TITLE: YOU, SPIRITS AND ANGELS TODAY
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>>>GOD AS JESUS IN THE BEGINNING
Gen.1:1 � In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
John 1:1 � In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in [the] beginning
with God.3 All things came into being through Him, and
without Him not even one [thing] came into
being that has come into being.
>>>JESUS CREATED AN ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL WORLD. HE
DID NOT CREATE THE WORLD WITHOUT FORM AND VOID.
1 Corinthians 14: 33 For God is not [a God] of disorder
[Strong's: instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion]
but of peace
[Strong's: 1) tranquillity, exempt from the rage and havoc;
2) peace , i.e. harmony, concord; 3) security, safety, prosperity, felicity],
as in all the assemblies of the saints.
Isa 45:18 For so says the LORD the Creator of the heavens, He [is] God,
forming the earth and making it; He makes it stand, not creating it
empty, [but] forming it to be inhabited. I [am] the LORD, and [there is]
no other.
Isaiah 41: 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the
midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the
dry land springs of water.
19 I will plant the cedar in the wilderness, the acacia tree, and the
myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set the fir tree in the desert, [and] the
pine, and the box tree together;
20 so that they may see, and know, and look on, and understand
together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of
Israel has created it.
>>>SO JESUS MADE A "GOOD" LUCIFER IN THE
BEGINNING
Ezek 28:12...So says the Lord Jehovah: You seal the measure,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You have been in
Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] your
covering, the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, the
beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the turquoise,
and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of your
tambourines and of your flutes was prepared in you in the
day that you were created. 14 You [were] the anointed
cherub that covers, and I had put you in the holy height of
God [where] you were.; you have walked up and down in the
midst of the stones of fire. 15 You [were] perfect in your
ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was
found in you.
>>>SATAN'S (Lucifer's) FALL
Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of your goods they have
filled your midst [with] violence, and you have sinned. So I
cast you profaned from the height of God, and I destroy you,
O covering cherub, from among the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you
have spoiled your wisdom because of your brightness. I will
cast you to the ground; I will put you before kings, that they
may behold you.18 By the host of your iniquities, by the
iniquity of your trade, you have profaned your holy places;
so I brought a fire from your midst; it shall devour you, and
I will give you for ashes on the earth, before the eyes of all
who see you.19 All who know you among the peoples shall
be astonished at you; you shall be terrors, and you [will] not
[be] forever.
Isaiah 14:12 How you are fallen from the heavens, O shining
star, son of the morning! [How] you are cut down to the
ground, you who weakened the nations!13 For you have said
in your heart, I will go up [to] the heavens, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of
the congregation, in the sides of the north. 14 I will go up
above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most
High.15 Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of
the Pit.
>>>SO SATAN WAS CAST OUT AND THE WORLD BECAME A
MESS.
Luke 10:17 � And the seventy returned again with joy,
saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your
name. 18 And He said to them, I saw Satan fall from Heaven
like lightning.
Isaiah 14:16 Those who see you shall stare and closely watch
you, [saying], Is this the man who made the earth to tremble;
who shook kingdoms;17 [who] made the world as a
wilderness, and destroyed its cities; [who] did not open
the house for his prisoners?
Gen. 1: 2* And the earth became without form
[Strong's: 1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness;
formlessness (of primeval earth); nothingness, empty space;
empty or unreal; wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places); place of
chaos; vanity],
and void
[Contrast this to Isaiah 45:18; Strong's: emptiness, void, waste];
and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep....
>>>SO JESUS HAD TO DO A SALVAGE-REPAIR JOB
Gen. 1:2 And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the
waters.
Colos. 1:15 who is [the] image of the invisible God, [the] First-
born of all creation. 16 For all things were created by Him,
the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the
visible and the invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created
through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and
by Him all things consist.
>>>SO THE ANGELS GOD MADE SERVED HIM, AND
SATAN'S ANGELS SERVED SATAN.
Often the way they appeared reads like the
description of UFO's. Satan and his demonic angels would
use their UFO appearances to do a good job
of deceiving New Agers, giving them a hope in some other
savior than Jesus, a savior from outer space.
Ezekiel 1:4 � And I looked, and behold, a windstorm came
out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire flashing itself, and a
brightness to it all around, and out of its midst, like the color
of polished bronze out of the middle of the fire.
5 Also out of its midst [came] the likeness of four living
creatures. And this [was] how they looked; they had the
likeness of a man. 6 And four faces [were] to each, and four
wings to each. 7 And their feet [were] straight feet; and the
sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot. And they
sparkled like the color of burnished copper. 8 And the
[hands] of a man [extended] from under their wings on their
four sides; and the four of them [had] their faces and their
wings, 9 joining each one to the other [by] their wings. They
did not turn in their going; each one went toward the front of
their face. 10 And the likeness of their faces: the face of a
man, and the face of a lion, on the right [side] to the four of
them; and the face of an ox on the left side to the four of
them; and the face of an eagle to the four of them.11 So their
faces [were]. And their wings [were] stretched upward; to
each, the two [wings] of each one were joined; and two
[wings] covered their bodies. 12 And each went toward the
front of their faces. To where the spirit was to go, there
they went; they did not turn in their going. 13 And the
likeness of the living creatures: they looked like burning
coals of fire; like the appearance of torches. It was
continually circling among the living creatures. And the fire
[was] bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures kept running and returning, like
the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 � And as I looked at the living creatures, behold,
one WHEEL [was] on the earth by the living creatures, with
its four faces. 16 The appearance of the WHEELs and their
workmanship [was] the color of beryl, and the four of
them had one likeness. And their appearance and their
workmanship [was] like a WHEEL in the middle of a WHEEL .
17 When they went, they went on their four sides; [and] they
did not turn when they went. 18 And their rims:
they [were] even high; they were even awesome. And their
rims [were] full of eyes all around the four of them. 19 And
in the going of the living creatures, the WHEELs went beside
them; and in the lifting up of the living creatures
from the earth, the WHEELs were lifted up. 20 Wherever the
spirit was to go, there they went; there the spirit [was] to go,
and the WHEELs were lifted up along with them. For the
spirit of the living creature was in the WHEELs.
21 In their going, [these] went; and in their standing still,
these stood still. And in their lifting up from the earth, the
WHEELs were lifted up along with them. For the spirit of the
living creature [was] in the WHEELs. 22 And there
[was] a likeness over the heads of the living creature; an
expanse, like the color of awesome crystal stretched out over
their heads from above. 23 And under the expanse their
wings [were] straight, the one toward the other.
Each one had two [wings] covering on this [side], and to each
two covering on that [side of] their bodies. 24 And I heard
the sound of their wings, like the sound of great waters, like
the voice of the Almighty, in their going [was] the sound of
tumult, like the sound of an army. In their standing still,
they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from
the expanse which [was] over their heads, in their standing
still, and they let down their wings.
Eze 3:13 [I heard] also the noise of the wings of the living
creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the
WHEELs over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
Eze 11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the
WHEELs beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel [was]
over them above.
Da 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the
Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow,
and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was
like] the fiery flame, [and] his WHEELs [as] burning fire.
2 Corinthians 11: 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light [messengers of light]. 15
Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end
shall be according to their works. [UFO's are often known
by their lights]
>>> WHAT DOES SATAN DO ABOUT THOSE WHO SERVE
AND LOVE JESUS?
Job 1:6 � And a day came when the sons of God [angels]
came to present themselves before the LORD. And Satan also
came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, From
where do you come? Then Satan answered the
LORD and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it. 8 And the LORD said to Satan,
Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because
[there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright
man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? 9 And
Satan answered the LORD and said, Does Job fear God for
nothing? 10 Have You not made a hedge around him, and
around his house, and around all that he has on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his
livestock have increased in the land. 11 But put forth Your
hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to
Your face. 12 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he
has [is] in your power. Only do not lay your hand upon him.
And Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
John 14:29 And now I have told you before [it] happens, so
that when it happens you might believe. 30 I shall no longer
speak many things with you, for the ruler of this world
comes, and he has nothing in Me.
John 16:8 And when that One comes, He will convict the
world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and
concerning judgment......11 concerning judgment, because the
ruler of this world is judged.
1 Peter 5:8 � Be sensible [and] vigilant, because your
adversary [the] Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking
someone he may devour; 9 whom firmly resist in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions in [the] world are
being completed in your brotherhood.
2 Tim. 2:24 But the servant of [the] Lord must not ....25 in
meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will
give them repentance to the acknowledging of [the] truth, 26
and [that] they awake out of the snare of the Devil, having
been taken captive by him [Satan], so as to do the will of
that one [Satan]
Ephes. 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God so that you may
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the world's rulers,
of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in
high [places].... 16 Above all, take the shield of faith, with
which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked..
>>> WHAT DOES SATAN DO ABOUT THOSE WHO WALK
AND LIVE IN THE WAYS OF THEIR SOCIETY AND IN THE
WAYS OF SATAN?
Satan and his demonic angels work them like pawns and puppets.
Ephesians 2:1 � And He [has made you alive], who were once
dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince
of the power of the air, the spirit that now
works in the children of disobedience . . . . .
>>>HOW ELSE DOES SATAN AND HIS DEMONIC ANGELS
WORK IN OUR MIDST TODAY?
>DIVINATION, OBSERVING SIGNS OR OMENS, TELLING
FORTUNES
Le 19:26 You shall not eat [anything] with the blood. You
shall not divine[ practice divination, divine, observe signs or
omens, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen] . . .
De 18:10 There shall not be found among you anyone who
makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or]
that uses divination[divination, witchcraft]. . . .
De 18:10 There shall not be found among you anyone who
makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or]
that uses . . . . a fortune-teller [one who practices divination,
divines, observes signs, practices fortune telling, takes as an
omen, practices divination, observes the signs or omens] . . .
Ac 16:16 And as we went to prayer, it happened that a
certain girl possessed with a spirit of divination [the Pythian
serpent or dragon a spirit of divination] met us, who
brought her masters much gain by divining.
2Kings21: 1 � Manasseh . . . worshiped all the host of
heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house
of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem I will put
My name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of
the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6
And he made his son pass through the fire, and . . . . used
fortune-tellers
>FELLOWSHIP/COOPERATION WITH DEMONS
1Co 10:20 But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I
would not that you should have fellowship with demons. 21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons;
you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table
of demons.
>FORTUNE TELLERS/SORCERERS
Le 19:26 You shall not eat [anything] with the blood. You
shall not . . . conjure [spirits; make appear, produce, bring
(clouds); practise soothsaying, conjure; observe times,
practice soothsaying or spiritism or magic or foretell
by omens, divine, or do witchcraft, or the rites and
ceremonies associated with any of these; be asoothsayer,
enchanter, sorceress, diviner, fortuneteller].
De 18:10 There shall not be found among you anyone who
makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or]
that uses . . . an observer of clouds [ astrologer, seer,
interpreter of dreams, auger, soothsayer, sorcerer etc.]. . .
a fortune-teller [one who practices divination, divines,
observes signs, practices fortunetelling, takes as an omen,
practices divination, observes the signs or omens] . . . .
2Kings21: 1 � Manasseh . . . 5 And he built altars for all the
host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the
LORD. 6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and
observed times . . .
Ac 13:6 And when they had gone through the island to
Paphos, they found a certain conjurer[ astrologer, seer,
interpreter of dreams, auger, soothsayer, sorcerer etc.], a
false prophet, a Jew whose name [was] Bar-jesus;
Ac 13:8 But Elymas the conjurer [ astrologer, seer,
interpreter of dreams, auger, soothsayer, sorcerer etc.], (for
so his name is, if translated) withstood them, seeking to turn
the proconsul away from the faith.
>KNOWERS, SPIRITISTS, SOOTHSAYERS,
CHANELLERS,WIZARDS
Leviticus 20: 6 And the soul that turns to . . . spiritists [ a
knower, one who has a familiar spirit or spirit guide,
soothsayers, necromancers ] to go desiring the forbidden
with them, I will even set My face against that soul,
and will cut him off from among his people. 27 A man also
or woman that . . . is a familiar spirit [ a knower, one who
has a familiar spirit or spirit guide, soothsayers,
necromancers ] shall surely be put to death. They shall stone
them with stones. Their blood [is] on them.
Le 19:31 You shall not turn to those that have familiar spirits
[ a knower, one who has a familiar spirit or spirit guide,
soothsayers, necromancers ] . . . to be defiled by them. I [am]
the LORD your God.
2Kings21: 1 � Manasseh . . .dealt with . . . wizards [ a
knower, one who has a familiar spirit or spirit guide,
soothsayers, necromancers ]. He worked much wickedness in
the sight of the LORD, to provoke [Him] to anger.
2Kings23: 24 And also Josiah put away . . . the soothsayers [
a knower, one who has a familiar spirit or spirit guide,
soothsayers, necromancers ], and the family gods, and the
idols, and all the abominations which were seen in
the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he might perform
the words of the law which were written in the book which
Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 25 � And
there was no king like him before him, who turned to the
LORD with all his heart and with all his soul, and with all his
might, according to all the law of Moses. And after him none
rose up like him.
Isaiah8: 19 And when they shall say to you, Seek to the . . .
wizards [ a knower, one who has a familiar spirit or spirit
guide, soothsayers, necromancers ] who peep and mutter;
should not a people seek to their God, [than] for the living to
the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they
do not speak according to this word, [it is] because no light
[is] in them.
1Co 10:20 But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I
would not that you should have fellowship with demons. 21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons;
you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table
of demons.
>MAGIC (NOT SLEIGHT OF HAND TRICKS)
Revelations 21:8 But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and
sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and
murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers ( one who
prepares or uses magical remedies.a drug, i.e. spell-
giving potion; and a sorcerer) and idolaters, and all liars,
their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone; which is the second death.
Rev. 22:15 Without [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers
[pertaining to magical arts, drugs, spell-giving potions,
sorcery] and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the
idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
>NECROMANCERS /MEDIUMS = one who evokes the dead,
ghosts, spirits of a dead one
Leviticus 20: 6 And the soul that turns to necromancers . . . I
will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off
from among his people. 27 A man also or woman that has a
necromancer . . . shall surely be put to death. They
shall stone them with stones. Their blood [is] on them.
1chron.10:13 And Saul died for his sin which he committed
against the LORD, against the word of the LORD, which he did
not keep, and also for seeking of a necromancer, to inquire,
and 14 inquired not of the LORD. And He killed him and
turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
2Kings21: 1 � Manasseh . . . dealt withNECROMANCERS . .
He worked much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke [Him] to anger.
2Kings23: 24 And also Josiah put away the NECROMAN-CERS,
. .so that he might perform the words of the law which were
written in the book which Hilkiah the priest found in the
house of the LORD.
25 � And there was no king like him before him, who
turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul,
and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses. And
after him none rose up like him.
Isaiah8: 19 And when they shall say to you, Seek to the
NECROMANCERS . . . who peep and mutter; should not a
people seek to their God, [than] for the living to the dead?
20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak
according to this word, [it is] because no light [is] in them.
1Co 10:20 But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I
would not that you should have fellowship with demons. 21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons;
you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table
of demons.
>SPELL-POTIONS & DRUGS
Revelations 21:8 But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and
sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and
murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers ( one who
prepares or uses magical remedies.a drug, i.e. spell-
giving potion; and a sorcerer) and idolaters, and all liars,
their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone; which is the second death.
Rev. 22:15 Without [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers
[pertaining to magical arts, drugs, spell-giving potions,
sorcery] and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the
idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
>SORCERY
Revelations 21:8 But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and
sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and
murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers ( one who
prepares or uses magical remedies.a drug, i.e. spell-
giving potion; and a sorcerer) and idolaters, and all liars,
their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone; which is the second death.
Rev. 22:15 Without [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers
[pertaining to magical arts, drugs, spell-giving potions,
sorcery] and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the
idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
>WITCHCRAFT 3784
De 18:10 There shall not be found among you anyone who
makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or]
that uses divination[divination, witchcraft]. . . . or a
witch[sorcerer, sorceress; one who practices
witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft] . . . .
>>>ALL OF THEIR POWER WASN'T ENOUGH FOR SOME
ANGELS.
They "married" human women and gave birth to the god-men
legends of Ancient Greece and Rome (e.g. Zeus, Apollo, Diana,
Venus etc.)
Genesis 6:1 � And it happened, when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth, and when daughters were born to
them, 2 the sons of God [angels] saw the daughters of men,
that they [were] good. And they took wives for themselves
from all whom they chose.
3 � And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man, in his erring; he is flesh. Yet his days shall be a
hundred and twenty years.
4 � There were GIANTS in the earth in those days. And also
after that, when the sons of God [angels] came in to the
daughters of men, and they bore to them, they were MIGHTY
MEN WHO [EXISTED] OF OLD, MEN
OF RENOWN. 5 And the LORD saw that the wickedness of
man [was] great in the earth, and every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.
6 � And the LORD repented that He had made man on
the earth, and He [was] angry to His heart. 7 And the LORD
said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face
of the earth, both man, and beast, and the creeping thing,
and the fowls of the air. For I repent that I have made them.
8 � But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord........
Jude 6 And those angels not having kept their first place,
but having deserted their dwelling-place, He has kept in
everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of a
great Day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities
around them, in like manner to these, committing
fornication, and going away after other flesh, laid down an
example before-times, undergoing vengeance of everlasting
fire.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but
cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not
the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher
of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the
ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha
into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making
[them] an ensample unto those that after should live
ungodly;
Job 4:18 Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His
angels He charges with folly!
Psalms 82:6 � I have said, You [angels are] gods; and all of
you sons of the Most High. 7 But you shall die like men, and
fall like one of the princes.
>>>BOTH GOD'S ANGELS, SATAN AND THE REST OF
SATAN'S DEMONIC ANGELS [LIGHT MESSENGERS] ARE
STILL VERY BUSY AMONG US, and sometimes we don't even
know we have seen them, face to face.......
Hebrews 13:2 Do not be forgetful to entertain strangers, for
by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Genesis 18: 1 � And the LORD appeared to him in the plains
of Mamre, and he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men
stood by him. And when he saw [them], he ran to
meet them from the tent door, and bowed toward the
ground. 3 And he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor
in Your sight, do not pass away, I pray, from Your servant. 4
Let a little water, I pray, be brought, and wash Your feet,
and rest under the tree. 5 And I will bring a bite of bread,
and will comfort your hearts. After that You shall pass on.
For this is why You have come to Your servant. And they
said, Do so, as you have said..............20 And the LORD said,
Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now
and see whether they have done altogether according to the
cry of it, which has come to Me. And if not, I will know. 22
And the men turned their faces away from there, and went
toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before the
LORD..................
1 � And there came two angels to Sodom at evening.
And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet
them when he saw [them]. And he bowed himself with his
face toward the ground, 2 and said, Behold now, my lords,
please turn into your servant's house and stay all night, and
wash your feet, and [you shall] rise up early and go your
way. And they said, No, but we will stay in the street. 3 But
he urgently pressed on them, and they turned in to him and
entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked
unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 � But before they lay down, the men of the city, the
men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all
the people from every quarter. 5 And they called to Lot, and
said to him, Where are the men which came in to you this
night? Bring them out to us, that we may [sexually] know
them. 6 And Lot went out to the door to them, and shut the
door after him. 7 And he said, I pray you, brothers, do not
act evilly.
>OUR SPIRITUAL ADVERSARIES KNOW AND USE OUR
SPIRITUAL WEAKNESSES, THE SINS THAT DWELL IN AND
BESET US, THE EVIL AND THE LAW OF SIN IN US.
MKJV ROMANS 7:17 But now it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwells in me. . . . 20 But if I do what I do not desire, [it is] no more I
working it out, but sin dwelling in me. 21 I find then a law: when I
will to do the right, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the
law of God according to the inward man; 23 but I see another law
in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing
me into captivity to the law of sin being in my members.
> OUR SPIRITUAL ADVERSARIES KNOW AND USE OUR OWN
HEARTS AND OUR MINDS/
UNDERSTANDING/IMAGINATIONS.
MKJV Matthew 15: 18 But the things which come out of the mouth
come from the heart, and they defile the man. 19 For out of the
heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica-tions, thefts,
false witness, blasphemies; 20 these are [the things] which defile a
man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.
mkjv Prov. 5: 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not
to your own understanding.
Prov. 16:25 � There is a way [that seems] right to a man, but the
end of it [is] the ways of death.
2 Corinthians 10: 5 pulling down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into
captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ;
> OUR SPIRITUAL ADVERSARIES USE SOCIETY, THE WORLD
AND ITS SYSTEM.
MKJV 1John2: 15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in
him, 16 because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is
of the world. 17 And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but
he who does the will of God abides forever.
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it
hated] you.
1Jo 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
>>>SOMETIMES THESE SPIRIT BEINGS, ANGELS GOOD OR
BAD, VISIBLY APPEAR IN A VARIETY OF FORMS (serpent etc.)
Gen.3:1 � And the serpent was more crafty than any
animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made.
And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has
said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of
the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the
fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden,
God has said, you shall not eat of it, and you shall
not touch it, lest you die. 4 And the serpent said
to the woman, you will not certainly die; 5 but God
knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will
be opened, and you will be as God, knowing good and
evil. . . 13 And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman,
What is this you hast done? And the woman said, The
serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Numbers 22:26 Then the Angel of Jehovah went
still further, and stood in a narrow place, where was
no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left. 27 And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah, and
lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was
kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff. 28 And
Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to
Balaam, What have I done to thee, that you hast
smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said to
the ass, Because you hast mocked me: I would there
were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee!
30 And the ass said to Balaam, Am not I thine ass,
upon which you hast ridden ever since I was thine to
this day? was I ever wont to do so to thee? And he
said, No. 31 Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and
he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and
his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and
prostrated himself on his face. 32 And the Angel of
Jehovah said to him, Wherefore hast you smitten thine
ass these three times? behold, it was I who came
forth to withstand thee, for the way [thou walkest
in] is for ruin before me.33 And the ass saw me, and turned
from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I
had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.
>>>SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER A
STRANGER WHO SEEMS TO BE, OR HAVE THE POWERS OF
THE, SUPERNATURAL?
He says we are to test, try, examine, scrutinize and question
every spirit, to see if it be from God or the Enemy.
1Thess 5:21 1 John 4:1-10
>>>WHAT DO WE USE TO RESIST AND FIGHT SATAN AND
HIS DEMONIC ANGELS?
MKJV 2 Corinthians 10:3 For though walking about in flesh,
we do not war according to flesh. 4 For the weapons of our
warfare [are] not fleshly, but mighty through God to the
pulling down of strongholds, 5 pulling down
imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every
thought into the obedience of Christ; 6 and having readiness
to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is
fulfilled.
MKJV Ephesians 6: 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against
spiritual wickedness in high [places]. 13
Therefore take to yourselves the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand. 14 Therefore stand, having your loins
girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of
righteousness 15 and your feet shod with the preparation of
the gospel of peace. 16 Above all, take the shield of faith,
with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, 18 praying
always with all prayer and supplication in [the] Spirit, and
watching to this very thing with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints.
>>> HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT?
First, fear God not the evil spirit. Secondly exercise Ephesians 6
and remember how Michael fought Satan for Moses' body(Jude 9),
saying "May the LORD rebuke you!"----the battle is the Lord's so
let Him rebuke and fight the adversaries. Don't ever think you can
handle them by yourself and on your own, because you just
might get a free and bitter lesson of how weak you are in and of
yourself --and how really terrifying and powerful demons are.
>>>HOW DO WE FIGHT AGAINST THESE SPIRITUAL
FORCES?
A. We are said to "wrestle" against them, so we know that
using and relying on the truth will "free" you, even from
[Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free.] the snares of the enemy 2 Timothy 2: 25,26
B. Our breastplate of righteousness is the righteousness of
Christ that He credits to our account [1 Cor. 1: 30 But of Him
you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and
righteousness and sanctification and
redemption; . .]. It consists of the righteousness which He
works in us as we yield to Him and let him work in us [ Phil.
2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of
[His] good pleasure. . .]. Furthermore, it consists of
the obedience to His Word that He works in us by His Spirit
[Galatians 5:22-33 and 1 John 2:3,4,5].
C. You can't fight well when you are afraid, so His peace
delivers us from crippling and inhibiting fear [Joh 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the
world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid.]
D. Our faith in God and His Word quenches and deflects the
attacks of the enemy [Re 12:11 And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; . .
Hebrews 11: 1 � Now faith is [the] substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the
elders obtained a good report. . . . 6 But without faith [it is]
impossible to please [Him], for he who comes to God must
believe that He is and [that] He is a rewarder of those who
diligently seek Him.]. See what faith did in the lives
of the heroes in Hebrews 11.
E. The helmet of salvation: You have to make sure your
salvation. You do this by examining and judging yourself [1
Corinth. 11:27-34]. You examine, prove and test yourself to
see if your really are in the faith [2 Corinthians 13:5].
Examine yourself to see if you are in the faith walking in a
manner pleasing and acceptable to your Father and King. If
you aren't, judge and discipline yourself in the way of the
godly sorrow of 2 Corinth. 7.
F. We have two offensive weapons. The first is the Word.
It is our overcoming sword. [Re 12:11 And they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony; . . .]. It pierces spiritually [Heb.
4: 12* For the word of God [is] living and powerful and
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to [the]
dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.] We should exercise with this tool [Heb. 5:14 But solid
food belongs to those who are of full age, [even] those who
because of use have their senses exercised to discern both
good and evil.] We should be diligent in our WORD
fighting skills [DBY 2 Tim. 2:15 Strive diligently to present
thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be
ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.]
G. Our second offensive weapon is prayer, especially fasting
and prayer. Not just "prayer", but watchful, persevering,
supplicating and interceding prayer
[Eph.6], praise and thanksgiving [Phil. 4:6,7,8]. It is the
fervent effectual prayer of the righteous one who avails
much [James 5:16]. A "righteous one" is (1) one who asks
according to the Word & will of God [1John 5:14, 15]; (2) one
who is following His instructions and doing those things that
are pleasing in His sight [1John3:22]; and (3) one who wholly
believes and relies on the Name of Jesus Christ and
compassionately cherishes those who believe in Jesus
[1Joh3:23].
Not just prayer, but fasting and prayer is the winning
combination. On what basis can this be maintained, when a
key verse for fasting in spiritual warfare is said not to be
found in some manuscripts [Matthew 17:19 Then the
disciples came to Jesus apart, and said, Why could we not
cast him out? 20 And Jesus said to them, Because of your
unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain
of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from
here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be
impossible to you. 21 However, THIS KIND DOES NOT GO OUT
EXCEPT BY PRAYER AND FASTING.]
Personally I believe that "fasting" of verse 21 is found
in the best manuscripts, but even if you choose to discount
verse 21, you cannot discount the Biblical record of prayer
with fasting, the act of humbling oneself before God, being a
major weapon in our spiritual warfare arsenal [Ezra 8:31;
Esther 4:15,16,17; Daniel 10;Isaiah 58; Matthew 6:17,18;
9:14-17; 13:58; Mark 2:20; 9:29 Acts 9:9; 13:2,3; 14:23;
27:21-23]. Fasting can range from nothing to drink or eat for
three days (Esther 4:15-17), to the working person's fast of
no "tasty", "choice" or sweet food, no "pleasant bread", no
meat and no alcoholic beverages for three weeks (Daniel
10:1-5). Fasting by itself without prayer is just a crash diet
and is meaningless spiritually. Jesus and the Bible make it
plain that fasting is only effective when coupled with
intense, fervent and persevering prayer. That could mean,
as in the case of the working person's (Daniel's ) fast, that
even though you continue working full time, the time
that you would normally have spent on recreation or
entertainment or fixing your regular food would instead be
spent in prayer.
The fact that most Christians don't experience the
miraculous, answered prayers and a dramatic awareness of
the reality of God's presence in their lives, is precisely
because they have never entered into a prayer and fasting
relationship with God. Personally it was a major turning
point in my life when I went on Queen Esther's three day
fast of no food, no drink and no distractions (no phone, radio,
TV, work, chores etc.) with fervent prayer.
>>>IS THERE A PRECEDENT FOR THIS WARFARE?
A. Remember the miraculous release of the apostles from
prison as the saints prayed [Acts 5:17-21], the miraculous
spiritual release of the Ethiopian eunuch [Acts 8:26-36] who
prayed for help, the miraculous answer to Cornelious'
prayer [Acts 10 & 11], the miraculous release of Peter from
prison as the saints prayed [Acts 12:5-15], Paul and Silas'
miraculous release from prison as they prayed and praised
God [Acts 16:25].
B. Remember that God used the prayer and praise of His
people to bring down the walls of Jericho, to enable Gideon's
small band to win the battle, that gave
the battle to Jehosophat without the loss of life [2
Chron.20:20-22]. The miraculous deliverance of Mordecai
and Esther, and the mighty revelation of Daniel 10 were both
the result of God's response to prayer and fasting.
There are many many more.
C. Then there is my personal experience that confirms prayer
and fasting with fervent prayer as mighty weapons for
spiritual warfare.In the late 60's or early 70's I was on the
phone comforting a Christian sister who was frightened and
oppressed by the spiritual attacks of her former
lover and practicing sorcerer. It was a hot summer night in
Pasadena/Altadena so I had my doors open as I was talking
on the phone with her. I was encouraging and exhorting her
but I was unsure of the reality of these spiritual attacks.
Suddenly my hot little cottage became as cold as inside a
refrigerator, as did hers @7 miles away. Simultaneously we
both sensed great evil in the chilling cold and we were quite
tempted to feel frightened as our skin began to crawl
the hair on my body began to rise. Immediately I
recognized this as a spiritual attack so I began to praise,
thank and worship God out loud, asking Him to deliver us
from this evil and rebuke it in the Name of Jesus. Within a
few minutes the chill was gone from both our houses and the
presence of evil was no longer felt, for days afterward.
My high school girl friend's mother was a sorceress,
invoking her demon to make things float across the room,
doors to slam, working the OUIJI board without touching the
pointer, and other sideshow tricks. My brother
is a practicing New Age sorcerer who invokes the demons
(he calls them spirit guides) and lets them speak through
him or use his finger tips to roll up steel and silver bars.
One day my birth family was gathered for lunch and my
sister, Cindy, asked by brother, Randy, to do a Tarot card
reading for her. Then she saw my reaction of disgust,
apologized and said she would forget about it if it bothered
me. I told her it was her decision and her life but I warned
her of God's condemnation of this kind of divination. I began
to pray fervently, looking over the lake and praying all the
spiritual warfare prayers I knew and asking
God to turn this incident upside down and around to His
glory. Saying nothing but praying fervently, I watched my
brother carefully and slowly begin to put the Tarot card
down. Soon he began to shake his head in bewilderment.
Then he said that he had never before seen anything like
this happen. When he finished he declared to his amazement
that every card he put down was laying in such a way that it
reversed the meaning of each card (e.g. the death card
became the life card) and the message he had "from the
cards" for my sister was that she was doing wrong, that if
she didn't start doing what was right, then judgment and
tribulation would befall her. I praised God for allowing the
Tarot cards to rebuke her and call her to repentance. I told
her doing what was right included yielding to and obeying
Jesus Christ. So the Lord answered my prayer and redeemed
the whole experience, much to my sorcerer bother's
amazement.FIGHT THE ENEMIES OF YOUR SOUL THIS WAY,
AND FEAR NOT AND BE
OF GOOD COURAGE FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S.
I am not trying to meddle or cause trouble. I
just want to know if there are any mistakes in the
ideas above in terms of scripture alone, not in terms
of the condemned traditions and doctrines of people
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every Word of God, not by the commandments and
traditions of man (Mat. 15, Mark 7 and Colos 2).
PLEASE ADVISE ME OF ANY AND ALL ERRORS (TYPOS,
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� Keys to Loving Unity in Families and Fellowships
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