The two greatest mysteries of our world.
Did you ever question:”Why is so much evil in our world. Why
do people kill one another? Why do they
hate, destroy, steal, lie, cuss, cheat, and be so immoral and selfish”.
Or did you wonder: “Why are there such loving, kind, honest,
gentle, peaceful, unselfish, good and moral people in our world?”
Why did my neighbor, who was a vile cantankerous drunk, an
addict, a thief, an adulterer, suddenly became a totally different person. Now
he is sober, honest, kind, moral and pleasant to be with. How could such a
miracle happen?
Fiction authors write about an invasion of aliens who live
already among us and in us.
Is there more in this world and among us that our five
senses - sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch cannot recognize? Could there
be a none dimensional spiritual realm that our limited brains cannot perceive?
Are there forces that influence our life’s which we cannot
register with our limited senses, but
know of their presence by what we experience? As we cannot
see the wind, but experience its effects, so we do also experience the effects
of the invisible forces that influence and even dominate our lives.
Would you not like to know who your worst enemy is, how he
operates, what he tries to do to you, what his strategies are, how to defend
yourself, what weapons you have at your disposal and how your conflict is progressing?
Would it not be of great importance to know which forces are
for you and how to relate to them so that your victory is assured?
Many have dabbled ignorantly with the occult and spiritual
forces with devastating effects on their lives. Why not asking our loving God
to enlighten our minds about the mysteries that affect our lives?
God, in His loving kindness, invites you to let Him open
your understanding through His word. He
will lift the veil from your mind so that you can understand and identify these
mysterious forces that pull you toward good or evil.
The Word of God is the only and most reliable source of such
vital information.
1.The mystery of
lawlessness.
2 Thess 2:7,9,10.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; 9 The
coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power,
signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who
perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.
2. The mystery of
godliness.
1 Tim 3:16
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen
by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up
in glory.
God reveals the mysteries.
Through revelation in the Word of God, we find that there
are two spiritual kingdoms in this world which encompass all humanity.
You live in one or the other.
The two spiritual
kingdoms:
.
1. The kingdom of God:
Mark 4:11
11 And He said to them,
"To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God;
but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,
Mt 12:28
28 But if I cast out demons
by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Col 1:13
13 He has delivered us from
the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His
love,
This is the realm where God
is king, the highest authority, and where His children live.
2. The kingdom of Satan:
Matt 12:26
26 If Satan casts out Satan,
he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
This is the realm of Satan
and his forces of demons and where his children live.
Do you realize that two
people can be in one room, even in one bed, or sitting on the same church pew,
that one can be in the kingdom of God and the other in the kingdom of Satan?
In which kingdom do you live?
Scripture also reveals to us,
that there are really only two Gods.
The two Gods:
1. The Creator God, the
origin of everything that is good true and beautiful.
Gen 1:1
In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
2 Co 4:6
6 For it is the God who
commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
This is the God of life who
loves you, from whom all blessings, grace and goodness comes.
2. Satan, the creator god and
origin of evil and death.
2 Cor 4:4
4 whose minds the god
of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the
gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God , should shine on them.
This is the god who destroys
life and everything that is good.
Who is your God? Who is in
control of your mind and life?
And there are only two
spiritual Fathers:
The two spiritual Fathers:
1. God the Father of all who are born of His
spirit. The origin of love, justice, beauty, and everything that is good.
Matt 6:9
9 In this manner, therefore,
pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Jas 1:17
17 Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
2. Satan the father of all who live under the influence
of his spirit. The origin of all evil. The devil.
John 8:44
44
You are of your father the devil , and the desires of your father
you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from
his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Who
is your Father?
And
there are only two classes of all mankind.
The
two classes of mankind:
Jn
3:16
16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Jn
3:18
18
"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not
believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God.
Mt
13:38‑39
38 The field is the world,
the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are
the sons of the wicked one.
39 The enemy who sowed them
is the Devil
Col 1:27
27 To them God willed to make
known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles:
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
When Christ, His spirit, His
word lives in you, than you are a child of God, a Christian, meaning a “Christ
like”.
Jn 6:70
70 Jesus answered them,
"Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
When Satan, his spirit, his
words live in you, than you are a child of the Devil, a Devilian,
a Devil like.
Are you among the believing
saved Christians or the unbelieving condemned Devilians?
Please understand that there
are many more passages in God’s word relating to these facts and we will
consider many of them later.
Some descriptive names of
Satan and his Angels:
Let me introduce you to some
names of the Devil, as revealed in God’s word:
Satan, Devil, dragon,
serpent, the evil one, deceiver, Lucifer, accuser, diabolos, god of this world
or age, prince of darkness, abaddon and apollyon [destroyer], tempter, wicked
one, enemy, murderer, father of lies, ruler of this world, adversary.
Fallen angels, demons, evil
spirits.
Please consider that these
beings, are highly intelligent, experienced and successful in their pursuit to
deceive, confuse, control, possess and destroy. The whole world is under their
influence.
1 John 5:19
19 We know that we are
children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
The great controversy.
Rev 12:7‑10, 12
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them
in heaven any longer.
9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent
of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives
the whole world;
he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His
Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our
God day and night, has been cast down.
12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them!
Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down
to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short
time."
Satan started his rebellion in heaven. His plan for
government of the universe was so plausible,
that one third of the Angels agreed with him. You cannot
govern a kingdom with love. You need to use force, in whatever form necessary.
And this is the way how he rules the world, as the
God of this world, through his human agents. He is in
control of the whole world including
the religious world. As the fallen Angels agreed with the
satanic concepts, so does humanity throughout history. The history of mankind
is written in blood, immorality and lies.
Do you realize that you are in Satan’s cross hair 24 hrs a
day and especially when you are a child of God? His millions of Angel-demons,
now confined to this earth, are always searching for human habitation, to
influence, deceive and possess. Their human agents do their works unaware of
their inspirational masters.
Mt 12:43‑45
43 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he
goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
44 Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I
came.' And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits
more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the
last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this
wicked generation."
These demons did not mind to even inhabit swine if it suits
their purpose.
.
Mt 8:31
31 So the demons begged Him, saying, "If You
cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine ."
If the spirit of God does not dwell in you, than Satan and
his spirits will take over. Scripture gives us many examples of human beings
being controlled and possessed by one or more spirits of the devil.
Examples of humans being
controlled or possessed by evil spirits:
Ac 19:13‑16
13 Then some of the itinerant
Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus
over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcize you by the Jesus
whom Paul preaches."
14 Also there were seven sons
of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered
and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
16 Then the man in whom
the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against
them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Lk 22:3‑4
3 Then Satan entered Judas,
surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve 4 So he went his way and conferred with the
chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them.
Lk 13:16
16 So ought not this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan
has bound — think of it — for eighteen years, be loosed from
this bond on the Sabbath?"
1 Sa 16:14
14 But the Spirit of the LORD
departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Lk 8:30
30 Jesus asked him, saying,
"What is your name?" And he said, "Legion ," because many
demons had entered him.
Mk 16:9
Now when He rose early on the
first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He
had cast seven demons.
Mary Magdalene may not have
been possessed by all seven demons in the beginning, but
after tolerating one, he
brought the other six along. Often the first one may appear quite harmless.
Usually the first evil spirit which is so common in natural men is selfishness.
The root of all evil is the
love of self or the love of material things. Even being possessed with seven
demons, of which one was the demon of immorality, Mary appeared to be rather
desirable and attractive to some men.
Also Judas, whom Christ
identified as “a Devil”, {John 6:70} he was a disciple of Christ for three and
a half years, held the trustful position of the treasurer, appearing most of
the time as all the other eleven disciples. Yes he occasionally secretly stole
from the treasury, but no one knew but Jesus.
Jn 8:42‑44
42 Jesus said to them,
"If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and
came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
43 Why do you not
understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My
word.
44 You are of your father
the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth
in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a
liar and the father of it.
The indicators, symptoms or
fruits of satanic control or possession may vary widely.
We see scribes, priests, Pharisees,
theologians, ministers, kings, disciples, prostitutes,
people from all walks of life
being controlled by evil spirits. Some may appear quite pious and attractive.
One thing they all have in common: They do not understand nor live the word of
God, even when they preach from it and pretend to know it. If the word of God
comes to them with some conviction, Satan has ways to take it away quickly.
They all have one identity in common, sometimes well hidden, it is self
centeredness.
Mk 4:15
15 And these are the ones by
the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately
and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Satan comes as an Angel of
light.
2 Co 11:13‑15
13 For such are false
apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of
Christ.
14 And no wonder! For Satan
himself transforms himself into an angel of light .
15 Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of
righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
Mt 7:15‑16
"Beware of false
prophets , who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravenous wolves.
16 You will know them by
their fruits.
Mt 24:5
5 For many will come in My
name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
Mt 7:21‑23
not everyone who says to
Me,'Lord , Lord ,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the
will of My Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me
in that day, 'Lord , Lord , have we not prophesied in Your name, cast
out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
23 And then I will declare to
them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
Lk 6:4
"But why do you
call Me 'Lord , Lord ,' and not do the things which I say?
There are many talkers about
the will or commandments of God, but few doers.
Some times the deceiver comes
in the form of a charming, beautiful, promiscuous lady when she becomes the
temptress. Or he may come as a handsome man with many interesting toys,
enticing you to try some “cool” things and stuff.
1 Co 15:33
33 Do not be deceived : "Evil
company corrupts good habits."
By their fruits you shall
know them:
Mt 7:16,17,18,20
16 You will know them by
their fruits . Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree bears
good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear
bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit
20 Therefore by their
fruits you will know them.
Gal 5:19‑21
19 Now the works of the
flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred,
contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions,
heresies,
21 envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I
also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Co 6:9‑10
9 Do you not know that the
unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor
sodomites,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
If you let him, he will
destroy you, your marriage, your family.
1 Pe 4:3‑5
3 For we have spent enough of
our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles — when we walked in lewdness,
lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
4 In regard to these, they
think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of
dissipation, speaking evil of you.
5 They will give an
account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1 John 3:7
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who
practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 John 3:10
10 In this the children of God and the children of the
devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
These are the works of the spirit
of Satan. These works identify the children of Satan.
Now we will identify the children of God:
Identification of God’s children:
Gal 5:22‑25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self‑control. Against such
there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ's have
crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
Ro 8:14
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
these are sons of God.
1 Jn 5:18
18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps
himself, and the wicked
one does not touch him.
1 Jn 5:4
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has
overcome the world — our faith.
1 Jn 3:10
10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are
manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
Matt 5:9
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of
God.
Matt 5:44-45
4 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless
those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who
spitefully use you and persecute you,*
45 that you may be sons of your
Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise
on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Please note: Peace makers, not war makers,
are children of God. The so called “Christian Nations” with their war records
bear the fruits of the evil one.
Eph 2:1‑4
and you He made alive, who were
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 who now works in the sons of disobedience,
3 among whom also we all once conducted
ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in trespasses, made
us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up together, and made
us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
It is not what we confess to be but what
we are that proves our relationship with God.
Our spiritual warfare:
2 Co 10:3‑5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we
do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments and every high
thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ,
2 Co 11:3
3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the
serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from
the simplicity that is in Christ.
Ac 26:18
18 to open their eyes, in order to turn
them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God,
that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who
are sanctified by faith in Me.'
1 Pe 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour.
If you knew that a man- eating lion roams
in a certain neighborhood, would you go to that place? There are places that
are not suitable for Christians. Do not expose yourself to temptation, nor play
with the tempter.
This is serious business. Are you aware
that your mind is under attack? Do you see that
the whole world is under the influence of
Satan? Is your mind conditioned to accept and conform to what the world does
and thinks?
1 Jn 5:19
19 We know that we are of God, and the
whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
Jas 4:4
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you
not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants
to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Satan in the kingdoms of this world.
Jn 14:30
30 I cannot talk with you much longer,
because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,
Jn 12:31
31 Now is the time for judgment on this
world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
2 Co 4:4
4 whose minds the god of this age has
blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
Please note that God reveals the actual
ruler of this world, who is Satan and his administration. He inspires his human
agents to do his will.
Rv 12:3‑4, 9
3 And another sign appeared in heaven:
behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven diadems on his heads.
4 His tail drew a third of the stars of
heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who
was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
9 So the great dragon was cast out,
that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole
world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Satan, the great dragon and the fiery red
dragon with the seven heads and ten horns, represented in the Roman Empire and
later the ten European nations, are identical. Using a biblical metaphor: “Satan
in the nations and the nations in Satan”. God is the sovereign of the universe,
but He only intervenes in the affairs of this world to save and guide His
children.
In the book of Daniel we get a glimpse
into the spiritual battles that take place in some of the decision making of
kings effecting God’s people. Here four of the major players are identified. 1:
A mighty angel of God, 2: Michael a prince of God, 3: the prince of Persia,
4: the prince of Greece.
Da 10:5‑7
5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold,
a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz!
6 His body was like beryl, his face like
the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet
like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a
multitude.
7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for
the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great terror fell upon
them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Da 10:12‑13, 20,21
12 Then he said to me,"Do not fear,
Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to
humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because
of your words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of
Persia withstood me twenty‑one days; and behold, Michael, one of the
chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings
of Persia.
20 Then he said, "Do you know why I
have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and
when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.
21 But I will tell you what is noted in
the Scripture of Truth. No one upholds me against these, except Michael your
prince.
God intervened in behalf of His children
who had been for seventy years held captive in Babylon. His plan to let them
return to Israel was foretold by His prophets. Since the Persians had
overthrown Babylon, God needed to inspire the Persian authorities to set His
people free which was not in accordance with Satan’s plan. Here we find a
mighty angel of God working on the minds of the Persian government against the
inspiration of the forces of evil. Satan’s spirits attempted and succeeded to
at least delay that proclamation of liberty for twenty one days, until Michael
a prince of God accomplished this task. It is these invisible princes that call
the shots. Our newspapers only report what governments [kings, presidents etc.]
are deciding. They only see the pawns in the game; not the real players.
The strategies of Satan:
2 Co 2:11
11 lest Satan should take
advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Have you ever seen pictures of a high
level war command center? The sophisticated electronic equipment, the multitude
of highly trained specialists working day and night
evaluating and coordinating all
information. Generals and their staffs planning and developing strategies and
issuing orders to their officers and troops. The remarkable efficiency of
decisive action..
Do you think that the master inspirator of
all evil spiritual warfare, with his army of specialists with over six thousand
years of experience, is less sophisticated? If we humans have the
ability to have detailed records about every person in this world, would Satan
and his crew be less informed about you and me and every one else? He knows all your tendencies and weaknesses.
He knows the occasions and times when you are most vulnerable to temptations.
Please try to visualize the following illustration of Satan’s war command
center with his staff of “generals”, “strategists”, “soldiers” and “operators”.
Satan’s War Command Center.
Satan - Commander in Chief.,
Strategic Supreme Command Center: Generals, all specialists with thousands
of years experience.
General Staff - millions
of fallen spirit beings, demons.
Extended Staff - their human agents.
Well equipped and funded.
1.Pet.5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour.
1 Jn 5:19
19 We know that we are of God, and the whole
world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
Satan’s commanders, their departments and
staff:
General “Violence”.:
Devise instruments, products, procedures,
weapons for destruction. Teach men to kill and destroy in the name of God und
religion. Have them do it under the disguise and pretension of freedom,
liberty, equality, democracy and civilization. Spread hatred among all.
Organize big armies. Train them to kill not regarding women, children and the
elderly. Train recruiters to persuade the ignorant. Give them incentives to
join their organizations. Give them promotions, titles, honors, medals and
money. Call them heroes, patriots, protectors. If they do not volunteer, draft
them. Drill them into conformity and submission. Make them into killing
machines following orders. Promise them heavenly rewards when they die, killing
and destroying. Outlaw, persecute any group that does not comply with our
agenda.
General “Philo”
Teach, write and distribute deceptive
literature. Develop religions and ideologies to govern the world with our
principles of violence, deception, immorality and vice . Flood the minds of
children with our deceptions and distortions. Saturate secular and religious
school curricula with our way of thinking. Prevent that they retain God in
their thinking.
General “Religio”
Invent religions, sects, cults and
customs. Build magnificent churches, temples, mosques and synagogues.
Make them think those are houses of God. Develop the term church with a
hierarchical paradigm in order to replace Christ with human mediators. Organize
many denominations to split the unity among believers. Make them argue and
fight and kill one another. Make them believe that when they kill one with
differing convictions, it is service to God. Inspire writers, priests, rabbis,
ministers, prophets to deceive mankind. Mix error with a lot of truth to make
it more acceptable. Misuse the Word of God by distorting, misquoting,
misinterpreting, mistranslating, changing, deleting, adding, selective use,
discrediting, undermining, destroying, prohibiting, displacing. Make them doubt
the word of God. Make them believe that they are all sinners and always will be
and that God is unable to set them free. Make them believe that joining a
denomination and attending a religious service once a week fulfills their
spiritual requirements. Make them comfortable in their errors, so they remain
my children, my many religious children.
Induce spiritual blindness and deafness.
Pull the wool over their minds. Bring the curtain down.
General “Psyco”
Gradually desensitize and condition minds,
feelings and consciences toward violence, immorality and all kinds of evil
through TV and theatre under the cover of humor or art. Develop means to depress,
despair, scare, addict, self destruct. Make sin desirable. Do brainwashing.
Make up new vocabulary to distort truth and make evil harmless and cussing,
cursing and foul language normal and acceptable. Addict them to power,
authority, greed, money and things. In cooperation with the department of
“science” develop theories that many of men’s vices are genetically caused,
relieving them from personal responsibility and accountability.
General “Science”
Invent pseudo sciences, inspire men to
write and teach them to discredit and eliminate the creator of the universe and
everything that is good. Then make science and technology the highest
authorities in life. Have your staff darken minds with these pseudo sciences
from childhood on. Do not let them retain God in their thinking. Make children
feel more informed than their ignorant old fashioned parents who still believe
in a creator God. This will create disrespect, rebellion and disobedience and
will advance our goal: “the destruction of family life”.
General “Econ”
Appropriate unlimited means for every
department in our administration. Deceive mankind to support our warfare. Let
our agents seize control of all resources in the world so that humanity becomes
dependent on our extended human staff. Entice them to love money and the things of this world. Create economic
conditions in order to destroy family life. Press mothers economically into
taking employment, leaving their children under the influence of our agents in religious
or governmental secular institutions.
General “Narco”
Invent all kinds of narcotics that impair
thinking and good decision making. Inspire our human agents to manufacture,
advertise and distribute these products. Make human addicts and zombies.
Coordinate strategies with General “Alco” and General “Nico” to, make them
believe that alcohol, drugs and tobacco gives them fantastic pleasures and status.
Use the media to capture their minds. Ruin their health and their families. Prepare
mankind for our takeover.
General”Physico”
Develop programs for physical unfitness.
Ruin their health of body soul and spirit. For others, make them fall in love
with their own bodies, so that they pump themselves up or decorate their faces
and other parts to attract attention to their selves. Occupy their minds with
their selves so that they become their own idols.
General “Sports”
Invent, promote, advertize all kinds of
sports to occupy minds, sidetrack from priorities, glorify human achievement.
Get spectators to waste time and money. Build coliseums, arenas, courses etc.
Fill them with excitement. Distract minds from the spirit of God.
General “Sex”
Utilize pictures, movies, internet, shows,
beautiful promiscuous girls, handsome boys with exciting toys for temptation.
Teach perversion, deviation,
homosexuality, adultery and fornication to be normal and desirable.
Create places and situations for all kinds
of sin and immorality in the name of freedom.
Distribute magazines and films with
pornography to promote immorality.
General “Entertain”
Take away time for the word of God and
from family life. Saturate their lives with entertainment and mix in all kinds
of evil in it. Fill their churches with music and art, to give them emotional
highs. Distract their minds from the spirit of God.
General “Vanity”
Invent products and procedures so they
spend a lot of time and money on self. Make self become their god.
General “Glutton”
Inspire chefs to make unhealthy unclean
foods attractive. Make their bellies their gods.
Arrange glutton feasts and contests and
drinking parties. Make them lethargic and sick.
General “Tech”
Inspire development of weapons of mass
destruction, devices to transmit pornography and violence into every home.
General “Thief”
Teach the art of stealing. Justify every
kind of thievery.
General “Lie”
Promote lying and find excuses for doing
it. Make them believe they are diplomats or good politicians when they develop
the art of indirect and even direct lying.
General “Info”
Keep complete detailed records on every
human from birth to death. Keep 24 hrs surveillance on all. Analyze all
actions, inclinations, desires tendencies and expressions and report to General
“Tempter” and his staff for strategic planning. Use our techniques of
misinformation.
General “Tempter”
Never let up. Devise always new
strategies. Engage from every angle. Get your foot in the door by every means.
Make sin look glorious, pleasant and natural. Exert peer pressure.
General “Coord”
Coordinate strategies, intelligence and
means with the entire high command staff and all their agencies for all out
warfare and success. Every human being will have their individual attention 24
hrs. a day, 7 days a week.
Satan’s strategy:
1. Engagement. Get attention through human
senses.
2. Get a foothold. Arouse interest.
3. Establish a stronghold. Get willing
participation.
4. Disable. Break down all resistance.
Condition the mind to accept sin and error as normal.
5. Invade. Bring in other spirits. Justify
and find enjoyment in sins.
6. Possess. Make slaves of sin. Kill
spiritual life.
Satan’s principles:
2 Co 2:11
11 lest Satan should take
advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Violence, physical warfare, force, hate,
torture, captivity, coercion, deception, distraction, distortion, immorality,
perversion, abuse, greed, lies, falsehood, selfish ambitions, etc.
These are tools in his arsenal. Satan is
out to take advantage of you. Let God help you.
Satan’s success:
1 Jn 5:19
19 We know that we are of God, and the
whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
Rv 12:9
9 So the great dragon was cast out, that
serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;
he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rv 13:6‑8
6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in
heaven.
7 It was granted to him to make war with
the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every
tribe, tongue, and nation.
8 All who dwell on the earth will
worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world.
Mt 22:14
14 "For many are called, but few
are chosen."
Mt 7:13‑14
13 The Narrow Way (Lk 13:24) "Enter
by the narrow gate ; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
14 Because narrow is the gate and
difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Lk 13:24
24 "Strive to enter through the
narrow gate , for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not
be able.
Why will the majority not be able to enter
life in the kingdom of God?
It is because of their choosing, their
disinterest in the council of God, their pleasure in sin,
their waiting for a later more convenient
time, their love of this world of sin rather than to love God and His
righteousness.
Jas 4:4
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not
know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever
therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Rv 18:2
2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice,
saying,"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling
place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for
every unclean and hated bird!
Rv 16:14
14 For they are spirits of demons, performing
signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world,
to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
1 Ti 2:3‑4
3 For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Jn 3:16
16 For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
God loves you very much. He desires to
give you eternal life, but He will always respect your free will. When you say
an uncompromising yes to God, than Satan will have no power over you.
God’s success:
Eph 6:11‑17
11 Put on the whole armor of God, 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 rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done
all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your
waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of
faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
2 Th 3:3
3 But the Lord is faithful, who will
establish you and guard you from the evil one.
Jas 4:7
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist
the devil and he will flee from you.
Mt 4:10
10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it
is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you
shall serve.'"
When you know and live the word of God as
your highest authority, you will defeat Satan.
Ex 20:2-3
2 "I am the Lord your God,…. 3
"You shall have no other gods before me.
Ro 8:35, 38,39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
38 For I am persuaded that neither death
nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor
things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Did you notice how Christ dealt with
Satan? He knew the word of God and quoted it:
“It is written”. This is how we defeat Satan.
Always remember that God loves you. He is
always with you, for you and in you.
In fact all heaven is for you.
Heb 1:13‑14
13 But to which of the angels has
He ever said: "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your
footstool"?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits
sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
1 Jn 4:4
4 You are of God, little children, and
have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in
the world .
2 Kings 6:16
16 So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who
are with us are more than those who are with them.
God our Father, Christ our Lord, the
multitude of heavenly Angels, are always with you and for you. The greatest
forces of the universe are always willing to fight your battles. They are always victorious. But they will not force
your decisions. The choice is yours. You cannot serve two masters. It is either
God or Satan.
God’s Invitation:
Pr 23:26
26 My son, give me your heart , And let
your eyes observe my ways.
Ps 37:4
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And
He shall give you the desires of your heart .
Pr 3:5‑7
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart ,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He
shall direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear
the LORD and depart from evil.
Mt 11:28‑30
28 Come to Me , all you who labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from
Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is
light."
Jn 6:37
37 All that the Father gives Me will come
to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
Jn 14:23
23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If
anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will
come to him and make Our home with him.
Astrology, occultism, spiritualism,
superstition.
Many are attracted to the supernatural. Ignorantly
they experiment with the spiritual
world not realizing the dangers and
negative effects it can have on their lives.
The Word of God gives us clear guidance
how to avoid the snares of Satan and his
spiritual host..
Astrology was already practiced by the
Babylonians. They looked to the stars for omens, predicting future events for
their kings and kingdom. In the US, over a thousand newspapers carry astrology
columns. Astrology books are among best sellers. Many popular people believe
and suffer from the effects of this deception.
The following account is from the book of Daniel at the time of the
Babylonian kings Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel. [About 650 BC]
Da 2:2,4,5,10,11, 26 - 28
2 Then the king gave the command to call
the magicians, the astrologers , the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans
to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in
Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will
give the interpretation."
5 The king answered and said to the
Chaldeans, "My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me,
and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be
made an ash heap.
10 The Chaldeans answered the king, and
said, "There is not a man on earth who can tell the king's matter; therefore
no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer,
or Chaldean.
11 It is a difficult thing that the king
requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods,
whose dwelling is not with flesh."
26 The king answered and said to Daniel,
whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream
which I have seen, and its interpretation?"
27 Daniel answered in the presence of the
king, and said, "The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men,
the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king.
28 But there is a God in heaven who
reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be
in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed,
were these:
Only Daniel, who asked God for wisdom,
revelation and guidance, had the true answer to the problem at hand. God is
always delighted to guide His children.
He promised: ”Every one that asks will
receive.” “If you ask your father for
bread, will he give you a stone? So than
if you humans can give good things to your children, how much better things will
your heavenly Father give His children when they ask Him.”
But if you do not take His counsel, then
other deceptive spiritual forces will have their negative influence on your
life.
Gods judgement over astrologers:
Isa 47:11, 13, 14
11 Therefore evil shall come upon you; You
shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will
not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which
you shall not know.
13 You are wearied in the multitude of
your counsels; Let now the astrologers , the stargazers, And the monthly
prognosticators Stand up and save you From what shall come upon you.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble,
The fire shall burn them; They shall not deliver themselves From the
power of the flame; It shall not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit
before!
No scientific bases for astrology.
192 leading scientists, including 19 Nobel
Price winners, signed a declaration that there is no scientific evidence to
support astrology.
The American Society of Psychological and
Social Studies warns: “Faith in astrology
is harmful, for it encourages an unhealthy
evasion of the permanent problems of real life...The astrologers, who offer the
public a horoscope, which takes the place of conclusions drawn from serious
reflection, are guilty of encouriging the human tendency of choosing facility
rather than the difficult way.”
Can the living communicate with the dead?
In all civilizations we find some belief
of an afterlife. Attempts have been made to somehow find ways to communicate
with the deceased. Channeling has become the
modern form of “New Age Mysticism” that
has attracted and confused millions.
Spirit guides are sought to answer
questions and solve problems. Mediums
offer their services for a fee to make the
contact with deceased loved ones or other
wise spirits. The medium or channilor
becomes the mouthpiece of the spirit.
What is some of the wisdom that has come
from these “spirit guides”?
“You are the measure of all things. You
can do no wrong.”
“Guilt is just foolish imagination. There
is no sin. There is no Devil.”
“You create your own reality. You are
creator god.”
“To know yourself is salvation. You are
your savior.”
“There is no evil. What you think and do
is good and love.
“You will never really die. Death is the
transition into the spirit world.”
Who are these spirits that claim to be
spirits of the deceased? What does God in His
Word have to say about this matter?
What is the state of the dead? Are they
really dead ?
Are their spirits in heaven, in hell or
among us?
Do we know someone who was dead and came
back to life to tell us?
Rv 1:5
from Jesus Christ, the faithful
witness, the firstborn from the dead , and the ruler over the kings of
the earth.
Rv 1:18
18 I am the living one who died.
Look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and
the grave.
Could you think of a higher authority that
is more trust worthy than Jesus and His word? Why not let Him be your guide. He
is “The Truth.” And He loves you.
We are already acquainted with the great
deceiver, the father of lies, Satan the origin of all evil.
Satan’s original lie.
When God told the parents of mankind that
disobedience leads to death:
Ge 2:17
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall
surely die ."
Satan lied to them:
Ge 3:4
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You
will not surely die” .
With this lie, he not only deceived our
first parents, but mankind throughout all generations. Most religions and
philosophies are based on this deception. The idea that only the body is
mortal, but the soul has immortality and continues to independently live in the
spiritual realms, or by reincarnation, or in heaven, hell or purgatory, has brought much confusion with
often devastating consequences.
What does God reveal to us in His Word?
1 Ti 6:15‑16
15 which He will manifest in His own time,
He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of
lords,
16 who alone has immortality ,
dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be
honor and everlasting power. Amen.
When do humans receive immortality?
1 Co 15:50‑54
Now
this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed —
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible has put on
incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality , then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in
victory."
1 Th 4:13‑18
13 Our brothers, we want you to know
the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are
those who have no hope.
14 We believe that Jesus died and rose
again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have
died believing in him.
15 What we are teaching you now is the
Lord's teaching: we who are alive on the day the Lord comes will not go
ahead of those who have died.
16 There will be the shout of command, the
archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself
will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise
to life first;
17 then we who are living at that time
will be gathered up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the
air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
God’s children, whether dead or alive at
the time of Christ’s return, will be resurrected or transformed into
immortality together at the same time.
Jn 6:39‑40
39 This is the will of the Father who sent
Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it
up at the last day .
40 And this is the will of Him who sent
Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting
life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jn 5:28‑29
28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is
coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 and come forth — those who
have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to
the resurrection of condemnation.
What does the
word of God tell us about the condition of the deceased?
Ps
146:4
4 When they die, they return to the
dust; on that day all their plans come to an end.
Ecc 9:5‑6
5 Yes, the living know they are going
to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are
completely forgotten.
6 Their loves, their hates, their
passions, all died with them. They will never again take part in anything
that happens in this world.
Dt 18:10‑12
10 There shall not be found among you
anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who
practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a
sorcerer,
11 or one who conjures spells, or a
medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
12 For all who do these things are an
abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your
God drives them out from before you.
Isa 8:19‑20
19 And when they say to you, "Seek
those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should
not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?
20 To the law and to the testimony! If
they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in
them.
Isa 45:11
11 Thus says the LORD, The Holy One
of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My
sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
God offers you: to be your Father, your
answer to all your questions, your solution to all your problems. Why not ask
Him. He promised:
Mt 7:7‑11
"Ask
, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will
be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or what man is there among you who, if
his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give
him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in
heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Is it not wonderful to have this loving
God as our father? Believing and trusting Him is life in its fullest. What He
says is true; we can rely on His word. And He is always with us and for us and
wants to be always in us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Abide in Him.
Heb 13:5
5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I
will never leave you nor forsake you."*
John 15:4
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless
it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:9-10
"As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in
My love.
10 If you keep My commandments,
you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My
Father's commandments and abide in His love.
John 16:33
33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you
may have peace. In the world you will* have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world."
Matt 28:18, 20
8 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth....
20 .... and lo, I am with
you always, even to the end of the age."
Ps. Most bible texts are from the NIV.
Emphasis are mine.