SF, Stagecoach, NV
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we're hearing from KS in the "Love Letters From Above", time is very short and our enemy is very determined to have a great falling away of God's Children (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
Matthew 24:4-5 warns us not to be deceived. So I hope this study will help you learn your enemy and how you can overcome him. Please note, I often call him (satan) the "twerp", because he is a toothless lion, whose only authority is to deceive us.
I believe this will help you get through the coming days, until Jesus comes to take His Bride away.
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Galatians 5:7 “You were running well; who hindered you from
obeying the truth? This persuasion did
not come from Him who calls you.”
What’s going on?
There are only three major battles left for satan to try and
win. This general synopsis may help you
understand his plan for these last days and why he’s so enraged.
1) God’s Plan: The Harvest / Rapture is
to allow all mankind to hear the Word and accept or reject Christ as their Lord
and Savior. For anyone who believes in
Him, will not perish, but have everlasting life (Jeremiah 31:34 & John 3:16 ). The Lord Himself will descend from Heaven. First to take the dead in Christ then we who
are alive will be caught up together in the air and remain with Him forever (I Thessalonians 4:16 -17).
satan’s Plan X: His counter plan is to
stop as many people as possible from accepting Christ and being taken in the rapture. The goal is to cause doubt, indecision,
disharmony, and chaos - whatever it takes to stop people from accepting or staying in Christ.
2) God’s Plan: Second Coming is when Jesus comes back to earth, with His
army. The army will be those who died in
Christ and those raptured. Jesus is
coming back to get anyone who shed their blood for Him and those who refused to
accept the mark of the beast, on their right hand or forehead. Then He will reclaim His holy temple (I Kings 11:13 & Rev 13:16 ).
satan’s Plan Y: He has seven years to
complete this task if you believe in Pre-Tribulation, or three and a half years
if you believe in Mid-Tribulation.
Whichever it turns out to be, the false messiah will have to explain
away the rapture. People will be
deceived into thinking he’s a man of peace and how much better life is with
him. Then he will reveal, using great
signs and wonders, that he is god and they will either worship him or die. Finally he will gather an army for battle in
Armageddon, in which satan will try to overtake the world. No defeat can be allowed, because if he
looses, he will be in chains and thrown into the abyss for a thousand years (Revelation 20).
3) God’s Plan: The Millennium will be a time of peace. No more tears, pain, or death, where only
Jesus will reign. A new Jerusalem will
come down from Heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband (Revelation 21). Anyone who accepted the 666 mark and denied Jesus as Lord will
be locked up in the abyss during these 1,000 years. Those who did not take the mark will join us (in their flesh) for the millennium.
satan’s Plan Z: The final battle is
satan’s last chance. After being locked
up for a thousand years in the abyss, he knows he must win or go into the lake
of fire for eternity. The twerp will try
and deceive the nations, especially those who do not have a resurrected body, one last time away from God, causing the second and
final battle at Armageddon (Revelation
20:7-10). This doesn’t exactly sound
like a pleasant way to spend eternity (Revelation
20:14 -15). Talk about an incentive!
Revelation 1:3 “Blessed
is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and
heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.”
It is not my ministry to teach in this area, but I felt it
necessary to give you some basics. In
the last days, with so much knowledge being revealed, I find that information
is getting mixed up, especially concerning our future. Yes, what’s being said will happen. But it’s important to find out why it will
happen. Battle
I highly recommend for two reasons that you study more on
this topic. First, because God has given
us so many great teachers such as Hal Lindsey, Grant Jeffery, Jack Van Impe,
Perry Stone, and many others who can help us to understand this revelation
knowledge. Secondly, because God promised
that the readers, hearers, and those that pay attention will be blessed.
It’s my ministry to help Christians apply the word of God in
their lives today. My hope is that with
this increase of knowledge we will spread the Gospel of Christ to the ends of
the world faster, defeating the twerp’s plan.
With that in mind, the rest of this chapter is pertaining to our fight
before the rapture. After the rapture,
I’ll be gone but if someone is reading this book, know that the devil hasn’t
come up with any new ways, so keep the faith and refuse the mark on your right hand
or forehead (Revelation 19:20),
because you still have one last chance!
Your enemy!
I Peter 5:6-8 “Humble
yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt
you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety upon Him,
because He cares for you. Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls
about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
As long as the devil is around, we are warned to “be of sober spirit and be on the alert,” which means no fuzzy or swollen heads,
no shortcuts or being lukewarm concerning our relationship with God.
Don’t doubt for a moment that the enemy won’t
come after you because you’re a Christian.
The Word tells us he will “make war” on those “who keep the commandments” and “hold to the testimony of Jesus.” (Revelation 12:17). Why is he only attacking the Christians and
Jews? Because we have the power and
authority over him and it is driving him crazy!
Revelation 12:11-12, 17 “And
they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the
word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death. For this reason, rejoice, O Heavens and you
who dwell in them. Woe to the earth
and the sea, because the devil has come down to you,
having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.” ..... “And
the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war
with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God
and hold to the testimony of Jesus.”
Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, we should be
prepared for an attack. Why? Because the twerp has great wrath, literally
he’s enraged that his plans are not coming to pass! Praise the Lord, he’s loosing!
Did you notice that he prowls around “like” a roaring lion? The twerp is not a real lion! You could say Jesus pulled his teeth. Since no weapon formed against you can
prosper (Isaiah 54:17), he’s just
playing mind games with you.
The twerp can only win IF he can stop you from
receiving the knowledge that you have authority over him.
IF he can confuse your mind through doubt and lack of
understanding about the “blood of the Lamb” (your power) and the “word of your
testimony” (your faith) then he can
get a foothold in your life and overtake you.
The power he has and the work he does are all conditional,
based on your decisions and actions.
2 Chronicles 16:9a “For the eyes
of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly
support those whose heart is completely His.”
While dealing with the enemy, you must always remember God
is the Creator. We know that the one who
creates a masterpiece is always the master and the one who makes a copy (with
imperfections) is a counterfeiter and only able to steal the better work of
another.
We have the promise that God didn’t give us a spirit of
fear, but of power and love and discipline (2
Timothy 1:7). Yet the twerp prowls
about, seeking someone to devour, while God’s eyes move to and fro, seeking
whom He can strengthen. The Living Bible interprets this same
scripture, “show His greater power to.” I like the idea that God just looks
around, while the devil has to go out and find someone. Truly, “You
are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He
who is in you than he who is in the world.” I John 4:4.
Hosea 4:6 “My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I
also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your
children.”
John 10:10 “The thief
comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came
that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.”
Matthew 6:34 “Therefore
do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
If he can stop you from reading the Bible he will. Why?
Because without God’s knowledge he can destroy you and that’s his plan.
We’re told he is the destroyer. If he can’t stop you from learning, he’ll
makes things around you go wrong. A
perfect example was when I made an agreement with my sister Teri that we would
read the Bible one hour a day starting at Genesis
1:1. Well, let me tell you, the
twerp didn’t like that one bit. First he
tried to keep us in the Word three to five hours a day, to convince us that we
didn’t have the time. Then different
things in our houses went haywire. Then
he attacked our finances to make us worry and change our focus from God to the
world. The day Teri called to say she
couldn’t study with me, praise the Lord, I wasn’t home! The next day God started showing Teri that,
like the story of Mary and Martha in the Bible (Luke 10:40 ), it was more important that she, like Mary,
learn His Word. Things then started
working together for good. She got money
in the mail to pay her immediate bills and the Lord showed her what was really
important - Him.
Needless to say, daily we build our relationship in
Christ. As we learn to trust Him we realize
He’ll provide our needs for tomorrow.
HELP -- everything is going wrong!
Here’s a sure way to tell you’re under attack. If things start breaking down and your
finances or business start declining. If
there is fighting or strife within your family and you loose the desire to read
your Bible or go to church, etc., -- YOU’RE UNDER ATTACK! The reason we’re being attacked is because we
are…
• Learning something from God
• Doing something for God
• Teaching something about God
• Disobeying God.
The devil hates God and he’s frustrated that you’re taking
authority over him, so he’s on the attack.
The twerp especially enjoys attacking God’s children when they are out
of God’s will, because he knows they’ve become weakened and God can’t interfere
until they repent (turn away) and ask His help.
James 4:7 “Submit therefore
to God. Resist the devil and he will
flee from you.”
Philippians 4:8 “Finally,
brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good
repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let
your mind dwell on these things.”
Nehemiah 8:10 “Then he said
to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who
has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord
is your strength."”
Psalms 103:20 “Bless the
Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word. Obeying the voice of His word!”
You now have a choice to make. You can walk in fear which is the devil’s
plan to steal your joy and weaken you. Or
you can take it to God, doing whatever He tells you to do. Do not dwell on the problem, but believe God
is able to bring you out of that circumstance.
Take authority over those thoughts and dwell on your
answer. Dwelling on the negative will
not allow God to help you. You block God
with your thoughts of hate, disappointment, frustration, anger, etc. When these thoughts come upon you, stop them. One way is to start singing a Christian song
or confess His Word and you’ll see His peace return to you and your answer
revealed. Later, I’ll show you how to
bind the twerp up and throw away the key.
Remember, no weapon formed against you will prosper. It will just be formed, so fear not!
Learn yourself!
Matthew 16:23 “But He turned
and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for
you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” Also Mark 8:33
Matthew 7:15-16 “Beware
of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are
ravenous wolves. You will know them
by their fruits. Grapes are not
gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?”
I’ve learned my enemy, I know his tricks. The twerp will use Christians to give me bad advice. The twerp will put thoughts in my mind to
doubt the Word of God. The twerp will
use my family, friends, and strangers to make me fall. But like Jesus did, I tell him -- get behind
me, satan! Lies, destruction,
perversion, etc., have no hold on me.
If I can do this, anyone can. It’s easy.
If what you hear from others or thoughts coming into your mind are not
in agreement with the Word, then it must be from the devil. Tell him to take a hike. Because what God says -- you believe. And that settles it! Amen!
James 1:23-24 “For if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks
at his natural face in the mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone
away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.”
James 2:17 “Even so faith,
if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.”
I John 3:9-10 “No one who is
born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot
sin, because he is born of God. By this
the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who
does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not
love his brother.”
Tell me, what good is it to join a club, but never get
involved? Yet that’s exactly what many
Christians are doing today. They accept
Christ and maybe go to church, but that’s it.
They never get into the Word.
They never hear from the Holy Spirit about their purpose and anointing
He’s given them. So they have a wasted
life by going with the flow. If a Christian
has no faith, no belief, when the days of tribulation come they will turn
against God and follow their flesh, because it will be easier.
Here’s a nugget for you. Most Americans wonder where we are in the
Bible. I found us in Revelation 3:14-22 where God talks about the church
of
Laodicea America
Your mountains and valleys.
Mark 11:23 “Truly I say to
you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be taken up and cast into the sea,”
and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says
is going to happen, it shall be granted him.”
Psalm 37:23-24 “The steps
of a man are established by the Lord; And He delights in his way. When he falls, he shall not be
hurled headlong; Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.”
Your adversary the devil wants you to see mountains so high,
you can’t get over them. He wants you to
see valleys so deep, you can’t get across them.
But the opposite it true. There
is no mountain God can’t turn into a hill.
No valley He can’t take you through if you’ll trust Him. Now whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, I think
of Psalm 37. I claim the promise that God has established
me and that He’s holding my hand. It’s
so much easier when I pray, knowing He’s there beside me so I won’t hit bottom
before I’m rescued.
Our mountains of problems only get so high because we let
them. When we try to fix our problems, in
our own way and in our own strength, we become weak and broken from
trying. But, you can stop that mountain
from getting bigger if you will take the problem, while it is yet a hill and
bring it before God. Speak the Word over
each hill and watch God flatten it!
Valleys are the same as any mountain. It’s the highs and lows of life. The Arameans knew that God could make
mountains tremble, but they didn’t believe God was in the valleys, so they
started a war there. They learned that
this was wrong the hard way, for God sent a prophet to tell the Israelites that
He was a God of both, and proved it.
When the Arameans fought the Israelites in the valley, “...the sons of Israel 20:29 . God proved to both His
chosen and His enemy that there is nowhere He can’t go.
Whether you are talking about financial debt or emotional
depression so deep that you can’t get out of bed, take it to the Lord now. As you learn to let go and let God at the
beginning of your problems, the dirt will soon stop building into mountains, or burying
you in the valley of despair.
Matthew 6:32-33 “For all
these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your Heavenly Father knows that you
need all these things. But seek first
His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be
added to you.”
It sounds good to me!
The Lord already knows what I need to live. If I seek Him first and then choose the right
way to go, I’ll get my answer and my needs met.
He didn’t say I’d have to climb a mountain. No, He says don’t worry - I’ve got a plan for
you.
Know that the twerp always does the opposite of the Word. So if you’re lacking the promises of God in
your life, you’re either in disobedience or under attack. Here’s a
way you can test yourself to see if there is too much of the world in you.
Listen to yourself -
• Are you speaking what the world (satan) says,
enlarging your problems? Or are you
speaking what God says, manifesting your answers?
See yourself –
• Are your actions moved by love, or are they reactions
to those who hurt you?
It could be an eye opener to find out. Look at what choices you’ve made and directions
you have taken, focusing on what you speak and how you act. It will open your eyes and help you change
your path. Repentance is the first step.
Then ask the Holy Spirit for
guidance. It may take a bit to
straighten things out, but you’ll be in a better place to be used by God. Remember what you’ve come through, so you can
tell others. Then the testing of your
faith will bring glory to God when you overcome.
Caution devil at work - use bypass!
Let me caution you here.
Do not judge others. That’s
God’s job. When you do, you cannot be an
effectual vessel for God. Why? Because you block the power of God’s love for
healing and restoration, and without those, there can be no change.
We have to stop thinking about what they did, and in love show
them what Jesus accomplished for them.
If we’re helping someone from an angle that their wrong and we’re right,
we’ve already lost the battle. People
are not our enemy. They are just being
used by the devil as vessels to do ungodly works. But the truth can set them free.
God reveals good and evil in the Bible so we may see what
the problems are, but not to judge those who are doing the evil. If you judge others we’re told, “For in the way you judge, you will be
judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you,” Matthew
7:2. It’s one of the pits the devil
try’s to lead us into. Love not hate
will move mountains, so be careful and…
1) “Do
not judge least you be judged,” Matthew 7:1.
2) “You
shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of
your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord,”
Leviticus 19:18 .
3) “For
the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall
love your neighbor as yourself,” Galatians 5:14 .
Overcoming adversity!
I've learned that God does not want a bunch of spoiled
brats, but an empowered body of Christ to overcome adversity. In Revelation
2:1 thru 3:22 , God tells us about the different churches and
their problems. In each case He made a
promise to anyone who overcomes or changes their way. As I read the problems that each
church had, I found myself attending a couple of them spiritually. Spiritually, meaning these churches are from
the past, yet I’m making some of the same mistakes today! So now I work on those areas
in order to improve my life and become a better servant for Christ.
When some nice person points out an area in my life that
needs work, my favorite saying is, “God’s not through with me yet.” That eases my mind for awhile. But later, if my conscience starts bothering
me about it, I go before the Lord and ask Him if it’s true. Usually within a couple of days the Holy
Spirit shows me in the Word where I missed it, so I can repent (change) and work to
correct my path. I must say, playing
hide and seek with myself is not enjoyable. The process is down right humbling. But, once that captivity or yolk has been
removed, the Joy of the Lord is so much sweeter!
• It
takes patience not to tell that nice person they live in a glass house.
• It
takes perseverance because we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over
again, until our minds catch up to the Word.
Once we get the answers, we have to practice it until we get it right.
• It
takes forgiveness from God and ourselves, because we live in “dirt” bodies and
have a lot of mud to wallow through! God
promises to “…be merciful to their iniquities, And … remember their sins no
more,” Hebrews 8:12.
Since perfection does not run in my family, it’s a constant
source for the devil to remind me of how unworthy I am. When I do feel unworthy, I remind myself and
the twerp, who God says I am. Since faith
comes by hearing, I repeat what God’s told me...
I AM --
• A
child of God (Romans 8:16).
• Redeemed
from the evil one (Psalms 107:2).
• An
heir of salvation and forgiven (1 John
5:11-12 & Ephesians 1:7).
• Kept
in safety no matter where I go (Isaiah
46:4).
• Strengthened
in the Lord and in His mighty power (Ephesians
6:10).
• Rescued
from the fires of Hades (Colossians 1:13).
• Light
of the world, an imitator of God (Matthew
5:14 & Ephesians 5:1).
• Heir
to the blessings of Abraham (Galatians 3:14).
• More than a conqueror (Romans 8:37).
I’m going to end this chapter with a blessing from God that
will shine a spot light on the twerp for you.
Hebrews 10:34 “For you
showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of
your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an
abiding one.”
Proverbs 6:30-31 “Men do not despise a thief if he steals to
satisfy himself when he is hungry; But when he is found, he
must repay sevenfold; he must give all the substance of his house.”
Now that is good news.
I know exactly who and where my enemy is. In 1985 I was saving money for a trip to Europe . Before I left, I checked my wallet and found
$20.00 missing. It might not sound like
much today, but back then it was. I had
just finished studying Jerry Savelle’s book If
Satan Can’t Steal Your Joy, He Can’t Keep Your Goods. So I knew if I didn’t get upset, I could get a
sevenfold return as the Word says. I
claimed that Scripture and, praise the Lord, before I got on the plane I was
handed by various people $140.00! As my
sister Debby says, yippee! I had the
devil on the run.
It was worth learning my enemy and how to adjust my
responses. Needless to say, the devil
rarely steals from me anymore, because he truly hates being forced by God to
make restitution.
I've taken this study from the 3rd Chapter of my book, "God's Power Available To Us". I hope it helps you realize satan, the twerp, lucifer, or whatever you call him, has NO authority over you - a child of the Living God!
Let me know if you liked this study and would like more such as; The Power and Provisions From God or the 3 Keys From God including your Authority, Knowledge and Death & Hades. Looking forward to hearing from you.
God Bless & Shalom Shalem
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