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#Post#: 1783--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest17 Date: October 23, 2018, 6:21 pm
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[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=183.msg1778#msg1778
date=1540309279]
I realize the question is not directed at me, but yes I
absolutely believe that demons exist. Not only did I have
nightly demonic visitations when I was first saved but I have
had the opportunity to be present and be praying during an
"exorcism" (don't like that term) Had a friend who stopped by to
visit when I was still living at home and he reported seeing
demons playing in the trees in front of the house. Not only
that be scripture is written as if demons are real.
[/quote]
I had an experience one time when I was going door to door
selling Avon, I think it was. It was summer and hot and I
knocked on this lady's door and she invited me in. We went into
the living room and she started talking about how she had been
seeing her deceased husband actually appearing to her. As she
was talking, I felt the temperature drop almost to a chill and
she didn't have an air conditioner on. It was warm in the house
when I first entered it. And I felt a malevolent presence
growing stronger. She was smiling as she was talking and was
excited and happy about the idea of seeing what she thought was
her deceased husband.
Then she asked me, did you feel that? She was referring to the
drop in temperature. I said yes and that we needed to pray
together right now. She was disappointed by my reaction. So I
started praying against this malevolent presence and before I
finished the prayer, the temperature had returned to normal and
I no longer felt that bad presence. Before I left, I told her
not to seek out that kind of thing again and I told her that
wasn't her husband she was seeing. I never saw her again after
that so I hope she listened to me.
#Post#: 1784--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest17 Date: October 23, 2018, 6:31 pm
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[quote author=Theo102 link=topic=183.msg1782#msg1782
date=1540335083]
[quote author=truthjourney link=topic=183.msg1776#msg1776
date=1540306255]
Do you believe in the existence of Satan and his demons?
[/quote]
What I believe isn't important. There's plenty of evidence of
Satanism in today's world. Likewise there's a theological theme
relating to a lying spirit (daemons are described as attendant
spirits).
[/quote]
Yes indeed there is plenty of evidence of Satanism in today's
world. More than plenty. I've seen more of that than I care to
see and experience in one lifetime. But I won't go into all
that. I'll just say that we need to know who the real enemy is
and his tactics and prayer is powerful against this. Strong
faith and prayer.
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Re: The schemes of Satan
By: Theo102 Date: October 23, 2018, 8:13 pm
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[quote]I'll just say that we need to know who the real enemy is
and his tactics and prayer is powerful against this. Strong
faith and prayer.[/quote]
One way of looking it is truth vs lies. In this context the
devil/slanderer is the enemy.
"resist the devil and he shall flee from you" ~ James 4:7
Interestingly this verse also talks about submission to deity,
which is the central tenet of Islam.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.
Psalms 91:4
#Post#: 1793--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest17 Date: October 23, 2018, 10:01 pm
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[quote author=Theo102 link=topic=183.msg1792#msg1792
date=1540343630]
[quote]I'll just say that we need to know who the real enemy is
and his tactics and prayer is powerful against this. Strong
faith and prayer.[/quote]
One way of looking it is truth vs lies. In this context the
devil/slanderer is the enemy.
"resist the devil and he shall flee from you" ~ James 4:7
Interestingly this verse also talks about submission to deity,
which is the central tenet of Islam.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.
Psalms 91:4
[/quote]
I think we agree that Satan is the enemy. Although some
Satanists prefer to be called Luciferians. I see no difference
between them. They're the same and equally evil.
#Post#: 1804--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest24 Date: October 24, 2018, 8:36 am
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Lies…
The story of Ananias and Sapphira found in Acts 5 talks about
Satan filling their hearts with lying to the Holy Spirit. I
have heard many people point out that they were lying to the
Holy Spirit which was their downfall and in the account Peter
points out that they lied to the Holy Spirit and not to man.
What of Satan’s scheme here? Satan filled their hearts to lie
to the Holy Spirit. John 8:44 tells us that Satan is a liar and
has been a liar from the beginning. If we look at Genesis we
see that he lied to Eve. Throughout scripture we see this
repeated Satan is a liar. When he tries to put lies in our
heart it is a scheme of his for the purpose of separating us
from God. Let us go back for a moment to Judas Iscariot John
13:2 (HCSB) Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put
it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, to betray Him.
Before Satan entered Judas, he had already planted the seeds of
betrayal in his heart.
The first thing we need to understand about this passage in
Acts is that Satan planted the lies in the heart. Scripture
tells us to guard our hearts, to protect them diligently.
(Proverbs 4:23-24) We are to allow God to create a clean heart
where we once had a sinful one. (Psalms 51:10) We are to store
heavenly treasures not earthly treasures in our hearts. (Luke
6:45) It is with trust in God and our hearts find peace and
protection. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Allowing God to direct us,
(Proverbs 23:19) and not allow our hearts to forget what God has
done and who He is. (Deuteronomy 4:9) We are to commit our ways
to God, (Psalms 37:5; Proverbs 16:3) allow ourselves to be
teachable, (Psalms 22:19) walk in God’s wisdom with trust,
(Proverbs 28:26) without being anxious. (Philippians 4:6) When
we fill our hearts with God and guard them diligently Satan
doesn’t have an opportunity to fill our hearts with lies.
Moving through Acts 5 we see Peter saying to Sapphira that they
tested the Spirit of the Lord. They tested God. In the
temptations of Christ we see that we are not to test God so I
thought it would be interesting to look at some of the ways the
Bible talks about that God has been tested by people.
Acts 15:10; Matthew 23:4 with yokes of the law that no man can
bare.
Deuteronomy 6:16; Exodus 17:1-7 by doubting God’s provision.
Psalms 7:18 by demanding the desires of their hearts.
Psalms 78:40-42 by forgetting His power and Love.
Psalms 78:56 by disobedience.
Psalms 106:13-15 by embracing their cravings while forgetting
His works
and not waiting for His counsel.
Malachi 3:15 by their arrogance who commit wickedness and still
prosper
questioning God’s wisdom.
Matthew 4:5-7 by challenging His promises.
I Corinthians 10:9 by not trusting God.
Psalms 95:8-10; Hebrews 3:9; Numbers 14:22 by hardening their
hearts
and not paying attention to the signs given.
When Satan uses lies to try to separate us from God we need to
respond by guarding our hearts and minds, with trust in God’s
provision and grace and in that trust cling to obedience and in
that find victory over the sin that was once our master.
#Post#: 1817--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest24 Date: October 25, 2018, 8:26 am
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Blindness…
In scripture there are two different deaths that are talked
about, the physical death of the flesh and the spiritual death
that is that death that is eternal separation from God.
Likewise there are two different blindnesses talked about in
scripture, that of physical blindness of the fleshly eyes and
that blindness of the spirit in which our spiritual eyes see
only darkness as if there is a veil over them preventing us from
seeing the things of the spirit. Acts 26 tells the story of
Paul’s conversion. Paul was a persecutor of the brethren. Then
one day as he and his companions were walking along when a
bright light brighter than the sun shone and a voice asked Paul
why he was persecuting Him. The voice was Jesus calling Paul to
a life of following Him rather than the life of persecution and
sin that was currently living in. Verses 17-18 (HCSB) I will
rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you
to them 18 to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to
light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me
they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who
are sanctified.’ Jesus is sending Paul to the Gentiles so that
the veil might be lifted from their eyes, so that the spiritual
blindness that they were living in might give way to the light
of the Living God. So that they were no longer living in
spiritual darkness which is the power of Satan but now they
might live in the power of the light, the Christ whose love is
one of forgiveness and sanctification, a setting apart as holy
or without sin. Satan can blind our spiritual eyes but Jesus
can give us spiritual sight.
Let’s first look at what spiritual blindness really is. We
talked about it being like a veil that covers our eyes so that
we cannot see the things of the spirit. Exodus 26:31-33 tells
us about the curtain or veil that was to separate the holy of
holies from the rest of the temple. In Biblical times this
curtain or veil was a very real thing which separated sinful man
from a very Holy God. The holy of holies was the throne room so
to speak for God and contained the Ark of the Covenant, also
known as the Mercy seat of God. Because of man’s sins he is
separated from God and the curtain or veil in the temple is
today a symbol of this separation. (Isaiah 59:2) Our sins blind
us from God or separates us from God whichever way you want to
look at it. There is a curtain or veil between us and God and
that is a veil that Satan wants to remain there.
Matthew 27:50-54 tells what happened when Christ hung on the
cross and finally gave up the ghost or in other words, died. At
Christ’s death, the curtain or veil was torn from top to bottom
giving us direct access to God. There was an earthquake, and
those who were already dead but served God were raised and taken
to their heavenly home. The account in Mark 15:33-41 tells us
that before this moment, darkness covered the earth. Those who
are blind live in a darkness void of light. Spiritual blindness
is like a veil over our hearts (II Corinthians 3:15-16) a veil
that we need to have removed so that we can see with spiritual
eyes.
Spiritual blindness is not reserved only for the unchurched in
fact, Matthew 23:23-25 calls the scribes and Pharisees,
religious leaders of the day, blind guides. Those that are
spiritually blind are those that are unbelievers or those that
have not believed unto salvation. It is possible to be in the
church even a church leader and still be spiritually blind.
(Zephaniah 1:17; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:16; Matthew 23:24-26;
Luke 6:39; II Corinthians 4:4)
Christ alone can restore our vision, remove the veil, give us
spiritual vision. Like the curtain that was torn when He died,
it is Christ that gives sight to the blind even those with
spiritual blindness. He is the light that shines into the
darkness and gives sight to the blind. (Isaiah 9:2; Luke 1:79;
Matthew 4:19; John 1:5; II Corinthians 4:6; I Peter 2:9;
Ephesians 5:8; John 8:12; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:13; Isaiah
42:7; Isaiah 42:16) The believer that is set free from the
darkness of spiritual blindness is also called to live in the
light rather than turning back to the darkness from which they
were set free. (Acts 26:18; Isaiah 42:16; Luke 1:79; Ephesians
5:8; I Peter 2:9; Isaiah 29;18; I Thessalonians 5:4-5; I John
1:6) Spiritual blindness is from within a man not from outside.
(Matthew 6:23) With spiritual sight comes peace. (Luke 1:79)
This blindness is one that man seems to love (John 3:19) and can
be deceiving. (Luke 11:35) Whereas Jesus is the one that gives
sight to the blind, we contribute by casting off the works of
darkness and putting on the armour of light. (Romans 13:12;
Ephesians 5:11) In other words, we turn away from our sins and
turn to the Christ who clothes us in righteousness. It is often
easy to see the flesh as the biggest problem we have. Physical
blindness seems to be such a horrible thing for many, so much so
that they fight it and pray about it and come to despair when it
doesn’t go away. But Ephesians 6:12 tells us that it isn’t the
things of the flesh that are our enemy but rather the power of
the enemy is the one that brings spiritual blindness. It is the
spiritual battles that are the ones that can bring blindness to
our spiritual eyes and that is much worse than anything the
flesh can know. The defense against spiritual blindness is
Christ Himself and the power of Christ to give sight to the
blind.
#Post#: 1832--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest24 Date: October 26, 2018, 7:49 am
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another all too common attack is the lack of self control
Lack of Self-Control…
Satan likes to use our weaknesses against us. There may be no
greater weakness for him to exploit than that of our lack of
self control. Whether that lack of self control is in our
sexualality, alcohol, food, or other indulgences we so desire
the thing that we are willing to find ways to justify the
indulgence and in doing so we play into the hands of Satan to
pull us away from God. I Corinthians 7:5 talks about the
marriage relationship and abstaining from sex for a season.
Verse 7 says (HCSB) “that Satan may tempt you because of your
lack of self control.” When we lack self control in our lives
Satan sees an opportunity to us that lack of will power to tempt
us to sin thus separating us from the giver of Life, Jesus the
Christ and the peace and power He gives.
Self control is something that should exist within the marriage
as well as premarital sexual relations. (I Corinthians 7:5; I
Corinthians 7:9) The overseer is to be a man of self control.
(I Timothy 3:2; I Timothy 3:11; Titus 1:7-9) But self control
isn’t reserved only for marriage and overseers it was preached
in the early church, (Acts 24:25) and is to be taught by the
older women to the younger and by the older men to the younger
men. (Titus 2:3-5; Titus 2:6-8) Self control is something that
we should be working at, training ourselves in and is in
scripture compared to the discipline of someone who participates
in running for competition or other sports. Self control is a
discipline that is practised for the purpose of being able to do
better and better. (I Corinthians 9:24-26) In the last days
people will no longer believe that self control is a good thing
and will abandon it for the sensual desires within. (II Timothy
3:2-4) Peter tells us that we should add to knowledge self
control. In other words, when we gain knowledge of who God is
and what He desires of us we should add to that the self control
that is necessary to abstain from the sensual desires that keep
us from God. (II Peter 1:5-7) We then should add to self
control endurance so that in self control we can finish the race
to God’s glory. The Thayer’s Lexicon says that self control is
“the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions
especially his sensual appetites”. This is a beautiful picture
of what self control it is a mastering of the sinful desires
that we once were slaves to. Those sinful desires no longer
control us, they are no longer our master. Matthew 23:25 tells
us that self control is a matter of inward cleansing not shining
the outside of our lives to look good to others but rather
allowing the Holy Spirit to work within our lives to shine us
from within. Finally, the self control that we are suppose to
live in is a self control that comes from the Holy Spirit thus
that can only come to us as we yield more and more of our lives
to that indwelling Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23)
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Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest24 Date: October 27, 2018, 12:58 pm
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Keeps Us From Forgiving Others…
Sometimes our own feelings can be used against us by Satan. He
doesn’t have to do anything but take advantage of our emotional
weaknesses. Such is the case in II Corinthians 2:5-11 (Luke
11:4) in the body of Christ pain inflicted upon one is inflicted
upon all which makes sense if we do back to the teaching of the
body. (I Corinthians 12:26-27) When we belong to Christ we are
never suffering alone. Because we are never suffering alone it
is important for us to forgive those that commit sins against
us. It isn’t just for ourselves that we forgive it is for the
entire body of believers that we forgive for. If we don’t
forgive we give Satan an opportunity to take advantage of our
hurt, pain, and anger and exploit it in an attempt to draw us
from Christ into death.
In some of our previous books we dealt with forgiveness in some
depth here we want to talk about how Satan exploits our
unforgiveness more so than how to forgive. It is no secret that
we need to forgive. (Matthew 6:12-14; Matthew 18:21; Matthew
18:35; Mark 11:25-26; Luke 6:37; Luke 17:3-4; II Corinthians
2:7-10; Colossians 3:13) God alone has the power and authority
to forgive sins. (Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:7-10; Luke 5:21-24; Luke
23:34; I John 1:9)
Unforgiveness breeds things like anger, vengeance, hostility
and bitterness. These things can if not dealt with lead to sin.
(Leviticus 25:17; Proverbs 20:22; Ephesians 4:26-27) In anger
we can hold grudges (Genesis 27:41) we can become separated from
our brothers and sisters in Christ as well as from God. (Genesis
27:43-45) Anger can and sometimes does lead to murder even if
that murder is only in our thoughts. (Genesis 49:6-7;
Deuteronomy 19:6; Job 5:2) Instead of allowing our anger to
escalate into acts of vengeance we need to let go of our anger
and allow God to avenge the evil for His judgments are just. (II
Chronicles 16:10; Esther 7:6-10; Job 10:17; Job 40:11; Psalms
37:8; Psalms 55:3; Proverbs 30:33; Hosea 7:6; II Corinthians
12:20; Galatians 5:20) Forgiving so that our anger does not turn
to sin is an act of the new man, a pleasing aroma to God as we
live in and serve Him. (Job 36:13; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs
29:11; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Ephesians 4:30-32; Colossians 3:7-9; I
Timothy 2:8; James 1:20)
Vengeance is something that we should leave up to God. (Romans
12:19; Deuteronomy 12:35; I Samuel 24:12; Hebrews 10:30)
Likewise hate which often accompanies unforgiveness has no place
in the believers heart. (Psalms 81:15; Matthew 5:43-44; Matthew
6:24; Matthew 24:10; Mark 13:13; Luke 6:27; Titus 3:13; I John
2:9-11; I John 3:15; I John 4:20) Hate causes many problems for
the believer as does bitterness. (Ephesians 4:31; Acts 8:23;
Hebrews 12:15) Even hostility causes problems for the believer.
(Romans 8:7; I Thessalonians 2:14-16)
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Re: The schemes of Satan
By: Theo102 Date: October 27, 2018, 4:30 pm
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[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=183.msg1804#msg1804
date=1540388183]John 8:44 tells us that Satan is a liar and has
been a liar from the beginning.
[/quote]
No, he is speaking specifically of the slanderer, not generally
of the adversary.
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
#Post#: 1882--------------------------------------------------
Re: The schemes of Satan
By: guest24 Date: October 29, 2018, 9:26 am
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It isn't just about one passage it's about the totality of
scripture.
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