His Knowledge is Power
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Today is Sunday December 27, 2009 and we are
studying the book of Revelation, please read chapters 12-13
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Today's
Message:
His
Knowledge is Power
The
devil will stop at nothing to get us to walk away from God and be
held captive to him, but we can learn the truth before we get caught
up in his lies. The truth comes from God's Word and the only way to
know the truth is by reading it for yourself. It is only by His
knowledge that we have the power to overcome Satan.
The more
we read the Bible the more God reveals to us and helps us to
understand (if we are saved) His purpose and reason for doing the
things He does. Now, there are just some things that God will never
reveal to us until we meet Him face to face, but many of our
questions and fears are revealed right here in the Bible, every last
word down to the thee's and thou's is in here for a specific reason.
The Book of Revelation is one book that if you are not saved you will
never get past the seven seals that opened up the destruction of the
world without fear or disbelief, yet it is very true and coming
quicker than we would like to imagine. However, as children of God
written in the Book of Life, we do not have to fear the things that
are about to take place.
In a vision, God reveals to John the
events that took place, resulting in a literal war against good and
evil in the most godliest place one could ever imagine, heaven. “And
there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven;
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the
stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her
child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who
was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught
up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the
wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should
feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there
was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him.”
- Revelation 12:1-9. The woman with child represents the birth and
ascension of Jesus Christ, the wilderness represents the desert-like
moral condition of the world that is ruled by Satan. Satan has been
given four designations, the dragon which portrays his monstrous
character, the serpent which points out his deceptiveness, the devil
who reminds us that he is a slanderer and liar, and Satan which means
adversary.
Satan, knows his fate, but that does not stop him
from causing opposition with the faithful people of God and he will
stop at nothing to destroy the likeness of Christ and His Word
wherever it exists. However, neither God nor His people will ever be
defeated. Oh, we might face some struggles, many because we choose to
stand by Jesus, but those struggles weigh far less than the torment
and agony that Satan and all his adversaries will endure for all the
hurt and pain he caused upon us. “And
I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of
the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not
their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye
that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”
- Revelation 12:10-12. Satan has a short time to live and that is
why he causes so much destruction, but we can rejoice knowing that we
are filled with the Power of Christ, through His blood.
It is
very important that we read every one of the sixty-six books of the
Bible, as it not only teaches us how God wants us to behave and have
a relationship with Him, it also warns us of the deceitfulness of the
devil. He is coming just as Jesus is, in fact, he is already here,
and is going to be healing people and showing all kinds of miraculous
works, making people think that he is Jesus. However, it is all a
ploy to drag people with him, those that do not have God's Word in
them will not know the difference and will sadly go down with him.
“And
he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on
the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in
the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that
they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a
sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of
the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause
that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be
killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.”
- Revelation 13:13-18. Did you ever hear of people referring to the
number 666 as the mark of the devil? Well, there it is, but do not
expect to see it tattooed on these people (not all of them anyway) as
they are going to hide it in order to keep deceiving the world.
However, we can learn of who they are simply by getting saved and
reading the Bible, if they do not line up with every word of the
Bible then they are not of God. It is time to get a get into the
Word of God and know the truth once and for all. It is ok, the Holy
Spirit will teach you a little bit at a time and let me tell you
something He always teaches you something every time you read it.
Have a wonderful and blessed day/night and Happy New
Year!
God
Bless You,
Christina
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