Greetings,
"And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not trouble Israel; but, thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye have forsaken the commandment fo the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim." I Kings 18: 17 -18
"And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord." I Kings 21:20
Here is King Ahab and the prophet Elijah. It is two contrast of two men; one is for self and sin; the other for the Lord. And Ahab despises the presence of the man of God so much that call him, his enemy. It is reality of our day, that our enemy, Satan has come. He has come to do what he focuses on, death, destruction and desolation. Christ said of the Devil, 'he comes to kill, steal and maim'. And as so many are asking these days, "what is going on?' Here is the simple answer, 'Our enemy has come."
Within the last week, we have dealt with national tragedies of mass shootings; we have seen cities, like Chicago, seeing dozens injured and killed; we have seen families turn on each other and commit murder-suicide; we have seen an angry man running through the streets in California knifing people and killing several; and locally, we have seen multiple deaths by suicide and greatly impacted by drugs. What is going on? Our enemy has come. And it brings to mind, our prayer groups them from Broken Before the Throne, from Isaiah 59, 'when evil (your enemy) comes in like a flood". A flood of evil sweeping upon the nation, upon homes, and upon the minds and hearts of men to destroy, bring death and leave desolation upon those that remain.
This has not been an overnight happening, but our nation, homes and churches that are as guilty as Ahab, 'because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord'. We have done everything we possibly can to invite Satan into our homes and hearts. And he has more than gladly entered. For as the Lord God is limited, resisted and quenched, He withdraws from men, thus opening the door of opportunity to do his worst work. and he has come; and in the last 10 - 20 years worked a worked that is leading us to our own destruction.
God is forgotten and forsaken. And as He said to Israel, "if you forsake and forget Me, I will forsake and forget you." And there is your answer to why these things are happening. But do not think this is the worst it can get. Oh no; we ain't seen anything yet. This is 'only the beginning of sorrows'. And without a genuine return to the Lord by His church and the people, these things will get much worse.
How Does he Do It
Satan has taken full advantage of the people forsaken and forgettuing the Lord God. having removed the bible from public schools, as well as from most homes, this generation is largely ignorant of God or His Word. A generation ago, there were many that had at least been raised in VBS, or Sunday School and knew of God and the accounts in the Word. But I have seen in my area, that there are whole generations of grandparents, to parents, to grandchildren/children that do not know anything of God, nor do they enter into His house. They are completely removed from God. Thus, they are completely owned by Satan. What an awful thought to know whole households and generations owned by Satan.
And in his ownership of them, he ensnares them to the vices, habits, routines that keep them away from God. The drug epidemic is not an unknown phenomena. It began with other vices and sins that led to larger ones of addiction. Alcohol, smoking, leading to greater highs, trying of new and odd things. Thus the bodies of this generation is known for being addicts to little and great things. So long as the addictions control, God is kept at bay. And when any thought or crisis leads them to consider stopping, Satan will let them go for awhile, but remember he still owns them. He will not let them go too far. Addictions have fed the appetite of our nation for its excessive desires from food, drink, sports, entertainment, self, and revelry of sin and evil.
and the further Satan take our nation, homes and hearts toward hell, the more he unleashes his demonic attacks on our nation to hasten souls into hell. Thus the all the death of our nation through
--50,000 homicides;
--30,000 suicides;
--70, 000 drug overdose deaths;
--90,000 alcohol related deaths;
--1 million abortions;
All within our annual death rates. Driven by Satan who has fed our desires for sin and self.
With so many away from God in whole family settings, there is no one to intercede in prayer for loved ones. They are all fair game for the Devil. He makes the most of prayerless and not prayed for souls. And with no defense from God to protect and deliver them, Satan enters into these vessels of men, women and children to possess them fully for his purposes of death, destruction and desolations. He enters the mind, the heart and the body with demon possession. Controlling them, tempting them, guiding them and leading them to accomplish his desires.
The minds are evil affected as all morals, right and wrong, good and bad are removed and their minds are consumed with evil. as Paul wrote to the church at Corinth and said, 'we have the mind of Christ'; so they have the mind of Satan. And in Romans where God warns that He will turn them over to reprobate minds. Thus going from bad to worse to evil in their thoughts and deeds. We have seen the progression of evil fulfill this.
He enters the hearts. Jesus said, 'Out of the heart proceeds these things of adultery, fornication, evil speaking. . . ' and it is in the heart that drives the will of men to do what their hearts desire, to do evil. We have seen the progression of this being acted out in worse and worse headlines and crimes against innocent, naive, and defenseless ones. Sexual perversions are driven to new lows of robbing them of innocence. Found in near and far of teachers, ministers, leaders, family members etc. Their sexual appetites have left the natural use of what God intended to act out their perversions on all. And this has been going on largely unknown by the 10,000's for decades in our nation. Thus, creating an entire new generation robbed of normalcy in sexuality and what real love is.
Satan affecting their minds and hearts leads them to greater and greater evils to be done in our schools, churches, homes, streets. No where is safe from his hold and influence. He wons the masses, and he holds their minds and hearts for his evil purpose of destruction and death. And there is only one deliverance to be found from this evil.
What is the Solution and Remedy
Our only hope is that which has always been our only hope, Christ, and Christ alone.
Christ has spoken to this in numerous ways. ONe that He gave authority over the evil one. He has said, 'as I have overcome, so you will overcome.' He has given us authority that 'whatsoever we ask in His Name, the Father would grant us." And that there is victory in Christ and it will be found no where else. And too many seek Christ plus something else. Christ and good works; Christ and government planning; Christ and new methods or means. But in all this it will fail, for it is not Christ plus something else. It is Christ alone.
And the body of Christ, the church, should be under the understanding very clearly that we cannot be tainted with the world, found in sin and expect to receive from the Lord, the power of the Spirit. For the Spirit, is Holy, as God is Holy; and Holy means without sin. OUr sinful lives, ways, means only quench, grieve, resist and limit Him. All of which is must dealt with and put away from us. There cannot be found, anything that gives and occasion against the Lord. Oh, that we would understand the power of the Lord is sufficient. "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit saith the Lord' is the power of the Lord for victory. And men seeking power for selfsih, sinful means is not for God's glory. Pure purpose for God's glory is the right understanding.
Until,
Dan
Started: August 8, 2019
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