The
devil’s sermon
A very
effective strategy being adopted by the devil in recent times is manipulation
of the truth. Today’s teaching highlight some of the sermon the devil preaches
to people and the means of operation.
One of
the key strategies of spiritual warfare is “Know Your Enemy”. Our number 1 enemy is the devil; the
following are attributes of deception of the devil.
Ø Devil
is the father of all liars.
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts
of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not
in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” {John 8:44}
Ø Devil
perfects the art of deception.
“And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is
called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to
the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” {Revelation 12:9}
Ø Devil
is good at camouflaging.
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light. {2 Cor 11:14}
Ø Devil
is Crafty.
“But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness,
your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to
Christ.” {2 Corinthians 11:3}
Ø Devil
is very wise & intelligent.
“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of
his devices.” {2
Cor 2:11} You cannot be wiser that a person is 2000
years older than you, so don’t try to outsmart the devil.
Samples of Devil’s Sermon:
v Sermon 1
Drink
little alcohol, it’s good for the heart. Drink and don’t get drunk. Jesus even turned
water to wine.
God specifically banned all his prophets from
taking alcohol; God does not do things just for the sake of it, there must be a
reason known to him; Everyone has a prophetic virtue, Don’t kill your prophetic
virtue. "Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with
thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall
be a statute for ever throughout your generations…”.{Lev
10:9-11}
“Tests shows that after drinking
three bottles of beer, there is an average of 13 percent net memory loss. After
taking only small quantities of alcohol, trained typists were tested and their
errors increased 40 percent. Only one ounce of alcohol increases the time
required to make a decision by nearly 10 percent; hinders muscular reaction by
17 percent; increases errors due to lack of attention by 35 percent.” - Paul Harvey
ü Alcohol could create ladder of attack into your life.
ü Alcohol could create an unguided hour where the enemy will strike.
ü Alcohol de-anoints you and cut you off from connecting to heaven
within that period because you are being controlled by it.
ü If not for alcohol, Many people would still have their good marriages,
Jobs, honor and so on.
ü A lot of rape and indecent act has been perpetuated under the
influence of the spirit of alcohol.
Alcohol: The Bible
Hall of Shame
The first reference to wine is found in Genesis when Noah, after
the flood, created the original fermented grape juice. “Then he drank of the
wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent” (Genesis 9:21). The sad
record is that Noah drank and stumbled around naked and shamefully exposed
himself to his sons. This first experiment with a new drug ended with a
scathing curse falling on Noah’s posterity.
Lot also drank, and he was therefore easily seduced into having
incestuous relations with his daughters. “So they made their father drink wine
that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not
know when she lay down or when she arose” (Genesis 19:33). The offspring of
this relationship became the nations of Moab and Ammon, the mortal enemies of
God’s people. And there is no shortage of evidence today that alcohol often
leads to sexual immorality—such as adultery, rape, and incest.
Then there is the infamous experience when the children of
Israel drank alcohol, stripped themselves naked and worshiped a golden calf
(Exodus 32:6, 25). This fermented “church social” ended in a horrible massacre.
Amnon, another drinker and the son of David, raped his
half-sister Tamar. Because of this incestuous act, he lost his life at the
hands of his enraged brother while intoxicated (2 Samuel 13:28).
These are only a few examples. For more about the terrible
repercussions involving alcohol in the Bible, look at 2 Samuel 13:28, Job
1:13–19. Truly, when one considers the Biblical record of fermented drink,
you have to wonder why would any genuine Christian argue in its defense! Source : amazing facts.
v Sermon 2
God
is not bothered about what you wear, He looks only at the heart.
It is only self-deception
& self-justification to think in this manner. “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel,
with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
costly array.” {1 Tim
2:9}
God is going to hold a lot
of people responsible for the fall of their brother/sister on the day of Judgment.
We are human beings and we ! have blood flowing through us. Also have hormones
that respond when triggered. Why must some people help to trigger their brother’s
hormone when you know this could lead him into sinning. There are a lot of
exposures of the body, laps, breast in today’s dressing and even in the
churches. This is a shame
v Sermon 3
If
you take Christianity too serious, you would be poor and wretched.
Beware of this kind of misconception being spread. You can serve
the living God and still be wealth. A lot of people that serve God in the bible
were very wealthy; examples are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Solomon,
v Sermon 4
You
can have as many wives as long as you can take care of them..
It is impossible to please
more than one wife. If Adam had needed more than 1 wife, God would have created
2 Eve (s).
Polygamy’s origins and consequences
It is very important to
remember that not everything recorded in the Bible is approved in the Bible.
Consider where polygamy originated—first in the line of the murderer Cain, not
the line of Seth. The first recorded polygamist was the murderer Lamech
(Genesis 4:23–24). Then Esau, who despised his birthright, also caused much
grief to his parents by marrying two pagan wives (Genesis 26:34).
Skeptics often try to
discredit this teaching by pointing to examples of multiple wives in the Bible.
But what does the Bible really teach?
God also forbade the kings
of Israel to have “many wives” (Deuteronomy 17:17). Look at the trouble when
Israel’s kings disobeyed, including deadly sibling rivalry between David’s sons
from his different wives (2 Samuel 13, 1 Kings 2); and Solomon’s hundreds of
wives helped lead Solomon to idolatry (1 Kings 11:1–3).
Why did God seem to allow it for some people, then?
God’s permitting of polygamy seems
more like the case of divorce, which God tolerated for a while under certain
conditions because of the hardness of their hearts. But it was not the way it
was intended from the beginning (Matthew 19:8). Whenever the Mosaic law had
provisions for polygamy, it was always the conditional: “If he takes another
wife to himself … ” (Exodus 21:10), never an encouragement. God put a number of
obligations on the husband towards the additional wives, which would discourage
polygamy. In view of the problems it causes, it is no wonder that polygamy was
unknown among the Jews after the Babylonian exile, and monogamy was the rule even
among the Greeks and Romans by New Testament times.
We
just need to be careful. There are many other examples of evil sermon being
circulated around
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The devil does not exist.
v
It is impossible to live a holy life
in this world today.
v
He will love you more if you give him
sex.
v
You can test him/her to see that he is
not impotent.
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Let him get pregnant before marriages
And so on . . .
Recognizing
the Devil’s Sermon
The serpent said to the woman, "You surely
will not die! {Genesis 3:4}
ü The devil’s sermon
will always contradict the instruction and word of God.
ü Scriptures cannot be
broken. {John 10:35}
ü It will always put
you in confusion.
ü It always feeds and satisfies
your flesh.
Agents of Devil
Sermon:
Ø Yourself
Ø Parent
Ø Friends
“And Jesus
answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.” {Matthew 24:4}
Ø Parents
Ø Trends
Ø Beliefs/Culture
Ø Fear
of the unknown
Ø Ministers/Pastors
“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising
themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself
as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also
disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to
their deeds.” {2 Corinthians
11:13-15}
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see
whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world”. {1 John 4:1}
Way Out
1.
Study the Bible regularly.
2.
Be guided by the holy spirit.
3.
Be a man/woman of Prayer.
4.
Learn to know more about God every day.
Put on the full
armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of
the devil.
{Ephesians 6:11}
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Prayer Points
1. Every snare of the prepared
for me, be destroyed in the name of Jesus name of Jesus.
2. I break every yoke of ignorance
in my life in the name of Jesus.
3. I cancel every progress of
the enemy in my life in the name of
Jesus.
4. I possess divine
restoration today in the name of Jesus.
5. I declare that this year,
I shall not heed to the devil’s sermons in the name of Jesus.
6. I decree into year 2015!
You shall favour my life! In the name of Jesus.
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