Wholeness Speaking Truth to Lies and Temptation
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What do I want them to know? Truth brings victory against lies and temptation that lead to life and wholeness
Why? I want them to be WHOLE
What do I want them to do? Know the truth, know the lies and temptations
Why? It leads to wholeness
ME
To be who God’s called us to be, to go where God has called us to go, to live into wholness, peace, and goodness
One of the things that is VITAL for us to know is that we have an ENEMY that does not want us to
Be whole
Live and do what God’s called us to do
But instead wants to take us out, live in fear, live in sin, live in defeat
The enemy mission is to stop anything and everything of God in the WORLD and in US. (DESTRUCTION of the WORLD and of US)
It is also good to know two of his tactics, that are very similar
What are TWO of the enemies tactics, that are similar?
LIES
and TEMPTATIONS…more giving into to temptation (a temptation is a lie appearing TRUE)
IT is lie packaged in a nice package....look at this thing it is so shiney…it is like the RING in the Lord of the Rings, it looks good and Golmin says my “precious” but was the thing destoying
And this make sense when we look at the scriptures it says
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Father the originator (first time he shows up on the seen, where is he at? Trying to to get Adam and Eve to buy into a lie....and unfortunately succeeds) and Father as in the boss/king of lies
AND THE PASSAGE WE ARE GOING TO READ HE IS CALLED THE TEMPTER AS THE
He is the Father of lies and the tempter
Why? Why does he use lies and temptations (WHEN BELIEVED IN, BEING TEMPTED is not a sin, giving into temptation is,) ?
They are often subtle and THEY ARE POWERFUL IN NEGATIVE WAY
lie when taken root brings defeat, anxiety, destruction, hopelessness, negativity
We know this
How many of us have bought into a lie or given to a temptation and took us out, it negatively affects us?
Me for years, I bought into a lie that I was not good enough for God to use me, I am dumb (look I struggled in school and rejected multiple times to get into college and seminary), I have proof, I have rejection letters, and I believed I was just a sinner saved by GRACE, not a child of GOd
Since I believe these lies I was full of LIFE??? NO THE OPPOSITE OF LIFE, DEFEAT, DEPRESSION
Or when we give into the temptation , that promised eternal bliss and happiness, but what did I get depression, shame, anxiety, worthlessness
SATAN always over promises and under delivers
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Adam and Eve sin of buying into a lie in the garden of Eden that brought destruction to us all.
TENSION
What do you to defeat the lies and win the battle against temptation, not the war (the war is over)? DEATH HAS BEEN DEFEATED
How do we have victory in the battle?
This is a great question, and there is no better place to go than look and see what Jesus did when the enemy came at him with lie and temptations
What did Jesus do when he face the Father of lies and tempter? What did he do? What did Jesus do in the battle
What we are going to do is read the two things Jesus did in the battle, witness the battle, watch Jesus do these two things, and then ask the question and see are there certain lies that he is trying to get Jesus to buy into
What does Jesus do in the battle against the tempter, Jesus puts on the armor of God
What’s the armor of God?
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
(we cannot defeat the enemy in our own flesh)
(Belt of truth, sword of the Word of God, Shield of Faith extinguishing the flaming darts of the evil one that are trying to get Jesus to lose faith and confidence in God)
Jesus is walking by the Spirit and full of the Spirit
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Jesus is led by the Spirit to battle with enemy....the reason why is, this is not the theological point for today, but Jesus is doing what Adam did not do, Jesus is called to the second Adam, instead of being defeated by the Devil, he defeats the Devil.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
But he answered, “It is written, “ ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ”
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
(he was hungry, we miss a meal or two and what do we say “we’re straving)
Duet 8:3 Jesus quotes
Ps 91, Deut 6:16 Enemy quotes then Jesus quotes
Deut 6:13 Jesus quotes
Jesus goes to battle with enemy with the BELT of TRUTH, SWORD of SPIRIT, and SHIELF OF FAITH....I am not going to doubt who God is or who I am, or give up my call.
it is not only good to see how Jesus defeated the ENEMY but also good to see how the enemy attacks
How is he going to LIE TO US and TEMPT us....I will say he can lie to us in numerous ways, but there are three specific lies that enemy came at Jesus with
He knows if he get you to believe in a lie, destruction coming, depression coming, defeat is coming, anxiety is coming.
The three lies are
Who God is
Who we are
The enemy’s way is better than God’s way
We see this with Jesus
The enemy comes at Jesus and is attacking who God is to Jesus
Jesus why are you here in the desert, what kind of Father is your dad to have you come to the desert and top of that you are hungry....you know what you need to do you have this legitmate need for hunger, YOU NEED TO TO TURN THOSE STONES INTO BREAD, your Abba Father is not providing for you, you have to take matters into your own hand. He is attacking the lust of the flush to get him to disbelieve His abba.
Jesus take yourself to top of the town throw yourself and everyone will be amazed and say that is the SON of God, you have already nobody reputation, because you are from Nazathe, he is attacking the pride of life.
Is this not what the enemy does to us?
If you are a child of God
Why are you in the situation you are in, you’re abba Father is not being good to you,
Why are you going threw that difficult situation? Your Abba Father must not love you....not realizing a couple things…one anyone who has walked with God always goes threw difficult seasons....someone once said you are either in a season of trials, coming of a season of trials, or about to go into a season of trials.
ANd I love James says
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
We are going to miss the growth because we are optining out of the trial or trying to opt of it
And we know
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Or why do you not have your LEGITMATE NEEDS met
You want to be married, just lower you standards, marry or date a non-Christian, I know God wants you to be equalled YOKED with a believer but it is not coming in your timing you need to take matters into your own hands
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
In his timing
I know waiting is hard....I watch all my friends get married for almost ten years.
When we do not have the strenghen we ask God for strength or ask or brother or sisters in Christ for strength.
The enemy is doing whatever he can to get us to believe a lie about who God is, to get you to live in defeat, destruction, depression.
2. Believe lie about who you are
If you are the son of God turn these stones into bread.
Prove to me Jesus that you are God son, because you should have the power
Like we need Jesus need to prove to Satan who He is
Nor do we need to to prove
Prove to me you are child of God....How do we prove we are child of God?
I am a child of God because I go to church, I pray, I serve, I give, I tithe
Then you mess up and sin
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
See you are not a child of God
But does that make you a Christian, a child of God?? NO
We do not become a child of God by our WORK (what we do) but buy His
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
We are saved by Grace not of Works, we are made a child because of His work not ours, nothing we can do good or bad can change that
That doesn’t mean we are not not do good works
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
We are created in Christ Jesus for good works to walk in them.
We are created to do good works not saved by good works
3. The enemies way is better than God’s way but it fools gold, worst than fools gold it is cancer and destruction. it is chocolate cover poison
The enemy says to Jesus just worship me and you can have all of these things, no cross, no pain....
Forsake you calling, what is calling going to do, look what I can give you.
But Jesus knows the enemy is a liar and cannot give what he is promising.
The enemy says the same thing to us, just do things my way, look what I can give you, he can give you a lot but it’s a chocolate covered posion.
Forsake what God’s called you to do as a workman,
Why follow God’s ways?
Follow my ways and you get a quicker reward and better and bigger....think slick saleman
Or the enemy will attack our calling.
Maybe for someone of us we believe the lie we are not called or gifted which is tied to identity…God said I have called you to do ____ but you are like Moses saying I can’t, I can’t speak....which the first time God gets angry at Moses is Moses not believing he is called.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
I am a child of God, I am priest, I have been called to minister.
THE ENEMIES HUGE PLAN IS TO GET YOU NOT TO BELIEVE YOUR CALL AND INDENTITY, GOD CALLS ALL OF US.
THE ENEMIES WHOLE PLAN IS TO TAKE YOU OUT, DEFLATE YOU, DEFEAT YOU, CASUSE YOU TO LIVE IN DESTRUCTION, THOUGH LIES AND TEMPTATIONS GIVEN INTO
Where are you at today?
What lie is the emeny coming at you with?
Believe a lie about who God is
Believe a lie about who you are
Follow the enemies way over God’s ways, believe a lie that you are not called
Some other lie?
HOW DO WE ATTACK THE LIES, BEING PEOPLE IN THE TRUTH AND ASKING THE TRUTH (HOLY SPIRIT) TO REVEAL THE REVEAL
Reveal the lies, reveal the truth, confess
This is what I have been doing lately and God has been speaking to me, speaking to me when I ask, speaking to me in dreams
CONFESS
REPENT
REJOICE