Let’s start off by looking at some key
scriptures that show us that though we are in this world, we are not of this
world. John
“I have given them thy Word; and the world
hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Now
let’s look at Gen. 1: 26 – 28 “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 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man
in His own image, in the likeness of God created He them. And God blessed them,
and God said unto them be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and
subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
Let’s
look up some of these words.
SUBDUE : kabash: to conquer, keep under, bring into
subjection.
DOMINION: radah: to tread down, have dominion, reign, rule-(-r,
over), take.
Subdue in verse 28 means to, keep under
and bring into subjection (to the authority given).
Dominion in verses 26, 28 means, to reign and
be ruler over all things that move upon the earth.
In this passage it clearly states, man has
all authority over the all that flew, and all that crawled upon the earth. But
Satan beguiled Eve. Adam just flat out disobeyed God, in what God had told him
about the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He ate of the fruit from the tree;
he knew what God had told him, God told Adam, if you eat of this tree, you will
surely die, in selfsame day that you eat of it.
Would you like to know what Adam and Eve
looked like? Keep in mind, Adam was created in God’s Image And in His Likeness,
and that God does not just through His words around. Look at Ezek. 1: 26-28 “And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness
of a throne, as the appearance of A sapphire stone: and upon the likeness if
the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw
as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from
the appearance of His loins even upward, and from the appearance of His loins
even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness
round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
so was the brightness round about. This was the appearance if the likeness of
the Glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a
voice of one that spake.” This Is Our rightful place in the presence of
God; this is what Adam gave up. This is how they were able to see each other
after eating of the fruit, so ponder this in your prayer time, ask the Lord to
reveal this to you. Do not judge this with a religious mind, for if you do, you
Will surely miss out on something wonderful.
When Adam ate of this fruit, which was
given to him by Eve, Adam died. He died a spiritual death, and began to die
physically. Adam died the very second he ate of the fruit, at this time,
Satan’s nature, his very essence entered Adam and God’s left Adam. At this time
God was on the out side looking in at His man Adam, who had just given
everything God had given him, all authority, all rule, all dominion, all that God
had placed on the earth for Adam, was now in the hands of God’s enemy, Satan!
You see Satan wanted what Adam had,
authority, dominion, and power, and ruled over everything that was in the
earth. See Satan was not created in God’s class, man however, was, Satan wanted
this more than anything.
Satan
had tried to take control over all things once before, but not with mankind.
When Satan did this, he failed miserably, Jesus said Himself, I saw Satan fall
as lightning from heaven. Satan tried placing his throne above the throne of
God. Would you like to see this from the Word?
Let’s look at Ezek. 28: 11- 18; do not
think that this prophet was just talking to the King of Tyrus, he wasn’t. You
see this King had never been on
Ezek. 28: 11- 18 “More over
the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation
upon the King of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest
up the sum, full of beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every
precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the
beryl, the onyx, and the Jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee
in the day that thou wast created.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;
and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the Holy
Lets stop and look at just what Satan had
attempted to do. Turn to Isa.
You know, after reading this, it
describes what heaven looks like. Sure it does, look; I will ascend, which
means to go Up, and in this case, into heaven, also, above the stars Of God,
what, God has stars in heaven? And in the sides of the North, so now we have
telemetry, or distance, such as north, south, east and west, and finally, Satan
wanted to be Above the clouds of God. Hmm, the way this sounds, it’s like here
on this earth, but they are two different places.
After reading all of this, I hope you will
see that Satan is the prince of the world.
Even Jesus calls him, the prince of this
world. John 12: 31/
Look at Luke 4: 2, 5- 8; (Amp.)
“For (during) forty days in the
wilderness(desert), where He was tempted (tried, tested exceedingly) by the
devil. And ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, He was
hungry. (3a) THEN the devil SAID to Him,
(5) Then the devil Took Him up to a
high mountain, and showed Him All the Kingdoms of the habitable world in a
moment of time --- in the twinkling of an eye; and he said to Him, To you I
will Give All This Power and Authority and their Glory, (that is, all their
magnificence, excellence, pre-eminence, dignity and grace,) FOR IT HAS BEEN
TURNED OVER TO ME, and I Give it to whom I will; therefore if you will do
homage to and worship me (Just
once), it shall be yours.”
Can you see what Satan was trying to do?
Remember, don’t read this in a religious mind set, you will with out a doubt,
miss it. What did Jesus come into this world for? Yes to redeem mankind from
the going to hell, but what else? To undo all that Adam had done.
Adam brought spiritual and physical death
into the world when he gave all that was given to him from God, to the devil.
Jesus had to undo what was done way back in the garden, of
Look at Verse 5,6; Satan TOOK Jesus, hmm,
he must have had some authority, in order to just take the Son of God wherever
he wanted? Not only did the devil take Jesus, but; he showed Jesus some thing.
Satan showed Jesus all that Jesus had come into the world for. Jesus came to
get mans rightful place back for him. What was mans rightful place? Look to
Adam in the book of Genesis.
Satan told, not if you want, but, Told
Jesus, I will Give all of this to you.
V.6b, “
for it has been given to me, and I
give it to whom I WILL” Satan said it
is up to me to give it away. But, the devil was arrogant enough to think that
Jesus would fall for such a trick as this. I took from God once before, I will
do it again. I will take and offer what this one (Jesus) wants. I will tell Him
I will give all of this to you, all authority in this earth, all dominion in
this earth, all rule in this earth, and all power in this earth, here, here it
is, take it, your weak, so why resist it, come on just go with it Jesus, you
know this is what you want, so take it. But before you do, I want you to bow
down before me, and tell me what I want to hear. See Jesus was extremely weak
in His flesh, He had not eaten anything in forty days. Satan
waited
for forty days before he attacked Jesus. Satan waited until Jesus was at His weakest
moment, Try to imagine this, if you have to, fast before the Father, asking Him
to show you the magnitude of what happened in this mountain with Jesus. Believe
me you will find it difficult to put into words what the Father will show you.
It is astonishing, the torment Jesus went
through, and this is at the beginning of His ministry.
Then Satan puts this in Jesus’ face, “for it has been turned over to me.” He just had to rub this in Jesus’ face, the very thing He was here for, the devil through it right in his face. The very thing that got man and God split apart, Adam’s High Treason, against God. Adam Gave all of this to Satan, and now the devil is trying to smear it in the Son of God’s face, the devil was flaunting it, and parading it before Jesus’ face. We can’t hardly imagine the temptation this was to Jesus, we always think, well you know Jesus was the Son of God, ya, and He was also a mortal man, just like you and I are. Like the Word says, He was tempted in like manner as we are, and in the same ways as we are, the only difference is, Jesus HAD TO resist these temptations, He had to. He was found with out blame in His walk on this earth! Jesus’ mission was not only fulfilling the prophecies of the Old Testament, but to usher in the New Covenant; again, most importantly, to pay the ultimate prices; the prices for Adam’s treason. The stage is set, the Lamb of God, is being prepared for the Last sacrifice, the only one that will truly redeem man back to God.
You
see Jesus did not go out to the desert just to be tempted be the devil, He had
gone to the desert to receive from the Father all that was expected of Him on this
earth. But the devil had his eye on this Jesus, because God was doing unusual
things with this one. And of course there was John the Baptist, Satan was not
sure which one it was. When the devil had left Jesus, the angels came and
ministered to Jesus, strengthening Him.
Remember, John the Baptist was not your usual person out preaching God’s Word, so Satan had this one killed, by having him beheaded. Now John did not only baptize this other one, but also God’s Holy Spirit had descended upon Him. Not only was this out of the norm, but the Holy Spirit was driving this Jesus out into a desert place. Satan thought, this has to be the one, so the devil sets back and waits, and watches this Jesus. Just as starvation was starting to take effect, Satan then began his attacks on Jesus. Notice the devil waited till He was at his weakest, physically. Jesus had only one thing on His mind, His commission, His appointment, His orders from the Highest Authority, Set The World Free!
Jesus was here for more than just the things
that Adam had given up, He was here to pay the price for every thing from
Heaven to hell. His Blood for the claims in Heaven, the mercy Seat, the Heavenly
Utensils, to satisfy the claims of Justice; His deaths for both physical, and
most of all spiritual, for man, that God so loved, that he sent His Word to
redeem us in, through and by the Blood of God’s sacrificial Lamb, Jesus the
Christ.
You see Jesus had to die spiritually, and
Go To Hell, just to enable God to provide the rebirth of man. Jesus died
physically for our physical bodies, for our health, and peace of mind. Jesus
also died spiritually because this is where man was in bondage to Satan, thus
Jesus had to die spiritually. It was mans spirit that had to be born again.
Jesus said; except a man be born again, he can not enter the
And many thought Jesus was saying, you must
be born again from your mothers womb. They had trouble with this, Jesus said,
except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter the
You see Jesus had to pay for everything,
including total and complete separation from God the Father and His presence.
Thus God had to turn His face away from Jesus, that is, God hid His face. God
forsook Jesus, as he hung on the cross. This is why Jesus said; My God, My God,
Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me!! God made to come on Jesus, Everything that would
ever possibly, come on mankind.
Man did not kill our Lord Jesus, God did,
this was Jesus’ mission from the very beginning. Does this show you just how
much God loves you and loves Me, that God would Kill His only Son. (Remember
Abraham) As it is written, For God so loved the world, that He Gave all that He
could offer, His only Son, that whosoever would believe on Him, would not
perish, but Have freely given to them, everlasting life.
God prepared a body for His Word, and the
Word took this mortal flesh willingly, and eagerly, and came into this gross,
and pathetic, diseased, sin filled world, to redeem it, buy it back, purchase
it, all for man, who Is and Was made in the image and likeness of God Himself.
This He did as the Final sacrifice of the Old covenant, the last blood
sacrifice to usher in the New covenant, in whom we Have our redemption through
and by His blood.
Look at John 1: 1, 2,12-14 “In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power (or, the right, or, privilege) to become the Son’s of God, even to them that believe on His mane. And the Word was Made Flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grave and truth.”
This is Very controversial in the body of
Christ, We are son’s and daughter’s, and individually, A son, and A daughter of
God. I am a son of God, and so are you! Or you are a daughter of God! Again
where does this place us? What is our authority? I hope all of this shows you,
that we are not trying to get God to do things for us, because we are so
unworthy, or anything like this junk! WE Have as Much Right to Tell the devil
what to Do as Jesus Himself does! We Are One With Jesus! Why have we missed
this, we are so far from what the apostles where doing, it is pathetic by
comparison. This is do to the Word of God being made so complex and hard to
follow, and or, out right white washing the very milk of the Word. Not only are
we doing these things, we are allowing homosexuals and those who consent to
what they are doing, into the ministry, and preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus
the Christ. I am not saying, that if they let God remove that homosexual spirit
from them, and are delivered from this demonic state, and are taught how to
minister this to His or Her acquaintances, who still do the same things as he
or she used to, then it would be all right for them to come into the ministry,
and preach the Gospel. The ones who allow this to take place Will Be Judged of
God! God has said in Romans, (read it some time),
“For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading
passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and
abnormal one; and the men also turned from natural relations with women and
were set ablaze (burned out, consumed) with lust for one another, men
committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and
personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong doing and
going astray, which was their fitting retribution. Though they are fully aware
of God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they
not only do them themselves but approve and applaud others who practice them.”
I am not saying, do not minister to them,
most assuredly do so, but Do Not befriend them, if you do not know how to deal
in spiritual warfare, for in so doing you can and most likely will be effected
by the demonic activity in this persons life.
Why did I get off on that?
I am going to change things here just a
little bit.
As you begin to read and study the Word,
beware, the devil will come to you and say things like, you don’t know what
your doing, or, you know, you really should let the Pastor teach you these
things, you might get off track, and, what makes you think you can do this,
your not even an ordained minister. Let me tell you something, one, you do not
have to be ordained to be called of God, or even ordained by man. Two, the
gifts and callings of God are without repentance, in other words, you can not
repent for not answering your calling, you cannot say to God at judgment day, I
did not know I was called, or I didn’t think it was real, I thought it was of
my self. Look at Rom.
So you see there is no excuse for not
answering the calling that God has placed upon your life. If you are not sure
of your calling, then take it before the Lord and ask Him to reveal it to you,
and then ask Him to confirm it to you through people that do not know you.
Read 1 John
Look
at John 14: 26 “But the Comforter which
is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He shall teach you
all things, and Bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.”
I do
not say that it is not good to attend a good Church, I am saying though, (Believe
me when I say this) do not depend on the Pastor to do your work for you. the
Father deeply desires to teach His children of Himself, In the Holy Spirit. So
lets go to our Father and ask Him to teach us, He will Do it. Remember He Watches over His Word to perform it. It is
in His Word, so why would He not do this?