Tools Used to Build or Destroy!

One bright, beautiful Sunday morning, everyone in tiny Jonestown wakes up early and goes to go to church. Before the services start, the townspeople sit in their pews and take about their lives and families.

Suddenly, at the altar, Satan appears! Everyone starts screaming and running out of the church except one old man, who comely sits in the first pew oblivious to the fact that God’s ultimate enemy is present in the church.

This confuses Satan so, he asked the old man, “Do you know who I am?” To old man replied, “yep”. Satan said, “Your not afraid of me?” The old man replied, “nope” Satan said, “why not?” The old man replied, “I’ve been married to your sister for 25 years!”

As funny as this joke is Satan is no laughing matter.

Satan is real and he is on the prowl.

This morning I’m going to be taking to you about “Spiritual Warfare.” It’s real, it’s happening everyday.

Have you notice what’s going on in the United States today?

Our country that we love is tearing itself apart. Little by little everyday.

Bible Prophecy is unfolding before our eye’s.

Satan, that old devil and his angels (demons) are working overtime, trying to get as many as they can to follow them and keep people from following God.

They know the end is coming and it’s near.

Matthew 24:37–39 KJV 1900

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:

I’m not going to be taking about the end of time, the Rapture, or the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ today. Because, if your save, if you have taken the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. You are already prepared for the Rapture.

You don’t have anything to worry about. If you haven’t accepted the Lord Jesus Christ. I say this to you. You are living on borrowed time.

Today I’m trying to prepare you for Spiritual Warfare with the devil. The Christian, and the Church are under attack every single day.

If you say your not, your just fulling yourself.

Pray

I. Tools used to Build.

Most of us have a toolbox.

Hammer

Screw drivers

Wrenches

Sockets

Saw

Verity of Screws

Tape Measure

ETC.

We use these tools to build or repair things.

People have been using tools for thousands of years.

Did you know Satan (that old devil has a toolbox!)

His toolbox is full of tools, and they are not used for building, but destruction.

Sun Tzu said, “You must know your enemies and yourself to be able to defeat your enemies.”

Makes since right. You have to know who’s attacking you, before you fight.

Satan and his angels are our enemy.

Satan and his angels are evil.

Satan attempted to overthrow God.

Isaiah 14:12–14 KJV 1900

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Isaiah 14:12-

Isaiah 14:14–16 KJV 1900

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

Isaiah

Noticed the 5 I Will’s of Satan.

Without a doubt Satan is our enemy.

Satan and his angels (demons) attempted a revolt in heaven and where cast out.

Now there out there trying to get as many people as they can to turn their backs on God and they uses many tools to achieve this.

III. Tools Used to Destroy, Tool of the Devil.

Satan, or the Devil, has my tools

Rev. John Yates, wrote a short story about the devil and his tools.

“It was advertised that the devil was putting his tools up for sale. On that date of the yard sale, the tools were laid out for public inspection. They had high prices marked on them, and there were a lot of treacherous instruments.

among the devils many tools, were,

Hatred,

Envy,

Jealousy,

Deceit,

Pride,

Lying,

and many others.

Laid apart from the rest of the devil’s tools was a harmless looking tool, worn more than any of the others and the priced very high.

What’s the name of this tool asked a customer? The devil replied, it is discouragement. It is one of my most prized tools of all! Looking at the price tag, the customer asked, but, why have you priced it so, high? The devil turned toward the customer with a big grin on his face. Yes, it’s priced high because discouragement is more useful to me than all the others. I can pry open and get inside a person’s heart with that, when I cannot get near him with other tools.

It’s badly worn because I use it on almost everyone, since so few people know it belongs to me.”

One of the tools of the devil is he imitates God.

You ask ask, “How does he imitates God?”

He has a false trinity

He has his synagogues

Revelation 13:2 KJV 1900

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

He has his own doctrines

Revelation

He has his own mysteries

He has his own thrown

He has his own kingdom

He has his own worshipers

He has his own angels

He has his ministers

He has his miracles

He has sacrifies

He has fellowship

He has his armies

He perverts the Word of God

By taking it out of context

By causing it to be misinterpred

By over stressing one side of a doctrine and ignoring the other side.

By under stressing certain doctrines.

Satan the old devil has many tools to use on us.

He will use his hammer to beat you down to the point of discouragement.

He will use his screw driver to twist the true.

He will use a tape measure to size your faith up.

He with you a saw to cut you from God.

1 Peter 5:8 KJV 1900

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

1 Peter 5:8–9 KJV 1900

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

c. There is hope because Satan has weakness

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He cannot tempt a believer except by God’s permission.

God knows exactly how much His child(ren) can bear

God will not allow Satan to go beyond this breaking point

God only allows the temptation in the first place to strengthen and purify us.

Psalm 103:3 KJV 1900

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;

Psalm

Satan cannot stand to be resisted.

James

James 4:7 KJV 1900

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 4:27 KJV 1900

27 Neither give place to the devil.

Ephesian

IV. God Gave Us Amour To Fight THe Devil

Ephesians 6:10–17 KJV 1900

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Ephesians6:

A christian must be prepared to fight the devil until the Rapture.

It’s not going to be easy or get any easier.

As James comes to lead us in a verse of invition

I ask for every head bowed, no one looking around, Christian praying.