This last week, I watched this
Jack Hibbs Part 3 video. He has a wonderful message
of encouragement and staying strong in the Lord. But
the Church is in trouble - even though President Trump won
the election - there are many problems in the Church.
In it he talked about demonic
possession and 'wokism'. And how Believers cannot be
possessed by a demonic spirit. He said that satan
and the demonic entities are real - they are not 'middle
ages type of Christianity'. He also noted that a
poll reported that most Christians do not believe in an
actual satan or devil or demons. That they are
completely blinded. Satan wants them to believe that he
does not exist.
(my notes)
Believers are living in occupied
enemy territory - the world has been commandeered by
satan. This world is not our home. There is
murder, hatred, sin, violence, and death. Satan
brought these things into this world. We have a
choice - to obey or disobey God. God has a plan to
redeem mankind.
We are leaving this Earth
together. There are the 'Old Testament saints', the
Church-age believers, and then the Tribulation
saints. All of the family of God will be brought
together. This world will be left behind and God
will make a new Heaven and Earth. God's Word
supernaturally unites us. There is glory ahead of
us.
The enemy is about falsehood and
lies. There are people pushing back from
truth and doubling down on their darkness and there are
people waking up now and looking for hope.
Every true Believer has a passion to meet Jesus and go to
Heaven. We are living right now - but the life
coming can't be compared to our life now.
We are children of God - "it has
not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him..." 1 John 3:2-3
We are leaving now - we have made
ourselves ready. We trust in Jesus. We have
received His salvation. And unpacked our sin.
No matter where you are in the world, there is a level of
ease and a level of difficulty. The world is
constantly pulling on us - the stress on us, the energy
pulled away from us, the demands on us. We are
living vessels to His glory.and His praise.
We want to complete the course He
has given us - by being obedient - we've been born
again. We are pure of spirit. We were born
spiritually dead. And then we became new as we knew
God. The Holy Spirit made our spirits come alive -
we were born again. We begin gravitating towards the
heart of God. Temptations of the world no longer
pull on us. We put all the snares aside. We
want to get as close as we can to Jesus. God calls
us to lay aside all distractions. It's a life and
death moment for each of us and for the world.
Jack said this election has
brought reprieve; it is not a time to put our feet up and
relax - the Church is still in trouble. We need a
revival. We need to fight for the Truth. Satan
moves like a drug pusher. The victim gets the drug
for free...and gets hooked and then the price goes up and
up.
"Seek the Kingdom of God above
all else, and live righteously, and He will give you
everything you need. So don't worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble
is enough for today." Matthew 6:33 - 34 We
cannot control tomorrow.
You desire the Truth and eternity
because of the spirit of God in you. A Believer
thinks differently than he did before. The desires of your
heart will become the right desires when you give yourself
fully to God.
We're ready to be pure in
action. Lay aside the distractions and sin.
God will put the desire to do His will in our heart.
Ask God to bring what He wants you to do to you; and pray
you see this. Satan gets us chasing our tails.
The devil wanders around like a
devouring lion...
Today the world is nuts
because it is not 'sober of thinking'. We
are to be "sober" - clear thinking. We are to be
"vigilant" - to keep awake, watchful, on guard.
The word "about" or 'peripateo' in Greek is "to walk
or to pace in and around. Meaning - demonic entities
search for, peer in to, seek out an opening or opportunity
- temptation is the manifestation that a demon is a work
around you, near you or upon you."
When you get a temptation
in your head, there is demonic activity near by.
Satan engineers and throws at us temptations. Ask
God to show you the spiritual world around your
life. Satan is peering at your life,
stalking your life. Probing and prodding - waiting
for you to leave a door unlocked, a window open.
He's waiting for a misstep. Don't leave the door
open. Satan is checking your marriage, your social
media. Be careful.
Satan wants to devour - "devour"
or 'katapino' in Greek is to "drink down or suck moisture
from to swallow or drink life away from you (many who have
encountered demonic activity report that there is a
manifestation of weight or pressure and the pulling of
breath from or the sucking of air out of the lungs.)
Martin Luther had encounters with satan
himself.
A Believer is completely
protected against demonic possession... It is impossible
for a Christian to be possessed. The Holy Spirit will
not allow an evil spirit in your life. He
will not share the Temple of the Lord. But it
doesn't stop attacks or oppression. Satan will try
to sterilize us to destroy the Christian.
Satan and Demons Are
Real:
We are to resist the
devil and his demonic entities. They are real.
Polls have shown that
most Christians do not believe in an actual satan or
devil or demons. Those are people of faith or
spirituality whom satan has completely blinded.
Satan wants you to believe that he and demons are a
'middle ages type' of Christianity - that's what satan
wants you to believe. For his own manipulation.
In this world, people
have their 'feelings on their sleeve' - he thinks this
isn't 'woke' - he thinks this is demonic. This is
a person under demonic influence. That
level of carnality and self-centeredness is a demonic
spirit. It's all about 'my world and you
must comply to me' - you must tolerate me, I don't have to
tolerate you and this is demonic. It's wisdom of
this world.
We are to "resist" or
'anthistemi' in Greek means to be set in battle array
against an invader, to withstand, repel, to be in direct
fact to face opposition to the enemy (woke won't
work). You can't make a deal with the devil.
Satan hates the phrase "wait on the Lord". Satan
shows up in the White House, he shows up in the Vatican,
he shows up in the Kremlin. Satan shows up at the big
important places.
Through the blood of Jesus, no
demonic power can defeat us. Jack believes that this
election, with what's happening and going to happen in the
Middle East, in the not too distant future, will lead
thousands of Muslims to Jesus. When Allah doesn't answer
them, they need to know that Jesus is their savior, Jesus
died for them. Jesus said He will never cast away
any who come to Him. Allah never said this.
Buddah never said this. Jesus said this. He
who has the Son is free.
(end notes)
Much more at the video.
I followed up on the poll about
most Christians not believe in an actual satan and
demons...In this article from January 2017, "the vast
majority of Evangelicals no longer believe what the Bible
plainly teaches about any essential tenet of the Christian
faith - including the origin and inerrancy of Scripture,
the holiness of God, the deity of Christ, the personality
of the Holy Spirit, the sinfulness of man, the sufficiency
of the Cross, the fact of the Last Judgment, the reality
of Hell, the sinfulness of abortion and homosexuality and
much more. The survey demonstrates that those who
still hold positions that are true to the Bible are now a
small minority among self-described Evangelicals.
The Bible-believing church has to a great extent become
the Bible-leaving church."
New
Survey Reports Rampant Unbelief Among Self-Described
Evangelicals
Wow! That's a real
eye-opener. Best be careful if you refer to yourself
as an Evangelical - looks like many have 'fallen away'
from the Faith. And their beliefs greatly
differ. That survey is probably from 2016. A
survey for 2022 is quite similar - and reported that
"almost half (of evangelicals - 44%) say that Jesus was a
great teacher, but He was not God. Wow.
The
State of Theology: What Evangelicals Believe in 2022
I do like Jack Hibbs'
title: "We're Leaving Now" Amen!!
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance