The Father of The Lie.

I have watched a DVD of Tiaan Geldenhuys with the name Identify the Lie. I want to share with you what he said about the Father of Lies, Satan.

A lot of us grew up with the lie that if we leave Satan alone, he will leave us alone. If this was true why are so many Christians living with fear, anxiety, depression, failure, ectr as an integral part of their lives. If it was true, it means that God gave us all these negative things and that is exactly what Satan wants us to belief. The Bible say is in 2 Corinthian 2:11 To keep Satan from getting the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles and intentions. The first thing recruits in the army and police learn, is to know your enemy.
That is precisely what Satan doesn’t want us to know. God wants us to know the way Satan works, because only then can we live in victory. Satan will blind your mind to the truth. The answers to who Satan is, we get in God’s Word.

Man consists of 3 parts
Spirit                                                          Spirit          Spirit

that has a Soul                                           Soul

(our will, intellect and emotions)                       

                                                                              ]     Flesh
that lives in a Body 

                                                                     Body
(1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12, Deuteronomy 6:5)

God created us in His own image and that is why we have a spirit, so that we can communicate with God.  John 4:24 God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Our soul and body is what we know as the flesh.

Ephesians 4:22-24 says we have to lay down the old and put on the new. So what does the old person look like?

← Spirit ← Soul ← Body             God
In the old person we pull away from God. A person like this can become demon possessed.

What does a Christian look like?

→ Spirit ← Soul → Body             God
The day a Christian accepts God in his life, his spirit turns towards God. A Christian cannot be demon possessed, because his spirit already belongs to God. The soul and body of a Christian, his flesh, however still struggles to get rid of the old ways of thinking. Remember you grew up thinking a certain way about things, now you have to change those ways. We should strive to become

→ Spirit → Soul → Body             God

Is it possible to become holy, yes because God created us in His own image. We become holy by giving our spirit, soul and body to God. God will purify us and we will become in the spiritual realm more like God. Roman 7:22-23 tells us about the war that is going on between what we want to do (spirit) and what we do (flesh). That which we want to do we don’t do and what we do not want to do we do. How many times have you decided to stop smoking, but you just can’t or decided to not lose your temper any more, but before you know it you are screaming at someone again.

There are two dimensions, the spiritual and physical dimension. The physical dimension is where we live now and is only temporarily. The spiritual realm is where all of us will one day be. The choices we make in the physical dimension will determine where in the spiritual realm we will end. Now all over the world we see hierarchies, in our armies, our governments, our businesses and also in our homes. There is a hierarchy in the spiritual realm as well and it looks like this.

God

The Creator of all

God is love

1 John 4:8 He who does not love has not become acquainted with God, for God is love.

We can give love to each other and take it away ea. when we get angry with someone, but God cannot give love, because HE IS LOVE. He cannot take His love back. When you give your heart to God, He steps into our life and soul.

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Man

Palms 8:5  Yet You have made him (man) but a little lower than God and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

We are princes and princesses of God. Do you believe that? No because your whole life you had to hear what a wash-out you are, how you will never become something. It is time that we look at how God sees us and not how man sees us. It is time to start believing what God thinks of us and not what man thinks of us.

On the same level as man we get the

Archangels

Gabriel (Man of God) and Migael (who is like God)

Under the Arch Angels is the

Gerubs and Serafs

And under them the

Angels

Servants in the service of God to assist us

We ask God for help and He alone commands His angels to help us.

(Hebrew 1:14, Psalms 91:11)

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Satan

Lucifer

Ephesians 6:12 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly sphere.

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Powers

(appointed over countries)

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Authorities

(appointed over provinces)

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World Leaders

(appointed over cities and towns)

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Evil Spirits

(appointed over individuals)

Christians are so busy fighting over whether evil spirits exist, that we don’t chase then away. A Christian cannot become demon possessed, but he can become demon oppressed. We all know of Christians that just don’t seem to be able to live in victory or towns that are oppressed by spirits of poverty, where poverty is at the order of the day and cities like Las Vegas where spirits of pornography and addiction is rive. People always say God is almighty, but the devil is mighty and that is why they live in bondage, but look at where man lies in comparison to Satan. We are above Satan, just under God. With Jesus in us we have more power than Satan. Satan has already been defeated by Jesus Christ. Satan cannot do anything to you and he cannot make you do anything. What he can do is plant a thought in your mind, what you have to do is make a choice as to what you are going to do with that thought. It is time that we stop blaming Satan for the things we do and take responsibility for the choices we make. Satan’s only legal right in our lives is to be under our feet.

How does Satan attack us?

Satan uses lies to deceive us. The problem comes in because we have learned to go look for the lie with arguments like “Ek is so gemaak en so laat staan” and “the truth hurts”. John 8:32 And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. We tell little white lies because we don’t want to step on anybody’s toes, but a lie is a lie. Another lie is that we sin because it’s in our nature to sin. 1 John 3:8 He who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. 2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are fit of ourselves to form personal judgements or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God. Anything we can think of comes from either God or Satan and if it’s bad, it’s coming from Satan. 2 Corinthians 10:5 And we lead every thought and purpose away, captive into the obedience of Christ. You have to capture every thought and submit it to God. It won’t come naturally, because over the years we have formed bad thinking habits. You have to learn and practise to submit your thoughts to God.

So how does Satan keep us in bondage?

It all starts with a lie we choose to believe.

·         Your wife don’t love you anymore

·         You won’t be able to pay the bills

·         You are a bad father

The lie causes a spirit of fear.

Fear activate a spirit of aggression, we become frustrated, irritated, anxious, short tempered, ectr. It is now that you have to decide how you are going to react to that fear. Are you going to choose not to believe the lie and put your trust in God or are you going to allow stress to make you scream at someone. You are stressing, because you lost your job. A spirit of fear tells you, you are going to lose your house, you become anxious and irritated. Your wife comes in and tells you she forgot to pay the house loan. Immediately you get cross (spirit of aggression) and instead of taking your thought captive, you tell your wife how stupid she is. Now a spirit of aggression comes and sits on her shoulder telling her “Who the hell does he think he is telling you you’re stupid” If she doesn’t take her thoughts captive and submit it to God, she retaliates by telling him, he is a useless husband. Both of them has said things that hurt and if you are not willing to forgive your spouse, you are giving the spirit of unforgiveness a legal right to enter your life.

Now you’re lying on your bed thinking of all the times he said horrible things to you and enters the spirit of bitterness, followed closely by the spirit of rebellion. Rebellion against your spouse and eventually against God.

God said in Matthew 28:19 Go then and make disciples of all the nations. Satan does not want us to talk about God and if he can get us to rebel against God, he has succeeded in shutting us up.

Another way he uses to shut us up flows from the spirit of aggression, namely a spirit of heaviness (causes mood swings), which leads to a spirit of depression and if the devil is really lucky you will commit suicide, because life has become just too difficult. Onve again he succeeded in shutting you up.

If Satan can’t shut you up with the spirit of rebellion or get you to commit suicide, he uses another spirit. The deaf and dumb spirit. One way in which Satan uses this spirit is through epilepsy. (Matthew 17:14-18, Mark 9:17, Luke 9:37) Another way is through accidents. Have you ever said to someone you are accident prone. This spirit wants to kill you and will try by bringing accidents over your path.

2 Timothy 1:7 says that God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of strength, self-control and love. John 6:44 For he (Satan) is a liar and the father of lies and of all that is false.

Other spirits he use is:

Once again it starts with the lie of Sexual Molestation= Lust= Pornography= adultery= Perversion.

·         Spirit of rejection – according to medical test a foetus can feel rejection 3 days after conception, your dad says I wanted a boy, your husband says he doesn’t love you anymore, someone molested you and he tells you it was your fault, because you are bad. It leads to fear which lead to the lie of unworthiness.

·         Spirit of inferiority – you start to feel like you are worthless, no one wants you, you’re a nothing.

·         Spirit of failure – nothing works out anymore, marriage is falling apart, you’re losing your job. You start to look for acceptance in all the wrong places.

Can you start to see how Satan uses our emotions against us. If you feel like a dog, does that make you a dog. NO you are still a prince/princess of God even though you FEEL like a dog.

·         Spirit of addiction/ bondage – you just want to feel better about yourself even if it’s only for 2 hours – you start to smoke, use drugs, get a lover and before you know it you are hooked.

·         Spirit of jealousy – why does my sister have everything? Why is my friend’s husband so much more together than mine, ectr It leads to pride and haughtiness. You get yourself into debt to buy a bigger house and fancier car to compete.

·         Ancestral spirits -      Free Masonry – there top order are called Luciferians. Corinthians 11:14 For Satan himself transform himself into an angel of light

Generational Curses

·         Spirit of infirmity – sickness

·         Spirit of mammon/poverty

·         Spirit of hate and racism

How does Satan use the spirit of lust and adultery to destroy our marriages?

You meet someone and fall in love. You decide to get married and now Satan tells you the first lie – It is ok to have sex outside of marriage. When you have sex with someone your soul gets tide to that person’s soul. You form soul ties. Genesis 34:2-3 But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob. These soul ties also gets tide to every other person you sleep with. When you sleep with someone outside of God’s law, you give Satan the legal right to enter your life. So Satan uses these spirits to pull you together outside of God’s law and pull you apart when you are married. Ever had a fantasy of an ex-girlfriend while making love to your wife? It happens because your soul is still tide to hers. These spirits curse your marriage and will lead to the destruction of your relationship or marriage.

Another spirit Satan uses is the spirit of religion. This spirit causes people to refuse to listen to new spiritual guidance, condemn and criticise others without lifting them up, continually finding fault with others without looking at themselves and these people are never content and does not receive his brother. The Bible says you have to serve others first.

Why is Satan a killer of people?

Jeremiah 1:4-5 says that God appointed everybody as prophets of the nations.

John 8:44 Jesus said: He (Satan) was a murderer from the beginning. (Kain and Abel – the first murder)

John 10:10 Jesus said: The thief (Satan) only comes in order to steal and kill and destroy.

So how does he do it in your life? You are 20 years old and grew up in a house where you were told you were a nothing. The spirits of inferiority, failure and rejection played havoc with your feelings and you started mixing with the wrong crowd. Then a friend asked you to come to church and you gave your heart to God. Your spirit turned back to God, but your soul and body is still turned away from God.  A day after you gave your heart to God, your biker friends (remember you made friends with the wrong crowd in order to feel better about yourself – no offense to bikers. I myself loves riding a bike, but you get God fearing bikers and then you get BIKERS) challenged you to down a bottle of rum and ride your bike at 180km. You hear your dad telling you, you will come to nothing and you accept the challenge. 20 Meters further you kill yourself against a tree. At your funeral people say:  “ God has given and God has taken.” Is it God that took your life? No Satan took your life with all the lies he told you about yourself. In Genesis 6:3 it says that God said man will live to 120 years. Your mother of 50 years, have health problems and die because the shock of your death is too much. Now Satan stole the lives of 2 people, prophets for God. Satan murder Christians by corrupting there flesh and that is why people today don’t live to 120 years.

Remember that you have the power to speak life or death over a situation. Also remember that as a child of God you have full authority over Satan and his evil spirits. James 4:7 Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Luke 10:19 Behold I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents (Satan) and scorpions (evil spirits). 1 John 4:4 Little children you are of God…..because He Who (God) lives in you is greater than he who is in the world (Satan). You have the authority as a child of God to chase Satan and any of his evil spirits out of your life. Remember Satan cannot read your thoughts, so when you rebuke him in the Name of Jesus Christ it is important to say the words out loud.

If you have evil spirits controlling your life, stand in your identity in Christ and rebuke them. If you don’t know how, talk to a spiritual leader. If Christians knew how easy it is to get rid of a spirit, none of us will be living in bondage anymore.

Warning: If you get rid of a spirit and you don’t stay close to God, that spirit will come back and bring seven other spirits with him. Satan is an opportunist and he will not let a chance go by to destroy your life.