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00:00and that is into the dark realm, the world of spiritual activity according to the Bible.
00:06And it's quite amazing to realize something, and I want to make sure you understand this,
00:12that when you look at church history, there's a great span, by far the majority, of church history
00:20regarding the great, we'll call them the great divines of church history. These were the greats
00:26that you would know of, St. Augustine and others, even up to the time of the Reformation period,
00:35Luther and others, Zwingli and Knox, Wycliffe, all of these greats rarely, rarely talked about
00:45demonic or spiritual activity. Some references, a little bit, Luther talks about it a little bit,
00:51Jonathan Edwards, not at all, yet he was a great preacher, probably still to this day
00:57considered the greatest intellect America has ever produced, a brilliant, brilliant man,
01:03Pastor, Professor Jonathan Edwards. But what's remarkable is that in the last 60 to 70 years,
01:14the topic of biblical demonology has risen tremendously by study and by books and by
01:29understanding that what Jesus said is in fact happening. That in the last days, there would
01:35be more and more demonic activities surfacing. There would be doctrines of demons, the Bible warns us,
01:41there'll be deceiving spirits, and there'll be a manifestation of what we would call the cult
01:49and the occult that is driven by Satan. You might find this amazing. And by the way, please get this
01:55book. It's not easy reading, but you ought to just chew on it every so often. And that is the
02:01book
02:01Biblical Demonology by Meryl Unger. It's probably the greatest book that you can buy on what does the
02:08Bible say about Lucifer, about Satanic powers, about demons, and all in light of Scripture.
02:17Why should we even do that? You say, Pastor, I don't want to talk about that. Well, that's the problem.
02:21We need to talk about it because Satan doesn't want us to talk about it. He would be fine just
02:28to have
02:28you go on your merry way, never realizing that these are his days of activity. And when you realize,
02:36and you'll be blown away, when you read that book, there are things that are in what is known as
02:41the liturgical practices of some of the Protestant churches, certainly the Catholic church with some
02:49of its candles and what that means. The history of all that stuff with imagery and icons date back to
02:57ancient paganism and Babylonianism that is occult like. The lighting of candles, by the way, I don't
03:07know what you know about it, but the original lighting of candles by a adherent to the faith
03:13would ward off. It's the fire that would ward off bad luck that demons would bring to your life. If
03:21you
03:21light a fire in a candle, it would remind the demon world that their ultimate end is burning, is fire.
03:29And so that would protect you. You say, that's insane. Yeah, I know. It's about as insane as people
03:35grabbing a cross and saying, no evil can happen to me right now. I'm holding the cross. Hey, listen, I
03:41remember
03:41when I was in high school, I didn't even know why I had this, but I was told I had
03:45to have it. And we all had it.
03:47And back in the 60s and 70s, we all wore St. Christopher medallions. I didn't know who
03:56St. Christopher was, but it looked really cool. But yeah, he's like the saint of surfing. I'm sorry,
04:05I can't see a, I don't see some padre surfing on the board. But anyway, you would be surprised to
04:11find
04:11out, my goodness, all the way to the, to the certain wearing of robes and certain colors of robes that
04:18are worn by clergy. Why are some red at certain times? Why are some green at certain times? Why
04:23are some blue? Why are some black? Shockingly predating even the Christian church, the first
04:32century, it's back in ancient times of the era of BC. Again, Babylonianism. Why does the Pope,
04:42listen, if you're going to wear a hat, would you ever wear a hat like the Pope wears?
04:47You should ask yourself that question. Look, I'm not bashing on Catholics. This church is
04:51predominantly populated by Catholics. Here's the deal. Why would the Pope wear that hat? It's a
04:57tradition. Of what? Traditions often speak about something. Meaning what? Why is it shaped the way
05:06that it's shaped? I'll give you a clue. Why would you eat fish on Fridays? There's a connection to
05:15the fish and to the hat. You should find out where that comes from. You should know why that hat
05:21has to
05:21be exactly that shape. You know what I'm talking about? The hat that's shaped like this and it's
05:27open on the side. There's a reason for this. And it predates the Catholic church.
05:36In the book, Biblical Demonology, he goes through all of these ancient things that you and I take
05:44for common and he shows you that they're of demonic origin. The heroes, the great titans or gods of the
05:55underworld. Remarkable. And I'm a big fan of this book. Jonathan Kahn wrote a book called The Return
06:04of the Gods. You must read this book. I tell you what, I've read it once and I'm going to
06:12read it
06:12again. You got to read the book, The Return of the Gods, because it is one of the most historically
06:16accurate, profound, excellent writings that you can get. And Jonathan is able to communicate it in a
06:22tangible way. By the way, I get a phone call. You know when you get a phone call and you
06:31see who the
06:31phone call is, but then you answer, but they're not there? So I dialed back. I saw who was calling,
06:38but I thought, why is he calling? And I dialed back. I said, did you just call me? And he
06:42goes,
06:43yes, but it was a, I sat on my phone and it was, and I called you accidentally, but you
06:47see, you got
06:48to hear what just happened to me. I go, what happened to you? He was, I was witnessing to this
06:53guy on an airplane flying from Texas to New Jersey. And I was sharing the Lord with this guy. And
06:59all
06:59of a sudden the guy snapped and went nuts. He started grabbing me by the throat and cops had to
07:04get
07:04involved in the flight. They had to, they had to emergency land the airplane. They duct taped the guy to
07:08the seat. And he said, the guy was going to kill me. Oh my gosh. I couldn't, I thought, what?
07:14The
07:15things you'll do to sell a book. Did you, did you guys see that story? Made it all around the
07:21world.
07:22Wow. He said, listen, he told me the moment I mentioned Jesus, the guy, the guy freaked.
07:30He just freaked. Why? Demonic activity, people. It's on the rise. So into the dark realm of the
07:41evil spirits and the malevolent powers, the Bible says regarding this, Ephesians chapter six, verse
07:4712. And you know this, please know this for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
07:53principalities. Mark that down. That is a rank against powers. That's another rank.
07:59Against the rulers of the darkness. That's another rank against spiritual hosts. That's another rank
08:07of wickedness in heavenly realms, in the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, there are activities that are
08:15invisible to our human eyes that according to Ephesians chapter six, verse 12, they are demonic
08:20powers of certain ranks and authorities. It's important for us to know that, but it's not only a
08:26New Testament doctrine. As I've mentioned the book, biblical demonology, a study of spiritual forces
08:32at work today by Mary Lunger. I want to read you this quote. I'll give you a couple of them.
08:37The demonic realm is not a chaotic mob of spirits, but an organized kingdom operating under Satan's
08:43central authority. This organization reveals both the intelligence of fallen angels, demonic spirits,
08:49and Satan's strategic approach to opposing God's purposes. The apostle Paul identified specific
08:56ranks within the kingdom of darkness, principality, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world and
09:04spiritual wickedness, all in high places in the heavenly atmosphere. These terms are not synonymous,
09:12but distinctions. Listen. Different levels of authority and function within Satan's hierarchy.
09:18Each term carrying nuances of rule, authority, cosmic influence, and malevolent intent. The book of
09:26Daniel provides remarkable insight into the territorial and political, listen, the territorial and political
09:34dimensions of demonic organization. That's an amazing statement. Would demons be involved in political
09:43realms of power? The Bible says absolutely yes. Next slide. I think it's the book of Daniel. Listen to this.
09:53You say, I've never heard that before. What would demons be involved in politics for? Control.
09:58Control. By the way, if you want to shut Christianity up, use political means to do it.
10:09Think that through for a moment. Daniel prays. Daniel 9, verse 19. Oh, Lord, hear. Oh, Lord, forgive. Oh, Lord,
10:18listen and act. Beautiful. Wow. Do not delay for your own sake, my God, for your city, that's Jerusalem,
10:27and your people, the Jews, are called by your name. He's making this cry, by the way, from Babylon.
10:34Now, while I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting
10:40my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, that's Zion, yes, while I was
10:46speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly
10:52swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. It's three o'clock in the afternoon,
10:58Jewish time. And he informed me and talked with me and said, Oh, Daniel, I have now come forth to
11:05give you skill to understand. Verse 23. At the beginning of your supplications, the commandment
11:13went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore, consider the matter
11:18and understand the vision. So Daniel is praying. The angel Gabriel responds. And we're going to learn
11:25more about how does this dovetail into what we're talking about. Fast forward over to Daniel chapter 10,
11:31verse 12. Then he said to me, Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your
11:38heart to
11:38understand. Isn't that amazing? The angel knew this. What about your heart? What about my heart?
11:45What about our passions to know God more? Apparently, angels know about our passion,
11:50our zeal to want to know God more. They're aware of it. And he says, From the first day that
11:57your heart
11:57was set to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come
12:03because of your words. That's amazing how we can pray, and it will influence, it will
12:12operate spiritual activity. Verse 13. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me 21 days.
12:21The prince of Persia is not an earthly prince. The angel is being withstood by an opposing demonic power
12:30that in some way, shape, or form is strong enough to hold up Daniel's answer that he wants
12:37for how many days? 21 days in the atmosphere, a war takes place to our human eyes, invisible to our
12:48human eyes. Remarkable. And behold, Michael, I love Michael. He's always showing up and beating up
12:57other angels. He's the fighter. Gabriel's the announcer. Remember Christmas? Christmas.
13:02Hi. Hail Mary. That's Gabriel. If there's a street fight somewhere, Michael shows up.
13:10He's all tatted up. No, I don't know that. Sorry. I don't. But he's got, he's just, he's like.
13:19We're going to see him someday. I wonder what he, does he, what does he look like? I don't know,
13:26but
13:27he's tough. Michael, one of the chief princes came to help me for I had been left alone there with
13:36the
13:36kings of Persia. These are demonic activities. Now I have come to make you understand what will
13:43happen to your people in the latter days. Spiritual activity in the atmosphere. So mark this down,
13:53number one, everybody, it's this. What are the limits to the dark realm? What are the limits?
13:59As I mentioned before, Christians make two mistakes. They either swing the pendulum too far
14:04and laugh at spiritual and demonic and satanic activity, thinking that it's a joke,
14:10or the pendulum swings the other way and Christians are terrified and mortified for fear. Both those
14:17positions are wrong. We need to understand what are the limits to the dark realm? There are limits.
14:23Absolutely. And I want to give you again, yet another quote from Meryl Unger.
14:30The book of Job provides the clearest demonstration of Satan's subordination to divine authority.
14:37We read that Satan appears before God among the sons or angels. Does this say angles? Well,
14:45that's funny. Of God. Suggesting Satan retains some form of access to the heavenly court. That's wild.
14:55Isn't it amazing? Satan could be even appearing before God right now. The Bible tells us in the book
15:00of Revelation, he accuses us day and night before God. Isn't that weird? See, why does God allow it?
15:05Just wait. It's going to turn out to be good for us. Everything Satan's probably accusing us of is
15:11true. Think of that. So how's that good news? Exactly. Satan's saying, Jack had a bad attitude today.
15:25Jack got upset at that guy who cut him off today. And God's, God's going to go, what? I can't,
15:33I can't hear
15:33anything you're saying. I can only see the blood of my son, Jesus. I think you and I are easily
15:43accused
15:43of stuff. And so when Satan accuses Job, he makes a request asking for permission to afflict Job.
15:54Here, watch this. God grants Satan limited authority saying, behold, all that he has, that's Job, is in
16:02your power. Only upon Job, you cannot put forth your hand. Notably, Satan can do nothing beyond what God
16:10permits. Think about your life. Satan, demons cannot do anything to you unless God permits it.
16:18First of all, let me clarify this. Raise your hand if you're a Christian. Okay, to you with the raised
16:23hand, Satan's got to get permission from God to mess with you. Now, I'd love to say, raise your hand
16:32if
16:32you're not a Christian. And if you raise your hand because you're not a Christian, I'd say, good luck.
16:37You're on your own. And you truly are on your own. And so after Job's integrity survives the first test,
16:47Satan returns for permission to afflict Job's body. And again, God sets limitations. Behold,
16:54he is in your hand, but you must spare his life. Satan must always operate within God's restrictions.
17:01He is on a leash, however long that leash may sometimes appear. That's true. In 2 Corinthians
17:09chapter 12, verse 7 tells us this. Paul says, and at least I should be exalted above measure by the
17:17abundance of the revelations. Paul is saying, verse 7, God has shown me so much and I've got so much
17:23to
17:23preach and teach on. So to keep me from getting heady and proud about that, a thorn in the flesh
17:31was
17:31given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Is this amazing?
17:42Are you guys awake? This is amazing. Paul understands this and he's okay with it.
17:48He's got this affliction. Something's going on. He talks to God about it and God shows him,
17:54Paul, you have to be kept humble because if I, if I just let you alone with all the information
17:59that you have, it'll go to your head. You'll, you'll self-destruct.
18:07Verse 8, concerning this thing, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
18:11And he said to me, my grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
18:18Look at Paul's response. Therefore, most gladly, I will rather boast in my infirmities that the power
18:24of Christ may rest upon me. Listen, if you're going through something right now, even if it's an attack
18:30from the enemy, number one, we know this, it's got to be father filtered. Number two, God is working
18:35some great plan out for his glory and for your maturity. And listen, no matter what that thing is,
18:41remember you raised your hand a moment ago, indicating that you're a Christian, whatever is
18:46going on, how painful, how strenuous it is, body, soul, and spirit, God wants you to learn that his
18:57power will rest upon you in a way that otherwise couldn't come. So much so that Paul says, really,
19:04that's it? Messenger of Satan to beat me up and to keep me humble because of the revelation God gave
19:10me and that, and God wants to use me. Okay, then bring it. I will rejoice in my weaknesses because
19:18I know this, when I'm weak, the power of God will be upon my life. So bring it on. You
19:23could not stop
19:24the man, Paul. By the way, you couldn't stop the man, Job, after he went through the fire either.
19:31That pattern, God works in our lives to defeat the works of Satan and to devastate his plan in the
19:41end,
19:41all the pain and sorrow and suffering that you've gone through. Listen, some of you, I'm looking out
19:45there, I know some of you, and you've been going through it for 20, 30 decades, and you have been
19:51getting weaker and weaker and weaker, and God says, I know what's going on. I've, this has not escaped my
19:57view. I love you. This doesn't change a thing. But our response is, oh God, but why me? Why not
20:07me?
20:09Why not? Just as though, why would God pick one person to do this thing and a one person to
20:15suffer
20:15the other? Listen, God's got his plan. We don't trust him enough. We should. We should trust him with
20:21what we're going through because he knows. He's able to lift it. Have you asked him to lift it?
20:26And have you checked all the bases? Meaning you've looked at your life and you're not doing stuff to
20:31bring this onto yourself? You're not sinning a sin that God is saying, stop it or you're going to get
20:37sick. And you don't stop it? That's, listen, that's on you. He warned you. But if you check your bases,
20:44check your pulse spiritually, and you say, Lord, I'm fine. What's going on? And it doesn't,
20:50there's no relief. That first applies to you. God will say to you tonight, don't worry about it. I
20:56got it. Just know this. When you're weak, that's when I'm strong through you. Because if you were
21:02strong on your own, you'd go astray. You would just take off and run. He knows that about us.
21:08The second thing tonight is this. Who are those afflicted by the dark realm?
21:15The dark realm of demonic activity. And what's happening today?
21:23Who's afflicted by this? Well, first of all, the Christian is attacked by various tools and
21:28tactics of Satan. 1 Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 18. The Bible tells us, therefore,
21:35we wanted to come to you, says Paul, even I, Paul, time and again. But Satan, look at this. But
21:41Satan, what? Satan hindered us. Satan hindered us. So in our meeting with the crown prince,
21:52someone asked me, so are you the guy from California? And I said, yeah. Oh, California. I would never.
22:00And I said, I got to tell you something. California is the place to be a Christian right now.
22:10What? Yeah. California is the place to be a Christian right now because there is no gray area.
22:16It is, it is a battle for life and death. It is a war.
22:26And I appreciate people that they want to, they want to get a little bit of heaven and get a
22:31rocking
22:31chair and sit there. Look, I have to, I have to tell you, my body, my body tells me that
22:36every day. Jack,
22:37Jack, it's time to get a rocking chair. It'd look kind of funny that I'd have a rocking chair on
22:41the
22:41shores of Maui, but my body wants that. Does your body want that? Does your body, yes, it does. You're
22:50so quiet. Does your body want ease and comfort? Your body wants that. Your body doesn't, your body
22:57doesn't say, I want to feel some pain. Give me a paper cut and pour some lemon juice on it,
23:02will you?
23:02No, man. We want comfort. The body, the flesh wants comfort. But let me tell you, and I told this,
23:10this, this guy, I said, listen, the thing is this. You come to California, you got to live out your
23:15Christianity. There's a war going on and it's being manifested in the physical realm.
23:25I agree with the book of Daniel. I agree with Meryl Unger.
23:31The political realm, the realm of warfare, the area of authority and authorities. That's exactly
23:40where you can find Satan. Yeah, that's exactly why I don't get involved in that. That's exactly
23:44why we're losing. What does that, what does Sir Edmund Burke say in parliament? All that evil needs
23:53to do to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Well, listen, we're in California. We've got to do
24:00the right thing. Politically, morally, financially. Think about it. It's broad spectrum ministry for all
24:10of us. It's a remarkable time. So who's afflicted? The Christian for sure. By the way, that word
24:17hindered, I could not escape without giving you the Greek meaning of the word hindered. Satan hindered
24:22us, says the apostle. Don't you want to ask Paul? How did he do that? What did he do? What
24:28did it
24:28look like? Listen, I'm speculating right now. So listen, don't write me a letter. I'm telling you
24:35right now. I'm speculating right now. If Paul the apostle said, Satan hindered them in the ministry,
24:44I want to know what that was like because I would like to have some insights into my private life
24:50or my married life or public life as to why certain things go a certain way. And I can't
24:58understand it and figure it out, nor can anybody else around me. If I were to say to Paul, Paul,
25:05you know what I did? I asked Pastor Joel to get six green basketballs for the youth camp.
25:13And he came back with 17 purple ones because they were on sale.
25:19And that doesn't sound like much, but it caused a big problem. Paul would say, that's exactly what
25:26I'm talking about. Also this, we got our tickets. We thought God provided all this, opened up the
25:34door. Then the door was shut and then it was opened again and we made it. We got all the
25:38way through.
25:38We got right to the line and all of a sudden everything was canceled.
25:44Where's God in this? And Paul would say, that's exactly what happened to us.
25:50Why do I say that? Now I'm not speculating.
25:54Because when we have the hope that the very same great Paul, the apostle had Satan resisting him
26:03in ministry, then here's what I know. I need to get involved in ministry that warrants the attack
26:11of the enemy to hinder me. If the enemy is not hindering me, something's wrong with me. Are you
26:20hearing me? If my Christianity is so easy and comfortable in this world, something's wrong.
26:28So here's, here's the Hebrew or the Greek, excuse me, the Greek word. It means, so this is what Satan
26:34did. Satan seized upon the opportunity. This is amazing. To cut in or to take cuts, to frustrate,
26:43to impede, to thwart, to weary by confusion or disunity. No wonder why God says, I hate those.
26:55He didn't say this very often. God says, I hate those people who sow division among brothers and
27:04sisters. God says, I hate them. He's going to tear them up. You know that? That's why, listen,
27:10that's why in this church, look, this is a big church. The probability of gossip and backbiting
27:17is probably high because of the size of this church. I got news for you. If I find out about
27:24it, if we find out about it, it should be. If you find out about it, you need to go
27:29to that person and
27:29say, listen, you need to, you need to right now hear what I have to say. The fear of the
27:35Lord should
27:35grip your heart. You just said that about Karen and she's not here to defend herself.
27:40You just, you, in front of those people, you just, you just destroyed her reputation or at the very
27:46least, the way they view her will never be different now. I mean, it will never be the same. It's
27:52always
27:52going to be different. Even if you never say, the next time you see Karen, you're going to be thinking
27:56in your mind what, what you told them. That's going to be in all their hearts and minds when they
28:00see
28:01Karen next day or tomorrow. Are you hearing me? When you say, oh, you know, well, uh, I'm not going
28:07to say
28:07anything about Bob. Uh, you know, I don't want to be a gossip or anything, so I'm not going to
28:13say
28:13anything. God says, I hate those who do that because why you didn't say anything, but you said
28:23everything. In fact, you might've even made it worse because Bob could have been guilty of stealing
28:29your marbles, but you didn't say that. You wound up putting a cloud over Bob that is so huge.
28:35People's imaginations take off and we as humans go to the pit. God says, I hate that. Watch out.
28:46The dark realm is at work. And it's all terribly effective.
28:55The book of Acts chapter 16, verse 16 says, now it happened as we went to prayer that a certain
29:02slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination, demonic activity. This is Paul the apostle, uh,
29:10in his ministry team. By the way, uh, they had been ministering for days and, uh, this slave girl was,
29:20was somehow lingering near the entourage in some way. Uh, so she had a spirit of divination, a demon
29:30spirit of telling, uh, the future or prognosticating. They can't tell the future unless it's something
29:39that they can read or know about by what's proclaimed, but demons know human conduct and
29:48we're probably pretty predictable. So she had a spirit of divination. Uh, she met us who brought
29:56her masters much profit by fortune telling that's demonic. This girl followed Paul and us and cried
30:05out saying, these men are the servants of the most high God who proclaim to us the way of salvation.
30:11Is there anything wrong with what she said? Not a word. It's all, what she said was exactly perfect.
30:16It was the vessel from which it was coming from. It was the individual.
30:24Interesting. Somehow in some way, shape our form. This was not good. And it's the source.
30:33Satan's at work. Verse 18. And this she did for many days. I love Paul, but Paul greatly annoyed.
30:42Can you imagine him? He's just walking along.
30:44This means appealing. Most high God. These people are working for the most high God. Listen to them.
30:50They're preaching about the most high God. And Paul every day, he's just like, oy vey.
30:56And then he stops and he turns and says to the spirit, not the girl, the spirit. I command you
31:05in
31:05the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Wow. Think of
31:12that.
31:13Demonic activity. Demonic activity.
31:18Demonic activity. I would safely say demonic activity is more prevalent today than it ever has
31:24been. But I'm sad to say that Christians, we do not discern it as we ought to be. We are
31:35not
31:35attuned enough with the power that's going on behind the scene when the husband says what he says or
31:46does what he does to the children. Or the wife now comes home and says, you know what? I had
31:53somebody tell me not too long ago. She said, I went and had an affair because I was coming up
32:00on my
32:00birthday and I wanted to see if I still had it. And that decision cost her, her children, her husband,
32:11everything. What happened? What happened? What happened? The enemy approaching, dropping little
32:20thoughts. Why don't you connect on social media with your old high school flame before the high
32:30high school reunion? You would never think so. But Satan was at work and destroyed a family.
32:42How many times does this stuff happen? I believe that this is demonic activity. We say, I didn't
32:47smell any sulfur. That's the point. He's a deceiving spirit. He makes things look good. Well, you know,
32:57what about this? Listen, I was informed not all that long ago about a man who was, he was, he's
33:03a
33:03wonderful Christian man. He came to me and he said, I just found out from my investor that handles my
33:09estate that I've been investing in this company. And it's, it all, it's, it's a company that is owned and
33:19operated by a, um, a Qatari, uh, group. And it's money that supports things that are completely
33:28anti-Christ, anti-American. He goes, what do I do? I said, I'm not even, I am not a financial
33:34advisor.
33:35I'll tell you about spiritual stuff. And here's the, here's the great thing. I didn't have to tell
33:39him anything. I said, what is Jesus telling you to do? And he said, to get out of it, to
33:44get out of
33:45it. He said, I just needed to hear it. Thank you. Listen, sometimes we just need to hear it.
33:50We need to be careful. Like we've never been careful before. Well, he said this, she said the
33:56other thing. Another situation, happily married woman, everything's fine. Thank God everything
34:07is still fine. But she got on an elevator and in the elevator was a man. She said, immediately,
34:19immediately, she said, I felt this profound sense of attraction to him. Like I've never felt in any,
34:25of any human being in my life. She said, it was almost like he was a vacuum. His smell,
34:31his voice. He simply said, how are you doing today? She said, the sound of his voice was absolutely
34:39hypnotic. She said, I hadn't looked at him. And then when I looked at him, she said, I was absolutely
34:46speechless. He was so stunningly beautiful. He was so handsome. The perfect, perfect example of a man
34:56woman. By all of the outward appearances. She said, the elevator stopped at her door,
35:04at her floor. And she had to, she said, she summoned every bit of power. She did not want to
35:09leave.
35:10And she stepped out of that elevator. She turned around and she looked and she said, that elevator
35:15door shut. And after the door shut and the elevator moved, she said, she heard the voice of God say,
35:21you just encountered a demon. That voice from God rescued her. From what? Who knows? Don't you think?
35:36Come on. Satan didn't show up in the garden looking like an idiot. He didn't have bad breath or anything.
35:47We have, it's time to quit. We have 10 more of these to look at tonight. Um, so we're not
35:51going
35:51to, we're not going to do that, but so let's just pray right now. I feel led to do this.
36:00Can we just
36:00dim the lights? Some of you are having, you, you can't, you have stuff going on in your life. You
36:04can't
36:04explain it. Your job, everything was fine. Then your job, your job's just not working now. It's just not
36:11working. It's not coming together. You guys have had a great relationship and then all of a sudden
36:17everything's just so abrasive. You said, let's go on Monday. She thought you said, let's have a fun day.
36:28And it's been a war ever since. And it makes no sense. Who fights over that? But you do. You
36:34can't
36:34explain it. You guys want to like communion light. That's a weird look from where I'm at. Looks like
36:47I'm having a, feels like I'm having a stroke. It's just, you guys are gone. It's time tonight for you
36:55in your seat where you're at to invite God in to show you what's going on. Do you have a
37:03child?
37:05Something going on? What about a high schooler, junior higher?
37:15A moment ago, you guys raised your hands and Satan saw that.
37:24He may not have been here, but he already knows about it. Because his emissaries are everywhere.
37:33The demonic world, we'll get to it next time, reports back to him. He is their dark, dark Lord.
37:50And so when your hand went up,
37:58you should be reminded of the target that's on your back.
38:03It's time for us to get strong and to get smart. That's why last week,
38:09something happened here for several days on this campus that
38:16was not happening anywhere in the world
38:22as Jay Smith and his team
38:29for three days
38:31brought to you what you need
38:33to deal with what's happening in our communities
38:37and in our nation regarding
38:40the invasion of a spirit force,
38:43the invasion
38:46of an antichrist religion,
38:50of Islam.
38:52And then on Sunday,
38:54he spoke at all three services
38:57and each service was different
38:59from the other one.
39:00He delivered three,
39:02because why?
39:03Because it was so important that everyone
39:04get the information.
39:06We are spiritually under attack.
39:10But you also have a target on your back this way.
39:15God's good hand is upon you.
39:18If you raise your hand to heaven
39:20in agreement that you are a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ,
39:24there ain't nothing
39:25that can go on in your life
39:27without the Father allowing it.
39:29So if something's going on in your life, Christian,
39:32you need to ask the Father,
39:34what's up?
39:36Show me.
39:37Like that woman,
39:39he spoke to her.
39:44Let's bow our heads in prayer right now,
39:46would you?
39:48And Lord, as we come tonight,
39:51we're asking you, Father God,
39:56to pour out your Holy Spirit
39:58upon each and every one of your children
40:00that's here tonight
40:01and those that are joining us from afar.
40:07We are inviting you right now, Father,
40:10afresh into our homes,
40:12our home life,
40:14into our marriages.
40:18We're inviting you into our broken homes.
40:23Single
40:26or separated
40:28wives and mothers
40:32trying to raise the children
40:33or trying to mitigate all that
40:36dynamic that was never supposed to be,
40:38but
40:39Satan is infiltrated
40:42where men have abandoned their posts.
40:47God, we pray tonight
40:48that you would
40:49thwart the plans of the enemy
40:51to the glory
40:52and to the praise
40:53of the name of Jesus
40:54and by the power
40:54of your Holy Spirit,
40:55there would be a healing
40:57in these homes
40:58and a healing in our lives
40:59and the healing
41:00in the lives
41:01of our junior hires
41:02and high schoolers
41:06or elementary kids
41:07that are being bombarded
41:11with truly
41:11the doctrines of demons
41:13in the school system.
41:15Literally.
41:16No stretch
41:17of the imagination.
41:19The mock
41:20and ridicule
41:21and the hate
41:21of Jesus
41:22in schools
41:23and yet the deification
41:24and glorification
41:25of drag queens
41:27and transgenderism
41:28and pagan religions.
41:31It is demonic,
41:33satanically energized.
41:35And Lord,
41:36tonight,
41:38cause us to see it.
41:40Not only to see it,
41:42but to act.
41:44May we become
41:45a heavenly militant people
41:48who love
41:51one another
41:51and even our enemies
41:53enough
41:56to do the right thing
41:59and to do the right thing
42:00by beginning to pray.
42:01We pray tonight,
42:02Father God,
42:03for our young children,
42:04the little ones,
42:06the little babies,
42:08the little two-year-olds,
42:09the four-year-olds,
42:11the six-year-olds.
42:14Father,
42:15we pray
42:15all the way through
42:16to what
42:20sociologists,
42:21psychologists,
42:23psychiatrics
42:23tell us
42:25the most formidable
42:29precarious age,
42:31ages of nine and ten
42:33years of age,
42:35basically fourth
42:36or fifth graders.
42:40Trajectories are set,
42:43they tell us,
42:44at or around that age.
42:46We pray
42:46that you'd protect
42:47children that are in danger.
42:49God,
42:50we pray
42:50that you would
42:51spare them,
42:51Father,
42:52from the evils
42:53of demonic influence
42:55that would seek
42:55to torture them,
42:57to rape them,
42:58to malign them.
43:00God,
43:01we pray
43:01that you'd intervene
43:02with power.
43:08Lord,
43:08we pray
43:09that you would
43:09bring your
43:12boldness,
43:13the baptism power
43:14of your Holy Spirit
43:15upon us.
43:16We ask you
43:16to fill us afresh.
43:21God,
43:21that we might
43:21leave this church
43:22tonight,
43:23and that we would
43:24be a different people,
43:26because we would
43:27choose to be
43:27a different people.
43:28I am fully convinced,
43:30Lord,
43:30that you want
43:31to do so much,
43:32but we are the ones
43:33hindering ourselves,
43:34because either it's us
43:36hindering ourselves,
43:37or we have somehow
43:38fallen in league
43:39with the wicked one,
43:41and we have agreed
43:42to his spook tactics,
43:45his scare tactics.
43:47He has told us things
43:48that if you just speak up,
43:50you're going to look dumb.
43:52Or if we carry a Bible,
43:54we're going to look
43:56self-righteous.
43:57Or if we pray
43:58in Jesus' name,
43:59we're going to create
44:00a riot,
44:00or whatever it might be.
44:03Whenever we are
44:04being intimidated,
44:05Father God,
44:06may we recognize
44:07from this time forward
44:08it is a satanic attack.
44:10If we feel
44:12or somehow sense
44:13that we should be quiet
44:14about something
44:15that is right and good,
44:17we're under satanic attack.
44:20If the thought rises
44:21in our hearts
44:22or our minds,
44:23the grass is greener
44:24on the other side,
44:25it's a satanic attack.
44:29If we are told
44:30that we can all
44:31just come together
44:32and make all religions one,
44:34if we would just
44:36not mention
44:37the name of Jesus,
44:38and if we would not
44:39just stop opening
44:41the Bible,
44:42we'll just all come together
44:43and be one,
44:44that is a satanic attack.
44:52And I don't think
44:53it's a coincidence
44:58that there's a war
45:00going on right now
45:01in Persia.
45:09And I bet
45:10if we could see
45:11the invisible realm,
45:13what is going on
45:15around those aircraft
45:17and around those soldiers
45:19and around those
45:20political leaders?
45:22What is being whispered
45:25in their ears
45:26from invisible entities?
45:33Church, let's stand together.
45:36Let's lift our hands
45:38to the Lord tonight.
45:39Father, we dedicate
45:40ourselves to you
45:41afresh.
45:45We pray, Lord God,
45:46that we would be
45:47attentive
45:48to the divine appointments
45:49that you're going to give us.
45:55And that, Lord God,
45:56we would leave this place
45:57today with a reverential awe
45:59and that we would
46:01always remember
46:01that Satan
46:03trembles
46:03when he sees
46:05the weakest
46:07of saints
46:07upon their knees.
46:11Lord, may we pray
46:12more
46:13and listen
46:14more.
46:15For great
46:17is our God
46:19and greatly
46:20to be praised.
46:21let the name
46:22of Jesus
46:23ring
46:26across this country,
46:28across this nation.
46:32And may we see
46:33our political leaders
46:36submit,
46:38bow the knee
46:39to the majesty
46:41of the King
46:43of glory.
46:44It only takes one.
46:49We pray it together
46:50tonight.
46:52In the name
46:52of Jesus
46:53and church,
46:54let's sing this song
46:55to his praise
46:55and to his glory.
46:57He alone, friend,
46:59is the answer.
47:01And even if we live
47:02to be
47:04old people
47:04and die
47:05of old age,
47:09that won't be
47:09long from now.
47:11No matter
47:11how young you are,
47:12it won't be long.
47:14So get ready.
47:17Let's bless
47:18his name.
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