What the Devil doesn't want you to know
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Jesus’ Primary Mission was Hidden
Jesus’ Primary Mission was Hidden
However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 2:6
What we know from this passage:
Whatever happened when they crucified Jesus, was so terrible for them, they never would have allowed Him to be crucified if they had known it.
We have the ability to know it.
Not because we’re smart, and not because we study or have experience. The only reason we can know it, is by God’s Spirit *revealing* them to us.
What was so terrible for Satan?
To answer that question, we have to look at what Satan does.
What is he after, based on his previous actions?
What is his goal, based on what we know of the future?
His previous actions:
Before Adam fell, God had given him *dominion*.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
Adam forfeited his dominion through who he obeyed!
He gave up dominion over the earth, the animals, and even himself. A slave does not have dominion over themselves.
What do we know of his future goals?
Satan wants to rule! That’s it. He wants submission and obedience from us.
The anti-Christ establishes himself, and kills everyone who not only doesn’t obey, but who doesn’t mark themselves with his name! He wants everyone branded as his property! He wants to own us!
In the anti-Christ’s rule, there will be no independent wealth. btw, it’s an anti-Christ idea to want government-enforced income equality. Anytime you hear someone talking about that, it’s a fulfilment of .
What new thing did Christ’s death bring?
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
Notice, the new covenant centers around one thing: the law
Human beings exist in two groups: the church, and those under the law.
We know from , the law has been given to everyone now, not just Israel. The law is not new. The church, however, was established by Christ through His death and resurrection.
So, who is the church?
Only one group of humans is *not* under the law:
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Jesus’ primary purpose, was establishing the church!
The church, was hidden in God! No one knew about it! No one understood the power the church would have. The church is those, and only those, who walk not according to the flesh, but according the Spirit!
Why is the devil so scared of the church?
Jesus gave us they keys!
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Mattew 16:18-19
Jesus revealed His purpose to the one person He said had Jesus’ nature revealed to him by the father.
Jesus wants merely returning the dominion to us, we have even more authority than Adam available to us!
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Mark 16
What Satan desperately wants you to never understand, and never tap into, is your authority! We have authority over language barriers, over sickness, over the beasts of the earth, and over poison! All the authority Adam gave up has been returned to one group of human beings!
No passage in the Bible is under more attack than this one. Why?
What Satan desperately wants you to never understand, and never tap into, is your authority! We have authority over language barriers, over sickness, over the beasts of the earth, and over poison! All the authority
Sin has brought sickness, all fighting, all harmful creatures, all harmful substances, all evil, and Jesus has given us power over all of the power of the enemy!
Because of us, Satan has a massive problem on his hands!
What other mysteries are out there to know?
this is how the Word of God works. It is hidden in plain sight. It can only be unlocked through the Spirit. That’s why we talk about the importance of staying in the Spirit.
Whatever they are, only one group of being in the universe has the ability to know them. Not humans. But a select group of humans. The church.
