"Even The Devils Believe..."
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I. Introduction.
I. Introduction.
Jesus and Alexander died at thirty three.
One lived and died for self; One died for you and me.
The Greek died on a throne; the Jew died on a a cross;
One’s life a triumph seemed; the other but a loss.
One led vast armies forth, the other walked alone;
One shed a whole world’s blood; the other gave His own.
One won the world in life, and lost it all in death;
The other lost his life, to win the whole world’s faith.
Jesus and Alexander died at thrity three.
One died in Babylon; one on Calvary.
One gained all for himself, One Himself He gave.
One conquored every throne, the other every grave.
The one made himself God. The God made Himself less.
When died the Greek, forever fell his throne of swords.
But Jesus died to live forever Lord of Lords!
Jesus and Alexander died at thrity three,
The Greek made all men slaves, the Jew made all men free!
One built a throne on blood, the other built on love.
The Greek forever died, the Jew forever lives.
And He alone is King of King and Lord of Lords!
Oh praise His Name!!!
Oh lift Him up!!!
He is worthy to be praised!!!
He is the best friend you could ever have!
He is the sovereign of the Universe!
The Big Idea:
The Big Idea:
Awake and aware in a world blinded to the Gospel, Don’t ever doubt what you know to be true!
Don’t do it!
It could be that you’ve known truth for years. Strong doctrine.
Or If you are just learning these, feeling the accuracy of them, as your relationship with Jesus Grows.
If that’s where you find your heart today, choose to plant your flag and believe the Word of God!
New Birth! Redemption! Sanctification, Consecration, Doctrine, Good Works, Christian Ministry, Specific Prophecies, our Coming Savior, all of it!
Before you doubt the truths we hold so dear, let me put you in remembrance this day: The Devils also Believe!
They Believe:
God is one!
They believe: Jesus Christ is God in fullness and flesh
They believe, He cannot be separated from His Name and in His name, is all power!
Satan knows a Holy Heaven (He used to live there)
He knows a Hopeless hell! (He’s going there)
He knows that God places a hedge of protection around His people!
He knows that prayer works!
All the promises of God, every chapter and every verse, the devils know to be true!
They know their day or reckoning approaches!!!!
And they know Jesus has already won!
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Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
The devil wants you doubting.
The devil wants you doubting.
Some of our brothers and sisters live in a city with a large presence or a good sized population of Spirit filled people.
In some places, you see us everywhere.
You can tell Apostolic people.
We look different! We sound and act differently than most and we ought to!
It’s not that we are some club of “Better than you.” God forbid!
The fact is, we know just how desperately flawed and fallen we are!
And we know that Jesus loved us enough to save us and wash us and use us!
So yeah, we are distinct. Whats up with that?
Well here’s the thing:
All around us, the prevailing pressure tries to squeeze us into a mold of worldly living and worldly thought.
But we arent buying it! Not any more!
You have come to understand: There is a higher road!
It beckons the brave and the bold!
Sure we are different! And here’s why:
We are not trying to meet the standards of our day, or please the common expectation, we are trying to please God!
Now in some areas of our nation, you see other Apostolic people almost everywhere you go!
And I wonder sometimes, is it easier for them to believe in all these things we believe, because they hear others repeat them all the time.
I realize that If you are surrounded by others who feel as you do and believe as you do, it is very encouraging!
When other people whose judgment you trust, agree and engage with these truths somehow it’s easier to believe.
But when you are the one family in your school or at your job, that has chosen to follow Father Abraham,
To “Come out and be separate.”
Well, that’s not always the easiest thing!
And then sometimes the enemy will work overtime to tear down your faith!
Always it is the lie! Because of course, He is the father of lies!
And when you hear a preacher or read the Word, the enemy seems to whisper in your ear:
“Well that’s not true.”
“That can’t be.”
“Not so.”
“If that was true, how come you are the only one in your family, or on your street that believes that?”
Allow me to remind you today man of God, woman warrior, Soldier of the cross:
The fact is, when you were born again, all of the sudden, your Spirit man came alive!
It was ever dead!
See, back at the beginning, God made mankind with Spirit life!
But ever since the fall of man in the garden of Eden, mankind has been spiritually dead!
Sure, you were walking, breathing, living loving, selling, buying giving in marriage. All of these things you were able to do.
But the essential inner spark, That spirit man that you ought also to have been, simply was not!
That creative element of the image and likeness of God was not alive and well within you!
We lost it in the Garden! Humanity lost it!
And ever since then, Satan has been lying to men and women and boys and girls.
And He lies well.
The banker and investor speak the language of numbers.
Financial indicators, markets, trends, risk and reward are her daily tools. She knows them well.
A builder works with lumber, he understands wood.
He thinks in board feet and 16 inch increments!
The chef knows every knife he owns. Each is sharpened and stored with care, they are his stock in trade.
Just so, your enemy works with lies.
Blatant lies that bludgeon your hope, nuanced half truths that insinuate doubt and sever your peace, all such are his daily tools.
like a roll of surgical knives, he carries lies of all shapes and sizes
They are his essential tools and material.
Satan is a liar!
When he tells you there is no hope, he lies!
When he says you’ll never break through, that you’ll never see the prayer answered, when he pushes and intimidates you, to doubt the Word and promises of God, you need to shut him down!
And you can do it!
You have Spirit life!
You have life and you know, it wasn’t cheap!
It took the sacrifice of a spotless lamb…
It took the blood of Jesus Christ, to bring Spirit life back once more!
And friend, when you have been filled with His Spirit, there is an awakening deep within you!
A close fellowship with Him!
Now, it is as though you are awake for the first time!
Lies become obvious for what they are.
Yet as you look around, you see so many who are completely unaware!
Paul described this so well when He said:
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Man of God, woman of God, you oughta be on your toes!
You are awake!
You are aware!
You know what’s really going on!
You know that we are living in a war!
All around us a war is being waged!
What is at stake?
The Souls of lost millions!
This is why truth is so important!
The stakes are high!
But you know, if we are being honest, sometimes the man or woman of God can come to a place of doubt.
“Is this Bible doctrine, really and truly the only way?”
“Is the prophecy of end time revival, really accurate and true?”
Are these things truly worth living and fighting for?
In a word: Yes!
In a word: Yes!
The Truth is the truth friend!
And it may be that your family and friends don’t see it yet, but let me remind us today..
There is truth that even the devils believe!
They hate it, but they know them to be true!
So here is the first truth that even satan knows to be true!
#1 God Is One!
#1 God Is One!
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Many true and devout believers do not know that God is one!
We do not mistreat them because they do not know, instead, we pray that they will see this wonderful truth with their own eyes!
My great Grandpa did not know!
Right up to the day that God began to show him this truth in Scripture!
He told his pastor who set him down and told him not to say anymore about it!
My Great grandpa wanted to be respectful so he did.
When their church eventually got a new pastor, He told him what God had shown him, and the New Pastor bawled him out!
That’s when the thunder and lightning broke out around that country church!
And Immediately, there was a tongue and interpretation that went forth and confirmed the Word of God!
Listen, you’lll never convince me that God is anything other than absolutely and numerically One!
But you and I are blessed with revelation!
We didnt’ always know, but now we do!
And then there were those of us that knew it and understood it rationally, but then God allowed that truth to move from our head to our heart!
And now we know it!
The revelation of the Mighty God in Christ is the greatest power and truth I’ve ever known!
The Scriptures entire, are but a summary of the Lordship of Jesus Christ!
Still not everyone sees the difference between a number and a name! Love them and pray for them!
We cannot afford for pride and arrogance to spoil the Holiness and beauty of our revelation!
Pray for them!
Even if they think you’re a wierdo!
Maybe your friends or relatives might roll their eyes at you and say why is this issue so important to you?
I’ll tell you how important it is:
It’s important enough that even the devils know God is one!
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
This is the defining issue!
Thank God that we can focus on the person of Jesus Christ!
Before His Birth, Almighty God was only that consuming fire!
But I can’t relate to flames of fire!
I needed a person!
I needed a God who was tempted in all manner like as we!
I needed a personal God with a personal Name that I can call on!
Now we know who we pray to!
Know we know, there is only one throne in heaven!
There is One seated on that throne!
He is the source of every good and perfect gift!
He is joy and He is peace!
(Now Pray and Thank God for God!)
(Now Pray and Thank God for God!)
“Can Anything Good come from Nazareth?”
“Oh what is Jehovah El Shaddai to me?
My Lord, God and Savior, Immanuel, He;
My Prophet, Priest, Sacrifice, Altar and Lamb;
Judge, Advocate, Surety, Witness, I AM!
My Peace and my Life, My Truth and my Way,
My leader, my teacher, my hope and my stay;
Redeemer and Ransom, Atonement and friend,
He’s Alpha, Omega, Beginning and end!
Yea more is Jehovah El shaddai beside:
Avenger and shepherd and keeper and guide!
My horn of salvation, my captain in war,
My dayspring, my sun, my bright morning star.
My wonderful counselor, wisdom and light,
My shadow by day, my beacon by night
All this is Jehovah Ropheka and more–
My bread and my water, my dwelling, my door; My Branch and My vine, my Lilly and Rose,
Rock, Refuge, shield and repose!
My sure resurrection, my Glory above,
My King in His beauty, my Bridegroom, my love;
My all in all in Christ Jesus I see, for God hath made Him to be all things to me!!!
Philippians 2:9–11 (KJV 1900)
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord....
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Now, here’s the next thing that the devils also believe:
#2 Jesus is God in fullness and flesh!
#2 Jesus is God in fullness and flesh!
The devils know that Jesus is God in fullness and flesh!
I’ll prove it to you!
The proof is in Mark 3:11!
For thousands of years the demons had their way. Nobody to stop them from tormenting their victims!
They caused havoc!
And everyone knew, once someone was possessed of a devil, there was no hope!
Sure the OT had seen miracles of healings and such, great and mighty miracles, back when Isreal had Holy men, but demon possession was not something that man could fix!
Demon posession for you or your family was worse than a death sentance!
But suddenly Jesus came along!
Now there’s a new sheriff in town!
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
Not “God the Son.” Never that! Always “Son of God!”
Notice what happens every time Jesus stepped into a situation with demonic activity, those unclean spirits would present themselves before His authority and majesty!
Didn’t want to, but had to!!!!
The courts of heaven demand it!!!!
In Mark 1:24, it’s the same thing!
The Scribes and the Pharisees did not know who He was!
Even the disciples were really having to stretch their concepts!
But those spiritual beings called devils, they knew!
Just as it is today, those devils knew what the Pharisees and religious leaders did not!
They knew they were in the presence of Almighty God!
And when you are in the presence of a king, you bow! You present yourself to his judgement or his mercy!
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Friend, if even the devils know that God is one, surely it matters!
Don’t get confused by the world or other faith traditions who do not believe this truth!
Hang on to it! And pray for them!
Make your choice and take your stand:
Be gracious like your gracious God but make your choice:
There can never be any “give” on this point!
It is settled forever and ever!
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
The world is busy removing all absolutes:
Academics and educators with more degrees than a thermostat cannot tell you what a woman is.
What makes a man? They’ll never say!
Everything is fluid, everything is upside down!
Nothing is bolted down!
Their world has inverted itself!
I’m not angry at them! But I fear for them! I do!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
That put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Our world is so smart, they’ve become ignorant!
Surely they ignore the Word of God!
Our wisest are no longer!
Their understanding is darkened!
They hardly know anything!
But those devils?
Those evil, fallen, writhing and vengeful wicked spirits of old?
They know!
What do they know exactly:
#3 They know the authority is in the Name!
#3 They know the authority is in the Name!
Okay, so knowing that Jesus is God in fullness and flesh, means that now God has a personal name!
And in that name is invested all power and authority!
We Baptize in the Name of Jesus, because the authority is in the name!
I was moving a client in Palo Alto this week, special lab equipment, centrifuges, tables, cabinets, robots and super heavy freezers that freeze things to 100 degrees below zero!
had to weigh 700 pounds!
When I tell you it was hard work to load those on a truck and moved to another lab in San Mateo, I’m not lying folks!
My arms have been all noodly ever since!
I don’t know how many times I sweated through that day, but Driving home, my own smell offended me!
Now if I was to load those clothes into the washer just water and clothes, when they come out, would those clothes be clean?
Nope!
They’d simply be wet!
Missing is the active ingredient!
Around here, we do it the BIble way folks:
We baptize in Jesus Name!
The authority is in the name!
The Name is the active ingredient!
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Father is a title!
Son is a title
Holy Spirit is a title!
But Jesus is The Name!
You cannot enter into a covenant with a title!
A legally binding agreement requires your name!
Bible Covenants were always made in the name of the greater party!
Well, who’s greater than Jesus? Who among us, who on this planet is greater than He is?
If you have only been baptized in the titles, you need to be baptized in the name!
Bro Jerry believed that and now He is with Jesus becasue he took on His Name!
You need the name applied to your life!
That’s what our world needs!
And always, in every case, we baptize in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!
Colossians 3:17 (KJV 1900)
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus...
Maybe your friends do not know, but The devils know that the authority is in the name!
When the seven sons of Sceva, men who had played around with sorcery and dark arts, tried to use the name of Jesus to cast out demons in Acts 19,
Those unclean Spirits beat them and wounded them!
They knew these men were unclean themselves and not in covenant!
“Paul we know, they screamed, and Jesus we know, but who are you?
Abounding Grace, whatever you do, remain the people of the name!
The Name of the Covenant!
Yes! It is that Important!
Once you have been baptized in tghe Name and Spirit of Almighty God, when the enemy sees you, he doesn’t see you!
He sees God!
It’s like you’ve climbed into Jesus Himself!
“Buried with Him in Baptism!”
That’s why you want to stay submitted to the Word of God no matter what!
In Christ we live and move and have our being,!
Now that you are in Christ, you don’t have to be afraid or intimidated!
You’re in a whole new weight class now!
The Name of Jesus is that important!
Yes it’s that important! Even the devils believe and tremble!!
I’ll tell you another thing satan knows:
#4. Satan knows a Holy Heaven (He used to live there)
#4. Satan knows a Holy Heaven (He used to live there)
He recognizes your consecrations woman of God, man of God!
Your neighbor may think you’re just old fashioned with a strange way of doing things and a strange sense of style, but the devils know!
They know when someone has submitted themselves to the Word of God!
When they see consecration, they know they are looking at the power of God!
Just you make sure you stay right with God!
Help us Jesus!
Satan also knows what happens when you allow rebellion into your heart!
He said, “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God!”
That day there was war in heaven!
In just moments, Lucifer, the worship leader of heaven, was turned into darkness, vile and tormented!
He was cast out of heaven with one third of the angels!
Friend, please, don’t ever let a seed of rebellion grow in your heart!
We all face it from time time, sure! But you just go a head and rip it out!
Make sure your name stays in that Lamb’s book of LIfe!
Satan know what rebellion can do to you!
So yeah, Satan knows about Holy heaven.
#5 Satan knows a Holy heaven and He knows a Hopeless hell!
#5 Satan knows a Holy heaven and He knows a Hopeless hell!
(He’s going there)
(He’s going there)
He knows that there is no hope for him!
Already he has been sentenced, but he’s out on bail for just a short while longer!
The Bible says one angel will bind him for a thousand years!
Just one!
He knows that he is doomed to the eternal lake of fire!
There is no appeal for him!
The truest essence of who he is, is hopelessness!
That’s why he wants so badly to take you with him!
He wants to take as many souls to hell as he can!
Misery loves company!
If He can turn you, if he can take God’s creation to the pit.
That’s the only way he can hurt God!
Don’t listen to that liar!
He is the father of lies!
When He tells you something, believe the opposite!
If he says your gonna fail, know you will succeed!
If he says you’ll never see the revival, know that you will!
When he whispers darkness and despair, shout our your faith in the Light of the World!!! The Prince of Life!
When he says there’s no hope, tell him, He has no hope!
Guess what?
He knows that He cannot touch you!
God places a hedge of protection around his people!
The Bible tells us in the book of Job 1:9-10, of a day when satan tried to hurt one of God’s people.
First, he had to get permission from God!
Listen, anything that happens to you, can only happen if God allows it!
And God knows best!
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
(Testify about Chloe’s siezure.)
(Testify about Chloe’s siezure.)
The devils know that God builds a hedge of protection around his people!
I wish we had the time today to move down through the NT, and see the limits of his power!
He knows that prayer works!
He knows His time is short and His days are numbered!
He knows that none of his tools have the power to separate you from the love of God!
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Finally, he knows every promise written in the word of God!
They are yea and Amen!
He knows they belong to you and not to him!
So don’t live in fear!
Trust the God who is sovereign over all outcomes!
Don’t ever doubt what you know to be true!
Buy the truth and sell it not!
Be bold in the Grace of God!
Stay submitted to His Word!
Stay in alignment with His power and anointing!
When people in your life don’t understand why you do what you do, don’t all of the sudden doubt yourself!
Even the devils know these things!
You just pray for those friends and family and neighbors!
Pray that God will open their eyes!
Love them and be kind!
Pray for angels of war and angels of harvest!
LIsten, there is coming a day when ever knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!
Every unbeliever!
Every naysayer!
From the great to the small, of every moment across the ages of men, all will bow to Jesus Christ!
That includes your boss, your momma, your daddy, your spouse your kids!
Hitler will bow, Nebuchednezzer will bow, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, every body from everywhere will bow before the King of Kings!
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Why don’t we exalt him here right now?
Make Him Your King of Kings!
Proclaim Him your Lord of Lords!
Celebrate you access to His Name and Authority!!!
Use that very authority!
Speaks His Name into your storms!
Plead His blood over your children, your hopes and your dreams!
Plant your flag and stand your ground!!!!!
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.