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>YOU HAVE JUST JOINED TIME FOR HOPE A FAITH BASED MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAM I'M DR. FREDA CREWS YOUR HOST AND TODAY I AM BEING JOINED
BY AUTHOR AND SUCCESSFUL SOUTHERN BAPTIST PASTOR DR. RON
PHILLIPS. I CAN JUST IMAGINE THAT OUR SUBJECT FOR TODAY CAN
BE A BIT SCARY FOR SOME AND A FAMILIAR SUBJECT OR EXPERIENCE
FOR OTHERS. DR. RON'S BOOK THAT HE AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING
TODAY AND AGAIN NEXT WEEK IS TITLED EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO
DEMONS AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE. IN THE BOOK DR. RON HAS DONE AN
EXTRAORDINARY JOB OF EXPOSING SATAN AND HIS DEMONS CRAFTY AND
OFTEN HIDDEN SECRETS OF KEEPING NONBELIEVERS CAPTIVE AND ROBBING
TRUE BELIEVERS OF PERSONAL JOY AND USEFULNESS WHILE SERVING IN
GOD'S KINGDOM. TO LEARN HOW TO OUTMANEUVER HIM STAY WITH US.
>AND DR. PHILLIPS I'LL CALL YOU AND THEN I'LL REFER TO YOU AS
DR. RON. YOU'LL TAKE EITHER ONE WON'T YOU?
>I'LL TAKE EITHER ONE.
>WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AS I SAID IN THE INTRO A SUBJECT
THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK WE ARE OFF TRACK, THAT WE
HAVE NO BUSINESS TALKING ABOUT SUCH. OTHERS TAKE IT FAR TOO FAR
THE SUBJECT AND GIVE THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS TOO MUCH TIME AND
TOO MUCH CREDIT AND TOO MUCH THIS AND TOO MUCH THAT. SOME
DON'T GIVE HIM ENOUGH, BUT ONE THING YOU AND I BOTH KNOW SATAN
IS REAL.
>HE'S REAL AND HE IS DEFEATED. AND I WANT TO START RIGHT THERE.
>YOU SAID IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I LOVED IT THAT WAY.
>WE ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR A VICTORY, WE'RE FIGHTING FROM A
VICTORY. WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD AND DIED ON THE CROSS
VISIBLY WE SAW HIS BLOOD SHED FOR OUR SINS. HE WAS RAISED FROM
THE DEAD BUT IN THE INVISIBLE REALM THE BIBLE SPEAKS THAT HE
THWARTED ALL THE POWERS OF DARKNESS. THE BIBLE SAYS HE
DESTROYED HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS THE DEVIL. IT
SAYS IN COLOSSIANS THAT JESUS MADE A PUBLIC SHOW IN THE
SPIRITUAL REALM TRIUMPHING OVER EVERY DEMONIC FORCE. SOMEONE
SAYS WELL IF THAT'S TRUE WHY ARE WE STILL DEALING YOU KNOW WITH
THEM NOW? WELL THE FINAL ROUND UP HAS NOT BEGUN YET. JUST LIKE
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS TOOK PLACE AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 WAS
OVER, IT WAS STILL A DECISIVE BATTLE. AND I THINK GOD IS
TRAINING US TO REIGN WITH HIM IN ETERNITY IN THAT OTHER REALM AND
I THINK PART OF OUR TRAINING IS KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE THE ENEMY
THAT COMES BEFORE US NOW.
>WE HAVE TWO KINGDOMS. I'VE TAUGHT THIS MANY MANY TIMES
ACROSS THIS NATION WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO KINGDOMS.
>THAT'S RIGHT.
>SATAN HAS A KINGDOM AND GOD HAS A KINGDOM. SATAN'S KINGDOM IS A
KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. GOD'S KINGDOM IS A KINGDOM OF LIGHT
AND BOTH ARE VYING FOR US AS IT WERE. BUT OF COURSE WE KNOW
WHO'S WINNING AND WHO'S GOING TO WIN AND WHO'S ALREADY DEFEATED.
BUT SATAN IS NOT OMNISCIENT LIKE GOD IS. HE DOESN'T KNOW
EVERYTHING. HE STILL THINKS HE CAN WIN DOESN'T HE?
>THAT'S RIGHT. SATAN IS NOT OMNISCIENT. HE CAN'T READ OUR
MINDS BUT HE CAN PLANT A THOUGHT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS TELL HIM WHAT WE'RE THINKING OR
SAY THINGS THAT ARE NEGATIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE. HE HAS TO RIDE IN
ON WHATEVER DOORS WE MAY OPEN FOR HIM YOU KNOW IN LIFE. IN
THIS BOOK IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE AND AS I TOLD YOU EARLIER
IT WON THE AWARD FROM THE CHRISTIAN BOOKSELLERS
ASSOCIATION WHICH IS EVANGELICALS. THEY PICKED THIS
BOOK BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO FRIGHTENED FREDA BY HOLLYWOOD
AND ROSEMARY'S BABY AND HEADS SPINNING AND JUST A CARICATURE
OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. THE FACT IS WHEN YOU AND I GOT SAVED PAUL
SAYS WE WERE DELIVERED FROM THE DOMINION OF DARKNESS. IN THE
MODEL PRAYER JESUS TEACHES US DELIVER US, THE GREEK TEXT SAYS
FROM THE EVIL ONE. AND SO WE ALL IF WE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN WE ARE
DELIVERED AND IN DEALING WITH DEMONIC FORCES MOST OF THE TIME
IT'S NOT CONFRONTATIONAL, IT'S NOT FRIGHTENING. MOST OF THE
TIME ONCE WE CONFESS OUR SIN WE BREAK THE ENEMY'S RIGHT TO
TRAFFIC IN OUR LIFE IN THAT AREA. THERE ARE TIMES AND I HAVE
BEEN THROUGH, WHAT PEOPLE CALL EXORCISMS, IN FACT THAT'S HOW I
STARTED IN THIS. I WAS CALLED TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL A GREAT ONE IN
TENNESSEE BY A CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGIST WHO SAID I CAN'T
DEAL WITH THIS, AND THE LADY WAS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH. I DIDN'T
KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT EITHER BUT I LEARNED PRETTY QUICK. WHEN
I WALKED IN THERE AND THE LADY MANIFESTED IN OTHER WORDS
DEMONIC FORCES ACTUALLY SPOKE TO ME. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT VERY
OFTEN, I DON'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN PEOPLE. YOU DON'T RUN INTO THAT
EVERY DAY. BUT THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER THIS WOMAN
WAS HEALED AND GOT OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL AND LIVES A SUCCESSFUL
LIFE TODAY. AND SO THAT'S AN EXTREME CASE. MOST OF THE TIME
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE LOWER LEVEL DEMONIC ENTITIES
THAT ATTACK US IN OUR THINKING, IN OUR HEALTH, IN OUR BODIES AND
WE HAVE ALREADY WON THE VICTORY WE'VE JUST GOT TO LEARN WHAT OUR
WEAPONS ARE AND HOW TO ENFORCE THAT VICTORY.
>WHICH THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT THEY'RE NOT THE KIND OF
WEAPONS THAT THE WORLD FIGHTS WITH.
>THAT'S RIGHT.
>IT'S THE SPIRITUAL WEAPONS THAT WE USE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S ONE OF
MY FAVORITE PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE IS IN EPHESIANS
TALKING ABOUT JESUS ARISING FROM THE GRAVE AND PUTTING ALL THESE
POWERS OF DARKNESS UNDER. BUT HE ALSO SAID HE WAS DOING THAT FOR
US TOO AND PUTTING US TO SIN IN HEAVENLY PLACES.
>EXACTLY TAKING OUR POSITION.
>TAKING OUR POSITION IN HEAVENLY PLACES. WE HAD A PRAYER REQUEST
COME THROUGH, WE JUST HAD IT IN OUR DEVOTIONAL TIME AND WORSHIP
TIME THIS WEEK WHEN WE PRAY OVER THE PRAYER REQUESTS, THAT A
WHOLE TOWN, A SMALL TOWN SOMEWHERE I DON'T KNOW WHERE
SAID 90% OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT TOWN ARE PRACTICING WITCHCRAFT.
>WOW.
>AND THEY'RE SCARED AND I WOULD BE TOO. I THINK I WOULD MOVE AND
MOVE FAST. BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO REAL WITCHCRAFT THAT IS SPOOKY
AND IT IS SCARY.
>YES IT IS.
>BECAUSE THEY SACRIFICE BABIES, THEY SACRIFICE ANIMALS. IT GETS
TO BE.
>CUTTING.
>CUTTING.
>JUST LIKE THE (INAUDIBLE). ALL OF THAT TEENAGERS WEARING GOTH
LIKE MAKEUP, BLACK, WEARING DARK, PAINTING THEIR FACES.
WE'VE EXPERIENCED ALL OF THAT AND I WISH WE HAD A WEEK BECAUSE
THIS BOOK WE DEAL FROM THE ORIGINS OF EVIL ALL THE WAY TO
HOW TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD AND TEAR DOWN STRONGHOLDS.
HOW TO BREAK FREE.
>IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK; IT WOULD TAKE A MONTH OF WEEKLY SHOWS. I
WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS I WAS GOING THROUGH IT. BUT THE WORD
COMPREHENSIVE THAT YOU USED IS EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT
THIS BOOK. IN FACT I AM SO ANXIOUS AS IT WERE. I SHOULDN'T
USE THAT WORD. TO GET THIS BOOK OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A
SPECIAL OFFER ON IT AND ANYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS BOOK
INTO THEIR HANDS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO OFFER IT. FOR ANY
AMOUNT THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO SEND US WE'RE GOING TO OFFER
THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE GOTTEN INTO. IT EVEN NEEDS TO BE
GOTTEN INTO THE HANDS OF CHURCH LEADERS, PASTORS AND CHURCH
LEADERS.
>WE HAVE OVER 30 PASTORS HAVE TAKEN THIS BOOK AND TAUGHT THEIR
WHOLE CHURCHES. WE HAVE 30 CHURCHES, IT'S TRANSFORMED THEIR
CHURCHES AND I BELIEVE EVEN WHILE I'M TALKING RIGHT NOW
THERE'S SOME OF YOU, YOU CAN'T GET WELL, YOU CAN'T GET BETTER,
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING ALWAYS ON YOU. AND RIGHT NOW I
JUST WANT TO SAY FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE ASK YOU TO COME
AGAINST THAT STRONGHOLD. NOW YOU CONFESS ANY SIN RELATED TO IT.
FATHER WE ASK YOU TO SET THAT PERSON FREE. LET THEM KNOW LORD
THAT THAT DEPRESSION, THAT FEAR, WHATEVER IS HINDERING THEM IS
LEAVING IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I JUST KIND OF FELT THAT RIGHT NOW.
>WELL GOOD AND WE CAN ALSO SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT OUR HOMES,
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR NATION. OUR NATION IS SO DEPARTED, HAS
DEPARTED, HAS DEPARTED SO FAR FROM GOD AND THE GOD OF AMERICA.
>COME ON. I BELIEVE THE HEDGE IS DOWN ON AMERICA BECAUSE WE HAVE
ALLOWED THE *** OF THE UNBORN. BECAUSE WE HAVE FORSAKEN
THE WORD OF GOD, BECAUSE WE'RE EMBRACING THINGS LIKE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE. AND I DEAL WITH HOW TO BUILD A HEDGE AROUND YOUR FAMILY
IN THIS BOOK. AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE HEDGES AROUND NATIONS,
AROUND CITIES, TOWNS, COMMUNITIES, HOMES AND CHURCHES
AND THE LORD ALLOWS THOSE HEDGES TO COME DOWN ONLY IF WE ARE
VIOLATING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN THAT HAPPENS
IT ALLOWS A DEMONIC INFESTATION TO TAKE PLACE. NOW GOD WANTS US
TO BE SURROUNDED BY ANGELS NOT THE DEMONIC FORCES. THERE ARE
TWO ANGELS FOR EVERY DEMON. BUT WHEN WE LIVE IN SIN AND WHEN WE
DON'T ALLOW THESE SINS TO BE CONFESSED IN OUR LIFE WE GIVE
THE ENEMY A PLACE. SOME PEOPLE THINK THE DEVIL CAN JUST OPERATE
WITH IMPUNITY. NO HE'S DEFEATED. YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM A FOOTHOLD.
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4 NEITHER GIVE
PLACE. HE'S TALKING TO CHRISTIANS.
>ABSOLUTELY.
>HE'S TALKING TO CHRISTIANS. THE WORD PLACE IS TOPOS. WE GET THAT
WORD TOPOGRAPHY IT MEANS A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION IN YOUR
BODY, IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR HOME. DON'T GIVE HIM AN INCH.
>BECAUSE HE'LL TAKE A MILE.
>HE'LL TAKE A MILE. THAT'S WHY WE WROTE THIS BOOK DETAILING THE
HISTORY OF SATAN, THE FALL OF MAN, ALL OF IT'S HERE. EVERY
SCRIPTURE WE COULD FIND ABOUT WARFARE, EVERYTHING IS HERE. WE
HAVE A CHAPTER ON EVERY PIECE OF GOD'S ARMOR. PEOPLE CAN GET
EQUIPPED. YOUR MINISTRY EQUIPS PEOPLE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
ANOTHER PROGRAMS TO CHANGE THEIR THINKING TO ADJUST. THIS WILL
HELP THEM. YOU'RE ABOUT TO HELP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EQUIP
THEMSELVES AND TO WALK IN A NEW LEVEL OF FREEDOM IN THEIR LIFE.
>EVEN HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW IN OTHER WORDS SEE SOMETHING
THEY'VE NEVER SEEN.
>EXACTLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASTOUNDED. THEY ARE GOING TO SAY
BOY I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT AS THEY TRACK THROUGH THIS STUDY.
>BUT IT ISN'T TAUGHT, IT ISN'T TAUGHT. WE'VE GOT TO GO BUT IT
ISN'T TAUGHT IN MANY CHURCHES. BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER
THIS BREAK.
MANY OF US PRAY SUNDAY AFTER SUNDAY, "DELIVER US FROM EVIL."
I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER AS I WAS PREPARING THIS COMMENTARY,
"HOW MANY HAVE EVER REFLECTED ON THIS AND ACTUALLY SPENT TIME
EXPLORING WHAT THE LORD MEANT WHEN HE TAUGHT US TO ASK TO BE
DELIVERED FROM EVIL?" PRIMARILY TO BE DELIVERED FROM EVIL MEANS
TO BE DELIVERED FROM SATAN. EVIL IS NOT AN ETHEREAL SUBSTANCE
FLOATING AROUND IN THE UNIVERSE WAITING FOR A PLACE TO LIGHT.
INSTEAD IT IS EMBODIED BY SATAN, HIS ANGELS AND DEMONIC FORCES,
AND ALL WHO BECOME HIS WILLING INSTRUMENTS (2 TIMOTHY 2:26).
THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN GLEAN FROM THE SCRIPTURES
ABOUT EVIL. (1) EVIL DESIRES TO BE THE FIRST OR GREATEST (2) CAN
CRAVE TO BE AS POWERFUL AS GOD (3) SEARCHES FOR SOMEONE TO
DEVOUR, (4) FEELS LITTLE OR NO GUILT OR SHAME (5) DOES NOT
MOURN THEIR OWN OR OTHER'S WRONG BEHAVIOR (6) CANNOT EMPATHIZE
WITH OTHERS (7) TAKES PLEASURE IN THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS (8)
SEEKS TO DESTROY RELATIONSHIPS (9) ROBS US OF OUR SENSE OF
PERSONAL VALUE AND WHOLENESS. WHEN WE STUDY THESE
CHARACTERISTICS OF EVIL CLOSELY WE CAN QUICKLY UNDERSTAND THAT
WE HAVE A CONTINUAL NEED TO BE DELIVERED FROM IT. WE BECOME
AWARE THAT IT IS ALL AROUND US, AND WHEN WE ARE WILLING TO BE
HONEST WITH OURSELVES, WE ARE FORCED TO ADMIT THAT WE CAN BE
GUILTY OF SOME EVIL BEHAVIOR. THERE ARE TWO KINGDOMS AT WORK
IN THIS WORLD - THE KINGDOM OF EVIL RULED BY SATAN AND THE
KINGDOM OF GOOD RULED BY THE CREATOR GOD. SATAN, THE PRINCE
OF THIS WORLD, AS JESUS REFERRED TO HIM, IS OUT TO GET ALL OF US
(1 PET. 5:8) AND IF WE HAD TO RELY ON OUR OWN WISDOM AND
PERSONAL POWER TO RESIST HIM WE WOULD NOT HAVE A CHANCE. BUT A
GRAPHIC PICTURE IS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURES OF THE STRONG MAN
SATAN BEING ATTACKED, SUBDUED AND OVERPOWERED BY A STRONGER
MAN - JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD (LUKE 11:21-22). JESUS
UNDERSTOOD THIS TO BE HIS DESTINY. WE WILL EVENTUALLY SEE
THIS PLAYED OUT IN REAL LIFE WHEN THE SON OF MAN RETURNS THE
SECOND TIME, BUT IN THE MEAN TIME WE CAN RELY ON HIM TO
DELIVER AND PROTECT US FROM THE EVIL ONE WHO SEEKS TO MAKE US
HIS CAPTIVE (LUKE 4:18).
>IT'S ALWAYS GREAT HAVING YOU JOIN US ON TIME FOR HOPE. MY
GUEST FOR TODAY IS DR. RON PHILLIPS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HIS BOOK EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO DEMONS AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
AND SO RON ALREADY IF THEY'VE BEGUN WITH US THEY KNOW THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT WITCHCRAFT AND
SPOOKY STUFF BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE BASICS
AS YOU SAID A COMPREHENSIVE, YOU'VE WRITTEN A COMPREHENSIVE
BOOK ON THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF SATAN AND HIS DEMONS. BY THE WAY
HE HAS ANGELS TOO. HE'S GOT A WHOLE ANGELIC HOST THAT WENT
WITH HIM, CHOSE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD AND GO WITH HIM IN THE GREAT
REBELLION WHEN SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN. DO YOU WANT TO
TELL ABOUT THAT?
>WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT IN THAT ANCIENT
TIMES BEFORE OUR HISTORY THAT SATAN, AND I BELIEVE IT HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE EARTH AND WHAT GOD WAS GOING TO DO.
>BUT HE RULED. HE WAS GIVEN RULE OVER THE EARTH.
>HE WAS THE CHERUBIM THE ANOINTED CHERUBIM THAT COVERED
WHAT I BELIEVE AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THIS BUT I BELIEVE
THERE WAS A WORLD BEFORE THE WORLD, JUST LIKE SCHOFIELD AND
DAKE AND OTHERS AND DONALD GRAY BARNHOUSE.
>WELL THERE WAS ONE AFTER GENESIS 1 AND BEFORE GENESIS 2.
>THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT WE
DETAIL AND FOOTNOTE THAT IN THE BOOK. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE
BIBLE SAYS IN EZEKIEL 28 THAT SATAN WAS THE ANOINTED CHERUB
WHO COVERED. HE WAS LEADING WORSHIP AND I BELIEVE AND WE
HAVE SOME PROOF NOW, THAT EZEKIEL SAYS IT WAS CALLED THE
LAND OF EDEN THEN AND IT WAS FROM THAT VERY PLACE YOU KNOW
THAT HE DECIDED HE WOULD TRY TO BREAK THE DIMENSIONAL BARRIER
AND TAKE THE THRONE OF GOD AND HE FELL BACK. ISN'T IT
INTERESTING THAT WHEN ADAM AND EVE FELL HE WAS ALREADY HERE?
>YES.
>BECAUSE HE WANTED BACK WHAT GOD HAD GIVEN TO US AND HE'S BEEN
STRUGGLING WITH US EVER SINCE.
>IT'S VENGEANCE HE'S LOOKING FOR.
>IT'S VENGEANCE. AND YOU KNOW GENESIS 3:15 AND I WILL CRUSH
THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT UNDER THE FEET OF THE SEED OF WOMAN.
RIGHT THERE IN GENESIS 3:15 GOD PROPHESIED TO SATAN THAT THE
MESSIAH WAS COMING TO CRUSH HIS HEAD AND IT HAPPENED. AND REALLY
WE ARE TAKING BACK WHAT BELONGS TO US AND ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO
GET A NEW EARTH. HE'S CORRUPTED THIS ONE BUT HE FELL AND WHEN HE
FELL THE BIBLE SAYS ONE THIRD OF THE INNUMERABLE HOST OF ANGELS
FELL WITH HIM AND THESE ARE NOW OPERATING AS DEMONIC ENTITIES.
THEY CAN PASS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS JUST LIKE THE ANGELS CAN. PEOPLE
OFTEN HAVE SEEN ANGELS, SOME HAVE NOT AND PEOPLE HAVE HAD
DEMONIC MANIFESTATIONS AND STUFF HAPPEN. AND WE DEAL WITH THE
OCCULT, WITCHCRAFT WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SEE. I
DON'T WANT TO GO THERE BUT I'VE BEEN DOING A NEW BOOK FOR STRAIN
CALLED THE MYSTERIES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH WHERE WE DEAL WITH
THINGS LIKE UFOS AND YOU KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A WEIRD SUBJECT
BUT COULD IT BE THAT SOMETIMES ANGELIC AND DEMONIC THINGS ARE
HERE TO CONFUSE PEOPLE AND COME OUT OF THAT WORLD? COULD BE. AND
SO WE LIVE IN KIND OF A STRANGE WORLD TODAY WHERE THESE THINGS
ARE GOING ON. ANY TIME FREDA A PERSON ALLOWS SOMETHING BESIDES
GOD TO CONTROL THEIR LIFE THEY OPEN THE DOOR TO THE ENEMY. I'VE
NEVER SEEN SUCH A DAY WITH KIDS PIERCING THEIR BODIES ALL OVER,
YOU KNOW THEY'RE WALKING IN DARKNESS, CUTTING THEMSELVES;
SUICIDE IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF TEENAGERS IN AMERICA.
>HAS IT SLIDDEN BACK INTO THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT WAS AND THEN
IT WENT TO TWO. CAR ACCIDENTS WERE ONE THE LAST ACCOUNT I HAD.
>IT'S BETWEEN CAR ACCIDENTS. IT'S ALWAYS ITS CARS AND I HAD
ONE CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGIST TELL ME WELL EVEN THE CAR ACCIDENTS
OR SOME OF THEM ARE SUICIDES.
>THEY ARE AND FARM ACCIDENTS.
>WHERE THE CAR TURNS INTO A HUMAN BULLET. BUT THINK ABOUT
THAT. IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE ALLOWING OUR CHILDREN TO BE
CARRIED AWAY FROM US BY DEMONIC FORCES IN THE MUSIC, IN THE
MOVIES.
>AND THEY SHOW UP AS PROFESSORS IN THE SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND
HIGH SCHOOLS.
>YES ANYTHING THAT CONTROLS. AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING HOW SATAN
WANTS TO KILL BABIES? HE HATES US. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO
KNOW. HE'S NOT THEIR FRIEND. THESE OCCULT THINGS, SATAN HATES
US AND HE WILL USE ANYTHING TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES AND
TAKE AWAY OUR DESTINY. AND JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS NOT JUST TO
GIVE ME A TICKET OUT OF HELL LATER BUT TO HELP ME NOT TO BE
CONTROLLED BY WHAT THE ENEMY MAY WANT TO DO IN MY LIFE TODAY.
>YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY JOHN WAS SO CAREFUL TO SAY THAT WE ARE TO
TEST THE SPIRITS TO SEE IF THEY BE OF GOD. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TESTING GOING ON.
>THERE'S DEMONIC TRAFFICKING IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE
CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT AND IN THE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT. I HAVE
WITNESSED IT, I HAVE SEEN IT AND YOU KNOW WHERE MIND CONTROL AND
WHERE OTHER THINGS ARE EVEN USED AND OF COURSE PAUL WROTE TO THE
CHURCH AT GALATIA ABOUT LEGALISM. HE SAID WHO HATH
BEWITCHED YOU? HE CALLED THE CHURCH AND SAID YOU'RE IN
WITCHCRAFT. THE CHURCH AT GALATIA. WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAD
PUT THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS ANYTHING. IT CAN BE SOMETHING
THAT LOOKS CHURCHY BUT IF IT'S CONTROLLING AND IT'S NOT THE
CONTROL OF THE WORD OF GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, IF IT'S MAN'S
CONTROL ITS WITCHCRAFT.
>WELL MANY OF THE CHURCHES, I KNOW MY HUSBAND AND I AFTER ONE
OR TWO THEY WERE NOT ABOUT TO CHANGE AND WHOEVER WAS IN
CONTROL INTENDED TO STAY IN CONTROL IN THAT CHURCH AND IT'S
A HARD THING BARRIER TO BREAK THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
GOD'S WILL.
>EVERY CHURCH HAS WHAT I CALL A JEZEBEL OR CONTROLLING SPIRIT.
AND PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. JEZEBEL IS NOT A WOMAN IT'S
A SPIRIT. THERE'S A WOMAN NAMED THAT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT BUT IT
IS A SPIRIT OF CONTROL AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEVEN CHURCHES
OF REVELATION EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD AN ANGEL BUT THEY ALSO HAD A
BESETTING STRONGHOLD. EPHESUS IT WAS THE COLDNESS. YOU KNOW
SMYRNA IT WAS FEAR. ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES JUST LIKE YOU SAID, HE
SAID YOU'RE SUFFERING THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL TO USE AUTHORITY TO
COMMIT *** IMMORALITY. WELL HAVE WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE
CHRISTIAN CIRCLES WHO HAVE FALLEN INTO THESE KINDS OF
THINGS? WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THESE SAME DEMONIC ENTITIES BUT
THE VICTORY IS OURS IN JESUS WHEN WE ENFORCE THE BLOOD.
>WELL OF COURSE I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE ABOUT GIVING OUT HOPE IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT. BUT RON WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT AND WHAT YOU JUST SHARED AND YOU SAY IMMEDIATELY IN THE
BOOK, YOU KNOW WE ARE IN A WAR.
>WE'RE IN A WAR.
>AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO FIGHT A SPIRITUAL WAR AT ALL
TIMES. IT BE THE DAY THAT WE COME AND RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS
OUR SAVIOR IT STARTS THAT DAY. IT STARTS THAT DAY.
>THAT'S SO POWERFUL FREDA BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS I TOLD YOU
WHEN I MADE THAT VISIT TO THAT LADY IN A HOSPITAL AT THE
REQUEST OF CHRISTIAN DOCTORS MY WORLD SHATTERED. WHEN I SAW THAT
I HAD ALWAYS KNOWN THERE WERE DEMONIC SPIRITS BUT IT
SHATTERED. AND THEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE BIBLE, FIGHT THE
GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. PUT ON
THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. WHO WAS HE TALKING TO? HE WAS TALKING TO
US. AND YOU'RE RIGHT WE ARE IN A WAR.
>WE ARE IN A WAR BUT IT'S WON, IT'S ALREADY WON. WHAT IS IT
WE'RE IN A WAR AND WE'RE VICTORIOUS ALREADY. WE'VE
ALREADY WON THE VICTORY BUT WE'VE STILL GOT TO FIGHT THE
WAR. I KNOW THAT CAN BE CONFUSING AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO BREAK THIS DOWN SO THAT OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND. BUT
AGAIN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE EVEN TO TOUCH MUCH OF WHAT YOU
HAVE IN YOUR BOOK AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO MAKE SUCH A GREAT
EFFORT TO GET THIS BOOK INTO THE HANDS OF OUR VIEWERS.
>PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD. IT'S A MIGHTY TOOL
>BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SUCH A MARVELOUS JOB AND ITS READER
FRIENDLY TOO.
>ITS READER FRIENDLY, HAS THE PRAYERS WRITTEN OUT IN MANY
PLACES. STEPS OF ACTION THE PEOPLE CAN TAKE. THEY'LL BE
GREATLY BLESSED BY IT AND I HOPE WE HAVE TIME IN THE NEXT
PROGRAM; I WANT TO DEAL WITH THE SPIRIT OF DEPRESSION. I REALLY
WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT.
>WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THAT OUT BELIEVE ME. SO NEXT WEEK WE
WANT OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING OUR
DISCUSSION OF YOUR BOOK EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO DEMONS AND
SPIRITUAL WARFARE AND DEPRESSION IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MAIN
THINGS THAT WE WANT OUR VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND CAN COME FROM
BEING YOU KNOW AT ODDS WITH SATAN AND HIS DEMONS.
>ABSOLUTELY WE WILL BREAK THAT POWER.
>BUT LET'S GO AHEAD; I CAN'T GO OUT WITHOUT SAYING THIS BEING A
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MYSELF. EVERYONE THAT HAS A
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM IS NOT DEMON POSSESSED. IT USED TO BE
TAUGHT AND IT IS NOT TRUE. THERE ARE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS THAT
NEED TO BE TREATED BY PROFESSIONALS, APPROPRIATE
PROFESSIONALS AND THERE'S APPROPRIATE MEDICATION ALSO FOR
DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. SO I WANT TO
GET THAT TRUTH OUT. BUT SATAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING.
IF WE'RE DEPRESSED HE'S GOING TO MOVE IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THAT. IF WE'RE NOT THEN HE WILL TRY TO FIND SOMETHING TO DEPRESS
US. SO LET ME KIND OF GO OUT ON THAT BESIDES SHARING A FEW WORDS
WITH YOU BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT COMPLETELY. I HAVE A LETTER THAT
SAYS.
>
>
>AND WE HAVE TAKEN THAT PRAYER REQUEST UP WITH THE ALMIGHTY
SOVEREIGN GOD AND I HOPE SOON THAT HE WILL BE INTERVENING OR
HAS ALREADY IN YOUR SITUATION. AND THEN I HAVE A NOTE OF
ENCOURAGEMENT.
>
>
>AND I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
JOINING US AGAIN NEXT WEEK AS DR. PHILLIPS AND I WILL BE
CONCLUDING OUR DISCUSSION ON HIS BOOK BUT WE WILL JUST HAVE
TOUCHED THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF WHAT YOU CAN FIND BY GETTING
ONE OF THESE BOOKS.
>TO ORDER OUR RESOURCES FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR SCREEN.
.