Spiritual Warfare Part 3

Spiritual Warfare Part 3 You should also note that Jesus was never sick. He touched lepers and never caught leprosy. Sickness comes from sin. We are not supposed to die from diseases. Did Moses? Was he weak, or sick. No. True we die, but dying in sick beds in hospitals is from sin. God does not need to make a person sick and weak and of unsound mind before they die. Sickness and disease is a curse, read Deut. 28. God calls it a curse. How do you feel about drug commercials on TV now. Hey it's flu and cold season so plan on getting sick. Believe you're going to get sick. Look at this sick person, that's what it'll be like for you. Forget about sin, that's not scientific, just believe you're going to catch some disease from someone. Then buy our medicine we like being rich. James 5:14 " Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Where it says and if he committed sins, in the Greek the word for if is absent. The word translated as " faults" by the King James translators is Strong's #3900 and it is very close in meaning to sin with an emphasis on the act being a slip or an unintentional mistake. You can see here that the confession and forgiveness of sins is related to healing. If you walk through it backwards, it is the sin that brings on the sickness, since the sins must be removed (confessed and forgiven) to effect the healing. By the way the elders should be ready to go to the sick if they are called, and the people have the right to call for the elders to come to them. Read Mk.2:9: " Whether it is easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk." You see Jesus is laying it all out for you. Read it, believe it and walk in it. In Jn.5:13 - 14 Jesus talks on the same subject having seen the same man in the temple: "And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." The Lord explains it here for the man and of course for us readers. Sin brought the sickness on the person. Got it. The warning was to not go back into sin or something worse would happen. There is a similar discourse regarding demons being cast out of someone and them returning with seven more. Read Lk.11:24 - 26: " When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and findeth none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other

spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first." The evil spirits couldn't just go back in, in the absence of sin. By the way please note the demon doesn't instantly come back in the person as some teach. Remember the time Jesus rebukes a fever. The words read similar to the way he rebuked demons. Lk.4:38 - 39 " And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them." Jesus treated disease and demon possession in a most similar way. Sin brings about both. False believers lack healing so they will become infuriated with this teaching but that is their problem. Remember we read of the special miracles regarding Paul. Acts 19: 11 - 12 " And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them." The people are set free from both diseases and demons in the same way, yet the scriptures differentiate between demons and diseases. We all know a person gets a demon due to sin, Right. No deep explanations needed. If you touch a person with a demon, you're not going to get a demon just because you touched that person. You don't just get on a crowded bus full of people with demons and get off the bus with a demon in you. Correct. The evil workers of Satan want you to believe that you can just get sick by being around people that are sick, but on the other hand they say certain diseases won't spread via contact. For instance strepp throat spreads by contact but brain tumors don't. Okay, how do people get these diseases that don't spread by contact ? They claim heredity for some of these but not all. You see how it starts to fall apart ! When the true church of the Lord Jesus Christ begins to walk in correct doctrine, sickness and disease will be one area in which our lives will be distinctly different (better) from the ungodly. Now Satan doesn't want this, it's a bad witness from his point of view since it glorifies God. He wants us getting sick just like his evil children. You don't need an HMO all you need is correct doctrine. Insurance is an investment based on faith that something tragic will happen to you. Trust God, not man. Governments fail. The money of a country can become worthless overnight. Banks fail. Wars, earthquakes, floods, fires, tidal waves, plagues, etc. can destroy countries and economies. Read what happened to Egypt in the Book of Exodus. God through Moses wrecked the place. It appears the Two Witnesses will do likewise to many countries at the same time. Insurance companies can even go bankrupt. The ungodly that don't trust in God look to man for support and trust. This is a very deceptive source to put your trust in. Just a good power outage will essentially render a hospital of little value after their spare power runs out in a few days or so. That means no operating rooms, no sterilizers, no monitoring

equipment, no respirators, no heat, no a/c, etc. People work their whole life to save up what amounts to a computer entry in a bank. This bank can one day be closed and they are broke with no one to turn to. If they have a safe at home full of paper money the same thing can happen. One day they wake up to find that their paper money has become almost worthless and their wealth has decreased by 95% and they are almost broke. Who will they call on? What about people storing diamonds, gold and silver? What if a thief breaks in and steals it? What if a panicking government (any government in the world) says it's illegal to own gold or silver bullion and confiscates it for their own reserves, giving you paper money in exchange. Think of these rich people that store such riches worrying about them all day and night. Doctors and hospitals say they can't even cure a common cold. People get sicknesses and diseases that the doctors say they can't cure and the people accept this and resign themselves to dying as the doctors tell them they will. Is your Bible false. Can you need call for the elders, have them anoint you with oil and confess your sins, be forgiven and healed ? Of course you can but it won't work if you call elders from the false church, will it ! This elaborate health care system is a substitute for the healing provided us in the New Testament. The hospitals and doctors are a lousy substitute. God can cure any disease or affliction and will do so through the laying on of hands and the anointing with oil by the elders as the Apostolic doctrines tell us, but this requires correct congregations with real elders. No disease is exempt from God's healing, None. Got it. Look what is going on here can give you some insight into how Satan works. The false churches are a key part of his plan. Satan's real enemy is the believer. He snared lots of us with his false churches. We were in sin - fellowshipping incorrectly, going to churches with off course doctrines and practices, etc. We knew all these things were in the Bible, having read the Bible but it just never grabbed us enough to shake us free. This is the blindness that sin brings. Now Satan wants us to not really understand the power of the believer. We are very powerful, in Christ Jesus. It wouldn't do for us to be the only people running around not getting sick and being able to heal the sick especially of dread diseases. So, Satan snared us with his false churches. In these churches everyone gets sick. Dramatic healings are even more absent. The dead aren't being raised, limbs aren't appearing, the blind aren't seeing, the deaf aren't hearing, the severely crippled aren't being made whole, etc. People will say they got healed of things but the real attention grabbing, it just simple had to be God beyond a shadow of a doubt, healings aren't taking place in these false churches. This tends to erode the faith of the believer. He or she starts to think the scriptures aren't true, or God isn't working, etc. Satan wants this. It discredits the church and the Gospel. The Apostles would mostly rely on healing and demon casting to get the attention of the people. Right. These are the things that the false churches suppress as best they can. You will see the difference between those who serve God and those who don't when you meet God all the way. 2Cor.6:17 "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

If we obey God, God will receive us as his children. "Receive" is Strongs word #1523 and has a meaning of being treated with favor or being received kindly. Meditate on this scripture. 2Tim.2:4 "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." This is a scripture that should remind you not to get involved with worldly affairs. The Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights will not keep you out of the Lake of Fire, this only the Word of God can do. Don't be deceived in this area. Pray for leaders who serve the true God. Pray that all false believers would be removed from their offices all over the world. Pray all false believers would be removed from places of business leadership and control. Pray for the false churches to come to an end. Use your power of prayer. Get by yourself in a prayer closet type setting and pray for things like this every day. I would also like to suggest that you pray for the Hebrews to come to the faith and serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Pray for God to raise up true congregations and fill all the ministry offices. Pray for God to turn the world rightside up. Focus on getting yourself and your congregations operating according to true Bible doctrine. 2Cor.10:3 - 6 " For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled." Don't overlook the ending part about not revenging disobedience until your obedience is fulfilled. Think on this for a while. Mat. 11:28 - 30 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." So, who's yoke do you want, the Lord Jesus yoke or that of the devil working through the ungodly? Let's deal with marriage briefly. I am afraid that we will find that some of you are married to false believers. Let me be more specific. You are married to a spouse that is a wicked servant of Satan, and has impersonated being a believer and you married them. You probably met them in and or through a false church. First thing you people will have to do is start taking inventory of the people in your lives to determine who goes and who stays, but spouses don't go just because they're false believers. Friends, neighbors, people in your business life, these can go if need be. Go into prayer about the people in your lives. The decision making process is very easy when it comes to those outside your family. If a person lied to you about serving Jesus as Lord, and is a full blown satanist this is not grounds for divorce. Lying and idolatry are the offenses and they do not justify divorce. Let's cover the scriptures on this matter.

1Cor.7:10 - 16 " And unto the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now they are holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?" Pleased to dwell with means consents, or thinks well of, or agrees to dwell with. At the beginning of this passage it says" but if she depart" I believe this might be better translated "but if she be separated", or "may have been separated" In the Greek this word is a verb (Strong's #5563) in the aorist subjunctive, if you're interested. It means to place room between or go away. The passage isn't saying don't depart from your husband, but if you do it anyway remain unmarried or else get reconciled. This would be self contradicting and confusing. It's saying don't do it, clearly in the previous phrase and the reasons are given, but if the separation already happened, then the person should stay unmarried or get reconciled. Scripture doesn't contradict itself. The false churches have to some extent been teaching people that separation is an option, if you aren't getting along with your spouse. If the unbelieving spouse is pleased to dwell with, or consents to dwell with you, let them stay. The unbeliever is sanctified for the sake of the believer. If the unbeliever spouse tells the believing spouse I'm going to go, as in I'm going to go away and get my own house, this sort of thing, then Paul says to let them depart and the bondage ends. If the spouse says I need to go see so and so for a few days and clear my head and think, etc. this is not separating. The departure is for a reasonable amount of time and there is no mention of separate lives or moving in with someone or getting their own residence. The actual due process of the civil court system of the land the people live in at the time is not the key point here. People have different legal systems all over the world. In many parts of America divorces filed in civil courts are not final for six months and I suppose longer elsewhere. One could get married in a country that doesn't recognize the divorce granted by another country, so the civil court in one jurisdiction will still say you're married even though you live in another country and are divorced. One could live in a part of the world or during a time when there was no formalized civil law to deal with the matter of marriage and divorce. By this I mean there were no papers issued or filed. The Bible sets forth the guidelines to follow in this matter. If we try to follow civil laws we could easily get confused due to the differences from country to country, and from time to time. So, when the unbelieving spouse says I'm leaving, let them go and the bondage is over, but I would also urge you to pay attention to any civil laws in the land you're living in as well. The reason for this is God hath called us to

peace. The local Pastors will be dealing with this more exactly regarding dealing with courts, financial arrangements, children, emergency housing, support, etc. Fornication is grounds for divorce. Math.5:32 " But I say unto you, That whosoever put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." 1Jn.3:24 "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him." 1Jn.3:6 " Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him." Col.3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." Why is covetousness tied to idolatry. People that worship demons know they aren't really God. They sell out to the demons, worshipping them instead of God, eternally ruining themselves, for the promise of materialism which a lot of them never even get. I have known satanists false believers and others to be broke. The unbeliever will like the things of this world. What people think is very, very important. Also singles should watch themselves during any courtship activities. The false church is quite lenient when it comes to this but the true Gospel isn't. You can readily accomplish sin in the company of a member of the opposite sex without sexual intercourse and with your clothes on. Again the local pastors that will be raised up will deal with this problem, but the concept of chaperones and group activities comes up as a solution. Two people can sit across a large room from everyone else and talk quietly and privately, yet the visual contact with others will have a tendency to keep things under control. Eph.6:11 - 18 " Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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. Wherefore 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. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints" It says praying always in the spirit. The passage also exhorts us to stand. Make sure you know your Bible or else get busy. If you get stuck go to prayer, get counsel, read the word 1Jn.4: 4 "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."

We overcome them according to the real Gospel. Acts 16:31 " And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 11:13 - 14" And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved." These are promises to save your family, your house is of course your family not your real estate. 1Cor.16:13 " Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." See we are supposed to be stronger than men, we're children of the living God. 1Cor.10:13 " There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." The word for a way of escape Strong's #1545 means also an end or an exit. The entire series and much more on www.messianic.biz