Demon fighting
Have you ever wondered what demons know?
Can demons read your mind?
Can demons place a thought into your head?
What can demons know, and how do we fight them?
If you are not fighting them, you are helping them.
Reading:
Heb 4:12 KJV For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Pray
I preached last week about the limitations of Satan.
Just as a quick review, Satan is not Omnipresent, God is.
Satan is not Omniscient, God is
And Satan is not Omnipotent, God is.
There are certain things Satan and the demons are allowed to do, and many things Satan and his demons cannot do.
As far as reading your mind, our opening reading from Hebrews says:
Heb 4:12 KJV For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
In our battle gear there are several defensive pieces: the shield, the helmet, the breastplate and others,
But the one offensive weapon is the sword and our sword is the Word of God.
When Jesus was being tempted to sin, He used the Sword of the Spirit very skillfully.
Mat 4:1 KJV Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.note
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
3 times Jesus was tempted.
2 times Satan said, If you are the Son of God meaning Satan was not really sure about Jesus' true identity.
3 times Jesus responded by quoting God's Word.
No super power, no revealing His identity. Just quoting Scripture.
Jesus did Exactly what we are able to do He used the quoting of Scripture to make Satan flee.
Jas 4:7 KJV Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
But at other times the demons, who are lesser beings than Satan, knew exactly who Jesus was
Mat 8:28 KJV And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Luk 4:40 KJV Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
The devils or demons could not read Jesus' mind, but by observation and hearing Jesus they were able to recognize Him.
Act 16:16 KJV And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
How did the spirit, or demon, recognize Paul?
Not through mind reading, but through observation and listening.
When we combine the events of Matthew 4 with
Heb 4:12 KJV For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Heb 4:13 KJV Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Here the Word of God is identified as not just the words of the Bible, but the presence of Jesus Christ
The Word of John 1 that became flesh.
When we quote Scripture we are not saying magic words from a magic book.
It is not the Christian version of spell casting
We are actually saying the words that Jesus said.
All Scripture is given by the breath of God
It is not the Bible which has the power, it is the Author, the Creator of heaven and earth.
As you can see the demons do not have the power of mind reading, but they do have the power to hear your words, to see your facial expressions and to guess what is happening and what you will do next.
1Ki 8:39 KJV Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
Only God knows what is in the heart of man
Satan and his demons are limited to what they can see and what they can hear when they are either physically present or when they are informed by another being.
Demonic resources are limited. Satan will not assign a powerful demon to do something that a weaker demon can do.
This way the easier jobs are done by weaker demons and harder jobs are done by stronger demons.
Satan has many more weaker demons than stronger demons so he uses the strongest demons for the hardest jobs.
Think about the angel world like the military world. There is rank, there is authority, there are duties and responsibilities, there are orders and objectives.
Satan will even put multiple weaker demons with one person than waste his more powerful demons.
Demons can only come inside an unsaved person.
A saved person, someone that has been born again, an authentic Christian, has the Holy Spirit living inside them.
There is no way any demon, or even Satan himself, can move into the same place as the Holy Spirit.
However demons can move into any unsaved person at will and stay as long as they want.
The unsaved person has no presence of the Holy Spirit to stop the demon from coming in.
If the unsaved person, possessed by a demon, comes in contact with an authentic Christian, that Christian by the power of God, can cast the demon out.
If the unsaved person has the demon removed and remains unsaved, the situation will become much worse.
Mat 12:43 KJV
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 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. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
It is also not a good idea for unsaved people to try and cast out demons
Act 19:11 KJV And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 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.
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Even if you are saved, it is not always possible for weak Christians to cast out strong demons
How do you cast out strong demons?
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
Some of you, in order to grow mighty in the Word of God, need to first throw out your objects of Satan.
That is why we are careful about the symbols and the images we use in the church and in my home.
You may also need to spend more time in study of God's Word, in prayer, in fasting, in witnessing, in submission to God's law.
Mat 17:14 KJV And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Are you saved? Do you know Jesus as your Saviour, your Master, your Friend?
How skilled are you with the Sword of the Spirit? The Holy Bible?
Are you praying and fasting?
If Jesus were to say, I want you to cast out a demon, would you be ready?
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Sunday, October 11, 2026
Monday, October 05, 2026
Sermon Notes: Satan the Enemy: How to Win!
Satan our Enemy
Satan is a real being, just as real as you and me.
He is not the same as you and me, but he is just as real.
When I was in the Army, it was my job to understand the enemy.
If you are a Christian, you need to know your enemy too.
It will really help you to understand how Satan, our enemy, thinks, acts and behaves.
It will also help you to understand Satan has limits and habits and methods he likes to use.
Satan is a liar.
If you do not understand, Satan will try to fool you into thinking he can do things that he really can not do.
First you must understand: Satan is a created being.
Reading
Joh 1:1 KJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Pray
Jesus is the same Creator we read about in Genesis.
Jesus is God, is the Creator, and He existed without being created.
Nobody made Jesus, but Jesus created all things.
Jesus created the plants and Jesus created the planets.
Jesus created ants and Jesus created the angels.
Look again at verse 3
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
When we speak about Satan, Satan would love for people to believe one of two main lies:
either that there is no real being as Satan
This is a very common lie people believe today. They think of Satan like the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy.
If you do not believe that Satan exists and that he is a real being, you will never fight him or defend yourself from his attacks.
The second lie Satan likes to use is that Satan and Jesus are equal in power and ability
Both of these ideas are lies from Satan.
Col 1:12 KJV Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:note
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Jesus is the Creator and all others are created.
Jesus is unlimited. Satan and All others are limited.
Jesus is Omniscient,
Jesus knows everything.
Satan has a lot of knowledge but compared to Jesus Satan knows very little
Jesus is Omnipresent,
Jesus can be every place at the same time
Satan is limited in time and space - he can only be one place at one time
and Jesus is Omnipotent
Jesus is significantly greater in power with the power of death and the power of life and the power of resurrection.
Joh 10:10 KJV The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Which do you think is harder, killing something alive or giving life to something that is dead?
Satan originally was a holy angel named Lucifer and Satan decided to rebel against God and become equal to God.
Satan forgot that he was a created being and God was the Creator.
Isa 14:12 KJV How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
When Jesus created the Angels, all the angels were created, holy and good.
Jesus did not invent sin, Satan did by his rebellion to God's authority.
As a response to Satan's pride and rebellion, God told Satan, You're fired!
Satan and the 1/3 of the angels that followed him were kicked out of heaven and sent to earth.
Eze 28:12 KJV 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 wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 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.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Satan had authority over 1/3 of the angels in heaven and Revelation tells us when Satan rebelled, the other angels followed and they all were kicked out of heaven.
Satan and the kicked out angels, now called demons, were forced to stay on earth until their final judgment.
Satan took 1 out of every 2 angels with him.
That means for every 1 demonic fallen angel there are 2 righteous, holy angels!
Satan is a liar and has been lying from the beginning
Satan lies to people and says you can become rich by playing casino games
He does not call it the sin of covetousness
Satan lies and says you deserve better: a better life, better spouse, better possessions
What he does not tell you that your discontentment is really pride and lust.
Satan lies and encourages people to use foul, dirty language by cursing and using the Lord's name in vain
He does not warn you that God is grieved by our worldly vocabulary and violations of His commands to keep His name sacred and holy.
Satan is pleased when you make God grieved and Satan gets upset when you make God pleased.
Eph 6:10 KJV 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.
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.
13 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.
Last week we saw that the Holy Spirit lives inside of us and gives us protection, wisdom and understanding.
No Christian can be possessed by a demon because they are already possessed by the Holy Spirit.
If we submit to God and resist the devil, he will flee from us.
Jas 4:7 KJV Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Satan has no power over a Christian unless the Christian gives him access.
According to this passage, we have the ability to make Satan, and any of the weaker demons, to leave us.
How? First you must submit to God. And the first step to submitting to God is becoming born again.
Submitting to God is also repenting of your sins even while a Christian
You will never be successful resisting Satan unless you first submit yourself to God.
You also submit to God by confessing your sin daily.
Satan knows if are close to God you are a threat to his plans
Our goal as Christians is to draw close to God, and resist the devil
It is just that simple.
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Sunday, October 04, 2026
Sermon Notes: Possessed by the Holy Spirit
Today begins our series on spiritual warfare.
This series will take us all the way through October and will include Halloween.
It is important for us to lay a clear biblical foundation so, as we study about our enemies, we can see what they can and can not do.
There are two worlds: the physical world and the spiritual world.
The physical world is separate, but not disconnected from the spiritual world.
You can do things in your body, that will impact your spiritual self.
For example, when you were born, you were born with a living body, a living mind and a present but dead soul.
Jesus tried to explain this to Nicodemus
Reading
Joh 3:1 KJV There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Pray
How do you become born again?
Joh 3:15 KJV
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
When you become born again, you are saved from the consequences, or the punishment, of your sin.
When you told Jesus Christ by faith that you believe He died for you, and asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sin, you were born again.
At that instant you were saved the Holy Spirit of God entered into you and lives inside of you ever since.
Joh 14:15 KJV If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.note
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 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.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The Holy Ghost (also called the Holy Spirit, also called the Comforter) enters into you and provides you with many good and powerful spiritual blessings.
Joh 16:4 KJV But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
The Holy Spirit is a person and is one with the Father and with Jesus, the Son
1Jn 5:7 KJV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
When you have been born again you are filled with the Holy Spirit and He is sealed inside you
Eph 1:12 KJV That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
If you have ever used Tupperware, or Rubbermaid, you understand about sealing something inside a container.
That lid provides a temporary seal until the time when it needs to be opened, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption or the Rapture
When you are saved, the Holy Spirit is sealed inside your soul, which is sealed inside your body.
1Co 6:19 KJV What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
We can make the Holy Spirit happy with our thoughts, words, and actions, or we can make the Holy Spirit sad
Eph 4:30 KJV And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
When you are engaging people, you are engaging only two types of people:
People that have the Holy Spirit and those that do not have the Holy Spirit.
1Jn 4:1 KJV Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
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.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
When you are saved, the Holy Spirit is in you, and with you, and communicates with you every day.
Heb 13:5 KJVLet your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
God loves you for many reasons but primarily because God created you, and He purchased you with his own blood, and he had forgiven you in salvation, and He is preparing a place for you to live with Him forever, and He lives inside you right now, and He will never leave you.
1Jn 4:18 KJV There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
There is nothing to fear, even when the world gets scared at news events, or politics, or the price of living, or even of Satan himself.
We do not fear because,
greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
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This series will take us all the way through October and will include Halloween.
It is important for us to lay a clear biblical foundation so, as we study about our enemies, we can see what they can and can not do.
There are two worlds: the physical world and the spiritual world.
The physical world is separate, but not disconnected from the spiritual world.
You can do things in your body, that will impact your spiritual self.
For example, when you were born, you were born with a living body, a living mind and a present but dead soul.
Jesus tried to explain this to Nicodemus
Reading
Joh 3:1 KJV There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Pray
How do you become born again?
Joh 3:15 KJV
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
When you become born again, you are saved from the consequences, or the punishment, of your sin.
When you told Jesus Christ by faith that you believe He died for you, and asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sin, you were born again.
At that instant you were saved the Holy Spirit of God entered into you and lives inside of you ever since.
Joh 14:15 KJV If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.note
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 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.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The Holy Ghost (also called the Holy Spirit, also called the Comforter) enters into you and provides you with many good and powerful spiritual blessings.
Joh 16:4 KJV But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
The Holy Spirit is a person and is one with the Father and with Jesus, the Son
1Jn 5:7 KJV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
When you have been born again you are filled with the Holy Spirit and He is sealed inside you
Eph 1:12 KJV That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
If you have ever used Tupperware, or Rubbermaid, you understand about sealing something inside a container.
That lid provides a temporary seal until the time when it needs to be opened, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption or the Rapture
When you are saved, the Holy Spirit is sealed inside your soul, which is sealed inside your body.
1Co 6:19 KJV What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
We can make the Holy Spirit happy with our thoughts, words, and actions, or we can make the Holy Spirit sad
Eph 4:30 KJV And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
When you are engaging people, you are engaging only two types of people:
People that have the Holy Spirit and those that do not have the Holy Spirit.
1Jn 4:1 KJV Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
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.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
When you are saved, the Holy Spirit is in you, and with you, and communicates with you every day.
Heb 13:5 KJVLet your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
God loves you for many reasons but primarily because God created you, and He purchased you with his own blood, and he had forgiven you in salvation, and He is preparing a place for you to live with Him forever, and He lives inside you right now, and He will never leave you.
1Jn 4:18 KJV There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
There is nothing to fear, even when the world gets scared at news events, or politics, or the price of living, or even of Satan himself.
We do not fear because,
greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
END
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Sermon Notes: After the Rapture
Last week we learned how close we are to the start of the Tribulation.
We also saw how the Socialists and the Muslims, especially the Muslims, are coming into more power and how that lines up with the coming Great Tribulation.
The Great Tribulation begins just after the Rapture of the church.
Being a Christian during the Tribulation will cost you your life by beheading because everyone who refuses the mark of the beast will be labeled a terrorist of the world government and be beheaded.
What about people that are left behind that are unsaved?
Reading
2Th 2:1 KJV Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.note
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Pray
This can become very confusing if you do not pay very close attention.
So let me begin from where we are right now, today, September 20, 2026
All over the world right now, there are, from a biblical perspective, only 2 kinds of people: saved and unsaved.
Either you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Saviour and King, or you have not.
There is no in between, there is no half way, you are either born again or you are not.
People that are born again are going to heaven.
People that are not born again are going to hell.
Is everyone with me so far?
The people that are born again are going to get into heaven one of two ways, either they will die, which is the most common way to transfer from earth to heaven, or they will be removed without death in an event called the Rapture of the church.
1Th 4:16 KJV For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1Co 15:50 KJV Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Like I told you previously, you will get into heaven one of 2 ways: either by death (sleep) or by the Rapture
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Some people will go to heaven by dying, but not everyone, we shall not all sleep
The Rapture of the church will happen
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
This describes the event called the Rapture of the church.
You will not find the word Rapture in the Bible, but you will also not find the words Trinity, or toilet, or electricity, or even the word Bible in the Bible.
There are people claiming that the Rapture is a recent invented unbiblical teaching.
And when I hear that, I just ask them to show me the church in Revelation.
It is not there. It is not there because it is gone before the events of Revelation begin.
Now we return to the fact that there are two ways to enter heaven: you die, or you are Raptured.
After the Rapture of the church, the earth has three types of people.
First are the 144,000 Jewish young, men evangelists that will preach the gospel around the world.
Rev 7:2 KJV And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 14:3 KJV And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
These 144,000 are going to be sealed in their forehead with the seal of God after the Rapture of the church.
All the other people left on the earth after the Rapture are not saved.
So first of the three groups on earth after the Rapture are the 144,000.
The two remaining groups of people on the earth after the Rapture of the church are both unsaved.
But there are two kinds of unsaved, un born again people.
The first of these two remaining types of unsaved people are people that have never heard the message of salvation and never had the opportunity to be saved.
They have not rejected salvation because they have never heard the gospel.
When the 144,000 Jewish young men evangelists are preaching the gospel through the world, these are the unsaved people they are looking for.
A very small group of these unsaved people, that have never heard the gospel plan of salvation previously, will hear the message of salvation and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
100% of these Christians will not accept the mark of the Beast, and they will have their head cut off by the One World Government.
Rev 13:16 KJV And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 20:4 KJV And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
The final group of unsaved people on the earth after the Rapture are those people that have heard the gospel message of salvation and did not accept the offer.
They may have rejected the offer of salvation because of embarrassment, they may have delayed their being born again, they may have planned to get saved another time,
But at the time the Rapture of the church happens, they have heard the gospel and still are unsaved for whatever reason.
This last group are addressed in our reading previously.
2Th 2:1 KJV Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.note
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
It is at this point God, the Author of all Scripture, reveals something very very important.
2Th 2:10 KJV And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; (that is the unsaved) because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.(These people did not receive salvation that was offered to them)
11 And for this cause (for this reason, what reason? Because this group of people heard the gospel but did not accept the offer of salvation) God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (God is not lying, Satan is the liar, but God actually helps the unsaved people that rejected salvation before the Rapture, to believe the lie of Satan.) WHY?
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
If someone is unsaved before the Rapture of the church, and they heard the gospel,
That means they are unsaved right now, and they have heard how to be saved
but for whatever reason, they decided to not get saved,
and the Rapture happens, and they are left behind,
they will, absolutely, no way out, worship the Beast, the Anti-Christ, the Wicked, the Imam Madhi, the One World ruler, and they will receive the mark of the Beast to show their alliance to the One World government so they can buy and sell, and not get their head cut off.
they all will be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Rev 14:9 KJV And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
So after the soon coming Rapture of the church, there will be 3 groups of people left on the earth.
First is the 144,000 Jewish young men evangelists
Second is the unsaved that have never heard the gospel.
Some of them will hear the gospel and accept the offer of salvation and some will not.
Finally, there will be a group of people, alive today, have heard the gospel, did not accept salvation, the Rapture happens, they are left behind and they WILL BE convinced to believe the lies of Satan, worship the Anti-Christ, receive the mark of the Beast, and be condemned to be tormented forever.
2Pe 3:9 KJV The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Eze 18:20 KJV The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
We are given the command to proclaim the gospel and to correct false doctrine.
We better get busy, because there is not much time left.
END
We also saw how the Socialists and the Muslims, especially the Muslims, are coming into more power and how that lines up with the coming Great Tribulation.
The Great Tribulation begins just after the Rapture of the church.
Being a Christian during the Tribulation will cost you your life by beheading because everyone who refuses the mark of the beast will be labeled a terrorist of the world government and be beheaded.
What about people that are left behind that are unsaved?
Reading
2Th 2:1 KJV Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.note
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Pray
This can become very confusing if you do not pay very close attention.
So let me begin from where we are right now, today, September 20, 2026
All over the world right now, there are, from a biblical perspective, only 2 kinds of people: saved and unsaved.
Either you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Saviour and King, or you have not.
There is no in between, there is no half way, you are either born again or you are not.
People that are born again are going to heaven.
People that are not born again are going to hell.
Is everyone with me so far?
The people that are born again are going to get into heaven one of two ways, either they will die, which is the most common way to transfer from earth to heaven, or they will be removed without death in an event called the Rapture of the church.
1Th 4:16 KJV For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1Co 15:50 KJV Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Like I told you previously, you will get into heaven one of 2 ways: either by death (sleep) or by the Rapture
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Some people will go to heaven by dying, but not everyone, we shall not all sleep
The Rapture of the church will happen
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
This describes the event called the Rapture of the church.
You will not find the word Rapture in the Bible, but you will also not find the words Trinity, or toilet, or electricity, or even the word Bible in the Bible.
There are people claiming that the Rapture is a recent invented unbiblical teaching.
And when I hear that, I just ask them to show me the church in Revelation.
It is not there. It is not there because it is gone before the events of Revelation begin.
Now we return to the fact that there are two ways to enter heaven: you die, or you are Raptured.
After the Rapture of the church, the earth has three types of people.
First are the 144,000 Jewish young, men evangelists that will preach the gospel around the world.
Rev 7:2 KJV And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 14:3 KJV And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
These 144,000 are going to be sealed in their forehead with the seal of God after the Rapture of the church.
All the other people left on the earth after the Rapture are not saved.
So first of the three groups on earth after the Rapture are the 144,000.
The two remaining groups of people on the earth after the Rapture of the church are both unsaved.
But there are two kinds of unsaved, un born again people.
The first of these two remaining types of unsaved people are people that have never heard the message of salvation and never had the opportunity to be saved.
They have not rejected salvation because they have never heard the gospel.
When the 144,000 Jewish young men evangelists are preaching the gospel through the world, these are the unsaved people they are looking for.
A very small group of these unsaved people, that have never heard the gospel plan of salvation previously, will hear the message of salvation and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
100% of these Christians will not accept the mark of the Beast, and they will have their head cut off by the One World Government.
Rev 13:16 KJV And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 20:4 KJV And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
The final group of unsaved people on the earth after the Rapture are those people that have heard the gospel message of salvation and did not accept the offer.
They may have rejected the offer of salvation because of embarrassment, they may have delayed their being born again, they may have planned to get saved another time,
But at the time the Rapture of the church happens, they have heard the gospel and still are unsaved for whatever reason.
This last group are addressed in our reading previously.
2Th 2:1 KJV Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.note
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
It is at this point God, the Author of all Scripture, reveals something very very important.
2Th 2:10 KJV And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; (that is the unsaved) because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.(These people did not receive salvation that was offered to them)
11 And for this cause (for this reason, what reason? Because this group of people heard the gospel but did not accept the offer of salvation) God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (God is not lying, Satan is the liar, but God actually helps the unsaved people that rejected salvation before the Rapture, to believe the lie of Satan.) WHY?
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
If someone is unsaved before the Rapture of the church, and they heard the gospel,
That means they are unsaved right now, and they have heard how to be saved
but for whatever reason, they decided to not get saved,
and the Rapture happens, and they are left behind,
they will, absolutely, no way out, worship the Beast, the Anti-Christ, the Wicked, the Imam Madhi, the One World ruler, and they will receive the mark of the Beast to show their alliance to the One World government so they can buy and sell, and not get their head cut off.
they all will be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Rev 14:9 KJV And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
So after the soon coming Rapture of the church, there will be 3 groups of people left on the earth.
First is the 144,000 Jewish young men evangelists
Second is the unsaved that have never heard the gospel.
Some of them will hear the gospel and accept the offer of salvation and some will not.
Finally, there will be a group of people, alive today, have heard the gospel, did not accept salvation, the Rapture happens, they are left behind and they WILL BE convinced to believe the lies of Satan, worship the Anti-Christ, receive the mark of the Beast, and be condemned to be tormented forever.
2Pe 3:9 KJV The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Eze 18:20 KJV The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
We are given the command to proclaim the gospel and to correct false doctrine.
We better get busy, because there is not much time left.
END
Friday, September 18, 2026
Sermon Notes: Tribulation and Islam
On September 11, 2001 the United States of America suffered a savage attack in New York City, and at the Pentagon, and an attempt that murdered the passengers of United flight 93, all done by a coordinated effort by a small group of Muslims.
The final count was 2,977 people that died from the attacks. But that does not include the people whose lives were cut short by the diseases from breathing that dust and debris.
Fast forward to January 1, 2026, 25 years after those horrible attacks, Zohran Kwame Mamdani, an Ethiopian born Muslim Democrat Socialist, walked up to the center of the stage, placed his hand on the Quran, and was sworn in as Mayor of New York City.
That same Quran teaches Muslims that under certain circumstances, lying may be tolerated, or even required.
Muslims are taught to follow a larger legal principle in Islam: “necessities permit the prohibited”.
Today, 11 Muslims are mayors of United States cities, and more than 4.4 million Muslims live in America.
What is happening?
How could we get to this point after the Muslim attacks on 9/11?
Reading
Rev 20:1 KJV And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Pray
Over the days after 9/11 we watched TV as the various news agencies and commentators analyzed the events.
There were videos of living people jumping out of the tower windows to avoid the fire, only to die when they hit the ground.
I will never forget the sound of those bodies hitting the ground.
We watched the reports about people still being found alive, hoping for just one more.
Families are still grieving the loss of fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, senior citizens and children.
We wondered how something like that could ever happen, and we vowed it would never happen again.
We were right, it has not happened again.
We vowed that we would never forget.
But, although we remembered the events, it was not enough for us to protect this land that we love.
Instead of the Muslims bombing New York City, or planes being crashed into cities, we just handed our property, our money, and our government over to the Muslims, and their helpers, the Socialists.
Americans, many of them survivors of 9/11, just 24 years later, voted to have a Muslim Mayor rule over them.
Muslims are taking control.
What can we do to stop it?
Actually, there is very little that will be successful against the two-fold attack by the Socialists, or the Muslims.
Islam wants to be known as a religion of peace, but in reality it is a philosophy of war and conquest.
Quran 2:190-191
"Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.
"And kill them (the infidels) wherever you overtake them, and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and disobedience is worse than killing."
By the way, you and me are the infidels. Any non-Muslim is an infidel to them.
In August 1996, 30 years ago, that is just 5 years prior to the destruction of 9/11, Osama bin Laden made his Declaration of Jihad on the Americans.
Osama bin Laden is dead, but his declaration is still in force.
It is called the “Ladenese Epistle,” is still taken as the Muslim's and al Qaeda’s declaration of war on America.
Osama bin Laden said, "to fight in defense of religion and Belief is a collective duty; (that means it is every Muslim's duty) there is no other duty, after Belief [more important] than fighting the enemy (that is you and me) who is corrupting the life and the religion (of Islam). There are no preconditions for this duty, and the enemy should be fought with one's best abilities.
"Even the people who are not practising Islam are not exempted from the duty of Jihad against the enemy."
By the way, This was said when Zohran Mamdani was 5 years old and living in his homeland, Kampala, Uganda, and beginning his training as a Muslim.
Mamdani's Father was a Head, University Professor in Ugandan and in South African universities.
In his 2004 book, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror, written just 3 years after the Muslim suicide bombers attacked America, Mamdani's father writes that suicide bombers should be recognized "as a category of regular soldier" and "understood as a normal feature of modern political violence, rather than stigmatized as a mark of barbarism".
Zohran Momdani's father is so radical he hid in the background while his son was campaigning so as to not negatively influence the vote.
In 2013, Zohran Momdani's mother, Miranda Nair wrote: "I stand w/ Palestine for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel"
Zohran Momdani is as radical Muslim as you can get. He is like many people in our country today, a triple threat: Muslim, Socialist, and Democrat.
The problem is that Islam and Muslims are currently at a state of war against America, but America is not at war against Islam or Muslims.
Far from it, in fact, we are accommodating their war against us.
We are funding their war against us with our tax dollars, and we are electing Muslims into positions of authority in our government.
Do not get your hopes up that America will ever survive this invasion because, America will never declare war on Islam or on the Muslims.
The Muslims sleep comfortably at night knowing America has already surrendered in many critical areas.
How many Muslims are Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists in our healthcare systems and pharmaceutical companies, even in your local Walmart pharmacy? I know we have a dedicated Muslim pharmacist at our Festus Walmart.
How many Muslims are working in our infrastructure of electrical power, public water, law enforcement, public schools, and smaller government councils and boards.
America has been invaded by a hostile force that considers themselves to be at war with us, and yet our streets are often flooded with Socialist people getting mad, not about the Muslim invasion, but they are chanting slogans about the wrongs of "Islamophobia," and how the Muslims are being oppressed by Americans.
What is happening?
Will America survive this invasion?
The short answer is, "No!" America, along with the rest of the world, is on a collision course with God's discipline called the Great Tribulation.
As it appears right now, it is highly likely, if we continue in the direction we are going, the Great Tribulation could begin very soon.
Let us go back to our opening passage
Rev 20:1 KJV And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
At this point in time an angel is sent from heaven
He has two things, the key to the bottomless pit (which is found in the middle of the Earth) and a great chain
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
It only took one angel to arrest Satan.
Remember that when you think Satan is equal to God, or equal to Jesus.
Jesus sent just one single angel to capture and bind Satan. No fight, no resistance, complete control.
Satan was bound with the great chain the angel brought from heaven, and then he was cast into the bottomless pit, also known as hell.
Satan was bound there for 1,000 years.
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Satan was physically thrown into hell by this one angel from heaven.
He was then locked in and the gates were sealed. The seal is an official imprint that is only opened by an authorized individual.
We currently experience Satan's influence in the world today, but in the 1,000 year reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, Satan will have no ability to deceive anyone, anywhere for 1,000 years.
The 1,000 years Satan is bound is what we call the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ.
That is when Jesus Christ returns to the earth and stands on the Mount of Olives just outside Jerusalem.
The Mount of Olives is split by a great earthquake and Jesus then goes into Jerusalem, builds His temple, and rules the world for 1,000 years.
This will happen 7 years after the Rapture of the church, and immediately after the 7 year Great Tribulation when the Earth will be ruled by the Beast, also called the Anti-Christ.
The Anti-Christ will be a Socialist man, that is a Muslim, that has the blood of both sons of Abraham, Ishmael AND Isaac, in his veins, and he will secretly be a homosexual.
At the end of the Millennial Reign there will be a short time when Satan is released out of the bottomless pit to return to earth for one last temptation of the people.
During the 1,000 years Jesus is ruling and reigning, and we with Him, there will be no temptations from Satan.
The only temptations will be the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. But nothing from a Satanic source.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:
Who are these on thrones? They are Christians, taken up in the Rapture, that have faithfully and obediently invested their lives in the Kingdom of God.
1. Dan 7:9 KJVLite I beheld till the thrones (of Satan) were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
2. Dan 7:18 KJVLite But the saints of the most High (that's you and me) shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Dan 7:21 KJV I beheld, and the same horn (that is the Anti-Christ) made war with the saints, and prevailed against them (that is during the Great Tribulation);
Dan 7:22 KJVLite Until the Ancient of days came (that is when King Jesus returns to earth), and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. (That is the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ on the earth)
4. Dan 7:27 KJVLite And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
7. 1Co 6:2 KJVLite Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
8. 1Co 6:3 KJVLite Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Now, back to our text:
Rev 20:4 KJV And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Along with us, there is a large group of Christians that received Salvation during the Great Tribulation. These are people that never heard the plan of salvation before the Rapture, they never worshipped the Beast, and never received the mark of the Beast in either their right hand or in their forehead.
In the Great Tribulation the Socialist Muslims will be in control of the whole earth.
Every government of every country will under the control of the Imam Madhi, known in the Bible as the Anti-Christ.
Immediately after the Rapture of the church, the Anti-Christ will be given control of all governments of every country.
Every true Christian alive on the earth in the Great Tribulation will be given an offer, accept the mark of the Beast or die.
But here is the part that reveals the presence of the Muslims: they are all beheaded.
The Quran says, "When the sacred months are over, slay the idolaters wherever you find them" (Sura 9:5).
"When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield, strike off their heads" (Sura 47:4).
For the Muslim, the Koran's commands are valid for all time.
Fifteen hundred years later, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini is able to say, "Islam says: Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all! Islam says Kill them (the non-Muslims), put them to the sword and scatter [their armies]. Kill in the service of Allah those who may want to kill you!".
Are you ready for the Rapture?
Isn't it time to get ready?
END
Saturday, March 18, 2017
My Response to "The Shack"
The Shack:
Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity, was
published in 2007, and it has nothing to do with the basketball player, “The
Shaq” Shaquille O’Neal. Author, William P.
(Paul) Young, originally wrote it for the members of his family, and once
written it grew quickly into a New York Times bestseller. At the time of the writing Young was a former
office manager and hotel night clerk, with no theological training.
Classified as a “Christian Novel” it has received wide
support from various Christian personalities and institutions including singer Michael
W. Smith; Eugene Peterson, author of the Bible version, The Message; Today Show
host Kathie Lee Gifford; Man vs Wild star, Bear Grylls; nationally syndicated
radio host, Delilah Rene; comedian, Jeff Foxworthy as well as many church
leaders.
Plugged In, a ministry of Focus on the Family reviews The Shack by saying: “The Shack delivers
significant messages about God in a world desperately looking and longing for
answers. Does this story provoke valid, even significant theological concerns?
Clearly, it does. But just as Mack was led in the film to discover more about
God in his Gideon Bible, hopefully movie goers will respond the same way to the
big-screen adaptation of The Shack.”
In sharp contrast Al Mohler, President of Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY says, “The theology of The
Shack is not incidental to the story. Indeed, at most points the narrative
seems mainly to serve as a structure for the dialogues. And the dialogues
reveal a theology that is unconventional at best, and undoubtedly heretical in
certain respects.”
Conservative theological apologists Norman Geisler and
Bill Roach conclude, “The Shack may
do well for many in engaging the current culture, but not without compromising
Christian truth. The book may be psychologically helpful to many who read it, but
it is doctrinally harmful to all who are exposed to it. It has a false understanding
of God, the Trinity, the person and work of Christ, the nature of man, the institution
of the family and marriage, and the nature of the Gospel. For those not trained
in orthodox Christian doctrine, this book is very dangerous.”
The novel begins, when Mackenzie Phillips, or “Mack”, supernaturally
receives a note in his mailbox saying "Papa", wants to meet with him at
“The Shack” on the weekend. Mack suspects it may be from God because his
wife Nan refers to God as "Papa".
Meeting at The Shack is
significant because it is the place where his daughter was abused and murdered.
Mack, a married father of three children took his
family on a camping trip. Two of his children are playing in a canoe on a lake
when it flips and almost drowns his son. Mack rushes into the water and saves
his son, but leaves his youngest daughter Missy alone at the campsite.
When Mack returns, Missy is gone. The police later reveal
Missy was abducted and murdered by a serial killer and her bloodied clothing was
found in an abandoned shack (“The Shack”)
in the woods, but her body was not located. Mack's life sinks into what he
calls "The Great Sadness".
Mack arrives and initially finds nothing, but as he is
leaving, the shack and its surroundings are supernaturally transformed. He enters
and encounters manifestations of the Trinity. God the Father takes the form of
an African American woman who calls herself Elousia and Papa; Jesus Christ is a
Middle-Eastern carpenter; and the Holy Spirit is an Asian woman named Sarayu.
The bulk of the book records Mack's conversations with
Papa, Jesus, and Sarayu as he comes to terms with Missy's death and his
relationship with the three of them. Mack also has various experiences with
these persons which causes him to rethink his understanding of God and life.
After spending the weekend at The Shack, Mack leaves and is nearly killed in an automobile
accident. After his recovery, he realizes he did not, in fact, spend the
weekend at a shack. From the information gained in his experience, Mack leads
the police to the cave Papa revealed, and they find Missy's body. The forensic
evidence, causes her killer to be arrested and put on trial.
So what does the Bible have to say on the
subject? The basis of our understanding
must come from the warning found in 2Timothy 4:2-4, “Preach the word; be
instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears; And they shall
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
Today, thousands of people are turning away from the
truth of God’s Word and turning toward fables, made-up stories, like The Shack. Fables are replacing Scripture in our
seminaries, Bible colleges and even in our churches. Many pastors are replacing expository sermons
with heart-felt stories in defiance of preaching the word. These fictitious, experience based stories lead
people to a targeted emotional response while planting seeds of confusion and
twisting the truth.
Didn’t Jesus use parables and stories? Yes He did, and if we use the same stories
the same way, we can too. Jesus told
those stories knowing what the people were thinking and knowing how they would
respond to them. He was both, fully God
and fully man, not as The Shack
claims, that Jesus was on earth only in His human power and human limitations.
Under the direction of the Holy Spirit, Peter wrote, “Moreover
I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things
always in remembrance. For we have
not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his
majesty.” 2 Peter 1:15-16
There are several areas where The Shack qualifies as a cunningly devised fable, but here are three
related core issues: First: The Shack, says Jesus is, “the
best way any human can relate to Papa or Sarayu.” Did you catch the
error? What does “the best way”
imply? Right, “the best way” is not the
same as the only way. The “best way”
means there are many ways people may choose to relate to God, but among all the
various ways to relate to God, Jesus is the best.
Is this what the real Jesus said? “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Does this sound like there is any other way? How about Acts 4:12 which says, “Neither is
there salvation in any other: for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” So is Jesus the best way, or the only way?
Second: Almost any
path leads to salvation. In The Shack, the character playing Jesus
says, “Those who love me come from every system that exists. They are Buddhists
or Mormons, Baptist, or Muslims, ...and many who are not part of any Sunday morning
or religious institution... I have no
desire to make them Christians, but I do want to join them in their
transformation into sons and daughters of my Papa...” “Does that mean...that
all roads will lead to you?” ... “Not at all.... Most roads don’t lead
anywhere. What it does mean is that I will travel any road to find you.”
This statement implies the first teaching, “most roads
lead to God” and brings in a second, “Either a path leads to God or it doesn’t
lead anywhere.” This error is exposed
when examined in the light of Matthew 7:13-14, where the real Jesus said, “Enter
ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many
there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” John
3:36 teaches, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” Telling people who are traveling
a path leading to hell, “Most roads don’t lead anywhere” is lying in the worst
possible way.
Now we arrive at a third false teaching: “Sin
is not punished.” The character
playing God the Father, called “Papa” says, “I am not who you think I am,
Mackenzie. I don’t need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment,
devouring you from the inside. It is not my purpose to punish it; it’s my joy to
cure it.” Clearly, God loves to cure
sin, but The Shack was confused about
the paths leading to God and what happens at the end of the wrong path (nothing),
now The Shack teaches sin is only like
a disease which devours from the inside.
It refuses to acknowledge Hell is an external reality.
In contrast Romans 6:23 warns, “For the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” In Revelation 20:11-15 we are taught about
the final judgment to come: “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
into the lake of fire.”
Should you see the movie or read the book, The Shack? Or Young’s next book, Eve? Ephesians 5:6-7 says, “Let no man deceive you with vain words: for
because of these things cometh the
wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.” Don’t read their
cunningly devised fables which allows their lies to take you from the truth of
the Bible.
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