The Man, The Woman, And The Serpent



He listened to her.
She listened to it.
Neither listened to God.

This is the source of all of our problems:
Ignoring the voice of God.

This is the solution to all of our problems: 
Listening to the voice of God.

 

But the serpent said to the woman, 

"Did God really say not to eat from the trees in the garden?"

DID GOD REALLY SAY?

The serpent was the first to put doubt in our ears about the voice of God.

Does God really say...anything?

If so, can we trust what He supposedly says?

There are so many interpretations and translations and denominations, right?

Does God really say that homosexuality is sin?
Does God really say that abortion is sin?
Did God really say that division is sin?

Who can know the voice of God, today?

This is what Jesus says,

"For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world:

To bear witness to the truth.

All who are of the truth hear my voice."

 

 

 

How We RESIST SATAN (PART 2)

Our enemies are spiritual. demons. satan. Thoughts and insinuations and implications and assumptions whose origins are satan and demons. You feel it. Thoughts that put you in a bad mood for no real reason. Like a grudge before the day begins. It’s in the air. War. Meaningless internal and external atmospheric conflict. Someone picks a fight with you at work. Why? You were minding your own business. It feels like you’re being targeted. Sought out for an argument. Like a verbal fight is inevitable. The devil. Resist. Focus. Truth will dispel the cloud over your head. You’ll feel it evaporate. The evaporation is satan fleeing. God promises this if you resist.

How We RESIST SATAN (PART 1)

God commands strength. He is our source. God commands us to use His strength to immovably stand against satan. He supplies us with His own armor—offensive and defensive weapons and protection. Truth overcomes lies. The righteousness of our faith in Christ defeats satan’s accusations. The good news of our peace with God destroys all emotions of opposition. Our invincibility is our faith: we listen only to God; we ignore satan’s deceptions and temptations. Our hope in Christ’s return is victory over hopelessness and distraction. We speak only the truth, according to the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ.

How to BE SPIRITUALLY POWERFUL AND INVINCIBLE (PART 3)

Faith is our shield, blocking us from the words of Satan. From ALL of the words of Satan. We become powerful and invincible when we absolutely refuse to listen to Satan! We block our minds from every deception. With Satan and demons and deception we are unconditionally intolerant, stubborn, bull headed, and unresponsive! We are rude to Satan! Giving him no respect, no time, no attention, no audience! When we close ourselves off to him to this extent, we become untouchable! Quenching ALL of the fiery darts of the wicked one. All of his deceptions, temptations and accusations, confusions and distractions. We hear truth alone. We speak truth alone. We act upon truth alone. Through Christ we are powerful and invincible! (READ PART 4!)

The Differences Between GOD AND SATAN (PART 3)

Satan affects a room in such a way as to hypnotize. You feel your mind overwhelmed with pleasure or displeasure, to the point where your focus seems impossible, and the pleasure or displeasure seem irresistible. Key word: Irresistible. God never rapes our spirits with His wonder or power. God Himself can be rejected by us. True, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. This will not be an option. Hell and heaven won’t be options in the end. But today they are chosen. Today you determine your final end. Satan seeks to intoxicate you until you are addicted to yourself. God seeks to reveal Himself to you so that you may be like Him. With Satan, whether he comes through pleasure or displeasure, something in you will alert you to his danger. Something will always be “off.” With God, whether you feel pleasure or you suffer, you will feel a deep incomprehensible peace that liberates your mind and emotions to love God, men, and women. God is love. Satan is the murderer and hater. If you want God, you will have him. He gives you this choice. Satan does not

How to Test SPIRITS Without FEAR (Part 1)

Perfect love casts out fear. God is love. The Spirit is God. Therefore, the Spirit casts out fear. Testing the spirits in scripture refers to our own spirit and the spirits of false teachers and prophets. We test our character and the character of others, whether we are in total submission to the Spirit of Christ. We test our power and the power of others, whether we are dependent on the gifts God alone gives. But God's Spirit is Certainty. Perfectly Trustworthy. Imitations of Satan and demons bear no comparison to the true and living God.

Why Jesus is troubling to you.

Is Jesus troubling to you? At His birth He is troubling to all of Israel. Why? What made the birth of their King troubling? The wise men are seeking Jesus to worship Him. This is what is troubling to King Herod and Israel—Worship. The King of the Jews is not subject to politics. He is to be worshipped. Not just by Jews. But by everyone in the world, even wise men from the east. Worship is troubling to Satan. Satan is willing to give up everything for Jesus’ worship. Why is worship troubling? Because the truest act of worship is the offering of our bodies and our lives. Even King Herod is to be subject to this king. This is what is troubling. Does worship trouble you? Is Jesus troubling to you?

When We Have Demonic Dreams...

Have you ever felt yourself falling into such a deep sleep that it scared you? That you resisted it? It felt like death and dying. Or have you had a dream where you feel something crushing the inside of your head, your spiritual head? You try to scream, but your mouth feels glued shut. Nothing seems to work..except saying one word: JESUS!! What about a dream where everything seems “normal,” but the whole thing feels wrong? You can’t put your finger on it. But something bad is going to happen before the end, yet you haven’t formed this thought completely. It’s just a feeling. Until the point in the dream when the person who was walking behind you changes. They're still the same person, but at the same time another entity! Then you know: "This is the devil! I’m in a nightmare! I have to wake up!" But you can’t. In fact, the person behind you assures you that you can’t escape! And you believe him. You fear her. You try to scream. But can’t. Only one word works: Jesus!!! "THAT NAME HAS NO POWER HERE!" The demon shrieks. But for some reason, you don’t believe him. Again, you scream, "JESUS!" You wake up.

Our enemy (Conclusion: Your Destiny Against The Enemy!)

You have the same purpose as the Lord Jesus:   

DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL!

The works of the devil are these:  LIES.

Take no part in them.

EXPOSE THEM.

Not only this.

You have a specific lie to expose.

You are a specific truth that exposes a specific lie.

For example:

I am Olatunde:  Honor comes again.

I expose the lie of dishonor, as it is written,

“They exchanged the truth for the lie and worshiped creatures instead of The Creator.”

I expose irreverence.

By the reverence of God’s presence, I destroy irreverence.

Honor comes again to the image of God in man.

For this cause I was born again.

• What about you?
• Why did Jesus die for you?
• Why did He rise for you?
• Why did He ascend for you?
• What were you remade to do?

Whatever it is, it destroys a specific work of the devil.

I once read that the answers to these two questions are the answer to your identity and destiny:

1. What do you love the most?
2. What do you hate the most?

Whatever you love most, you embody.

Whatever you hate most is the work of the devil you were remade to destroy.

Our Enemy (Part 3)

The devil is trying to kill you.   

Especially if you follow the Lord.

It is written,

Be self controlled, be watchful.  Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Let’s dissect the word of God:

1. Satan is your adversary.  Your enemy.  This is his name.  This is who he is.
2. Satan is compared to a lion.  A predator is never PASSIVE! 
3. Satan is looking for you.    

YOU!  The one reading these words.

How are you supposed to act right now if you believe these words are from God?

I’ll tell you.

At this moment, as I write, I’m an officer.

Officers where I am are on alert.   

(Or as the word of God says, we are being self controlled and watchful.)

Why?

The Police Department received information stating that a man is on the loose is who is deliberately looking for officers to kidnap and torture.

Do you see?

An enemy is looking for US!

But we are also looking for HIM!

We aren’t just passively sitting around, scared.

He made himself our enemy!

So we’ve made ourselves his enemy!

An enemy is also looking for you.

Look for him too.

(The image at the top is from vampirediaries.wikia.com)

Our Enemy (Part 2)

Jesus deliberately destroyed the works of the devil.

He was born for this reason.

The Spirit led Jesus to the devil for battle.   

The devil didn’t come to Jesus.  Jesus came to the devil.

Peter said Jesus “went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil.”

Satan is called “the evil one.”  Jesus doing good, by definition, undermines Satan.

Satan is the oppressor of the sick and diseased.  Jesus sets the oppressed free, destroying the works of the enemy, destroying the works of slavery.

Jesus called Satan, “the father of lies.”  The Lord told Pilate he was born to bear witness to the truth.  As The Witness of Truth, he undermines the father of lies. 

Everything Jesus was and everything he did exposed, shamed, and crippled evil.   

His birth alone, his entry into this world, was light eradicating darkness forever.

Do we see Jesus like this?

Do we understand his enmity against the enemy?

Over and over again he cast out demons, and they screamed in terror because of his presence alone.

Do we believe that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever?

Then as long as there is a Satan, and as long as there are demons, Jesus lives to destroy their works.

Our Enemy

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The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.  1 John 3:8b NASB

The Devil is our enemy, and we are the devil's enemy! 

It's personal.

We personally hate each other!

He deliberately opposes us when we seek God's will. 
We deliberately oppose Satan in doing God's will!

In other words, if you are deliberately trying to do something good, the devil is actively, personally, and purposely trying to stop you.

• If you are a husband trying to be faithful to your wife, the devil is actively trying to get you to be unfaithful to her.
• If you are a mother actively trying to teach your children the ways of God, the devil is actively trying negate your godly teaching and example.

Satan is our enemy because he is God's enemy.

But we are also Satan's enemy because he is God's enemy.

Do you see the subtle difference in those two sentences?

Not only is Satan actively opposing us,

but we should be actively opposing him, just as Jesus actively opposed him.

Whatever the devil is doing, we are undoing!

It's like in a movie I saw about Hitler and the Nazis.

I remember a scene where a fighter plane was doing patrols.  The pilot spotted a train carrying supplies for Hitler's armies.  So what did the pilot do?  Destroy the trains!

In fact, the pilots consistently took every opportunity to hinder their enemy.
If they found a Nazi factory, they destroyed it. 

Knowingly. 
Willingly. 
Deliberately.

What about you and me?

Do we deliberately seek out the works of the devil to destroy them, in the name of Jesus, and by the power and leading of the Holy Spirit?

We would if we perceived ourselves in real warfare with a real enemy that hates us, AND THAT WE HATE BACK!

Of course we don't fight him as if we can take him alone.
But what army does that?
What real soldier, apart from stupid Rambo movies, acts alone, without a plan, without back up?

Today, right now, we should be actively destroying the works of the devil in the name of Jesus.

Our lives should be such that our very existence hinders Satan!

From this point on, let's seek ways to hinder our enemy!
To undo whatever he does!
To destroy the works of the devil!