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THE WAR OF SATAN AGAINST THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
Part 3 - John S. Torell

27 October 2002
Since Lucifer could not dethrone God in the heavens, he is dethroning God in the hearts of men! 
Isaiah 14:12-20

This leaves Lucifer (the Devil) only one option, whatever control he is to exercise must be on the planet earth. Jesus has informed His church and warned about this. Revelation 12:7-17

Three signs were given by Jesus, which would indicate that His return is getting closer:

              BETRAYAL                                    FALSE PROPHETS                                    LAWLESSNESS

           Matthew 24:8-10                                                Verse11                                                            Verse 12   

Once a believer in Christ is removed from the earth by God Himself, Satan has lost all access to that believer in Christ.   2 Corinthians 5:6-8

Since the Devil cannot take away the salvation from a Christian - John 10:27-30; Romans 8:33-39 -- he is trying to destroy and steal the life and testimony from the Christian. John 10:10; Revelation 12:13-17

These attacks are directed against THE EMOTIONS and THE MIND!

God has placed a "master control panel" in every human being. This is a spiritual control panel to which man has no access.  Only God and angels have access to this control panel. It is normally run by holy angels, but since most people are in a stage of "demonization," evil spirits are controlling the panels.

HOLY ANGELS
Ministering angels - Hebrews 1:13-14
Constant monitoring of the body - Matthew 10:28-31
Restoring power - Daniel 10:1-12
Taking away strength - I Samuel 28:10-20
Immediate death as a judgment - Acts 12:20-23
Removing sanity - Daniel 4:19-37

EVIL SPIRITS
The class of evil spirits trained in how to use the master control panel in humans are called "sin."
Sin is a principality which demands worship! Romans 6:11-23

The aim is to entice the believer in Christ to go against the Word of God, rebel and become cursed. Deuteronomy 28:1-68

The classical tactic used on every human being is laid out in Genesis 3:1-6
1.  Break the spiritual protection by bypassing the chain of command!
2.  Create doubt in the mind of a person by questioning God's integrity.
3.  Make the person believe a truth mixed with a lie.
4.  Make the person believe that God is holding back truth and blessings.
5.  Make sin to look good and something to be desired.

MAN CANNOT CONTROL THIS SPIRITUAL CONTROL PANEL, BUT HE IS TOLD THAT HE IS IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING IT FROM EVIL!  Romans 12:1-3

Through the Word of God man can monitor and have discernment of who is running the master control panel! Galatians 5:15-26

Jesus came to set the captives free - Luke 4:14-21

By controlling our thoughts in the power of God, we can keep the evil spirits away from the control panel!
2 Corinthians 10:3-6

But, we can only do this if we are totally submitted to Christ!  John 15:1-17

BONUS SCRIPTURE:  Mark 16: 15-20

DO YOU HAVE AN EAR WITH WHICH TO HEAR?                               

 To Be Continued . . .  .