KNOW YOUR ENEMY

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We have only one enemy. We have the same enemy. Those whom we have considered enemies are only instruments of our real enemy. The one enemy we all have is Satan. He simply puts the thoughts, words and actions into the minds of those we have considered our enemies. Even our thoughts of frustration, aggravation and irritation are from Satan.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That is the reason we are told by Jesus:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 5:43  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>You have heard that it hath been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 5:44  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>In Ephesians 6 Paul gives some instructions on where our problems come from.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:10  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:11  Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:13  Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:14  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:15  And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:16  Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:17  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 6:18  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Our only purpose in sharing what we have written herein is to help God's children to learn what is theirs and how to get it. As you will see below God's word tells us that His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We are told by Hosea: </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" ><B>Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>God's children should not still be destroyed for lack of knowledge. Our prayer is that when the information contained herein is assimilated and faith is built the reader will become a powerhouse for God.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You will find that I have made some statements more than once and have given the same scripture more than once. This is for emphasis</B>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Critical information.</B></div> <div> <B>Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.</B></div> <div> <B>This verse of scripture gives two reasons that Pastors and teachers should be diligent in preaching and teaching the TRUTH of God's word.</B></div> <div> <B>One is that God's people are still being destroyed today just as they were when Hosea first put the verse forth.</B></div> <div> <B>The second is the penalty for not putting forth the truth of God's word.</B></div> <div> <B>W</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>hat are some of the things that people lack knowledge of that causes them to be destroyed? Let us look at a few.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>1. Not knowing how Satan operates. This is one of the prime things.</B></div> <div> <B>2. Not knowing who they are in Christ Jesus.</B></div> <div> <B>3. Not knowing their authority to use the name of Jesus to control situations.</B></div> <div> <B>4. Not knowing what is rightfully theirs as children of God.</B></div> <div> <B>5. Not knowing the importance of the correct meaning of various words in the bible.</B></div> <div> <B>6. Not knowing how to operate in faith.</B></div> <div> <B>Let us consider each of those things. Most people are of the belief that humans are physical beings when in reality they are spirit beings. As spirit beings they have three sources of their thoughts. Some, of course, are their own. Some are from God's Holy Spirit and some are from the devil. So, one of Satan's methods of operation is by putting thoughts in people's minds. That is why we are told to try the spirits whether they be of God. The only way to do that is to compare the thoughts to God's word. A person cannot make that comparison if they don't know God's word.</B></div> <div> <B>Another way that Satan destroys God's people is by attacking them with sickness, disease and accidents and making them believe it is somehow God's will and God's doing.</B></div> <div> <B>Here is scriptural proof of Satan's ability to do the above.</B></div> <div> <B>Luke 13:16</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>?</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>These next two verses show who we are in Christ Jesus.</B></div> <div> <B>2 Cor 5:21  For he has made him </B><I><B>to be </B></I><B>sin for us, who knew no sin; that </B><B><U>we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</U></B></div> <div> <B>Eph 4:24  And that </B><B><U>you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.</U></B></div> <div> <B>Here we find our authority to use the name of Jesus.</B></div> <div> <B>Mark 16:17</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Mark 16:18</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>John 14:12</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><B><U>Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater </U></B><I><B><U>works </U></B></I><B><U>than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.</U></B></div> <div> <B>John 14:13 </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>John 14:14 </B></FONT><B> If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do </B><I><B>it.</B></I></div> <div> <B>In verses 13 & 14 the word ask is strictly a demand for something due. That is based on meeting the terms of the written Will. Most of the time that ask is in the Gospels,  that is the meaning. Therefore, just asking will not get anything.</B></div> <div> <B>The word ask is an example of the need to know the correct meaning of words as referred to in number 5.</B></div> <div> <B>Even when people are told what they are to do and how to do it, if they don't get in the word and build their own faith they can't operate in faith.</B></div> <div> <B>In the following verses we find Jesus giving the one and only responsibility of the Pastor/Shepard. </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>John 21:15  So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, </B></FONT><B>Simon, </B><I><B>son </B></I><B>of Jonas, do you love me more than these? </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>He said unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, </B></FONT><B>Feed my lambs.</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>John 21:16  He said to him again the second time,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>Simon, </B><I><B>son </B></I><B>of Jonas, do you love me? </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>He said unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>Feed my sheep.</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>John 21:17  He said unto him the third time, </B></FONT><B>Simon, </B><I><B>son </B></I><B>of Jonas, do you love me? </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>do you</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>love me? </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>And he said unto him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said unto him</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>, </B></FONT><B>Feed my sheep.</B></div> <div> <B>Notice Jesus didn't say win millions of souls. He didn't say build great congregations and buildings. He didn't say go through a lot of rituals. He said feed three times. Anytime an instruction is repeated it is of vital importance to understand and do it.</B></div> <div> <B>Here is an example of how not to get results.</B></div> <div> <B>James 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.</B></div> <div> <B>Many people try to resist the devil when they realize what he is doing but he doesn't flee. Why? Because they don't submit themselves to God first. Or they may submit themselves to God but never resist the devil so he stays and does his thing. Either way he continues to cause the problem.</B></div> <div> <B>This is a critical point for Christians to know. To get the desired results they must do everything that the instructions say to do for a particular thing. Leave off just one thing and there will be no success.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>IT IS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE.</B></div> <div> <B>God is not the cause of hurricanes. They are the activity of Satan. If all Christians knew what their authority is and started using it we would not have the destruction caused by hurricanes and other things of nature.</B></div> <div> <B>Jo.14:12</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Jesus clearly stated that the things He did would be done by those who believe on Him. What did He do about the weather?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mk. 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea</B>, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Peace, be still</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mk. 4:40 And he said unto them, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Why are you so fearful? how is it that you have no faith?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>In verse 40, Jesus is indicating that they should have used their faith and calmed the storm. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Even though a person may know that those scriptures are in God's word they will not work for them unless they study them until faith builds in them. Faith comes by hearing and hearing God's word.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ro. 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It is high time that we realize that it is time for us to take our rightful authority as children of God.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Whatever God's word says for us to do, will not be done unless we do it. Praying for God to do it will not get it done.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Spiritual Warfare</B></div> <div> <B>How to win the Spiritual warfare.</B></div> <div> <B>God tells us in Hosea: Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: ………………</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Who is it that destroys?  An adversary, right.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What is an adversary? This is what the Webster's Dictionary has to say. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>ADVERSARY, refers to a person, group, or personified force contending against another. ADVERSARY suggests an enemy who fights determinedly, continuously, and relentlessly:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Notice that an adversary fights DETERMINEDLY, CONTINUOUSLY, and RELENTLESSLY.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Are not Christians today, God's people? If they are, are they not being destroyed today and for the same reason as in Hosea's day?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you are in a war there are certain things you must know if you expect to win.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. You must know who your enemy is.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2. You must know what his weapons are and his method of operation.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3. You must know what your weapons are and how to use them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When you hear most Christians talk you would think that God is their adversary. They say things like: God let this bad thing happen to me to teach me something. Or, God is in control so if it happens it must be His will. In fact lately I have been hearing a preacher with a huge church talking on TV about going through a lot of bad things and when he asked God, he said God told him that all of it was coming from Him because He is in control.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Could all of that be true? Let's look at God's word for the answer.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Pet 5:8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Whoa! What did Peter say? He said our adversary is the devil, did he not. If God is our adversary, why did Peter say the devil is? Could it be that the lack of that knowledge is part of the reason God's people are being destroyed? Well if the devil is our adversary, what are we to do about it? Check the next verse.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Pet 5:9  Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Peter tells us that we are to resist. What does that mean? Here is Webster's word on resist. Resist: to withstand, strive against, or oppose. Strive: to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict. Contend: to assert or maintain earnestly. Assert: to state strongly or positively; I think you will agree by the time we finish that the last is the proper meaning. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Notice that Peter said the afflictions are accomplished in our brethren in the world. Was he talking about our fellow Christians? No. He was talking about those who are not Christians. They have no recourse when they are attacked by the enemy so he gets away with it. He wins.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2. Many people have the erroneous idea that we are physical beings but we are not. We are spirit beings living in a physical body in order to operate in this physical world. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus told us this in John. John 4:24  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>You might ask: What does God being a spirit have to do with us being a spirit?”. This is what it has to do with it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gen 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our IMAGE, after our LIKENESS: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A thorough search of the Greek for likeness shows it means a duplicate. Therefore we are a spirit.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>One more scripture. Gen 2:7  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. See. It says that man became a living soul not a living body. Webster's word again. soul n. 1. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Now that we have established the reality of us being spirit, what does that have to do with our warfare? Well, for one thing, it means that there are three sources for our thoughts. Some of course, are our own. Some are from the Holy Spirit, and some are from the devil. Look at these scriptures.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2 Cor 10:3  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2 Cor 10:4  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal(of the flesh), but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2 Cor 10:5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So our adversary, the devil, uses thoughts to bring us into captivity and to destroy those who don't know the truth. That is his method of operation.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3. So what are our weapons? They are the words of God spoken in faith by us. Let's check some more scriptures.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Prov 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Whose tongue is he talking about? Ours , of course. How so?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 12:37  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus knew what He was talking about don't you think? Look at this scripture.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 6:45  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus tells us here how we bring things to pass. What is in our heart is what we speak. Here are some instructions to follow.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eph 5:1  Be therefore followers of God, as dear children;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Unfortunately, the KJV leaves us hanging because some words are not translated properly. The Greek word translated followers means imitators. So, how does a child imitate a parent? They walk, talk and act like them do they not? All the power is in talking.. How does God talk? Let's find out.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Cor 1:27  But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Cor 1:28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Notice that God has chosen things that are not to bring to nothing the things that are. Well how does He do that? Check this.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Rom 4:17  (As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Paul just told us that God calls things which be not as though they were. If we are going to be obedient and imitate Him then we will call those things that be not as though they were.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Often, due to a lack of knowledge we are actually using our words to bring things that we don't want, or keeping things we don't want, by the words coming out of our mouth on a regular basis.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A lot of times when people find out that the devil is their problem, they start trying to resist him but don't have any success. The reason is two fold. a. They haven't taken the time to get in God's word and build their faith. b. They don't submit themselves to God first as it tells us below.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>James 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Now how did Jesus resist the devil when He was here on the earth? Let's see.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:3  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:4  But he answered and said, </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:5  Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:6  And said unto him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. Notice how the devil quoted some scripture? But he was using it wrong. Many people mis-apply scripture today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:7  Jesus said unto him, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:8  Again, the devil took him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:9  And said unto him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:10  Then said Jesus unto him, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Get you hence, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:11  Then the devil left him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus didn't try to overcome the devil on His own but quoted God's word. That is our defense today but if a person doesn't know God's word, they are defenseless. Whatever God tells us to do, will not be done unless we do it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Today it is seldom that people come face to face with the devil as Jesus did. But the devil puts thoughts of doubt, unbelief, fear, and evil in people's minds. When those thoughts enter the mind, the person goes with the thoughts not knowing that they are from the devil.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Every evil deed that is done on the earth, no matter how big or small, no matter how it is done or who does it, is the result of the thoughts put into people's minds by the devil.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Someone might ask, “Why would the devil do all of that?”. The answer is simple. He hates God with a burning passion but he can't do anything to God Himself. His only way to get at God is by causing God's children to suffer by their not knowing the truth and how to defeat him. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here are some more things Jesus said that Christians should know.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 21:22  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mark 11:24  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>John 16:23  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Do you suppose Jesus knew what He was talking about? If He did then why do so many prayers go unanswered?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you remember, I said earlier that our weapons are God's words spoken in faith by us. One of the biggest reasons that prayers go unanswered is because the requests are not made in faith. A person cannot ask in faith unless they know they have a right to what they are asking for. If they don't ask in faith, God cannot answer. The only way a person can know they have a right to what they are asking for is to know what God's word says about it. The only way to know what God's word says is to get deadly serious with God get in the word and let the holy spirit do the teaching.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Acts 17:11  These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Don't you know that if those people searched the scriptures to see if what the apostles told them was true, then people sure better be searching today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>James 1:22  But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That is an interesting statement by James. He said if we don't do what the word says then we deceive our own selves. Naturally if we deceive ourselves it opens the door wide for us to be deceived by the devil.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Whatever level a Christian is on concerning the word of God if they will be obedient in that and diligently seek with all their heart to learn more and be more obedient, God will give them the knowledge that sets them free.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>John 8:31  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>John 8:32  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus didn't beat around the bush here. He said the truth shall make you free. Shall is an imperative. It doesn't mean, maybe, hope so, possibly, if it's God's will. It means you can depend on it. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Any child of God who meets the condition set forth in God's word, as recorded by Peter, that person will be taught by God's Holy Spirit and their lives will be revolutionized.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here it is. 1 Peter 2:2 As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that you may grow thereby.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sadly that doesn't even hint at what it said in the original. Here is the original. 1 Peter 2:2 As new born babes intensely crave the un-deceitful, unadulterated milk of the word that you may grow thereby.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The fact that we are told to crave the un-deceitful, unadulterated milk is proof positive that the word does get used deceitfully and it does get adulterated. When it does it is harmful rather than helpful. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The phrase intensely crave is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. While I have never had any experience with either, I have talked with those who have. Those people have one characteristic in common. It doesn't matter what anyone else says thinks or does, they are going to get what they are craving.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>How does that apply? This is how. When a child of God makes the decision that they want the truth of God's word above anything else in the world and when they get it they will go with it no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, the Holy Spirit will teach them.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Some common misconceptions</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>One is about the Sabbath. Many believe that Sunday is the Sabbath. That is incorrect. Saturday is the Sabbath. Some Christians think they are to keep the Sabbath. This is incorrect. The Sabbath has nothing to do with gentiles nor Jews if they accept Jesus as their Savior. God specifically told the nation of Israel that it was a sign between Him and them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ex. 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ex. 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Another common misconception is that it is ok for women to pastor churches or be deacons. Wrong. The qualifications for those offices are clear and distinct. While a woman may believe that God has called her to one of those offices, she is wrong. God never calls anyone to do anything contrary to His word.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That is why God's word tells us to try the spirits to see if they are of God or not. The only way to know is to know the word.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim. 3:1 This is a true saying, If a </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>man</B></FONT><B> desire the office of a bishop(</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>pastor</B></FONT><B>), </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>he</B></FONT><B> desires a good work. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim. 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>husband</B></FONT><B> of one </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>wife</B></FONT><B>, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre(money); but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; </B></div> <div> <B>1 Tim 3:4 One that rules well </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>his</B></FONT><B> own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim. 3:5 (For if a </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>man</B></FONT><B> know not how to rule </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>his</B></FONT><B> own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim. 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>he</B></FONT><B> fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>he</B></FONT><B> must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>elders(deacons)</B></FONT><B> in every city, as I had appointed you:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Titus 1:6 If any be blameless, the </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>husband</B></FONT><B> of one </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>wife</B></FONT><B>, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2 Tim. 1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim 2:12 But I </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Paul gives the reason for his statement above.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim. 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Tim. 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mal. 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Healing is God's will.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Every promise of God requires our obedience.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:1  And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:2  And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God.</B></div> <div> <B>Some will say that was talking about the nation of Israel so it doesn't apply to us. It does unless we are told elsewhere that it doesn't. God says in this next scripture that He doesn't change.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mal 3:6  For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In the following verse We are told that God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. That hasn't changed one iota since it was first written.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Back to Deut. 28.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:15  But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The primary focus is on the curse of sickness and disease.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:22  The LORD shall smite you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:27  The LORD will smite you with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof you can not be healed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:28  The LORD shall smite you with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:35  The LORD shall smite you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot unto the top of your head.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:60  Moreover he will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt, which you was afraid of; and they shall cleave unto you.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:61  Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon you, until you be destroyed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why are all these things to happen to the people?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:45  Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you be destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:46  And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your seed for ever.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deu 28:47  Because you served not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Now let us look at what God has provided for us concerning sickness and disease. Notice carefully that sickness and disease were a curse of the law.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gal 3:13  Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This next verse tells us why He redeemed us from the curse of the law.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gal 3:14  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Prov 4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Prov 4:21  Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Prov 4:22  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3 John 1:2  Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Let's look at how Jesus dealt with sickness and disease when He was here.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:23  And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 4:24  And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 8:7  And Jesus said unto him, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>I will come and heal him.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 8:13  And Jesus said unto the centurion, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you</B></FONT><B>. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 8:14  And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 8:15  And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 8:16  When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 8:17  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 9:35  And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Keep this next verse in mind.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 10:1  And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 10:7  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 10:8  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 12:15  But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 12:22  Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here is another reason that people are destroyed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 13:15  For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 15:30  And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mat 21:14  And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mark 6:4  But Jesus said unto them, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mark 6:5  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 4:40  Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 5:15  But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 6:17  And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 6:18  And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 6:19  And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 9:6  And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 9:11  And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Some people have made the ridiculous statement that sometimes God gets glory from someone being sick. Nowhere in God's word is there a single statement about God being glorified when someone was sick. This next verse tells you when God gets glorified.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Luke 17:15  And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This next verse really should be enough to let people know that it is not God's will for His children to be sick.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Rom 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>you present your bodies a living sacrifice</B></FONT><B>, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>holy, acceptable unto God</B></FONT><B>, which is your reasonable service.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Remember this verse</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mal 3:6  For I am the LORD, I change not; </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If God is willing to accept a sick sacrifice today He has changed because this is what He said about it .</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mal 1:8  And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Cor 6:19  What? know you not </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost</B></FONT><B> which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Cor 3:17  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>If any man defile the temple of God</B></FONT><B>, him shall God destroy; for </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>the temple of God is holy, which temple you are</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A reminder.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Where does this lack of knowledge come from or what is the cause?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>John 10:10  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Who is the thief? It is Satan. He has to steal the truth of God's word before he can kill and destroy.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Just as surely as Jesus shed His blood and took our sins at the cross for our souls, He did two things at the cross for us to have a healthy body. Isaiah said:  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Isa 53:5  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. That was the first thing. He also said this: </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Isa 52:14  As many were astonished at you; his visage(</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>appearance</B></FONT><B>) was so marred(</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>disfigured</B></FONT><B>) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:  That took place during the three hours of darkness as Jesus hung on the cross. During that period His body experienced the worst sickness, disease and accident that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque that if they could have seen it they could not have handled it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The question is: “Are you going to believe Satan's lies and let him destroy you and your loved ones or are you going to believe God's word and live in a healthy body, the temple of the Holy Spirit?”</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here is what Peter had to say on the subject. 1 Pet 2:24  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>whose stripes</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>you were healed.  </B></FONT><B>The healing has already been provided. It is up to us to meet  the terms to get it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As far as God is concerned He has provided your healing. You just have to ask for it by faith. </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>You have to build your faith for healing just like for anything else.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>The phrase “If it be thy will” should NEVER be used when praying for a sick person to be healed.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> That is not faith and God cannot answer that prayer. That phrase has killed more people than all the weapons of humanity throughout history.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Just because the Holy Spirit may have born witness with your spirit that what you have read is true, you cannot get results immediately. You must build your faith by reading the scriptures above regularly or read them from the bible until you build your faith.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.   </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Rom 10:17  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. That means hearing and hearing.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Josh 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>you shall meditate therein day and night,</B></FONT><B> that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The word </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>meditate  here means to utter, mutter and speak aloud which coincides with hearing and hearing in</B></FONT><B> Ro. 10:17.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>May God's richest blessings be yours.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Our toll free number is 1-888-256-3751</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>