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Conscience
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Understanding
Spiritual Warfare
There is an unseen battle brewing. A battle that has been transpiring for centuries and ages passed. This battle, I believe has become more obvious to men of God through the years. Yet now, as we come close to the end of the age, the battle has not only become obvious, it has also become witnessed and seen! The battle of which I speak is a war. A war of the mind, a war for your soul, this is the nature of Spiritual Warfare.
Ages ago, with the fall of Lucifer and his minions, the Almighty God well within phase two of his Divine plan for a family created yet again. He created an immortal world on earth with everything we now see, i.e. trees, animals, seas, etc. All this he created in six days, and on the sixth day, he made man. As expected from God, all was good until that fateful day of "the tempting" and the banishment from Eden's garden. From that day up till ours, the battle has been waged.
Satan knowing his time is short comes to wage war against us (all humans). Also knowing he can not win, he spites God by causing God's own precious beings to be separated from God forever through sin. This being truth, God has saved us with the greatest love sacrifice Ever! He sent his son Jesus to die for us all. We have been brought with a price, and now, if we so choose, have a chance at eternal life through Jesus.
Satan, still full of hate continues to wage war. Even while knowing that he has already lost the war, he continues in a vain effort to spite God. Pride has been and still is Satan's biggest folly. Consider the various ways that the devil and his demons have waged wars with us throughout the ages.
Pride- this characteristic can be attributed to its source--Satan. Our enemy himself thought he could be greater than his creator (God) and in turn fell from grace, and became our archenemy. The devil will use pride as a tool to get us to feel like we are better than someone else. This will cause us to take on the attributes of an atheist, racist, or persons of certain prejudices. All these things will lead to sin, which will lead to eternal life away from God in hell.
Hate- One of the worst and perhaps the strongest characteristics of the devil. Hate, when induced will blind a person from truth. A person of great hate will become prideful and will harden his heart from knowing any truth. The devil will use hate to fuel a person into great rage, to cause acts of great and terrible calamities. An example of great hate is Adolph Hitler. He was so hateful that he became prideful and thought himself, as well as blond hair blue eye whites to be the superior race. Remember! No man is better than another. If you were tricked into hate, through spiritual battle, repent and seek forgiveness. If you were the one which the wrong or hateful act was done against, forgive as Jesus forgives. This may be hard to do because of great and painful acts done to us, however I ask you to remember Jesus' words on the cross. Jesus said, "forgive them father, for they know not what they do." True love conquers hate!
Ignorance- Ah! What a tricky adversary we have in Satan. Our enemy will use ignorance to cause us to become of such:
A. Atheist- one that has no belief in God. The fool says in his heart there is no God.
B. Believer in False Gods or God- Jesus said: "I am the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE." Not a way, a truth, or a life." Any other way is a lie. Satan knowing this, will use false religions to lead us away from Jesus, who is the ONLY WAY to God.
C. Bad Circumstances- It will take spiritual understanding and to be aware of the warfare here. As you may know, circumstances at the roots are effects of choices. For example: A drug addict mother has a baby with a variety of diseases and disabilities. Later this baby grows up bitter with his/her situations. This child may become bitter and hateful, "wondering why me?" The hate and bitterness in the child's life may cause him/her to neglect God, resulting in missing of God's blessings and peace that him/her would most definitely receive. This is just an example! Remember, God is not limited to our situations, he can fix everything. Also Satan hates us all. He will most definitely use bad situations and circumstances to turn us away from God and have us miss eternal life with God in bliss. Don't judge God by what happens in this life. This life is but a blink in the span of Eternity. God has Eternity to make things up--and he does!
Unforgiving- The action we take on when we do not forgive. When we choose not to forgive someone, we give the devil and/or his demons power to take control of our emotions. A standby witness to the unforgiving person will see a change. A usually nice and easy-going person when done wrong against may become loud, rude, and spiteful to his/her offender. Jesus commands us to love one another. How can we truly love one another when we choose not to forgive? Satan will fuel this (unforgiving act) until it becomes hate. Remember: Not forgiving hinders your blessings. Whether it is for healing, financial, spiritual, etc. if you choose to not forgive you will most certainly not see blessings.
Worldly Desires- Ah. The nerve of this guy. The share gull of Lucifer, using our own inventions and advances against us. While man has truly come a long way with inventions, the fact still remains. At the core, man's heart is evil. Some inventions were truly made for the wrong reasons, with the wrong purpose in mind. Worldly Desires has a variety of ways to influence us. Some of which are:
A. Media- With the invention and evolution of TV, Movies, Music, the world has been influenced to act and live a certain way. It may prove foolish to forget that Lucifer was indeed a musician. Why would he not use music to badly influence people? I am sure you can discern that he has and is.
B. Sex- While sex is a given to us from God to enjoy with our life partners. It has become excepted around the world to be used vicariously with whom ever we choose. Fornication and Adultery is accepted. This is a sin. The wages of sin is death! Rom. 6:23
C. Money- while money itself is not a sin, the love of money is. Sadly many people throughout the world would do just about anything to gain money. This includes killing, stealing, gamble, etc. They say money buys power and respect, why can't people see that this is all vanity. You can't take it with you when you die. Why not instead invest in your heavenly home?
Anger- Sometimes in such an attack, we may choose not to forgive someone for a wrong that has been done to us. This is a commonly used yet crafty attack. This attack can lead to previously mentioned effects.
Reverse Psychological Attack- Satan hates us all! Sometimes in this advance way of attacking, he will use someone that he got using any one of the previously mentioned attacks to offend us. This will cause a reaction in which we may retaliate. Now he (Satan) has two birds with one stone, so to speak. Sneaky huh?
Possession- In this advance form of spiritual attacking, one is being inhabited by a demon or perhaps Satan himself. The person will be unaware of his actions and his doings. This attack will occur in an unbeliever, in contrast with oppression, which can happen to everyone.
Oppression- another advance form of spiritual attacks. It is the opposite of possession. In possession the attack is coming from within, and oppression the attack is outward. Oppression attacks may come in the form of worries, anxieties, and depression. God can fix this!
These are some of ways spiritual attacks may come about. There are yet other ways Satan wages wars. Remember Powers and Principalities? Satan, the god of this world government has his people. Yes, and as our leaders. Presidents, Kings, Government officials, etc. Powers and Principalities work through Personalities. So be of awareness. There are many people out in the world; whether they know it or not, work for Satan. Look and Discern, People! Love Not This World. It is very easy to get wrapped into worldly things, the worries, pressures, desires, etc. All this will eventually lead us away from God. Right now it is imperative that we stay with God. We have power to win against Satan, in fact we have already won. Jesus won when he died on the cross. Except Jesus as Lord and be saved. As the Holy Spirit reveals to me, I now reveal to you. I believe that if we are able to see and understand the spiritual battle that goes on for each and every one of our souls. We will then be able to win the war. Praise and Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!
In Christ,
Conscience
Spiritual Warfare
There is an unseen battle brewing. A battle that has been transpiring for centuries and ages passed. This battle, I believe has become more obvious to men of God through the years. Yet now, as we come close to the end of the age, the battle has not only become obvious, it has also become witnessed and seen! The battle of which I speak is a war. A war of the mind, a war for your soul, this is the nature of Spiritual Warfare.
Ages ago, with the fall of Lucifer and his minions, the Almighty God well within phase two of his Divine plan for a family created yet again. He created an immortal world on earth with everything we now see, i.e. trees, animals, seas, etc. All this he created in six days, and on the sixth day, he made man. As expected from God, all was good until that fateful day of "the tempting" and the banishment from Eden's garden. From that day up till ours, the battle has been waged.
Satan knowing his time is short comes to wage war against us (all humans). Also knowing he can not win, he spites God by causing God's own precious beings to be separated from God forever through sin. This being truth, God has saved us with the greatest love sacrifice Ever! He sent his son Jesus to die for us all. We have been brought with a price, and now, if we so choose, have a chance at eternal life through Jesus.
Satan, still full of hate continues to wage war. Even while knowing that he has already lost the war, he continues in a vain effort to spite God. Pride has been and still is Satan's biggest folly. Consider the various ways that the devil and his demons have waged wars with us throughout the ages.
Pride- this characteristic can be attributed to its source--Satan. Our enemy himself thought he could be greater than his creator (God) and in turn fell from grace, and became our archenemy. The devil will use pride as a tool to get us to feel like we are better than someone else. This will cause us to take on the attributes of an atheist, racist, or persons of certain prejudices. All these things will lead to sin, which will lead to eternal life away from God in hell.
Hate- One of the worst and perhaps the strongest characteristics of the devil. Hate, when induced will blind a person from truth. A person of great hate will become prideful and will harden his heart from knowing any truth. The devil will use hate to fuel a person into great rage, to cause acts of great and terrible calamities. An example of great hate is Adolph Hitler. He was so hateful that he became prideful and thought himself, as well as blond hair blue eye whites to be the superior race. Remember! No man is better than another. If you were tricked into hate, through spiritual battle, repent and seek forgiveness. If you were the one which the wrong or hateful act was done against, forgive as Jesus forgives. This may be hard to do because of great and painful acts done to us, however I ask you to remember Jesus' words on the cross. Jesus said, "forgive them father, for they know not what they do." True love conquers hate!
Ignorance- Ah! What a tricky adversary we have in Satan. Our enemy will use ignorance to cause us to become of such:
A. Atheist- one that has no belief in God. The fool says in his heart there is no God.
B. Believer in False Gods or God- Jesus said: "I am the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE." Not a way, a truth, or a life." Any other way is a lie. Satan knowing this, will use false religions to lead us away from Jesus, who is the ONLY WAY to God.
C. Bad Circumstances- It will take spiritual understanding and to be aware of the warfare here. As you may know, circumstances at the roots are effects of choices. For example: A drug addict mother has a baby with a variety of diseases and disabilities. Later this baby grows up bitter with his/her situations. This child may become bitter and hateful, "wondering why me?" The hate and bitterness in the child's life may cause him/her to neglect God, resulting in missing of God's blessings and peace that him/her would most definitely receive. This is just an example! Remember, God is not limited to our situations, he can fix everything. Also Satan hates us all. He will most definitely use bad situations and circumstances to turn us away from God and have us miss eternal life with God in bliss. Don't judge God by what happens in this life. This life is but a blink in the span of Eternity. God has Eternity to make things up--and he does!
Unforgiving- The action we take on when we do not forgive. When we choose not to forgive someone, we give the devil and/or his demons power to take control of our emotions. A standby witness to the unforgiving person will see a change. A usually nice and easy-going person when done wrong against may become loud, rude, and spiteful to his/her offender. Jesus commands us to love one another. How can we truly love one another when we choose not to forgive? Satan will fuel this (unforgiving act) until it becomes hate. Remember: Not forgiving hinders your blessings. Whether it is for healing, financial, spiritual, etc. if you choose to not forgive you will most certainly not see blessings.
Worldly Desires- Ah. The nerve of this guy. The share gull of Lucifer, using our own inventions and advances against us. While man has truly come a long way with inventions, the fact still remains. At the core, man's heart is evil. Some inventions were truly made for the wrong reasons, with the wrong purpose in mind. Worldly Desires has a variety of ways to influence us. Some of which are:
A. Media- With the invention and evolution of TV, Movies, Music, the world has been influenced to act and live a certain way. It may prove foolish to forget that Lucifer was indeed a musician. Why would he not use music to badly influence people? I am sure you can discern that he has and is.
B. Sex- While sex is a given to us from God to enjoy with our life partners. It has become excepted around the world to be used vicariously with whom ever we choose. Fornication and Adultery is accepted. This is a sin. The wages of sin is death! Rom. 6:23
C. Money- while money itself is not a sin, the love of money is. Sadly many people throughout the world would do just about anything to gain money. This includes killing, stealing, gamble, etc. They say money buys power and respect, why can't people see that this is all vanity. You can't take it with you when you die. Why not instead invest in your heavenly home?
Anger- Sometimes in such an attack, we may choose not to forgive someone for a wrong that has been done to us. This is a commonly used yet crafty attack. This attack can lead to previously mentioned effects.
Reverse Psychological Attack- Satan hates us all! Sometimes in this advance way of attacking, he will use someone that he got using any one of the previously mentioned attacks to offend us. This will cause a reaction in which we may retaliate. Now he (Satan) has two birds with one stone, so to speak. Sneaky huh?
Possession- In this advance form of spiritual attacking, one is being inhabited by a demon or perhaps Satan himself. The person will be unaware of his actions and his doings. This attack will occur in an unbeliever, in contrast with oppression, which can happen to everyone.
Oppression- another advance form of spiritual attacks. It is the opposite of possession. In possession the attack is coming from within, and oppression the attack is outward. Oppression attacks may come in the form of worries, anxieties, and depression. God can fix this!
These are some of ways spiritual attacks may come about. There are yet other ways Satan wages wars. Remember Powers and Principalities? Satan, the god of this world government has his people. Yes, and as our leaders. Presidents, Kings, Government officials, etc. Powers and Principalities work through Personalities. So be of awareness. There are many people out in the world; whether they know it or not, work for Satan. Look and Discern, People! Love Not This World. It is very easy to get wrapped into worldly things, the worries, pressures, desires, etc. All this will eventually lead us away from God. Right now it is imperative that we stay with God. We have power to win against Satan, in fact we have already won. Jesus won when he died on the cross. Except Jesus as Lord and be saved. As the Holy Spirit reveals to me, I now reveal to you. I believe that if we are able to see and understand the spiritual battle that goes on for each and every one of our souls. We will then be able to win the war. Praise and Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!
In Christ,
Conscience
