Sunday, January 17, 2010

OVERCOMING THE TRICKS OF ANTI-CHRIST SPIRITS

I may not know all there is to know about the tricks of the anti-christ spirits, but I do know for sure that I have observed some very sly tricks through the years. Often times I have been a witness to the fact that spirits that are against Christ are obviously playing tricks and mind games on some of my friends.

Since childhood I have watched people get excited about living for God, and I have seen their lives changed by the mighty power of our wonderful Lord. They testified with great joy and zeal as they brought congregations to their feet clapping hands and praising God. Later I found some of these same people walking on a dark path, and it seemed that there was no longer any love for the truth they once embraced. The joy they once testified about had vanished away.

As I prayerfully present this blog I sincerely hope somebody out there reading these simple words will become more alert and watchful for some tricks of the anti-christ spirits that never sleep as they constantly look for a way to trip us up and cause us great pain. Please be reminded that no matter what tricks may have caused you to stumble or fall, there is a greater power that loves you standing ready to cause you to be an overcomer.

I am here to share some things that I have been learning for many years about some tricks to watch out for and what it takes to outsmart bad spirits. My thoughts come from a book so large that it cannot fit into any library. It is the book of life consisting of millions of people with billions of problems and hang ups. God still loves all the people in this world, and he wants us all to be filled with joy and happiness living in victory every day.

The targets of the ungodly sprits of anti-christ are not the sinners or the people teaching false doctrines. Those who are already in the grips of anti-christ spirits are not a threat to their cunning ways. If you have been set free by the power of God and have obeyed the Lord you are an enemy and a target for millions of spirits that despise the God you serve. God's enemy wants to steal your dream and destroy your hope.

I gave my life to the Lord in 1957. Today I am still serving the same Lord because of his grace and mercy. The road has not been easy, but I do not regret a single mile. I am still here in the kingdom because God has made me an overcomer. There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind... YOU CAN BE AN OVERCOMER TOO!

Let's consider a few tricks of the slimy snake in our pathway.

Have you ever wondered why ungodly people sometimes seem to have more than you have, can do more than you can do, and always seem to feel better than you feel? One of the tricks used over and over by anti-Christ spirits is deceitfulness of riches. This trick has been around for a long long time, and anti-Christ spirits seem to think that they score points when the children of God get wrapped up in the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches. Those of us who plan to endure until the end will need to find a time in our lives when we fully decide that we do not love the world or the things of the world. We need to remind ourselves over and over that we have rejected the ways of the world as we have decided to follow the Lord. Once you have fully determined in your heart that you really do love the Lord, and once you have made a commitment to serve your awesome God regardless of the cost, you will have no problem enduring until the end. God will see to it that you will always end up with the victory. You will have power over all wicked ways of anti-Christ spirits no matter what games they play or how they try to trick you.

We must always remember that we are king's kids in the kingdom of God, and since our father is the king of kings we have more than we ever had before and can do more than we ever could have done just because of who we belong to.

Our new life in Christ has placed us in the middle of a the war between good and evil. We are being watched all the time by spirits of anti-Christ. They never stop looking for an opportunity to steal us away from the master. All it takes for us get wounded or destroyed is to be out in the open and not paying attention to the instructions of our heavenly father. My experience in life has convinced me over and over that we really need to remember that the battle is the Lord's, and he will win the battle and the war. We just need to continue to trust the Lord as we follow his leading and command.

Here is another trick often used by these bad spirits. Everything seems to be going well, and you are walking in victory. Suddenly something happens as you yield through the flesh to the ways of the world. You say something or do something that you thought would never be said or done again, Now a dart filled with evil poison has found your heart, and you don't even know you have been wounded. There is no pain, and it seems that all is well even though you know in your heart that you have said something or done something wrong.

Since everything seems to be alright there is no repentance. You just go on and keep doing the things you have been doing. To others you appear to be alright. You go to Church, sing in the choir, preach in the pulpit, teach the Sunday school class, testify etc, but you find yourself paying attention to things that you thought you had forsaken. Gradually you lose interest in the things of God and find yourself looking for the back seat of the Church. When you give in the offering you search through the twenty dollar bills to find a one dollar bill, or you just reach into your pocket for some change. Somehow it is suddenly difficult to drop a couple of twenties into the offering plate. You start finding reasons to skip Church services, and you don't pray as often as you once did. For some reason you don't want to show up for prayer meetings, and you have lost your desire to tell others about the Lord. You become more concerned about how long the preacher is going to preach than what is being preached. The faults of other people in the Church are always on your mind, and you justify the way you are thinking by what you see them doing. Praise is replaced with complaining.

If we do not find a way to get rid of this poison, it will finally take us back to the world we came out of before we first started walking with Christ.

Hero worship is another trick that has resulted in much hurt and multiple wounded spirits.

There is nothing more wonderful than being happy in Jesus, being a member of a good local Church and having a great pastor. God has given us wonderful pastors, and the Lord works with his pastors blessing us over and over with excellent words of inspiration. Millions of souls are being blessed by the preaching of the Word and the loving care of the local pastor as excellent wisdom filled answers keep coming our way.

Sometimes we are so blessed that we just cannot get enough. After the service we ask for a recording of the outstanding preaching that blessed us in such a mighty way. All week long we listen to that recording, and sometimes we find ourselves being moved to tears again and again as we listen. This is an awesome way to live. The anti-Christ spirit knows that you are being blessed. Every time you lift those hands and praise the Lord during the playing of that recording an enemy is observing and becoming very angry.

Suddenly in the midst of blessings you get the news. The pastor has made a terrible mistake, there is trouble in the local Church. Families are divided and fighting. You are convinced that your pastor can never fail. You rise in defense of the man of God that has been such a blessing in your life only to learn that it really is true. He really did mess up and got caught. The pastor resigns and leaves in disgrace with his head down after all those wonderful moments that have blessed you so many times. Your friends and some of your family members can't stop talking about how that pastor has failed. Now a heart that was filled with joy is broken, and tears of joy are replaced with tears of great sorrow, and you feel that everything important in your life has been crushed.

Anti-Christ spirits will come to comfort you during these times. These spirits show up as friends, family members, church board member, Sunday School teachers, and others who serve as leaders in the Church. As your hurting soul is crying out for help your ears are being filled with all kinds of advice.

Your dreams have been shattered. and you are really feeling down. The entire anti-Christ family shows up to help you. Here comes anger, bitterness, wrath, disappointment, defeat, discouragement, oppression, depression, gossip, slander, sadness, gloom, agony, despair, temptation, worry, doubt, fear, hatefulness and loneliness. They bring many friends including hopeless, faithless, and worthless. Now you have a choir following you everywhere you go. The anti-Christ singers replace those awesome recordings you once enjoyed. When you are driving to work the choir is singing to the tune of the Hallelujah Chorus, "YOOOOU CAN'T MAKE IT...YOOOOU CAN'T MAKE IT, CAN'T MAKE IT, CAN'T MAKE IT, CAN'T MAAAAAKE IT... YOU'RE A LOSER, YOU'RE A LOSER, A LOSER, A LOSER, A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER! YOU CANNOT MAKE IT, IT'S ALL OOOOOVER... ALL OVER, ALL OVER......" Louder and louder they sing all day long. "...YOU SHOULD GIVE UP, YOU SHOULD GIVE UP, JUST GIVE UP, JUST GIVE UP, JUST GIIIIIVE UP... JUST FORGET IT, JUST FORGET IT, FORGET IT, FORGET IT, FORGEEEEEET IT..." THERE IS NO HOPE IN GOD... YOU CAN'T TRUST HIM, CAN'T TRUST HIM, CAN'T TRUST HIM..." After a terrible day you go to your bedroom, turn off the lights, and the music starts again. The entire choir has followed you into your bedroom, and now they are singing louder than ever...."YOOOOU ARE WORTHLESS...YOOOOU ARE WORTHLESS, YOU'RE WORTHLESS, YOU'RE WORTHLESS, YOUR'RE WOOOORRRRTHLESS." Then comes that awesome anti-christ duet..." YOU'RE GOD IS AGAINST YOOOU AGAAAAAAAAAAAINST YOU... OOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOH YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!"

At this point there is only one thing to do. Lift both of your hands, open your mouth, and SHOUT TO THE LORD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH..."JESUS!" Let not your heart be troubled no matter how many were in that crazy choir and no matter how they made you feel. Call on the name of the Lord, and God will come to the rescue. Let Jesus know that you love the mighty God. Tell the Lord that from now on with his help you will worship only the true God. Determine in your heart that you will never again rise and fall with the success or failure of others. Next time the Church door opens for service...BE THERE! Sit toward the front. Love the word no matter who is preaching. Worship the Lord, and look forward to an opportunity to render your overcoming testimony."

Here is another trick I have observed many times through the years, and this trick is often used to bring much pain to new converts and also to others who sincerely may be trying to walk with the Lord. When new converts have walked out of the deep darkness into marvelous light, they find themselves filled with an abundance of energy and zeal, and they are very excited. It suddenly dawns on them that many people who claim to be Christians have not been been filled with the Spirit. They think about preachers they once looked up to, and now they see them all as liars taking people to hell. Satan comes disguised an angel of light to help the new convert to find a few friends in the Church who can agree that they must go after all these people and convert them before it is too late. The new convert and his little band of lukewarm truth church friends will find many things to agree about such as... The Church has been here all these years and only has 85 people...Oh My...Something is wrong that picture... Those false Churches out there have large buildings and parking lots filled every Sunday with hundreds expensive cars belonging to souls who have arrived at a false teaching Church. It does not take long for the new convert to become convinced that he or she knows more about how to grow the Church than the pastor or any of those older people who have been going to this small Church all these years. As they start out on the new mission to bring false teachers and deceived friends into the truth they find themselves being rejected, scorned, laughed at and mocked by so called Christians, not only from the false Church but also members from the Truth church are not acting right around them. Frustration sets in, bad attitudes develop, and discouragement soon arrives. It only takes a few mid-week services for this new convert who was filled with much excitement and zeal to become another new convert who came and went, and perhaps got counted in the list of souls that found God in a revival preached by the great evangelist that everybody wants. Most of the folks in the Church don't even know what happened. This evil trick of the devil has resulted in thousands of souls living in sin today who once had a Heavenly experience filled with hope, but now they find themselves walking on the dark side of the street with no direction and no faith. If you have fallen victim to this trick, please take my advice right now as you read these words. STOP!!! RIGHT NOW...STOP!!! Turn around and go back to Church. Call on the Lord and ask him to give you the strength. Tell Jesus that you were tricked, and you really do want to be his child. God already knows all about it, and he has been waiting all this time to help you to go forward and enjoy a tremendous victory. This trick of Satan has been exposed, and you can overcome today simply by calling on the name of the Lord and returning to that blessing that you loved so much before you were tricked. By this time next week you can be standing in the congregation with an overcoming testimony, and God will cause you to be a blessing to many others who may need your spark of victory to set them on fire again. Now you will have learned a valuable lesson as a result of your experience that can bring in much joy and happiness into your life. This time, watch out for those tricks, and try to learn the lessons of patience, long suffering, and love. Remember this. All those people out there who are trying the serve the Lord are loved by the same God that loves you. Be faithful to your Church, pay your tithes and give offerings with a joyful heart. Support your pastor and hold his hands up. Pray for others no matter what they may do, and determine in your heart to learn all you can about overcoming power. Stick with it. Let God Be The Judge of all things even when you know you are right while others may be wrong. God will give you wisdom and understanding as you go forward, and perhaps after a period of time the Lord may even use you to increase the attendance of your Church membership up to 86.

Try to learn this. Every soul we win to the truth has been the result of a carefully planed mission involving much patience and wisdom from the Lord himself as well as many ministering spirit, and the powerful process that will save them is composed of many elements including a tremendous amount of mercy, love and long suffering dating all the way back to an old rugged cross 2000 years ago. The birth of a Church and a call of God that has given us many tools and gifts including our ability to communicate with God and learn through all of our ups and downs that he really does care about us and is more than willing to supply all our needs according this abundance of riches in glory. Winning a soul to God is major event. We only enter into the plan that the Captain of our salvation has already set in motion, and when he needs our help, he will call on us and give us the necessary tools and equipment to get the job done. Included in those tools is the ability to wait on the Lord and be of good courage while we wait and trust in our God. Always remember we are the students, and God is the school master. Ask God to help you to learn as you grow. Watch and pray daily, and try to love everybody no matter who they are or what they do. Let to God be the Judge. Every person we meet in Heaven will be a person that has learned how to overcome.

I have much more to write. Please come back often to this blog as I continue to add more words. Feel free to write comments or questions as we go forward. My only purpose for writing this blog is to help somebody.

To be continued soon.

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