Sunday Services 12-13-09
Living the Victorious Life
Sermon 8

The enemy studies us to see what our weaknesses are.
We are so easily influenced by our demonic enemies, because we do not submit to God. We take on the influence of familiar spirits, such as poverty, sicknesses, addictions, relationship problems, etc.
We have sins that follow the generations, including attacks from the enemy through the generations, in society, personal attacks.
If something happens in your life, stop it right there because your children’s children will inherit what the enemy brings. When the enemy comes, submit yourself to God.
The devil will fill the house that is empty, so fill it with the Truth of God.

Resist the devil and he will flee.

Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Regardless of your background, the enemy has been using it to slow you down.

If you neglect that you have a soul, you will sell it.
You can have all the money and fame in the earth and gain nothing.

We need to be aware of the greatness that God put on all of us.
There is greatness in all of us, sometimes in the sense that we influence greatness. Consider the man who sponsored Billy Graham.
Perhaps our trials are actually the enemy attacking us so that we become distracted from the greater person inside.

The enemy studies us-ask yourself, “ What have I become a slave to?”

We are slaves to fear. Don’t fear. God is sovereign over our lives.
We need to put our mind on those things that bear fruit and let the Lord take care of the parts that don’t bear fruit.

Submit to God.
Resist the devil.
The devil will flee.


1. Examine your life on a daily basis. See what sins you do so that you can repent of them.

If there is a rat in your house, find out where it is coming from. Show no mercy to sin- don’t take prisoners (no “have a heart trap” for sin).

Remember the Story of the Indian and the rattle snake:
He was on a spiritual journey and a rattler convinced him to take him along, rescuing the snake with the promise that he wouldn’t bite. When, at the end of the journey, the snake turned at gave a death bite, he said, “You should have known who I was when you picked me up.”

We need to be aware of the enemy’s tactics. “I am not going to hurt you. This is good for you.”

1. We need to know we have an enemy.
2. We need to know how the enemy works.
3. Where is the weakness? What sin in particular? What other sins led you to this sin?

We need to be aware that we have an enemy.

First line of defense: Find out how the enemy gets into your life.

Where does the enemy enter- could be something we are weak in from ancestors or just myself.
Don’t wait until you discover it. Take care of the potential leak it. We cannot allow a potential leak.
Where is the entrance? STOP PITYING YOURSELF. FEAR THAT THE ENEMY COULD HAVE A PLACE. FEAR GOD ENOUGH TO PLUG THE LEAKS.

How do they get into your house?
Giving yourself the little permissions. Then bigger and bigger…
Where is the door?
Start repenting- go the opposite way, turn around, instead of allowing the devil to get into your life>

Do you realize you have an enemy? Do you realize he wants to get into your life t o destroy you?
We give permission to allow the devil to get in.
Examine your house- see if there are any doors, no mercy, no prisoners- first thing in mind for a prisoner is escape.
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P. 5
Italicized font indicates direct quotes from notes handed out with the sermon

Prepare for warfare


Eph 6:10-18
(10) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
(11) Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
(Have to do something, be a soldier, be an enemy to the enemy. Pray.- Prophecy: the enemy will attack on these shores soon because this country has opened all kinds of doors to the enemy. Standing is an offensive position. When the enemy comes, we need to be ready to stand and not run and just be in defense. IT IS AN ACTIVE RATHER THAN PASSIVE POSITION- DON’T WAIT, FIND THE ENEMY’S CAMP AND DESTROY IT. Find your enemy before he destroys you. It is a lot more difficult to defend yourself than to be active. Once the enemy comes in it is hard to get up.)
(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.
(Consider who you are fighting? The person or the demon? Pride will allow the enemy to use a person to destroy you. The response is to recognize that the enemy is using them)
(13) Wherefore (pay attention) take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
(14) Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
(15) And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
(16) Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the wicked.
(17) And take the helmet of salvation (Do we know what our salvation entails? Are we like people who buy a very expensive piece of equipment and don’t read the manual? Righteousness, redemption- to be taken out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of His dear Son- we are part of the Kingdom- not the world or marketplace, justification- we can lift our head with pride. We don’t have to cower anymore. ), and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
(18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
For ALL THE SAINTS- the reason Rome was a powerful army force was because each soldier was responsive for the soldiers on all sides. Rome fell because they allowed wickedness, became weak because of the flesh, slaves to their greed.

Homework:
READ THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE AND MAKE DECISIONS – NO RETREAT.
RESIST THE DEVIL.
SUBMIT TO GOD.

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