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Isaiah 54:16–17 (GNB)

16 “I create the blacksmith, who builds a fire and forges weapons. I also create the soldier, who uses the weapons to kill.

17 But no weapon will be able to hurt you; you will have an answer for all who accuse you. I will defend my servants and give them victory.” The Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 54:16–17 KJV

16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Today I want to Remind You

It Won’t Work

SATAN IS A "SCHEMER"

Definition = a plan of action, an elaborate and systematic plan for a course of action designed to achieve a major or overall aim; a strategy (art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle); 

a secret or underhanded plan; a plot or a plan to achieve some action; a carefully arranged and systematic program of action for attaining some object or end;

a particular ordered system or arrangement; a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.

Synonyms: plan, project, plan of action, program, strategy, stratagem, tactic, game plan, master plan, course/line of action.

Etymology of scheme - It is from Medieval Latin schema which means shape, figure, form, appearance and is from Greek schema which refers to appearance, as opposed to reality. This is a good description of the devil, the master deceiver, the master masquerader! Don't look for him in a red suit, with horns and a pitchfork, but as an angel of light

2 Cor 11: 12 But in order to eliminate the opportunity for those “super-apostles” to boast that their ministry is on the same level as ours I will continue this practice.

13 For they are not true apostles but deceitful ministers who masquerade as “special apostles” of the Anointed One.

14 That doesn’t surprise us, for even Satan transforms himself to appear as an angel of light!

15 So it’s no wonder his servants also go about pretending to be ministers of righteousness. But in the end they will be exposed and get exactly what they deserve.

Schemes of the devil - Here we encounter the commander in chief of the invisible army arrayed against us. He is our sworn, mortal enemy. This is not a video game or a fairy tale but a very real war with a very real, deceptive foe.

Paul had warned about the devil's schemes to disrupt the unity of the body writing that "As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming." (Ep 4:14)

& Eph 4:15

The Passion Translation Chapter 4

15 But instead we will remain strong and always sincere in our love as we express the truth. All our direction and ministries will flow from Christ and lead us deeper into him, the anointed Head of his body, the church.

The schemes of the devil - Note Paul's use of the definite article in Greek ("THE schemes") which defines these as specific schemes, not just general schemes.

It suggests that the devil and his minions have specific schemes, "tailor made" for each person, for he is aware of the sin that so easily entangles each of us

Hebrews 12:1 AMP

1 THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

Note that these schemes involve shrewdly devious and intriguing methods that entail following an orderly, technical procedure in the handling of a subject.

Schemes is used to describe a wild animal cunningly stalking and unexpectedly pouncing on prey

1 Peter 5:8 KJV

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Satan’s schemes to destroy us and do us harm are built around stealth and deception but as Paul writes to the Corinthians "we are not ignorant of his schemes."

2 Corinthians 2:11 TPT

11 so that we would not be exploited by the adversary, Satan, for we know his clever schemes.

In 2 Corinthians 2:11+ the word schemes is not methodeia but noema [from nous = mind] and refers to the content of thinking and reasoning.

You might Not want to be honest right Now, but many of us have been struggling with the Scheme satan has strategically set up against you.

But Today I come to set you free from your thinking & Reasoning..

Point 1# If the devil had the power to destroy you, he would have killed us while we where in our sin not when you got saved.

Point 2# Yahweh explains why no attack on Jerusalem will succeed. It is because he is in control of those who make and use weapons.

Isaiah 54:16 KJV

16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Please Tell Your brother or sister on the left and right of you It Ain’t Going to Work

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:16

I have created,” which places emphasis on Yahweh as the actor. He is in full control and acts on behalf of his people.

See the devil got many of you believing he is in control and God don’t have power or don’t care whats going on with you. It’s a trick with out a treat. It’s a Scheme

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:16

I have also created the ravager to destroy: Not only has God created those who make weapons, but also those who use them

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:16

• Look, I, I am the one who created the blacksmith

who fans the forge fire,

and who makes weapons to use.

I, I am the one who also created the one to destroy things.

• See, it is I who created the blacksmith

who fans the coals of the forge,

and makes weapons for a purpose.

And it is I who created the one to bring ruin.

God created everything, and has given satan limited power on earth fueled by ignorance.

I dare somebody with faith declare it won’t work anymore.

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper: Since Yahweh is in control, he promises the people of Jerusalem that no enemy will be able to use weapons successfully against them. As in the previous verse, weapon renders the general Hebrew word referring to any vessel or utensil.

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

The verb prosper means “to succeed” here. In languages where it is difficult to speak of objects that prosper, this line may be rendered “If your enemies make weapons to use them against you, their attacks will fail.” GNB says simply “But no weapon will be able to hurt you.”

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

And you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment: Every verbal attack on the people of Jerusalem will also fail. In this context the Hebrew verb rendered confute means “to prove false.” Every tongue that rises against you in judgment is a figurative expression for every spoken word that intends to cause harm to the people by accusing them falsely

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

Yahweh concludes his message with two summary statements

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD: The demonstrative pronoun This refers to the divine promises in this chapter. The Hebrew word for heritage was originally applied to the land of Canaan as Israel’s “inheritance

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

It not only includes the earlier promise of land, but also the new promise of peaceful occupation under God’s protection.

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 (54:17)

And their vindication from me: Their vindication is parallel with their heritage. The Hebrew word rendered vindication is the same one translated “righteousness” in verse 14

Here it seems to mean “victory” (GNB, CEV, REB) or “reward.” From me means it is God’s gift to his people

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

No weapon designed to be used against you will succeed,

and every verbal attack against you will be powerless.

This is the gift to those who are my servants,

the reward that I offer them,” says the LORD.

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 54:17

Any weapon made for attacking you will fail,

and any word spoken against you will be proved false;

This is what my servants can expect,

the reward that I will give them,” says Yahweh.

Isaiah 54:17 (AMP)

17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper,

and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong.

This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.

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Some Of us have been preoccupied with the wound, the scar the rumor & the weapon. We never stopped to think that your still alive to feel the scar remember the rumor see the weapon because it didn’t work......

I dare you to declare: surprise I’m Still alive

You shot me with your best shot.. But it didn’t Work

you got a whole ministry to listen to your lie, But im still here

You figured id be faneeto when you left me, oop’s sorry it didn’t work.. I was doing good before you walked in my life and i am doing even better now that your long gone.

Tap 4 people and testify and tell them im still standing because the weapon formed be it couldn’t prosper.

I felt like i was loosing my mind, But i never lost it.. the weapon didn’t prosper..

The tried to destroy my marriage, but that devil forgot.. God honors my holy matrimony