Today in 2022, I don’t think many people especially Christians are aware that we are under extreme spiritual warfare. Just because you can not see spirits with your natural eyes does not mean they are not around. In fact, It would totally floor you and may even scare you if you could see all the spiritual activity that is going on all around us, even in your house, even at your church.
As a child of God, we can not be “possessed” by an evil spirit. The spirit of God lives inside of us. Our bodies are His temple and He will not share that temple with Satan. However, we can be depressed or oppressed by an evil spirit around us. We can be influenced and lured by evil spirits if we are not careful who we are keeping company with and giving our reverence and attention too.
For you to be able to fight against the spiritual wickedness that is coming against you everyday, you must be aware of the attacks and you must KNOW WHO YOUR ENEMY IS. People are not fighting against flesh and blood. We are fighting against spiritual wickedness and demonic spirits that evil people are possessed by. Satan uses evil demon possessed people to come against you.
Satanic demon spirits need a body to work through. If you are not filled with God’s spirit your human body is open to the possession and oppression of Satan. So get it clear in your head that the reason people are mean, hateful violent is because of the demonic spirits that are controlling their lives. Every single person has the strength and ability to defeat evil demonic spirits. WE DO THAT BY CHOOSING JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
If you are not a child of God, YOU ARE ACTUALLY BORN POSSESSED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT AND YOUR SOUL IS ATTACHED TO SATAN. God said we are all born into this world as a sinner and a member of Satan’s family. He also said those who are not for God are automatically against Him. There is only 2 spiritual families at work in this world, Satan and God. You are either a member of one or the other. There is no other spiritual families and there is no in between.
You must accept the fact and believe that you have a spiritual enemy. He hates you. He wants to steal kill and destroy anything good in your life. He wants to make sure you go to hell when you die. He even comes against christian people, knowing he can not take us to hell with him but he tries to steal our peace and joy here on earth so we can’t enjoy our lives. He ONLY ATTACKS YOU IN YOUR WEAKNESSES AND AT YOUR LOW POINT. Be honest with yourself and know what your strengths and weaknesses are. SATAN IS STUDYING YOU. He is watching you. He KNOWS your strength and weaknesses. He knows areas of your life where you have been hurt and wounded and thats where he attacks.
In this wicked world we are living in today, we can not sit back passively and do nothing. We must ACTIVELY and AGGRESSIVELY be aware of Satans attacks and then stand against them in a spiritual battle. If we passively sit back and do nothing, SATAN WILL WEAZEL IN AND START CAUSING HAVOC IN YOUR LIFE.
So how do you fight against an evil spirit? You can’t see it. you can’t physically touch it. You can’t punch it or shoot it or kill it. A CHRISTIANS WEAPON OF WARFARE IS OUR WORDS. We fight against the works of satan. by the words that we speak. When Jesus was on Earth, that is exactly what He did and that is exactly what the Bible instructs ALL CHILDREN OF GOD to do TODAY.
The words of the King James bible is our spiritual sword. It is our weapon of defense. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK AND BELIEVE EVERYDAY IS CONTROLLING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SPIRITUAL PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
…we wrestle not against flesh and blood
God also said HIS WORDS DO NOT RETURN VOID.
If God spoke something and we say it and believe it, IT WILL HAPPEN AND COME TO PASS.
Anyone who is timid and afraid to speak the words of God and stand against the works of Satan will be defeated. Anyone too embarrassed to speak to invisible spiritual forces around you, that you can not see and no one else can see, will be defeated.
As we grow and get to “KNOW GOD” we will recognize negative evil spiritual forces around us. When they are recognized, we don’t let them hang out. We speak the name of Jesus and command them to leave. They have no right to even be in our personal space. I have absolutely NO DESIRE to have a criminal hanging out with me and my family who’s main ambition is to kill steal and destroy me.
…Satan comes steal kill destroy.
Satan does not have any knew tricks. Satan is the still the same wicked spirit that is only interested in killing, stealing and destroying. He hates God’s children.
You give no place in your life to Satan when you walk closely with God and live a holy clean life that God instructs us to. You also recognize your weaknesses and stay away from areas in your life that can open a door for Satan to come in and hurt you.
Watch over your family until they express the spiritual maturity to recognize the works of Satan and know how to defeat him.
Not everyone who is a member of Satan’s family or possessed by a demon spits green and wears a red suit. Some of the demons are quiet and sly. However, they all have the same mission which is the same as their father Satan, steal, kill and destroy. They all hate God’s children and are working constantly to pull us away from the will of God. We will talk more about that later on.
Mankind is no different today than we were when God first created us. Yes our lifestyles have changed. Our environment has changed. We talk different, dress different. But the heart and soul of man is still the same. What God expects from us as His children is still the same. How God wants us to react to adversity and confrontation is still the same.
Young people listen up. Satan lures you into a trap to hurt you by appealing to your sense of fun, inclusion, and adventure. Young people do not want to feel like they are missing out on anything. So with them constantly feeding their eyes and ears with all the craziness that is on twitter, snap chat, youtube, it stirs up their mind, imagination and emotion to go get involved in some of the same things they are watching other people their age do. ITS ALL A “LURE”, A “TRAP” from Satan to get you acting reckless and compromising. You make compromising choices to be around others who are drinking and doing drugs. Then your judgement is bad and you end up making bad decisions. Satan uses sex as a lure to steal your innocence and hurt you, just as much as he uses drugs and alcohol.
You can’t worry about what your friends think about you. You can’t allow Satan to make you feel jealous and left out. You have to be strong, say no and make another plan to entertain yourself that God is in agreement with. If you have no one but God to hang with, you have to be comfortable and alright with that too.
You’re defense, is to recognize and acknowledge that you have an enemy and be strong enough to stay away from compromising people, places and situations where you know Satan is being freely accepted. There are plenty of places for you to have fun that are in controlled environments around trusted people, who are not out to just act crazy and out of control. There are concerts, sports, many outdoor activities where you can enjoy yourself with like minded friends without breaking the law or putting yourself in danger. NOT ALL PARTIES AND FUNCTIONS ARE FUN. Grow up and learn to say NO THANKS to situations that you know end up in trouble.
Being young does not make you indestructible. You can not live recklessly without getting burned no matter what your age is. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE EVERYDAY, young, old, black and white, rich and poor.
God has a mission, an assignment, a call for every person. That call is to love the unlovely and show people how to be adopted into the family of God. To do that we must, enter into the world of the lost “temporarily” to deliver God’s Spirit and God’s messages. We don’t enter into that battle and that lost unsaved world until we are properly prepared spiritually with the right weapons.
Hebrews 12:1
…run your race
The word of God, your King James bible, is your weapon of defense against Satan and any trouble that comes against you. Your battles can not be won until the word of God is verbally spoken. As a child of God, God has given HIS CHILDREN the power and authority to speak the word of God and miracles will happen. We speak that word IN FAITH BELIEVING that what we say will come to pass. And what we say must mimic and replicate what God says.
I heard a story of a person who experienced an attempted robbery and was approached by someone with a gun. Immediately they quoted scripture out loud and said, “IN THE NAME OF JESUS, no weapon formed against me will prosper. No harm will come against me. I rebuke you. Walk away from me in Jesus name.” The person looked around and then ran off.
That was an attack from Satan that we can see with our eyes. But Satan attacks us spiritually all the time and because it is an invisible attack sometimes we are not aware when it is happening. Thats why you must be in close relationship with the Holy Spirit of God inside of you so He will draw that attack to your attention and give you the right response to defeat it.
When Satan was first thrown out of Heaven he took 1/3 of the angels with him. They are now called demons and are now part of Satan’s spiritual army here on Earth.
That means with the other 2/3 left, there are still twice as many angels working in God’s spiritual army here on earth than there are demons. Plus all of God’s angels are huge mighty powerful spiritual warriors. Satan’s demons have no power unless you surrender your will to them and give it to them. All they can do is tempt you over and over again till you give in or try to make you live in fear.
As a born again Christian, Jesus Christ is our example to follow. Jesus came as a man to show us the power we can possess and the lifestyle that is expected from us. Jesus faced every temptation that any man can face today and passed them all with excellence. That is why we read our bible and learn about the life of Jesus and the other men and women of God so we can see how God expects us to handle certain life situations as they come up.
Jesus came to pave the way for all other children of God. God loves us just as much as He loves Jesus. We can do the same things Jesus did. We can have the same power that Jesus had. Jesus defeated Satan in every way possible. Satan and all the demons in Hell were unable to defeat Jesus and they are unable to defeat you and I as a child of God. We have the same capabilities Jesus had when He was on Earth. In fact Jesus said the we would be able to do even more than He did.
Staying close to the love, peace and joy of the Lord keeps you out of the path that Satan and his followers are on. You can have more fun in a Godly, family friendly environment, than a rowdy, sexual crazy environment that Satan is leading.
Our power and defense against Satan is accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Our will to walk in love and forgiveness no matter what. Refuse to walk in fear or backdown from Satans attacks. Our determination and discipline to keep our mind, thoughts, words and actions focused on God and God’s word. This is called putting on the full spiritual armor of God.
When we do that we are undefeatable. No weapon physical, material or spiritual can come against us and overtake us. They might try, but they won’t win.
Isaiah 54:17, “But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you shall succeed, and you will have justice against every courtroom lie. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. This is the blessing I have given you, says the Lord.”
God instructs ALL OF HIS CHILDREN to go out into this world and defeat as much of Satans work as we can. He wants us to tell the unsaved about this spiritual life of God and how much better it is than their lost unsaved life they are living.
Every Christian has an assignment from God, to accomplish something for the family and kingdom of God. We have an assignment to serve others and rescue as many from the grips of Satan as we can. You are sent out to rescue the lost, not join in on their craziness and act like them.
Every Christian must be on a constant mission to share the love of God and be a walking talking living examples of the family of God. Its hard to live a Christian life today in 2021. There is so much hate, violence, nastiness and perversion all around us.
You have to make sure you are set and ready and fully dressed in the spirit of God before you leave your house everyday. Some people live in the house with members of Satans family which is extremely hard to deal with. We all need a safe place to dwell and be surrounded by love and peace. That builds us up and strengthens us.
Thats why my first suggestion to fighting your spiritual warfare, is get rid of the demons and devils in your own life and in your own house and family first. You have to have a Godly place of refuge where you are free from the wickedness of the world. You are not strong enough to live with hell, work with hell, be associated with hell 24/7 and maintain a loving, peaceful, Godly attitude like God wants His children to live. You need a place where you can be in the presence of God without the distractions of Satan and the world. You have to have a place to relax, let your guard down and bask in the presence of God’s love and peace. That peaceful uninhibited time of worship and meditation with God is what recharges us and gives us the ability to carry on in this world. Your HOME should be that place of refuge and that place where you are surrounded by people of the same Godly spirit and mind as you.
Next is your friends and acquaintances. YOU CAN’T CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE. You only have control over you. God only holds you accountable and responsible for you. Even though God wants us to help others, we are still not responsible for making people do the right thing. You have to be committed to only having close friends and association with people who are within the Christian family. If you can not backoff from your unsaved friends and family, you leave an open door for Satan to come into your life and mess with you. You know what people are in your life that you know are either unsaved or compromise their Christian walk . You may have known them all your life. They may be nice to you and always wanting you to hang out with them. But if you are going to be the Christian God wants you to be, you have to be strong enough to say no to your unsaved or compromising friends and family. You have to be willing to sit home alone sometime instead of going along with the crowd hoping everyone likes you.
This is hard to do especially if its your blood family. You love them and want to be with them but if they are not living a Christian life, God instructs us to back off from them and love them from a distance. Pray for their salvation so you will be of the same spiritual family, then you can associate with them. Don’t stay in association with people who are not letting God lead their life, even if its your own family, because it will stop you from being the man or woman God wants you to be.
Christians are only suppose to associate with the unsaved if we are on a mission from God to show them the Kingdom of God. Unsaved compromising people CAN NOT be part of yours and God’s inner circle. When God does send you out to rescue someone or help someone He WILL NOT send you to Hell to hang out with them and try to blend in with them. He will tell you to invite them out of that environment they may be in, so you can be on neutral territory or in a Godly environment, like church.
No one is going to get saved and get rid of their demons if they don’t want to. Each person must make a conscious deliberate choice to walk away from sin, sinful people and sinful behavior before God can help them. People who are possessed by demons, will keep their demons if they want to. You can take them to church, speak the word of God over them, anoint them with holy water or holy oil, surround them with other holy Christians of God, but if they do not want to change and are not willing to surrender to God they will remain possessed and oppressed by Satan.
GOD ALWAYS HONORS MAN’S FREE WILL. Even though He loves us more than you can even imagine, if you choose Satan over God, God will allow you to remain in your lost situation and go to hell. If you choose to hang out with unsaved people or go places where the unsaved like to go, God will not step in and stop you. To be saved and to be free from Satans influence YOU MUST MAKE A CHOICE AND DECISION FROM YOUR HEART TO CHOOSE GOD.
The next thing you have to do to defeat the works of Satan is know who you are as a child of God and what power and authority you carry as a child of God. Satan knows any Christian can defeat him if we believe we can. Don’t ever attempt to cast out devils or fight Satan if you don’t know you can. FEAR WEAKENS AND CRIPPLES. Satan is good at his craft. He knows your weaknesses. He knows what scares you. He knows what sins and temptations you have a tough time walking away from. Don’t underestimate Satans ability to deceive you. If you play around with him long enough or compromise long enough he will find a way to weaken you. If you play with fire you will get burned.
Only Godly spirits can defeat satanic spirits. Just getting a group of people together will not necessarily give you the power you need. You have to have bible believing, strong Godly spiritual warriors to defeat Satan. If not Satan will use the weakest ones in the crowd to work through. It only takes ONE strong faithful spirit filled Christian warrior to defeat a whole fleet of demons, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
Jesus did not sit around and carry on conversations with Satan or demons. He recognized their presence, cast them away from Him and moved on with His mission. Don’t entertain or be in the company of any forms of darkness. Walk away from bad people, remove yourself from toxic sinful environments. But when you have a battle to fight, or God sends you on a rescue mission, don’t back down. You have everything you need to win and be victorious over anything or anyone Satan tries to come against you with.
SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD
Our first defense against spiritual warfare is GET THE SIN OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
Accept Jesus as your Savior and your LORD. Accepting Him as your Lord means you want to behave and do exactly what He says even if you don’t understand why. You just do it because you love Him and because HE SAID SO.
Get your bible out and find out where you are sinning and compromising. Find out where you might be thinking wrong about a specific situation. THEN REPENT AND CHANGE. Its for your own good to live your life the way GOD SAYS IS RIGHT. We don’t hurt God when we live in sin and rebellion. We only hurt ourselves and give Satan a constant invitation to hang out and cause havoc in our lives.
When you read the Old Testament, it sounds like God was really harsh with the people. Does that mean God didn’t love people as much back then? No. The reason God was strict with them about their sins, is because the One True God can not be in the presence of sin. His holy pure spirit destroys sin and whatever vessel contains it. So, before Jesus, people had to go through a ritual of purification and sacrifice to temporarily communicate with God. But after Jesus sacrificed His life and shed His blood as a final sacrifice for sin, now man can accept that blood sacrifice spiritually and immediately enter into the presence of God. Jesus makes a permanent born again heart change so we can stand before God sin free. Therefore when we worship and pray to God spiritually, we are able to come before Him in righteous standing and KNOW He hears us when we pray.
When we are separated from the true love of God we leave ourselves wide open to sin. Even if you are a Christian but you continue to allow your self to deliberately commit certain sins on a regular basis, that sin “sears” your heart and mind to the point where you don’t feel convicted or guilty about it. It makes you justify your sin and accept it as normal. That “searing” of your heart and mind prevents you from asking forgiveness and changing.
Hebrews 3:13
Once you get comfortable and accept a level of sinfulness, then Satan will push the envelope a little further to get you comfortable with that. This gradual step by step, tolerance and acceptance of sin, has snowballed into the situation our nation and families are facing right now today. And it is far far from what God wants His children to live by.
Sin is identified and explained ONLY IN THE BIBLE. If the Bible says something is wrong and we will be punished if we do it, then don’t do it. God does not lie. he can’t lie. You will be punished for your sins. Sin doesn’t change. if God said certain behavior and attitude was a sin in bible days, then it is still a sin today and will be a sin throughout eternity. God never changes.
Sin is not determined by what politicans say, what your parents say, what your preacher says, or even what the laws are in this nation. SIN IS CLEAR ONLY BY WHAT GOD SAYS IN THE BIBLE, AND HE WILL BE YOUR ONLY JUDGE ONE DAY WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE HIM.
ALL sin violates the law of LOVE. Sin separates us from God and fractures other relationships we may have with one another. The world is very passive where sin is concerned. In fact, if people are called out about their sins, they automatically get defensive and accuse people of being judgemental, racist, politically incorrect, or trying to stop them from “loving” someone by their definition of love. The world does not have the correct definition of LOVE. Their definition goes against the bible definition of love.
Sin is summed up by anything that goes against God and the bible. God is LOVE. His word, the bible is also called LOVE AND TRUTH. If you surrender to God and the bible, obey them, discipline yourself to be like them, you will be walking in GODLY LOVE.
Romans 7:7 (TLB), “Well then, am I suggesting that these laws of God are evil? Of course not! No, the law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known the sin in my heart—the evil desires that are hidden there—if the law had not said, “You must not have evil desires in your heart.”
The laws are the ones written in the Bible. You can’t go by political, governmental or even religious laws because especially today they conflict with the biblical laws of God.
This nation now has had a couple of generations who have lived without the authority of the Bible in their life to rely on for a moral code and compass. The separation of church and state happened in the 60’s. No more prayer and bible in schools. Families have fallen away from church and bible principals. Our children are being deprived knowledge of the very essence of their existence.
Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed because they don’t know me, and it is all your fault, you priests, for you yourselves refuse to know me; ….Since you have forgotten my laws, I will ‘forget’ to bless your children.”
Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
Schools are trying to erase our beginning and cancelling out our Christian culture. That cancel culture is the first step of redefining who we are as a nation that the liberals, socials and antichrist need to happen.
….don’t forget where you cam from. From our original teaching
Of course, the knowledge people are lacking is the TRUE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. Understanding that following and living your life by the guidelines of the One True God, is the answer to ALL the difficulties, chaos and hate that we are seeing around us and in our lives. That love keeps our priorities in order and helps us to discipline our behavior to conduct ourselves the way God instructs. That love is the foundation that human society needs to function properly in peace and goodness.
Society today does not even care what God or the Bible says is right or wrong. They follow their own ungodly emotions and listen to the twisted corrupt view of the world for guidance in life. The knowledge and presence of God gives us daily comfort, peace and direction. The knowledge and presence of God counsels us and influences our daily decisions and attitude in stressful times. The knowledge and presence of God is our SOURCE OF LIFE. The knowledge and presence of God settles any questions the world may present to gradually pull you away from real TRUTH. The knowledge and presence of God brings in solutions to the problems around us.
The knowledge and presence of God helps you make decisions and choices daily that better your life and this country. The knowledge and presence of God that you receive also blesses your children and grandchildren as you teach them biblical morals and character and pass it on from one generation to another generation.
Now we have reached a state of godlessness, corruption and evil that does not represent the love of God to ourselves or to the rest of the world.
People have fallen away from the living God and true love and has allowed Satan to come into their lives to deceive and lie to them about who The One True God really is. They have allowed the ungodly world to tell them what LOVE IS. They are void and ignorant of the true meaning of life, love and godliness. They are calling “good, bad” and “bad, good.” It is so insane to see educated people talking and acting so completely crazy.
2 Thessalonians 2:2-4, “ That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
Because the world has no respect and reverence for the King James bible and Almighty God, their mind of judgement, reason and common sense is blocked. Even the most intellectual educated men and women talk foolish and crazy. Thinking they are smarter and full of answers but in fact are foolish.
Acts 28:26-27 (TLB), … “You will hear and see but not understand, for your hearts are too fat and your ears don’t listen and you have closed your eyes against understanding, for you don’t want to see and hear and understand and turn to me (God) to heal you.”
We have elected corrupt representatives in government, who have no bible based principals, to change laws and make amendments that are 100% in opposition to the standards God requires.
For God to be able to work in our families and in our government, we have to get the sin out, require our elected officials to do the same, and start living and making choices according to the word of God.