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Understanding the Lies of the Enemy 0:15 Good morning, everybody. So welcome. We are in a series around here called Liar Liar, Pants on Fire, talking about the lies of the enemy, and what are we to do about it? How is it we can put0:27 the devil on the run, stop him in his tracks, quench all the fiery darts he's slinging against us? And so that's what we got started in last weekend. We're gonna pick it up again this weekend. So just by0:39 way of review and kind of catching everybody up, I mean we do live in a culture, I think we can all agree. How many of you would agree, let me ask it this way, how many of you would agree, it sure does seem like things0:49 in the world are accelerating? Anybody notice the acceleration? It used to be it was pretty easy to distinguish between right and wrong, evil and good. People1:01 just, it was like, just sort of, you didn't even have to really question it, you sort of knew, no, that's definition.1:13 Just like the Bible predicted, you know, the Bible said a time would come when they would call evil good and good evil. Who thinks we're in those days? And accelerating all the time. So the only weapon the1:25 enemy has are lies. Jesus defeated him, the bible tells us, completely defeated the enemy, the devil, Satan, the adversary, completely defeated him at the cross. Made an1:37 open show of him, the bible says, triumphing over him in the cross. Jesus disarmed principalities and powers. So he doesn't have any weapons, and in fact, Jesus gave us the weapons. We talked about this1:48 last week. The only weapon that the enemy has is deception, or lying, and if he can get us to buy into the lie he wins. And we don't get to experience the things that Jesus has2:00 provided for us. And so we're gonna get into that again today, let's pray and trust the Lord to help us out, okay? Let's pray. Father, thank you so much for your word, thank you for truth, thank you that Jesus is the2:11 truth. And Lord, I pray by the power of the Holy Spirit, you teach us today, you enlighten us today, open up our eyes today, let us see what we need to see, help us Lord to receive it in our heart, and then to be a doer2:22 of the word in Jesus' mighty name. And everybody that agreed said, amen. Alright, let me show you this, this is a quote from Booker T. Washington, I think it's very pertinent. He He says, a2:34 lie doesn't become truth. Wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it's2:45 accepted by a majority. Be a Christian, if you're going to be a believer, Jesus is going to be the Lord of your life, you may not be in2:57 the majority at times. There may be certain situations you won't be in the majority. And so you have to have some grit. You have to know what you believe on the inside. You have to be okay with people3:10 hating you, not liking you, even as Jesus said would be the case. Let's look at these lies, 3 lies about God. Lie number 1, he confuses. Tries to confuse us and3:22 basically make us think God's word is confusing. I can't understand the Bible, it's so confusing. Lie number 2, he contradicts God's word. God's word isn't3:34 true, God didn't mean that. Lie number 3, he discredits God's word. God's not good, God doesn't have your best interest in mind. So let's talk about a couple examples. So first3:46 he wants to confuse, has God said? So let's take Jesus for an example. Jesus said, I am the way and the truth and the life, no 1 comes to the Father except through me. Jesus3:59 said that. The book of Acts, it says, there is salvation in no other name found under heaven. There's no other name on earth found whereby men can be saved, except for the name4:11 of Jesus. This is what the Bible devil comes along and goes, has God said, are you kidding me, how narrow can you be? What about all the other religions? What about all the4:23 people who haven't heard? Then he comes in with a contradiction. Well, God didn't mean that. That is way too narrow, and besides, how could a loving God not allow somebody that didn't know4:34 Jesus to spend eternity with him? Well, that's easy. They didn't want to spend time with him, why would they want to spend eternity with him? Little side thought.4:46 He contradicts, and then he discredits. Well, you can't believe I mean, Jesus was here 2000 years ago and there's a lot of, you know, scholars that have looked at all the4:58 documents. He discredits, confuses, contradicts, discredits.5:11 Hath God said Well, God didn't really mean what he said. Well, he will contradict it 100 percent, and then he'll tell you God's God said that because he's a buzz kill. He doesn't want you5:23 happy. And you could go down the list, let's talk about money. God said, the blessing of the Lord makes rich. God said, give and it shall be given unto you. God said, the love of money is the root5:35 of all evil. The devil comes along and says, tries to confuse you about money. Well, you know, if you're a Christian, you shouldn't have any money, because you should be like that rich young ruler who's5:46 supposed to sell everything he had and give to the poor. Well, for 1 thing, the rich young ruler was supposed to sell everything he had and then use the proceeds from the sales to give some to the5:58 poor, because if he gave all to the poor, he'd become poor. And then how has that helped Jesus' cause? Jesus said to the rich young ruler, Follow me, which is a phrase6:10 Jesus only said to the 12 disciples he had follow him as the apostles of the lamb. I wonder if that rich young ruler bought into the lie. And had he had enough6:22 faith to take Jesus at his word, I wonder if we would have been reading about the rich young ruler in the Bible as 1 of the 12 apostles of the lamb. The enemy comes to us as it relates to money6:33 with confusion. Well, Well, you're a Christian, you're not supposed to have any money. Well, you're a Christian, you're supposed to give. No, you're not supposed to give. That's Old Testament, that's not New Testament.6:42 Jesus said this about that. I always think it's funny, people say, Well, you know, tithing was in the Old Testament. I'm like, yeah, isn't that amazing? So we're under the new and better covenant, which means we're even6:53 more blessed, so we should be giving more than 10 percent. Isn't that awesome? I love that. Usually it's like. But can you see the devil7:05 has just thrown so many lies about so many topics at people, and unless you know the truth, you buy into it. You know, when it comes to counterfeit money, a lot of7:17 counterfeiters, right? Money. Do you know that people that are professionals with counterfeit money, they do not study the counterfeits? They do not study the counterfeits. What do they do?7:28 They study the real thing. They study what a real dollar bill looks like, what a real hundred dollar bill looks like, and they know every little mark on an actual, authentic dollar bill.7:40 Why? Because the more I know the authentic dollar bill, the easier I'll be able to recognize a fraud any minute. I can recognize a counterfeit because I'm so versed in the real thing.7:53 Amen. So what does that mean to you and me? It means in this culture, in this age, y'all, we better get serious about the bible. We better get a grip on the basics. We better get a grip on the8:05 basics of the bible. No joke. No joke. We have got to know the real thing. To recognize a counterfeit. And then have enough guts8:17 personally to stand up to truth. And have enough boldness to help somebody else. Come on, hello. Amen. And8:28 we're talking about how do you counter lies, we're talking about how do you deal with lies, because we have an adversary, we have an enemy, the liar who comes against us with lies. There's no truth in him. What do you do8:37 about that? You counteract it with truth. You hold up the shield of faith, get the sword of the spirit in your mouth. And so the bible at some point, at some point, you have to come to a decision personally. I believe8:47 this with all my heart. I remember when I did it, it was the summer of 19 79. I made a decision to go, okay, I believe the bible. I'd read a bunch of stuff, I'd read Evidence That Demands a Verdict,8:59 I'd read More Than a Carpenter, I'd read Mere Christianity, I'd read a lot of books books out at that particular time. And I said, I make a decision now this summer. That from this point on, I believe the bible. It is my9:10 plumb line. It is the standard. And I'll trust the Holy Spirit for revelation knowledge, because there's parts of it you're like, I don't really know what that means. But in the course of my walk with God, Lord, I'll9:20 trust you for revelation knowledge on what you need me to know in a given time. But from this point forward, your word is truth. The culture isn't gonna define my truth. My own opinion's not gonna define my truth. My9:31 family's not gonna define my truth, no. And I'm not even gonna try to come up with my truth. The bible is my truth. But at some point, you have to decide that. You9:43 have to you have to say, I'm gonna decide it or not. And then the not part leads to confusion and every evil work, James tells us. Alrighty,9:55 Revelation 12, let's go to Revelation 12. What do you do about it? How do you then, as a Christian, as a believer, how do you deal with the lies of the devil?The Power of Truth and Submission to God 10:07 We get a clue here as well as we did last week. Revelation 12 verse 10 says, then I heard a triumphant voice in heaven proclaiming, now salvation and power are set in place and the kingdom10:19 reigns of our God and the ruling authority of his anointed 1 are established. That's a little bit of a 2 fold there. It has been established since Jesus was resurrected. And it's there's a coming time, it will be10:31 established once and for all in his second coming. But we're in the period of time after the resurrection, we're in the period of time, the finished work of the cross. So we have10:43 been armed with what we're about to read among other things in the bible, to enforce, as I said last week, to enforce Satan's defeat. You have the ability to enforce the10:54 enemy's defeat in your life. You've been given weapons to enforce and to stop and to quench all the fiery darts of the lies that come against you, and you've been given the power of the11:06 Holy Spirit to walk in truth. And all the people said. Here's what he says. He says, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters who relentlessly11:18 accused them day and night before our God has now been defeated, cast out once and for all. Again, you see the double timeline there. Jesus has completely defeated the devil. We11:30 enforce his defeat. But there is coming a time when the devil himself will be judged, and the Bible says, cast into the lake of fire for eternity. That is a coming judgment. For11:42 now, the enemy, it tells us in the bible, walks about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Meaning, there are some people he may11:54 not. He's seeking who he may. Who doesn't know the truth? Who doesn't believe the truth? Who's gullible? Who's got a weakness? Well, we all have weaknesses, but who's placating their weakness?12:06 Who's not strengthening their own heart in God's word? Those are easy targets for the devil. He walks about the whole earth, the bible says, seeking whom he may devour. Well, he may not devour you. Amen.12:18 Why? Because of the rest of this passage. The devil accuses them night and day before God. He's been cast out and defeated. They, you and I believers, they conquered him completely. 312:30 things, through the blood of the lamb, the powerful word of his testimony, Jesus, they triumphed because they did not love and cling to their own lives even when faced with12:42 death. 3 things, the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony, and we do not love our lives to the death. Take them real quick, 1 by12:54 1. The blood of the lamb. Well, let me start with the accuser part. Listen, how do I know if it's the devil or if it's God? How do I know if I like is this a lie or is this the truth? I don't know. How do I know if the13:04 Lord is trying to tell me something? How do I know if it's just my own thoughts? How do I know if it's the devil? Couple of things to help you with that, couple filters. Number 1, God will never lead you by fear.13:17 So if you think something's come to you and it makes you fearful, that's not from the Lord. Recognize it's a lie. God never leads by fear, he leads by faith. And he gives you peace.13:29 God does not torment. Do you have a tormenting thought? Oh I think it's the Lord, it's just always tormenting me. That's not the Lord. The Lord is not a tormentor. You'll sense in your spirit, in your inner man, like you13:41 know what, I need to make a change, God's talking to me and I know it's the Lord, and he's telling me I need to make some lifestyle changes, and in my inner man there's peace. In my head and in my emotions, I'm screaming13:52 like a crazy person. Because I don't wanna do it. I wanna keep yielding to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, but God's talking to my heart, and in my heart I know. And there's peace14:04 there. That's the Lord, he leads by peace, not torment. God doesn't accuse. He does not accuse you. In fact, he does the opposite, he's your defense attorney. The devil14:16 comes around to accuse you and shame you and put you down. And the Lord comes around and says, no, I am your defense attorney. I present to the judge the evidence of the blood of Jesus14:28 Christ. They're washed in the blood. In other words, you have to lean into the blood of the lamb, the word of your testimony, and love not your life to the death because the enemy will come to prosecute14:40 you. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are there to defend you. Okay, the blood of the lamb. Let's hit these because our time's basically up. But let me just hit these so you have some practical stuff as you go. The blood of the14:51 lamb. Thank you, Jesus, for the blood of the lamb. Are you washed in the blood? In the soul cleansing blood of the lamb? That is freedom, my friends. When you are washed in the blood of15:03 Jesus, you know all your sins have been forgiven. You know they've been cast far from you as the east is from the west. You know you've been made the righteousness of God in Christ. You've been made as15:15 righteous as God himself, not because you did anything to earn that, not because you even could, but because of the blood of the lamb. Amen. So you hold that up.15:27 You say, no, I just declare. We sing it. I declare the blood of Jesus surrounds my life, spirit, soul, and body. I declare and I speak the blood of Jesus over my life. We always do when we travel. You15:39 guys know that. The blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, the angels of God surround us front to back, side to side, top to bottom, spirit, soul and body. Amen. We bought this property, we moved into a15:50 house, we go somewhere, we just walk around the property and we declare a bloodline. We got a bloodline around this property, the blood of Jesus surrounds his property, east to16:02 west, north to south. His blood protects us. Amen. What are we talking about? We're saying, you've got weapons, use your weapons. Counter attack the lies.16:14 Don't you be on the run, put the devil on the run. The blood of the lamb, the word of his testimony, that's God's word. We talked about it last week, it's that sword of the spirit in your mouth.16:26 Years ago I led my dad to the Lord and my dad had divorced my mother and he felt guilty. And he thought the Lord couldn't forgive him and he couldn't be saved. And he really16:38 struggled and the devil was just right there, nope, Jer, you can't be saved because you divorced Carol and those kids have suffered and she's suffered and nope, too late for you. And the devil just tried to torment my16:49 dad with that thought until we got into the Bible and we showed him some scriptures and said, dad, God forgives us of our mistakes. If you'll repent, if you'll turn from your ways and17:01 turn to the Lord's ways, he'll forgive you by the blood of Jesus, by his mercy and grace. His word promises it. You can be saved and you can know you're going to heaven. My dad prayed the prayer,17:13 accepted Jesus as Lord. And do you know what my dad wanted to have on his plaque where his remains are buried? You know what he wanted on his plaque? Just just a couple of words, blood bought.17:25 Day of birth, day of death, blood bought. He got a hold of the blood of Jesus, the word of God's testimony became his testimony. And finally, wrap up with17:37 this, they loved not their life to the death. They didn't cling to their own life. Can I just exhort you, can I just challenge you, can I do something? At some point, you have17:49 got to surrender to Christ. You are not the Lord, he's the Lord. At some point, you gotta say, Jesus, take the steering wheel of my life. You be the driver,18:01 I submit my life to you. And if that means I have to make some major changes, so be it. If it means I lose some friends, so be it. If it means I'm not popular, so be it.18:14 And none of that may even happen. You may just keep living a nice life, but in your heart, you have surrendered completely. Jesus said to the disciples, if you love your life, you'll lose it. But if you lose your18:25 life for my sake, you'll gain it. At a certain point, at a certain point, you just have to and it's not even, you know, come down front and do it today. No, you go home, kneel18:37 by your bed, kneel by the couch, go for a drive and have a talk with the Lord and say, God, I'm in. I'm all in, I've been the Lord of my life. I've liked all the perks of this Christian life, but18:49 I've never really given you my life. You cannot have authority over the devil, honestly you cannot, unless you are submitted under God. In fact,19:01 James tells us that last verse, James says right here, therefore, submit to God, Resist the devil and he will flee from you. If you try to resist the devil but you're not submitted to God, that is a19:13 joke. That's health joke. There's a story in the bible about it actually. A couple of guys thought they'd do what Paul did and try to cast out demons. The demons just ripped all their clothes off and they ran19:25 with their arms flailing. So it's not something to play with. It's something to be serious about and go, God I surrender. My life is not my own. I was bought with a19:37 price. You are my master, you are my Lord, you are my savior. Man, do I get a lot of blessings knowing you, the abundant life. How amazing is that? But at the end19:48 of the day, I am not the Lord of my life. You are the Lord of my life. Submit yourselves to God. If you're under God, then you can have authority over. Then when you20:00 say in the name of Jesus, there's authority to it. There's punch to it. Then when you speak God's word, then when you hold up the shield of faith, you have authority and the devil knows you mean business, because you20:12 know you mean business. Your own heart knows you mean business. Amen. Amen. Let's pray. Father, thank you so much for your word, thank you20:24 so much for the Holy Spirit. And Lord, I thank you that you're gonna take what we shared in Jesus' mighty name and do an internal work in all of us so that Jesus is truly the Lord of our lives. We truly20:36 believe he is who he said he was and we believe his words. God, we believe your words. And I thank you for freedom that comes in that. The truth, Jesus said, would set us free. Lord, I thank20:47 you for freedom today for each and every person here, each and every person watching online. Thank you, God, that they're making decisions. It's between you and them. But I ask you, God, to deal with people20:59 throughout the day and throughout the day. They'll take some time to get along with you and go, Jesus, this is it. I'm in. 100 percent. And in these areas of my life, I've taken back the steering wheel. In these21:11 areas of my life, I've bought into the lie. I've been confused. I've bought into the contradiction. I've been discrediting like your word. God, forgive me. I repent. I'm coming back to truth.21:23 And Lord, help me to live and to be the Christian you've called me to be. Help me to do it with grace. Help me to speak truth in love. Help me Lord to be a light for Jesus21:35 with no apologies. I ask you, Father, for all of these things for your people. You know where each and every 1 is, and I thank you, Lord, that eternal fruit will be the result of our time today. In Jesus'21:47 mighty name, amen.21:49 Thanks for watching today's show. We hope this message helped you to get the basics, live the life, and do the stuff. Be sure to set your DVR so that you never miss an episode. For more of The Basics with Beth Jones or21:59 to watch programs on demand, visit thebasicswithbeth. Tv.In this video 0:00 Understanding the Lies of the Enemy10:00 The Power of Truth and Submission to God
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