthians 15:53 ⁵³For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

9.     Death will be swallowed up in victory. – 1 Corinthians 15:57 ⁵⁴So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. ⁵⁵O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. – Examples: You have life on the right and death on left. The devil is trying to rob you. Life is eternal life. The wages of sin is death. The gift of God is eternal life. Watch what Satan is trying to do. In the beginning, in the Garden of Eden, when God made Adam and Eve, they were designed to have eternal life. They were designed to live forever. Satan comes in (they weren’t supposed to eat of a certain tree in the midst of the garden) and they ate of the forbidden tree. God had told them if they ate of this tree, they would surely die. When they ate of the tree, they didn’t die right away, but they turned towards death. They were headed into that direction. In other words, we are born dying. Physic logically, you are getting closer to death every day you live. Because of sin, we are born into sin, so we are always moving towards death. We have a natural evolution towards death because of sin. How does God bypass this natural evolution towards death? God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. The moment we accepted Christ, we turned from death and headed towards eternal life. We are now back on track at this point.

10.  Death where is thou victory?  The sting of death is sin. The only way death can get us is sin. The Devil then has to use his demons to bring sin to us.

a. Sin means to miss the mark. What mark? It is forgetting those things which are behind us and pressing towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The devil knows he can’t get you to death if he tells you what he is up to, so he packages himself to look like life. This way he can catch you slipping. He wants you to think your life is boring so you will kick it and have a good time not knowing that it leads to death. John 10:10 says ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. – Just because you are saved it doesn’t mean you can’t have life down here on earth. You must realize that you can have life without death. There is a way that seems like life but at the ends is death. This is a trap of the Devil (a snare). Ex- Bishop Walker explains that he saw something he had never seen before in his 20+ yrs of preaching. Jesus is on the cross, one thief says, “If you be Christ save us and yourself!” The other thief says “Remember me when you get into your kingdom. “ It was dramatized on the cross for us to make us understand we have a choice between life and death.

11.  Doing good might seem hard. This is why sin is fun. Everything bad for you feels so good. Until you change your lifestyle, doing good seems hard.  Ex2- Bishop explains how he never thought he could start living life without eating what he was eating. He never thought there would come a day where egg whites and oatmeal would be alright with him. Now the diet has become a lifestyle and since it is a lifestyle, it is not a strain any longer. These things are only a strain before your lifestyle changes. Your appetite changes when your lifestyle changes.

12.  It is important that you do not blame Satan for what your flesh does. We know what we are doing wrong, but we need somebody to tell us how not to do wrong. Romans 7:15 ¹⁵For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. ¹⁶If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. ¹⁷Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. ¹⁸For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. ¹⁹For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

13.  We opened up saying the devil is looking for place or access into us. Remember the Lion is looking for something vulnerable. Romans 7:20 – 25 ²⁰Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. ²¹I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. ²²For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: ²³But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ²⁵I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. – Ex- Satan knows you don’t have a drug problem, so he won’t offer you any. He knows that might not be your issue. What Satan will do is send something to you that is your issue.

14.  The point is the Devil is a coward so he specializes in setting traps, like we set cheese out for rats. Satan knows your issue. He knows all he has to do and lay it in front of you and go away and that which is within you will make you go and get it. Satan lays what your issue is right in front of you. Ex – The devil was not the one puff-puff passing. It was your flesh. The devil sets back and listens for his traps to go off “Pow, pow, pow.” Real deliverance is not the alcoholic that doesn’t drink when he is not around liquor. Real deliverance is not wanting alcohol when you are around liquor.

15.  Every day you wake up you are confronted with choices. Choices lead to decisions and decisions lead to consequences. The more you grow the more choices you get.

16.  Choices lead to decisions. Decisions lead to consequences. God says he lays before you life or death (our choices). Ex – Bishop explains that he had a mentor 4 yrs ago that was asked how do you deal with choices when you are hit with things on every hand? The mentor explained, “Treat everything like a demonic setup and you will make it.” Ex2- Paul would always make a distinction when he spoke. Some things he would say, God told him to say and some things he would say God gave him permission to say them. In like manner, Bishop says by permission that he used to let people come into his life and start at a 100%. Through the friendship cycle, they would maintain the 100% or chip away with it. Now Bishop says he gives everyone a 0% starting out and they have to work their way up. This way, he is never disappointed. The devil is cunning and conniving, but we have decided to choose life.

Angels and Demons VIII, “Realtionship between demonic access, prayer, and fasting” Bible Study 11/03/10

Angels and demons VIII

Relationship between demonic access, prayer, and fasting

Synopsis of Bible Study 11/03/10

Delivered By Bishop Walker II

 

Remember we asked you what are your 3 greatest struggles were. We also asked how they manifested themselves (the struggles), how they affected your core values, and who is to blame these manifestations. Having said this, it is important to note that they are access points and the devil wants to get into those access points in order to control us. The devil’s main objective is to prevent God’s will from manifesting in our lives. The Devil knows what God wants to do in and through us and he wants to prevent that from happening.

Attacks

Ephesians 2:2 says ²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: - Translation; We remember what we used to be. We might not know what caused our behavior at the time, but we remember what we used to be. Now that we have come into revelations by God’s word, we identify that maybe this was a spirit. Demons have been attacking our life and thank God we are not that same person, but we remember how we used to be. So now, when we see people act like we used to, we are compassionate instead of judgmental, because we recognize that it is a spirit. They may not be aware of it, but because we are living in revelation we know it is the same spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience.  Satan’s object again is to prevent God’s will from manifesting in our lives.

1.     Satan has been opposed to everything that promotes God from the very beginning. Isaiah 14:13-14 says ¹³For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. –In this scripture, Satan says he is going to be like God. He understood God was getting the worship and he wanted to prevent this and have the worship go to himself.

2.     When Jesus was sent to the earth, this is the purest of the glory of God. God’s will was that Jesus to come and save us from our sins. Consequently Matthew 2:16 says ¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. – When Herod felt he was being mocked, because they the Wisemen wouldn’t tell him where Jesus was, he decided to kill all the males. Satan wants to keep God’s will form coming to past.

3.     Satan has no problem when you are his side, but when you are saved, this is when the controversy comes in.

4.     Satan attacks the intellectual through mysteries.2 Corinthians 11:14 says ¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. -Satan knows that you will recognize him if he comes at you straight up, so he packages himself to look like he is from God, so that he can gain access. You ask how intellectual people drink cyanide and get caught up into cults? It is because he Satan appeared as an angel of light.

5.     Satan attacks those who are unlearned or without knowledge. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says ³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: ⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) – What is the root word of imaginations? It is images. What are images? They are pictures that must be developed in dark places. In other words they need a dark room experience to be developed. The devil wants to create images in your mind and in your life to defy what your reality is going to be. Ex-Things don’t look right in our life, but we don’t walk by sight, we walk by faith. The Devil is visual and God is audible. If faith comes by hearing and hearing by word of God, we must not allow the images Satan is showing us to take control of our life. Ex-If you are not careful, Satan will have you thinking the church hates you, because no one hugged you during visitation time. They are just images that Satan is showing you. You have to be careful.

6.     For the religious person, the devil attacks through religious systems. 2 Timothy 3:5 says ⁵Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. –These are people that look like church (throw together theological phrases and put on religious garments), but they don’t have the power to back it up. It is just a mirage.

7.     We must get a picture that transcends our situation. Corinthians 4:4 says ⁴In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. -This word gives a picture of your destiny. This picture spoken into your life must transcend the image the devil is trying to show you. If the devil can blind your mind, you will sit there and believe that what is being proclaimed by the word over life as being impossible due to your current circumstances. You will think the message isn’t for you.

4 major sins of Satan

1.     Four major sins of Satan is lying, murder, malice, pride. John 8:44 says ⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

a.     This scripture references the lying and murdering.

b.     Malice means to cause physical harm.

c.     Pride is exalt oneself above God or to get the bighead. .

Areas of access points

1.      Remember last week we talked about being careful about what we open our spirits up to and we references Deuteronomy 18:10-14 where is says ¹⁰There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. ¹¹Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. ¹²For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. ¹³Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. ¹⁴For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.- Now we will put these things into perspective.

a. Use of Divination – A person who is a fortuneteller. This is an access point for the devil. When you mess with this, you are opening your spirit up to Satan. Prophesy don’t cost anything, it is free. Fortunetellers are nothing but prophets gone wild. The gift of prophesy is true, but when it goes demoniac, it manifests as fortune telling.

b.     Observer of times – This is the use of horoscopes.

c.     Enchanter- It is a Sorcerer or magician. It is one who has spirits and demons at their command.

d.     Witch- A woman who is compact with the devil and practices sorcery and enchantment. It is the Spirit of witchcraft which is also an act of disobedience.

e.     Charmer-One that attracts with affection. It manifests in a Jezebel spirit (this is not just a female spirit). This is one who uses charm to seduce power for position or self game.

f.      Consulter with familiar spirits-one that asks counsel or information with familiar sprits.

g.     Wizard- This is a male version of a witch (black magic).

h.     Necromancer-Those that try to commune with the dead.

Prayer

1.     Everything we just shared all comes in at the outer-core. We have a question to ask. How many of you struggle with prayer regularly? We have an assumption. That assumption is that the majority of us who pray accumulatively at best commune with God 3 hrs a week. We are not talking about simple communications with God like “forgive me” or “Thank you for the food”. This is not communing/praying with God. When you really add up the time you commune with God undistracted it equates to about 3 hrs per week. Now take a look at your cell phone bill and notice how much time you spend communing and texting with others.

2.     Why is it so difficult to pray? It is because prayer is difficult. Why is it when we try to pray, we get distracted? What is it that causes us to get sleepy when we pray? What is it about prayer that causes this? Prayer is that inner-core, the place where the spirit touches God. The devils objective is to prevent God’s will from manifesting in your life.

3.     God’s will is manifested when you ask. When you seek it shall be found. Knock and door will be open. The reason you don’t have isn’t because you don’t ask, it is because you ask a miss. How do you feel when a person that hasn’t called you all year all of a sudden calls and asks for a hookup? Imagine then what God is saying. It is not that you aint asking, you are asking a miss. Satan then says he knows how to get us.

4.     Why is it so difficult then for us that say we are spiritual? We take notes in church and attend church all the time. Why then when somebody asks us to pray, we can’t pray? How would you feel if your husband or wife had something to say to you, but wasn’t comfortable saying it, so they asked somebody else to ask you on their behalf? You don’t need any help asking your spouse anything, because you have intimacy. The point is we are not comfortable, because we don’t know what to say. Where is the intimacy? Like the Pharisees prayed in open to be seen, people have got us thinking that we are supposed to pray a certain way. Matthew 6:5-6 says ⁵And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ⁶But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.  -Some people pray long every time, because it is their only time they pray with God. They have to be seen of men. The devil is trying to prevent the will of God from manifesting in your life.

Demon Exorcism

1.     How a mute spirit attacks. Mark 9:14-17 says ¹⁴And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. ¹⁵And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. ¹⁶And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? ¹⁷And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; – Master in this scripture translates to teacher. A mute spirit is that spirit that says, I will attack you in a place where you won’t say anything. He will attack us in a way that causes us to turn it all in. You can’t beat this demon this way. This demon makes you withdraw, retreat, and convince yourself you can’t handle it on your own. This demon knows that in your inner-core, there is enough word to talk yourself out of it. If Satan mutes you, you will slip into depression.

2.     Where ever you go, this spirit will tear you. Mark 9:18 says ¹⁸And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. – The boy’s father says this spirit tears his son. He has internal things that have not been reconciled. In this likeness, no matter where we go, we are torn from the inside out. It is making us manifest in ways that is not consistent to God’s will.

a.     The ­ mentioned in this scripture is yuck mouth – When you do talk, cursing comes out.

b.     Gnashing of teeth- You are mad at everyone and suspicious of everyone. Everyone here is the person that has done you wrong in your mind. Now you are suspicious.

3.     The man said he brought him to the disciples and they couldn’t help him. In like manner, we have these kinds of spirits, and we can’t do anything with them. Ex- Someone said, I love Jesus, but I can’t stand his wife. Who is Jesus wife? The church is his wife. People can’t stand Jesus’ wife (the church) because, she doesn’t speak, she is some timey, uppity, and doesn’t have any power. The father brought this demon to Jesus’ disciples, but why can’t we get this demon out? Exorcism is the power and authority within you to cast out what has got control of you.

4.     Why can’t we exorcise our demons out of us? ¹⁹He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. ²⁰And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. -When the spirit got in front of Jesus, it foamed at the mouth and fell down on the ground, and start wallowing. Remember 2 Corinthians 4:4 says ⁴In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. – The devil wants you to see images so great that you doubt that God can change your situation. There is Jesus, the multitude, the boy’s father, the son with the dumb spirit, and the disciples. When the spirit gets in front of the Word (Jesus), he gets an audience to show up. The devil says if he can get the attention off of Jesus and onto himself, they won’t believe in Jesus’ power. This is the demon that wants to discredit God’s power and authority by manifesting and showing out. Ex- This is why everyone who you see shouting in the church is not of the Holy Spirit. Anything that distracts us from the word of God, is not of God, because the Holy Spirit and the Word work together. This demon has to show out. This demon will have you joining church every Sunday trying to exploit you..

5.     Jesus wants to know how long this boy has been possessed. Mark 9:21 says ²¹And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. -Jesus raised this question to bring the boy’s father into accountability.

6.     The father gets a revelation. Mark 9:22 says ²²And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. -The father gets a revelation by Jesus asking how long he has been like that. No one had ever asked him this before. You didn’t just get your struggle, you inherited it. You are not just fighting your demons, but somebody else’s demons. This is why the doctor wants your family history when you go to the doctor. The same is true in the spirit. If these demons attacked your mother and father, it is a strong possibility that they are coming after you too. This is why we bless babies.

7.     Some demons are inherited. Mark 9:23 says ²³Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. -The reality is, whatever is wrong with his boy, is wrong with him. Believing is not what you see, it is what you know. Jesus never asked what he does. Jesus asked how long the boy had been like this. The father is locked on what he sees. Jesus reminds that if you can only believe that all things are possible, and then all things will be possible. This demon wants you to think all things aren’t possible. This demon will have you thinking that you will have to live the way you are living, but you don’t if you believe.

8.     The father wants to believe. Mark 9:24 says ²⁴And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. – Now the father has moved from communicating to communing. The unbelief is not inside is our body and our mind, the outer-core. We believe what the Pastor says, but we start doubting when we step back into our situation.

9.     This enemy is trying to set the stage to prevent God’s will to come into his life. Mark 9:25-26 says ²⁵When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. ²⁶And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.-Jesus orders him out and told him to never to come back. How many of you have no idea what an exorcism looks like? How many would tip out if one manifested right now? How many people have witnessed an exorcism? Ex-Bishop says he have seen demons on people while he was preaching. He explains that he sees so much when he preaching. Bishop says he sees all kinds of demons trying to distract him while he is preaching. Satan wants to distract your Pastor, because he knows that if the word your Pastor preaches comes forth, God’s will can be manifested in us. There are demonic manifestations in the people that even the unbeliever cannot deny.  Ex – In 1995 rolled up on Jefferson. There are demons you wrote on your paper last week. They want to manifest. They may not make you get on the floor and foam at the mouth, but they still need an exorcism. Once they come out, you need to know what their response is going to be.

10.  Demons want to harm you on the way out. In verse 26, the demon came out and the boy was as he was dead. Mark 9:26 says. ²⁶And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. Demons don’t come out quickly, they come out fighting. They come out wanting to inflict harm on the person they are in. When he comes out he wants to cause so much damage, you think you will not make it. Nobody says you’re not going to make it when you have a demon, but when that devil comes out they will say it, because the demon wants to leave you dead.

11.  Jesus took him by the hand. Mark 9:27 says ²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. –

12.  They wanted to know why they couldn’t cast him out. Mark 9:28 says ²⁸And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? – We want to know the same. Why do we keep coming to church and can’t get right of this?

13.  Jesus answers with a solution. Mark 9:29 says ²⁹And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. -Jesus is saying if you want this demon to come out, he is not coming out with our form and fashion of prayer. We have to learn how to fast and prayer together. Our spirit has to push through all that mess in our flesh, but if your flesh can submit through fasting, it will die. You will then fight from your spirit and not your flesh. Ex - Jesus asked the disciples to watch for one hour while he prayed, but they fell asleep. They fell asleep because of their flesh. When they came from Jesus, Peter cut the ear off of one the soldiers. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. You can’t deal with something in our flesh. When Jesus fasted 4 days and nights, the angels came and ministered to him. It is this point that you abstain, so God will sustain us. The flesh is saying got to have it, but your spirit will say he will sustain us. In this time, God will say, man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that comes out of the mouth of God. If you submit to fasting (denying self of food), you are in such a place of communion so when you pray, you can fight a good fight the good fight of faith. Ex- In 1995 on Jefferson Street, Bishop Walker use to go and lock himself in the church at 10 at night and lay at the altar. He would be praying and fasting and before you knew it, he would look up and it would be 5 in the morning. What kind of person does this? It is a person who is not in the flesh. The real reason we can’t defeat the demons on us is because we are trying to pray with our cute prayers. This mute rebellious foolish spirit that we thought was a dumb spirit; Jesus called a dumb and deaf spirit. The reason he wasn’t the boy wasn’t talking was because he hadn’t been listening. Some demons can only be done away with fasting and praying. Some demons will only be exorcised form when you come to place with total dependency on God. You can kill them in your flesh. You have to let God do it, because you can’t!