Defiled Sanctuaries

Ezekiel 28:18

Sanctuary - a place of worship.

Temple - a place where the Lord dwells.

“Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries”

How?

"by the multitude of thine iniquities”

"by the iniquity of thy traffick”

What is iniquity?

It is the innermost desire to sin. It is first found in Satan and then afterwards in humanity.

Where is Satan walking? According to Job 1:7 he is on earth looking around; Peter said he is seeking whom he may devour in 1 Peter 5:8.

Here are the MOVES of Satan’s tactics:

I. Satan Infiltrates.

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

He lies!

II. Satan Infuriates.

James 1:19–20

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Ephesians 4:26

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

III. Satan Instigates.

1 Chronicles 21:1

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

IV. Satan Inhabits.

He may not possess your soul if you are saved.

Here is a partial list of the things Satan will possess:

Your credit.

Your family.

Your will.

Your house.

Your church.

Your belongings.

Your testimony.

Satan infiltrates the temple of the Lord (your body)

Satan makes it a place where he (Satan) is worshipped.

Conclusion:

How do we get him out?

2 Timothy 2:25–26

25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.