Pastor Derek Prince
Spiritual Warfare on earth
4 things we are called to do apart from preaching the gospel which is the total ministry of Jesus :
- Heal the sick
- Cleanse the lepers
- Raise the dead
- Cast out demons
demons desperately crave to occupy a body. They are not satisfied until they get into a body, preferably of a man or a woman but rather than being disembodied, they would rather go into the body of a pig. Only through a body can demons exercise their ungodly lust. We are surrounded by an invincible host of persons without bodies desperately craving to occupy bodies.
spirit of self-pity
spirit of death
spirit of hate
spirit of nicotin
spirit of fear
spirit of arthritis (torment, torture, incapacitated, they bind, they are evil things, some people have bitterness, resentment, unforgiveness)
spirit of occult
spirit of anger
spirit of rejection
spirit of criticism
spirit of allergy
spirit of masturbation (you must hate it)
How do demons come in?
Usually through a momment or a place of weakness. The devil searches for the weak moment or the weak place to come in.
What are the moments or places of weakness?
## Pre-natal (occult, rejection, fortune telling, divination, horoscope, tarot cards, sacrifice kids in fire, sorcery, interpret omens, witchcraft, cast spells, medium, spiritist, consults the dead, unhappy strived-torn home etc)
Deuteronomy 18:9-13
When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
- When you get involve in occult, you are making friends with God's enemy. And you have to repent and you have to cancel any involvement if you want help from God. You cannot fool around with the occult in any form or shape.
## Emotional shock or continued (sustained) emotional pressure
1 Peter 3:6
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
## Sinful acts or habits
## Idle words
Matthew 12:36
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak
Characteristic activities of demons :
1. demons enticed (they entice us to do evil, to sin)
2. demons harassed (anger etc)
3. demons defiled (they are dirty, they are unclean, they fill your mind with unclean, dirty thoughts)
4. demons tortured (Matthew 18 : Jesus said the one who never forgives your brothers or sisters, deliver them to the torturers which is the demons who torture emotionally, torture with fear, with guilt, torture with some kind of uneasy feelings that you haven't done the right thing, torture you physically)
5. demons compel (they make you do things you don't really want to do)
6. demons enslaved (cannot do without something although you know it's harmful, alcohol, television)
Compulsion + Enslave = Addiction
1 Corinthians 6:12-13
I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
KJV
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Rebellion
Witchcraft
Self indulgence
2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
The Holy Spirit will not discipline you unless you discipline yourself. He won't take over and do the job for you but if you make your mind up, He'll help you.
7. demons make weak or sick (arthritis, migraine etc)
Steps for receiving deliverance :
1. Personally affirmed your faith in Christ
2. Humble yourself (God resist the proud and give grace to the humble, humility is a decision between dignity & deliverance, Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils, don't be ashamed of receiving deliverance, you should be ashamed if you let pride keep you from receiving deliverance)
3. Confess any known sin (confess any unconfess sins, you are bringing something in the dark into the light, Jesus blood does not cleanse in the dark)
4. Repent (forsake) of all sins (throw it away, whatever it is, it may be expensive)
5. Forgive all other people (if you forgive, God will forgive you, forgiveness is a decision)
6. Break with the occult and all false religion (get rid of any occult objects in your house, freemasonry)
7. Prepare to be released from every curse of your life (Jesus was made the curse on the cross so that we might be redeemed, we can be redeemed from curses!!)
8. Take your stand with God (come out on God's side, say God, "I'm your child, I'm your servant, I want to serve you, I hate anything that comes between you and me, I don't want it, I'm for you)
9. Expel (expel is not a religious word, you've got something inside you that you don't want, you breathe it out, blow it out, cough it out, scream it, you don't want to keep it)
Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you are the son of God and the only way to God, that you died on the cross for my sins and rose again, that I might be forgiven and receive eternal life. I renounce all pride and religious self righteousness and any dignity that does not come from you. I have no claim on your mercy, except you died in my place. I confess all my sins before you, and hold nothing back, especially I confess __________. I repent of all my sins, I turn away from them and I turn to you Lord for mercy and forgiveness. By decision of my will, I freely forgive all who ever harmed me or wronged me. I lay down all bitterness, all resentness and all hatred, specifically I forgive ____________. I sever all contact that I ever had with the occult or with all false religion, particularly _____________. I commit myself to get rid of all objects associated with the occult or false religion. Lord Jesus I thank you, that on the cross you bear the curse, that I might be redeemed from every curse, and inherit God's blessings. On that basis, I ask you to release me and set me free to receive the deliverance I need. I take my stand with you Lord, against all satan's demons. I submit to you lord and I resist the devil. Amen!
I speak to any demons that have control over me ___________ I command you to go from me now! In the name of Jesus, I expel you! come out in the name of Jesus!
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
The Spirit-Filled life
Pastor Edmund Chan
The Spirit-Filled life
Being filled by the Holy Spirit is :
1. Biblical command
Ephesians 5:18-20
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Misunderstood command
a. the filling of the spirit is misunderstood as a one-time event. You must be filled with the spirit continually.
b. flawed filling imagery eg. empty petrol tank. It is not how much you have of the holy spirit but how much the holy spirit has of you.
3. Spiritually vital command
4. Doable command
Spiritual giftedness is not an indicative of spiritual maturity.
It is easy to say the right thing but very hard to do the right thing
The Spirit-Filled life
Being filled by the Holy Spirit is :
1. Biblical command
Ephesians 5:18-20
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Misunderstood command
a. the filling of the spirit is misunderstood as a one-time event. You must be filled with the spirit continually.
b. flawed filling imagery eg. empty petrol tank. It is not how much you have of the holy spirit but how much the holy spirit has of you.
3. Spiritually vital command
4. Doable command
Spiritual giftedness is not an indicative of spiritual maturity.
It is easy to say the right thing but very hard to do the right thing
Turning trials to Triumphs
By Pastor Edmund Chan
5 keys to turning Trials into Triumph :
1. That which we must face (smack one palm to side of face)
** We must face that difficulties will come. **
That's a reality of life. That which we must face, we must face with the truth that reality will come. We must face that in this fallen and broken world, suffering and difficulties will come.
2. That which we must know (point finger to brain)
** We must know that in the midst of us suffering, there is comfort with God. **
3. That which we must want (point finger to heart)
** We must want the Will of God. **
And there are times when we walk in the centre of God's will, there is affliction. In the centre of God's will does not mean we don't have difficulty but what it means is that we have victory and triumph at the heart of those difficulties. Not what you want, but what God calls you towards. And when you are used to walking in the centre of God's will, you know He's leading because you know I'm in the centre of the Will of God.
4. That which we must do (open both palms facing up)
** We must not rely on ourselves but upon Him. **
I've learnt that although I can solve the problem myself, but if I keep on solving problems my way with my resources, I will never see the grace and the power and the glory of God because I'm trusting upon myself. And then I would recognise that there are some problems in life that money cannot solve, and if I'm so used to solving things upon my own resources, then when I come to problems when the resources cannot solve, the faith collapse. Want the will of God, don't rely on yourself but upon God, then I learn how to follow the way of the Master. I want the Will of God, I come in dependance upon God, I'm there in the centre of your Will.
4 kinds of faith :
3 are pseudo faith (false faith) which is God can (He can but He may not will it), God will (God in His wisdom sometimes do not heal, this is presumptious faith), God must (to say God must is a very dangerous thing like we are spoiled brats)
True faith is saying "GOD IS"
5. That which we must hold fast to (with palms facing up, clench fist)
** We must hold fast to the deliverance of God, that God will deliver. **
Do you know why it is so important to walk in obedience?
Do you know why it is so important to walk in manner pleasing to God?
Do you know why it is so important to want the will of God?
It's because when we walk to please God, when we want the will of God, when we walk in obedience, we develop a track record with God. Not our track record, our goodness or merit. We see God's track record of faithfulness in our lives.
5 keys to turning Trials into Triumph :
1. That which we must face (smack one palm to side of face)
** We must face that difficulties will come. **
That's a reality of life. That which we must face, we must face with the truth that reality will come. We must face that in this fallen and broken world, suffering and difficulties will come.
2. That which we must know (point finger to brain)
** We must know that in the midst of us suffering, there is comfort with God. **
3. That which we must want (point finger to heart)
** We must want the Will of God. **
And there are times when we walk in the centre of God's will, there is affliction. In the centre of God's will does not mean we don't have difficulty but what it means is that we have victory and triumph at the heart of those difficulties. Not what you want, but what God calls you towards. And when you are used to walking in the centre of God's will, you know He's leading because you know I'm in the centre of the Will of God.
4. That which we must do (open both palms facing up)
** We must not rely on ourselves but upon Him. **
I've learnt that although I can solve the problem myself, but if I keep on solving problems my way with my resources, I will never see the grace and the power and the glory of God because I'm trusting upon myself. And then I would recognise that there are some problems in life that money cannot solve, and if I'm so used to solving things upon my own resources, then when I come to problems when the resources cannot solve, the faith collapse. Want the will of God, don't rely on yourself but upon God, then I learn how to follow the way of the Master. I want the Will of God, I come in dependance upon God, I'm there in the centre of your Will.
4 kinds of faith :
3 are pseudo faith (false faith) which is God can (He can but He may not will it), God will (God in His wisdom sometimes do not heal, this is presumptious faith), God must (to say God must is a very dangerous thing like we are spoiled brats)
True faith is saying "GOD IS"
5. That which we must hold fast to (with palms facing up, clench fist)
** We must hold fast to the deliverance of God, that God will deliver. **
Do you know why it is so important to walk in obedience?
Do you know why it is so important to walk in manner pleasing to God?
Do you know why it is so important to want the will of God?
It's because when we walk to please God, when we want the will of God, when we walk in obedience, we develop a track record with God. Not our track record, our goodness or merit. We see God's track record of faithfulness in our lives.
Wisdom from James
By Pastor Benny Ho
We can have the knowledge to achieve all the goals we want to set, but at the end of the day we really need wisdom to really understand the true nature of things. We don't just need knowledge but we need God's wisdom to know how to put knowledge to good use. True wisdom is rooted in a life of humility, it's rooted in a way we live. By good deeds done in the life of humility. A person can see things but yet not understand the true nature of things. We can look at a situation and knows what's going on there, but we may not have the wisdom to see the true nature of what's going on. Men of wisdom have the insight, to see beyond, to see the true nature of things. God's wisdom is always pure but when God's wisdom is pass through a tainted heart, that wisdom will be corrupted. The problem is human heart. Even a prophetic word from God can be pure and good and right, but if it passes through a heart that is wounded, it comes out the other end with a wrong spirit. Soulish wisdom comes with Bitter envy, Selfish ambitions, Deceit and Boasting. All these attitudes are the ones that caused relationships to mess up, caused confusion (disorder or chaos at every evil practice) and trouble according to James 3:16. God's wisdom is always Pure, Peaceloving, Considerate, Submissive, Full of Mercy and good fruit, Impartial, Sincere according to James 3:17. People get along when we exercise true wisdom, helps people to get along. The root is always rooted in God, and the heart that is pure, and therefore out come the life of humility.
Earthly (human, carnal or mankind idea) -> Unspiritual (soulish because human defends the idea) -> Demonic (of the devil, infiltrated with evil, heresy)
Different aspects of Wisdom :
Sophia wisdom (wisdom that is learnt, derived, foundational, academic, skillful, spiritual understanding)
Acts 7:22 (learnt)
1 Corinthian 3:10 (skills)
Colossians 1:28 (spiritual understanding)
Sunesis wisdom (strategic wisdom, ability to see big picture, put 2 and 2 together, ability to corelate things, process people)
Revelation 13:18
Phronesis (practical wisdom, prudence, ability to make things work)
Luke 16:8
Matthew 10:16
We can have the knowledge to achieve all the goals we want to set, but at the end of the day we really need wisdom to really understand the true nature of things. We don't just need knowledge but we need God's wisdom to know how to put knowledge to good use. True wisdom is rooted in a life of humility, it's rooted in a way we live. By good deeds done in the life of humility. A person can see things but yet not understand the true nature of things. We can look at a situation and knows what's going on there, but we may not have the wisdom to see the true nature of what's going on. Men of wisdom have the insight, to see beyond, to see the true nature of things. God's wisdom is always pure but when God's wisdom is pass through a tainted heart, that wisdom will be corrupted. The problem is human heart. Even a prophetic word from God can be pure and good and right, but if it passes through a heart that is wounded, it comes out the other end with a wrong spirit. Soulish wisdom comes with Bitter envy, Selfish ambitions, Deceit and Boasting. All these attitudes are the ones that caused relationships to mess up, caused confusion (disorder or chaos at every evil practice) and trouble according to James 3:16. God's wisdom is always Pure, Peaceloving, Considerate, Submissive, Full of Mercy and good fruit, Impartial, Sincere according to James 3:17. People get along when we exercise true wisdom, helps people to get along. The root is always rooted in God, and the heart that is pure, and therefore out come the life of humility.
Earthly (human, carnal or mankind idea) -> Unspiritual (soulish because human defends the idea) -> Demonic (of the devil, infiltrated with evil, heresy)
Different aspects of Wisdom :
Sophia wisdom (wisdom that is learnt, derived, foundational, academic, skillful, spiritual understanding)
Acts 7:22 (learnt)
1 Corinthian 3:10 (skills)
Colossians 1:28 (spiritual understanding)
Sunesis wisdom (strategic wisdom, ability to see big picture, put 2 and 2 together, ability to corelate things, process people)
Revelation 13:18
Phronesis (practical wisdom, prudence, ability to make things work)
Luke 16:8
Matthew 10:16
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