KNOWING SPIRITUAL THINGS IS NOT WHERE STRENGTH COMES FROM. YOU MUST BE SOUND IN SCRIPTURE, NOT JUST IN SPIRITUAL THINGS.
THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE demonic KINGDOM IS TO FIGHT AND FRUSTRATE THE PURPOSES OF GOD BY ANY AND BY ALL MEANS.
ADAM WAS NOT DECEIVED; IT WAS EVE THAT FELL. EVE WAS DECEIVED AND ADAM FOLLOWED HER BECAUSE HE LOVED HER. WOMEN FALL BECAUSE OF DECEPTION; MEN FALL BECAUSE OF LOVE.
DECEPTION CANNOT WORK UNTIL WHAT IS TRUE IS KNOWN. THE RAW MATERIAL FOR satan’s ATTACK IS WHAT GOD HAS SAID TO YOU.
FOR AS LONG AS MAN WILL NOT COOPERATE WITH satan; satan IS POWERLESS. THE POWER OF satan IS IN YOUR FALLING FOR HIS DECEPTIONS AND PARTICIPATING IN HIS LIES.
EVERYTHING GOD TELLS YOU BY SPEAKING TO YOU OR BY HIS WORD; GUARD IT CAREFULLY BECAUSE satan IS COMING SOON.
- Apostle Joshua Selman at Koinonia on ‘COMPLETE DELIVERANCE PART TWO’
(PART A).
Hallelujah!
Bless us tonight oh God, let there be a mighty move of your Spirit in our midst: giving us understanding, establishing our victory and granting us command over life and destiny. We submit ourselves to the superior wisdom of Your Word and we pray tonight as always that Jesus remains glorified in our lives, Jesus remains glorified in this place, for in Jesus mighty name we pray.
God bless you!
COMPLETE DELIVERANCE PART 2.
We are on a series, attempting to study satan, demons and the activities of unclean spirits to the end that we understand how to work experientially in victory. It takes light and knowledge; this is a Kingdom that functions by light and it is important that believers be equipped. Church Gist. Do you know that in the course of my studying of this series afresh, I discovered that Jesus never sent any disciple to do anything or missions without a thorough understanding of the structure and the system of darkness. It is a risk to ever explore anything that makes for Kingdom come in ignorant, especially ignorance of the devices of the devil. Please you must open up your eyes and your spirit to this teaching.
Let me do a quick recap; part one last week, we started by examining the Biblical basis for the study of satan, demons and demonology. I did teach us that theologically speaking, for anything to be established as doctrine, there are three requirements;
1). It must be captured in the Old Testament.
2). It must be captured in the earth work of Jesus Christ.
- It must be captured in the life of the apostles and the early Church and we took our time to examine the concept of satan, evil and the reality of the oppression of darkness in the Old Testament using the fall of man, the story of Job and Israel and their captivity in Egypt.
We also looked at the ministry of Jesus, His temptation; Jesus Himself taught on deliverance, Jesus administered deliverance. Then we looked at the life of the apostles, Philip in Samaria, Paul mentoring the Church in Ephesus and encouraging them, teaching them on the structure of darkness. Church Gist. Apostle Peter encouraged us to be sober and to be vigilant because there is an adversary, the devil who is seeking whom he will devour and then, John giving us an explanation from his vision in Revelation.
So, we established the fact that from the Old Testament, the ministry of Jesus and the early church. The Bible gives us legitimate ground to study on satan and his structures.
We went further to deal with the origin of satan. We established a few things; where did he come from and I explained two school of thoughts based on scholars and their understanding (Ezekiel 28, Isaiah 14, Revelation 12). I taught you the principles of prophetic parallax and then explain the name Lucifer from the Hebrew tongue; meaning the shining one, the light bearer and the word devil comes from the Greek word, diabolos which means the accuser or the slanderer. Church Gist. We examined a few names that satan is called in scripture; Lucifer, the devil, satan, the thief, the enemy, the evil one and so on and so forth. But the most important part of the teaching last week is, what does satan want? What exactly is satan’s objective? We saw from scripture that there are two things based on revelation of scripture that satan is out looking for:
1). Dominion
2). Transgenerational allegiance.
Behind the ministry of stealing, killing, destruction, behind everything that is anti-Christ, there is one singular drive that satan alongside his demon spirits seek to achieve; dominion – that dominion that was given to man and transgenerational allegiance. The reality of transgenerational allegiance is what brought the structure for things like altars, curses, patterns. Because the assignment of altars, curses and patterns is to make for continuity from individual to individual. Church Gist. These are the legitimate system in the realm of the spirit that can perpetuate evil, even when the initiator has left. Patterns are repetitive occurrences that happen to people within a predefined bloodline. You find patterns among family members, people within certain regions, irresponsibility, anger, theft, untimely death; all of these things are satan’s invention towards one goal. I’m demystifying satan for us so that, some of these superstitious ideas you’ve heard about him, as complicated as satan and the dark world looks; there has also been a principal motivation or dominion; a quest and unbending passion for dominion and transgenerational allegiance.
We wrapped up last week by looking at the fact that, everything that has happened in your life or is happening in your life; is not really what satan is after. So if you see barrenness, poverty, sickness, violence or irresponsibility or anything that is anti-God, let it be known to you dear believers that satan is not after those things; they are only a means to an end; to gain dominion and bring whole territory to submit to him perpetually.
All satan is looking for is the dominion God gave man and transgenerational allegiance. So the challenge that you call a financial problem or a demonic problem; all those are coordinated attempts to bring and force you into a point where you go back to the patterns that can now allow him to be lord over you.
PART TWO
John 8:36, Obadiah 1:17
I’ll be teaching you on the: THE STRUCTURE AND THE OPPRESSION OF satan.
How does the demonic kingdom, how is it built, what is the structure like and what is the modus operandi of satan.
Revelation 12:7-9, Matthew 25:41, 2 Peter 2:4, Matthew 12:26
You are not as powerful as your knowledge of spiritual things; you are as powerful as your knowledge of scripture. Knowing spiritual things is not where strength comes from. You must be sound in scripture, not just in spiritual things.
Jesus Himself acknowledged that satan has a kingdom and that he intends for his kingdom to stand but the only way his kingdom stands, is when he’s united (Matthew 12:26).
Ephesians 1:21, Ephesians 6:11-12
This Bible tells us that it takes the whole amour of God for you to be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 3:3-5.
Satan alongside demons (evil or unclean spirits), make up what we call the satanic kingdom. The arch enemy of satan is not God; the arch enemy of satan is man. Church Gist. Every human vessel that satan walks through to execute his purpose, is the same vessel intended to reveal the glory of God. The very nature of operating on earth here is such that you cannot operate on earth legitimately without a human participation.
What is the assignment of the demonic kingdom? Corporately speaking, we know that satan has a personal assignment ultimately to gain dominion and to gain transgenerational allegiance. But as a demonic structure, what exactly is their assignment?
The assignment of the demonic kingdom is to fight and frustrate the purposes of God by any and all means. This is the corporate motto and the corporate assignment of the demonic kingdom.
When we say the purposes of God, what are we talking about?
1). Coming to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. The first assignment of satan in order of priority is to stop everybody who is on earth, if possible, from coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2). To frustrate the believer’s efficiency in terms of growth and serving the purposes of God.
John 17:3
Eternal life is the knowledge of Jesus. It is not just responding to an altar call, that through the preaching of the Gospel, I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes.
Satan and the satanic kingdom corporately speaking, have a singular assignment to fight and to frustrate the purposes of God by any and all means. The key phrase here is ‘any and all means.’ Sickness is part of the any and all means agenda. Church Gist. Delay, curses, everything you call destruction or the expressions of his wickedness is part of that any and all means agenda; anything at all that will achieve that purpose, he will use it. Can I tell you this? When you want to study desperation, study satan. A man who is already aware of his eminent defeat and yet, in that eminent defeat, he makes up his mind without fail that he will keep fighting.
In understanding the structure of satan, the structure of satan is defined according to three things:
1). Geography (locations).
There are spirits that reside in heavenly places, that is their jurisdiction. For instance, Gadara, “do not cast us out of this region.” The Bible shows us that these demons themselves, they honour geography.
2). Functions.
For instance, you can read in your Bible certain spirits called the spirits of death, a lying spirit, the spirit of infirmity. When we are dealing with deliverance proper, you will be learning that one of the ways we administer scriptural deliverance is not necessarily by knowing the name of every demon; you can identify them by their operation.
3). Ranking.
There are ranks, not only for angels but there are ranks even for demon spirits (Mark 5).
Let’s go to the operational system of satan and demonic kingdom:
Every organization and indeed, every kingdom has a modus operandi, that means they have the way that they operate. It is important to know how satan operates. Church Gist. This is where spiritual intelligence comes in. It is no mystery how satan operates, the Word of God in black and white, very clear terms reveals to us how satan operates.
Ephesians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 2:11
Let’s identity from scripture, some of the things that satan and demons are involved with:
1). Satan and demons fight (Revelations 12:7).
2). Satan hinders and resists (1 Thessalonians 2:18). Satan, a spirit can hinder men. If satan can hinder an apostle, it means he can try to hinder breakthrough, lifting; anything that is coming to you for your advantage, it is possible for satan to hinder it.
3). Satan and demons steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10, Matthew 13:19).
4). Satan and demons lie (John 8:44).
Satan by his consistency of lying earned himself a title that Jesus Himself acknowledged him as the father of all lies.
5). Satan is a master of falsehood; he disguises himself (2 Corinthians 11:14). One of the strategies of satan is that, he can use the tool of falsehood.
6). Satan deceives (2 Corinthians 11:3). Adam was not deceived; it was Eve that fell. Eve was deceived and Adam followed her because he loved her. The second Adam who is Jesus, came willingly because He loved His Eve, the Church – the same pattern (1 Timothy 2:14). Women fall because of deception; men fall because of love. So next time you say you are falling in love, ask yourself: “Must you fall?”
Revelation 12:9
7). Satan is an accuser (Revelation 12:10).
Of all the strategies and operations of satan, the most pronounced in the Bible is deception.
What does it mean to deceive?
To deceive means to deliberately cause someone to believe something that is not true, usually for personal gain or to take advantage of. Satan has mastered the art of making people believe what is a lie and causing them to believe it; he can take advantage of them.
Deception which is the same thing as falsehood is a statement or action that is intended to mislead, hide the truth, or promote a false belief or idea. It is often done for personal gain. Deception cannot happen until the deceiver is aware of the truth because the assignment of the deceiver is to make the deceived to not understand or receive the truth. Church Gist. That means the qualification to be a deceiver is that you must have access to the truth. It’s impossible for a deceiver to be a deceiver in ignorance of the truth because the character of deception is that, the very act of deception is done Intentionally.
I want us to take one case study; we are studying now how satan operates.
John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Timothy 2:13-14, Genesis 3.
Do you know why satan came to the woman directly to talk to her? It is not because she was female. There was something about the structure of dominion, that when God gave man dominion in the Garden of Eden, it was very clear that even though Adam and Eve are spirits, had dominion, but based on that earthly structure within the family context in the garden, Adam and man was head over her (Eve) and satan would not come directly and attack the head but he knew that there was a connection between Adam and Eve. Church Gist. There was something he understood that he would not be able to easily deceive Adam but he knew, that based on that structure, there is connection between Adam and Eve and the connection is love and that, genuine love is love that comes with sacrifice. So, he did not need to deal with the man.
The Bible says, the satan came and met the woman. Notice the first thing; “Yea, hath God said?” The beginning of his discussion mentioned God. That means, deception cannot work until what is true is known. That means, satan has no business coming to your life until God speaks. The moment God speaks, satan says, “Now, I have something to work with; what did God tell you about your child, destiny, ministry?” Because everything God says is Yea and Amen. Let God be true and all men liars. The raw material for satan’s attack is what God has said to you.
The woman did not fall by eating the fruit; eating the fruit was proof she has fallen. This was where the fall started; perception (Genesis 3:6). Do you know that when she ate, there was no effect. It was when he (Adam) ate that something happened? Because the sheep only scatters when you strike the shepherd. The way God designed the spirit of a man was, the spirit of a man was supposed to have the highest level of ascendence in direct touch with the Spirit of God; the body would barely be an instrument of execution. The mind that consists of the will, emotion and the intellect would midwife the spirit and the body. These are just the platforms for the spirit to be able to operate with the body.
Now satan left them after the deception, the next time we hear him talking was in answer to a question God asked him.
Genesis 3:9 – God respected His own structure; when He came, He never spoke to the man until man gave him the permission to speak to the woman. When he came, he spoke to the man who had that seat of authority and Dominion. When He said Adam, where art thou? Church Gist. God speaks spiritually; there was a position that you could see and look down to the earth and know that the man is seated there. It is that same position that the demons said, ‘Jesus, I know. Paul, I know. When we look into the spirit, all those who have dominion, we see that position. Where are you?’
“Adam, where are you?”
“You are lost!”
“Adam, who shifted you without pushing you? Who gained over you and make you to move? You left the place of power and yet, force was not used on you.” That is the power of deception.
Listen, are you seeing what satan did? They thought it was just a conversation, they did not understand the spiritual implication; “Adam, I checked the place of authority and you are not there, where are you?”
This is the tragedy that came upon men. You need to learn this because he’s coming and he will use the same thing. Remember the structure; “What did God say? God did not mean what He’ll say” and he’ll keep coming to you everyday. Church Gist. He knows that persistence is powerful: satan does not speak once. He uses words, men, things, pain; he’s still the one speaking. He will employ everything until he shifts you from that place. For as long as man did not cooperate with satan, satan looks powerless; “he was with them and could not touch them.” The power of satan is in your falling for his deceptions and participating in his lies.
Every time God comes to rescue you, the first question is; “Who told you? You have opened up your ears to another influence.” That means, in any case, whether you are restored or deceived; it is based on what you were told. Church Gist. Understand the power of words because every word we hear does not profit us if we don’t mix it with faith. You don’t receive by your hands alone; the principal of receiving is by your mind. You only have with your hand; you receive with your spirit and mind.
Genesis 3:12
The first demonstration of irresponsibility as recorded in the Bible “…and the man said, the woman….” This is the first expression of the weakness that is in humans, that we are usually comfortable transferring blames. It is not natural for men to take responsibility and for as long as your answer seeks to transfer blame, salvation will be far from you. Every time you pass blame on anyone or anything, you also give that thing authority over you.
What do we have to learn from this?
1). Everything God tells you by speaking to you or by His Word, guard it carefully because somebody is coming there. That adversary is coming to vet what God has told you. When satan comes to you his primary assignment is to find out what God said. Because everything God said, represent where He is taking you to.
2). Guard your heart with all diligence, for out if it comes the issues of life. Guard your ear gate, your eye gate because these are the principal channels through which satan speaks. Church Gist. If you think satan will always appear to you and talk to you, it may not always happen like that but he will use your ear gate and eye gate because these are the principal gates to your mind.
3). Faith comes by hearing and hearing and understanding, it is not just faith towards God comes by hearing the Word of God, but faith towards anything comes by hearing the word of that thing. Faith towards destruction and failure comes by hearing the words that makes for destruction and failure and hearing again until it crystallizes in your heart.
Satan is a master of deception; he uses the Word of God to shift you away from your zone of safety, power and defence. But in the name of Jesus, with this spiritual understanding, someone is gaining momentum and power to shake off everything that is an arsenal of darkness in the name of Jesus Christ!
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