THREE THINGS THAT STAND OUT AS TO HOW THE DEVIL WORKS!

 TODAY WE ARE SO DIVIDED BECAUSE MY ENEMY THE DEVIL HAS US BLAMING EACH OTHER FOR WHAT HE IS DOING. JESUS SAID: "NOW" IS THE TIME FOR JUDGEMENT ON THIS WORD; "NOW" THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT." (John 12:31)

THE WORD OF GOD HAS POWER OVER THE DEVIL. WHEN JESUS WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL; JESUS ANSWERED "IT IS WRITTEN". THE WRITTEN WORD HAS THE POWER TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS EVIL FORCES. I INVOKE THE WORD OF GOD IN THE WORLD TODAY BY SPEAKING THE WORD OUT OF MY MOUTH INTO MY HEART, BACK IN MY MOUTH INTO MY HEART. THIS IS A DIVINE CYCLE THAT POWERS GOD'S WORD. 

CAN I GET AN AMEN FROM ALL WHO CALL ON GOD. AMEN!

THEN JESUS WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE DESERT TO BE TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. AFTER FASTING FORTY DAYS AND FOURTY NIGHTS, JESUS WAS HUNGRY. THE TEMPTER CAME TO JESUS AND SAID, "IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, TELL THESE STONES TO BECOME BREAD." JESUS ANSWERED, "IT IS WRITTEN: 'MAN DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.'

THEN THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO THE HOLY CITY AND HAS JESUS STAND ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE TEMPLE. "IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD," THE DEVIL SAID, "THROW YOURSELF DOWN. FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'GOD WILL COMMAND HIS ANGLES CONCERNING YOU, AND THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP IN THEIR HANDS, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' JESUS ANSWERED THE DEVIL, "IT IS ALSO WRITTEN: 'DONOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'

AGAIN, THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED JESUS ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR SPLENDOR. "ALL THIS I WILL GIVE YOU, THE DEVIL SAID, "IF YOU WILL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME." JESUS SAID TO THE DEVIL, "AWAY FROM ME, SATAN! FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "WORSHIP THE LORD GOD, AND SERVE GOD ONLY." THEN THE DEVIL LEFT JESUS, AND ANGLES CAME AND ATTENDED JESUS. (Matthew 4:1-11)

THREE THINGS THAT STAND OUT AS TO HOW THE DEVIL WORKS. THE DEVIL TEMPTS YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED AND WANTS YOU TO DOUBT THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE SO YOU WILL ACT ALONE. "DOUBT" THEN THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TEST GOD BECAUSE YOU DONT BELIEVE, AND THE DEVIL KNOWS THE WORD OF GOD, SO WE BETTER KNOW THE WORD OF GOD OURSELVES, BECAUSE THE DEVIL THE FATHER OF ALL LIES WILL ADD A LIE TO THE TRUTH TO DECIEVE YOU. THE LAST THING THE DEVIL TRIED IS TO MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE, IF YOU WILL WORSHIP HIM. BUT WE WORSHIP GOD AND SERVE GOD ONLY. 

THEREFORE JESUS SAID AGAIN, "I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I AM THE GATE FOR THE SHEEP. ALL WHO EVER CAME BEFORE ME WERE THIEVES AND ROBBERS, BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM. I AM THE GATE; WHOEVER ENTERS THROUGH ME WILL BE KEPT SAFE. HE WILL COME IN AND GO OUT, AND FIND PASTURE. THE THIEF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY; I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY. (John 10:7-10)

THE DEVIL COMES TO STEAL OUR JOY, KILL OUR HOPE AND DESTROY OUR FAITH. SO THAT THE DEVIL COTROLS OUR SOULS. THE GREAT SPIRITUAL WAR IS OVER THE SPIRITUAL SOUL. THE DEVIL WANTS TO KEEP YOU FROM GOD BY CONTROLLING YOUR SOUL TO DO EVIL. AND GOD WANTS TO RECONCILE YOUR SOUL TO HIM THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.

BUT THE GIFT IS NOT LIKE THE TRESPASS. FOR IF THE MANY DIED BY THE TRESPASS OF THE ONE MAN, HOW MUCH MORE DID GOD'S GRACE AND THE GIFT THAT CAME BY THE GRACE OF THE ONE MAN , JESUS CHRIST, OVERFLOW TO THE MANY! AGAIN, THE GIFT OF GOD IS NOT LIKE THE RESULT OF THE ONE MAN'S SIN: THR JUDGEMENT FOLLOWED ONE SIN AND BROUGHT CONDEMNATION, BUT THE GIFT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES AND BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION. FOR IF, BY THE TRESPASS OF THE ONE MAN, DEATH REIGNED THROUGH THAT ONE MAN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL THOSE WHO RECEIVE GOD'S ABUNDANT PROVISION OF GRACE AND THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS REIGN IN LIFE THROUGH THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST. (Romans 5:15-17)

HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE, UNDER GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT GOD MAY LIFT YOU UP IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR CARES AND ANXIETYS ON GOD BECAUSE GOD CARES FOR YOU THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. BE INNER SELF-CONTROLLED AND ALERT TO GOD'S WORD. YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LOIN LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. RESIST THE DEVIL, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND (SIN) OF SUFFERING AS YOU.

AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED YOU TO HIS ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, GOD WILL HIMSELF RESTORE YOU IN CHRIST AND MAKE YOU STRONG IN CHRIST AND FIRM IN CHRIST AND STEADFAST IN CHRIST. TO GOD BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN! (1 Peter 5:6-11)

GOD HAS SET US FREE: SO WE SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, "THE LORD IS OUR HELPER; WE WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO US?" "JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER." (Hebrews 13:6,8)

I SWEAR THIS IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP ME GOD!

"YET A TIME IS COMING AND HAS "NOW" COME WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, FOR THEY ARE THE KIND OF WORSHIPERS THE FATHER SEEKS. GOD IS SPIRIT AND GOD'S WORSHIPERS MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH." (John 4:23-24)

TODAY THE WORLD HAS FALLEN FOR A LIE, AND IT IS MY ENEMY THE DEVIL WHO HAS TRIPPED THEM, BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES. GOD'S WORD OF TRUTH IS STRONGER THAN THE DEVIL'S LIES.

"THEREFORE EACH OF YOU MUST PUT OFF FALSEHOOD AND SPEAK TRUTHFULLY TO HIS NEIGHBOR, FOR WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF ONE BODY. "IN YOUR ANGER DO NOT SIN"; DO NOT LET THE SUN GO DOWN WHILE YOU ARE STILL ANGRY, AND DO NOT GIVE THE DEVIL A FOOTHOLD." (Ephesians 4:25-27)

I HAVE FOLLOWED JESUS TO GOD THE FATHER WHO NOW TEACHES ME HOW TO LIVE LIKE JESUS, HOW TO BE A SON LIKE JESUS, HOW TO LOVE LIKE JESUS. WITH GOD AS MY TEACHER I HAVE NO DOUBT I WILL GET IT RIGHT.

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!