Sunday
Sermon
SATAN'S
STRATEGY TO DESTROY THE CHURCH
Date:
June 3, 2007
Speaker: Pastor Gerry Gregoire
Scriptural Reference: 2 Thessalonians
2:3; 10-11
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2 Thessalonians
2:3 (Amplified Bible)
3Let no one
deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day
will not come except the [a]apostasy comes first
[unless the predicted great [b]falling away of those
who have professed to be Christians has come], and
the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is
the son of doom (of perdition),(A)
2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 (Amplified Bible)
10And by unlimited seduction
to evil and with all wicked deception for those
who are perishing (going to perdition) because they
did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it
that they might be saved.
11Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence,
a working of error and a strong delusion to make
them believe what is false,
AS WE PREPARE TO BECOME
THE CHURCH THAT GOD IS CALLING TO BE A CHURCH THAT
IS KNOWN FOR IT'S EFFECTIVE PRAYER, THAT KNOCKS
SATAN'S HINDRANCES COMPLETELY OUT AND GETS PRAYERS
ANSWERED QUICKLY. ALSO, THE CHURCH THAT KNOWS WHO
TO LOVE THE UNLOVABLE AND REALLY HAS RECEIVED THE
LOVE OF GOD. OUR LOVE WILL BE ONE THAT HAS NO STRINGS
ATTACHED.
AFTER 11 SESSIONS IN
BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND, WE BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT
WRONG THINKING CAN CRUSH THE INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER
AND THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE.
A CHURCH THAT IS READY
AND WILLING WITH JOY TO FULFILL THE THIRD GREATEST
COMMANDMENT WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMISSION.
DO YOU KNOW
THAT AS WE LINE UP ON THE RUNWAY TO TAKE OFF INTO
GOD'S DESTINY, THE ENEMY WILL BE THERE TO STOP OUR
EFFORTS. SATAN AND HIS CRONIES ARE VERY SLY AND
HAVE A PLAN IN STORE FOR ANY CHURCH THAT IS WILLING
TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT GOD'S PLAN. AS A MATTER OF
FACT, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK,
MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD SPOKE
TO MY SPIRIT THE OTHER DAY AND SAID, SON, DO YOU
SEE ALL THE DESTRUCTION THAT IS GOING ON IN THE
WORLD TODAY? YES LORD I DO. MOST PEOPLE CAN SEE
THESE THINGS, EVEN THE PARADING OF IMMORALITY IN
THE STREETS, A VAST ARRAY OF HUMAN BEHAVIORS DESTRUCTIVE
TO HUMAN DIGNITY. THOSE THAT LOVE ME CAN SEE AND
SENSE ALL THESE THINGS. WHAT WAS HIDDEN SIN HAS
NOW MOVED INTO THE OPEN WITHOUT REPENTANCE. WARS
THAT TAKE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIVES. MOST PEOPLE
WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS SOME BAD THINGS HAPPENING
EVERYWHERE. YES LORD!
THEN I BELIEVE HE SAID, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AND
SENSING IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. MOST OF
THE ENEMY'S WORK IS SUBVERSIVE, HIDDEN FROM SIGHT.
THEN I BEGAN TO SEE THAT
ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NOW SEE WAS ONCE HIDDEN FROM
SIGHT. THE ENEMY WAS PLANTING AND CULTIVATING SEEDS
THAT EVENTUALLY BORE FRUIT. THESE THINGS JUST DIDN'T
JUST HAPPEN, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE WOMB OF DESTRUCTION
FOR GENERATIONS.
TAKE LEGAL ABORTIONS,
THIS SEED IS OLD BUT IN THE PAST PEOPLE WERE FED
IDEAS OF HUMAN PHILOSOPHY THAT MADE IT SOUND ALL
RIGHT. YES, THE FETUS IS NOT YET BORN, WE CAN DESTROY
IT, NO PROBLEM, NOW WE HAVE MASS MURDER WITH MANY
PEOPLE'S APPROVAL. PEOPLE WERE LULLED INTO THIS
GREAT SIN LIKE PLACING A FROG IN COLD WATER AND
TURNING UP THE HEAT AND IT DOESN'T KNOW ITS BEING
COOKED. THAT'S REALLY ONE OF SATAN'S STRATEGIES.
MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT ALL RIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE
IS GREAT AND BINGO THEY ARE IMMERSED TOO LONG AND
BECOME A CASUALTY.
REMOVAL OF PRAYER FROM
SCHOOL. LITTLE OLD MADELEINE MURRAY O'HARE AND HER
MOVEMENT TO REMOVE PRAYER FROM SCHOOL. HEY, IT WON'T
HURT, IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARY AND WE DON'T WANT
TO OFFEND THE ATHEIST DO WE' YET, AS OF NOW, THE
OUT OF MARRIAGE PREGNANCIES HAVE EXPLODED, NOT TO
MENTION THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT TAKEN MANY INNOCENT
LIVES. I BELIEVE IF WE WHO REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
STAND UP FOR OUR BELIEFS MANY OF THESE THINGS WOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
NO WE JUST GO WITH THE FLOW, AND ITS OKAY. YOUR
KIDS DON'T NEED TO SEE YOU STUDYING YOUR BIBLE AND
PRAYING, IT WON'T MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE!!
THEY DON'T NEED TO SEE YOU CONSISTENT IN CHURCH
ATTENDANCE !!! OH YEA, IF THAT'S RIGHT YOU ARE SETTING
UP, IMPREGNATING THE WOMB OF DESTRUCTION. MAYBE
NOT TODAY BUT IT WILL COME TO PASS THAT YOU WILL
REAP WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SOWING.
WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THESE FALSE NOTIONS FROM'
WHO IS FEEDING YOUR MIND?
NOW THAT WAS DEALING
WITH SOCIETY AND FAMILY. WHAT HAS THE DEVIL BEEN
SOWING AND STILL SOWING NOW FOR THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE CHURCH?
AS BAD AS THE OTHER THINGS WERE, SATAN'S MAJOR THRUST
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CHURCH, ESPECIALLY THE CHURCHES
THAT HAVE DECIDED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE LORD'S
BUSINESS. THESE TYPE OF CHURCHES MEAN DESTRUCTION
TO HIS KINGDOM, SO THE MORE HE CAN TAKE OUT THE
BETTER.
THE FOCUS OF
SATAN'S ENDEAVORS MUST BE TO INVEST HIS POWER WHERE
IT WILL REAP THE GREATEST REWARDS. HIS STRATEGY
IS TO UNDERMINE VALUES, PROMOTE GODLESS IDEOLOGIES
AND MORAL DECAY? ANYTHING THAT POLLUTES THE MIND
AND PERVERTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. THUS, HE AIMS
FOR THE COMMUNICATION MEDIA. SCHOOL CURRICULA, POLITICAL
AND RELIGIOUS BODIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
POWERFUL LEADERS. EACH CAN BECOME POTENTIAL AVENUES
OF SATAN'S INFLUENCE THAT TOUCH THE LIVES OF BELIEVERS.
MUSIC OF THE DAY. LISTEN SOMETIMES AND SEE WHAT
YOUR KIDS ARE GETTING FROM MANY SONGS.
YALE, HARVARD AND BROWN WERE CHRISTIAN COLLEGES
WHEN THEY STARTED AND TODAY THEY ARE A FAR CRY FROM
WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE. MANY CHURCHES FUNCTION
WITH ALMOST TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND THE POWER THAT COME THROUGH HIM.
THE SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES STARTED WITH POWER AND
WANTING TO SERVE CHRIST TO THE FULLEST. YET SATAN
WAS ALWAYS SOWING SEEDS TO MAKE THEM LESS EFFECTIVE
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED..
REVELATION 1:1 IS REFERRING TO WHAT WAS TO COME.
LETS LOOK:
Revelation 1
1. 1[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His
unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it
to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants
certain things which must shortly and speedily come
to pass [a]in their entirety. And He sent and communicated
it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant
John,
NOW IN REVELATION CHAPTER 2 AND 3, ITS MAKES REFERENCE
TO THE CONDITIONS OF CHURCHES AND HOW THEY WERE
MISLED INTO DANGEROUS THINGS.
REV 2:1-4
Revelation 2:1-4 (Amplified Bible)
Revelation
2
1TO THE angel (messenger) of the assembly (church)
in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who
holds the seven stars [which are the messengers
of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes
about among the seven golden lampstands [which are
the seven churches]:
2I know your industry and activities, laborious
toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and
how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested
and critically appraised those who call [themselves]
apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet
are not, and have found them to be impostors and
liars.
3I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing
up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted
or become exhausted or grown weary.
4But I have this [one charge to make] against you:
that you have left (abandoned) the love that you
had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].
IN VERSE 2 HE PRAISE THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND DISCERNMENT.
IN VERSE 3 MENTIONS THEIR PATIENT ENDURANCE AND
THEIR DEDICATION.
YET IN VERSE 4 HE SAYS THAT THEY HAVE LEFT THEIR
FIRST LOVE.
WHAT MAKES A PERSON LEAVE
THEIR FIRST LOVE ? IT HAS TO BE ANOTHER LOVE WOULDN'T
YOU SAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANOTHER PERSON, IT
CAN BE A PERSON OR THING THAT YOU DEDICATE YOURSELF
TO AND GOD IS NO LONGER NUMBER ONE IN YOUR LIFE.
MAYBE MONEY, JOB, HUMAN LOVE, LUST, WORLDLY PLEASURES.
SOMETIMES IT MAY BE INNOCENT AND PEOPLE HAVEN'T
EVEN NOTICED, BUT GOD IS NOT FILLING MOST OF THEIR
LIFE ANYMORE. HAS THAT HAPPENED TO ANYONE HERE?
BIBLE STUDY DOESN'T EXCITE YOU ANYMORE, YOU WOULD
RATHER SPEND THAT TIME WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND THAT
IN ITSELF IS NOT WRONG BUT YOU CHOOSE THEM INSTEAD
OF GOD. PRAYER IS OKAY IF I HAVE THE TIME OR MAYBE
YOU HAVE BEEN SPENDING MORE TIME DOING THINGS THAT
REALLY INTEREST YOU. LIKE MOVIES, HOBBIES AND THE
LIKE. PRAYING CAN BE SO BORING!!
DO YOU GET THE PICTURE?
LETS GO TO VERSE 8-10
OF REV 2:
Revelation 2:8-11 (Amplified Bible)
8And to the angel (messenger)
of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These
are the words of the First and the Last, Who died
and came to life again:(A)
9I know your affliction and distress and pressing
trouble and your poverty--but you are rich! and
how you are abused and reviled and slandered by
those who say they are Jews and are not, but are
a synagogue of Satan.
10Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss
your dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is
indeed about to throw some of you into prison, that
you may be tested and proved and critically appraised,
and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally
faithful unto death [even if you must die for it],
and I will give you the crown of life.(B)
11He who is able to hear, let him listen to and
heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
He who overcomes (is victorious) shall in no way
be injured by the second death.
IN VERSE 9 HE ADDRESSES THEIR AFFLICTION AND DISTRESS
AND TELLS THEM TO REMAIN FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. IN
VERSE 10 THEY ARE TO FEAR NOTHING AND THAT EVEN
IN POVERTY THEY WERE RICH. NOT TOLD TO REPENT BUT
THAT THERE WAS MORE TRIBULATION COMING. WHEW !!
MANY IN CHURCHES TODAY ARE OVERWHELMED WITH FEARS
AND NOT WILLING TO GIVE IT ALL TO GOD. CONSEQUENTLY
THEY WILL NEVER ENTER THE DESTINY OF GOD AND THAT
IS WHAT SATAN?S PLAN IS. ANYONE HERE SATURATED WITH
FEAR AND YOUR HOLDING BACK WITH GOD'S CALL ON YOUR
LIFE. THE SEED OF FEAR IS ALWAYS BEING SOWN BY SATAN.
HIS TACTICS HAVE NEVER CHANGED.
LETS LOOK AT REV. 2 VERSE
12-13 ----
Revelation 2:12-15 (Amplified Bible)
12Then to the
angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Pergamum
write: These are the words of Him Who has and wields
the sharp two-edged sword:
13I know where you live--a place where Satan sits
enthroned. [Yet] you are clinging to and holding
fast My name, and you did not deny My faith, even
in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful
one, who was killed (martyred) in your midst--where
Satan dwells.
14Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:
you have some people there who are clinging to the
teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap
and a stumbling block before the sons of Israel,
[to entice them] to eat food that had been sacrificed
to idols and to practice lewdness [giving themselves
up to sexual vice].(A)
15You also have some who in a similar way are clinging
to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [those corrupters
of the people] which thing I hate.
IN VERSE 13 HE TELLS THEM HE KNOWS THAT THEY LIVE
IN A HELL HOLE. AND THEY ARE HOLDING ONTO THE NAME
OF THE LORD AND NOT DENYING FAITH. BUT IN VERSE
14 THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE INCORPORATING,
WHAT WE CALL TODAY, NEW AGE THINKING. THAT IS THEY
WERE RECEIVING WRONG TEACHING. SEXUAL VISE WAS ALL
RIGHT (SOME WOULD SAY IN TODAY'S WORLD THAT PORN
HELPS MY MARRIAGE) THAT'S A LIE FROM THE DEVIL AND
SOME HAVE BOUGHT INTO IT AND HAVE HAD THEIR MARRIAGES
RUINED.
BE CAREFUL FOR THE NAME AND CLAIM PHILOSOPHY!! SOME
MINISTRIES ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY AND IT'S ALL
FINANCIAL GAINS. WITHOUT DISCERNMENT IT'S EASY TO
GET CAUGHT UP IN MANY FALSE TEACHINGS. THESE TYPE
OF TEACHINGS CAN GET YOU OFF THE FOCUS ON SOULS
AND HEALING. AS YOU PURSUE HIS WORD, GOD WILL BLESS
YOU IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
LETS GO TO REV 2:18-21
Revelation 2:18-21 (Amplified Bible)
18And to the angel (messenger)
of the assembly (church) in Thyatira write: These
are the words of the Son of God, Who has eyes that
flash like a flame of fire, and Whose feet glow
like bright and burnished and white-hot bronze:(A)
19I know your record and what you are doing, your
love and faith and service and patient endurance,
and that your recent works are more numerous and
greater than your first ones.
20But I have this against you: that you tolerate
the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess
[claiming to be inspired], and who is teaching and
leading astray my servants and beguiling them into
practicing sexual vice and eating food sacrificed
to idols. [I Kings 16:31; II Kings 9:22, 30.]
21I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire
to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry]
and refuses to do so.
AGAIN WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT FALLS PREY TO FALSE
TEACHINGS. JEZEBEL WAS ALSO ADVOCATING SEXUAL VISE
AND OTHER THINGS CONTRARY TO GOD'S LAW. THESE TYPE
OF TEACHINGS WILL SLOW DOWN OR STOP COMPLETELY YOUR
CHURCH PLAN TO CARRY ON WITH GOD'S WORK.
REV 3:1-3
Revelation 3:1-3 (Amplified Bible)
Revelation 3
1AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church)
in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who
has the seven Spirits of God [[a]the sevenfold Holy
Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record
and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive,
but [in reality] you are dead.
2Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen
and invigorate what remains and is on the point
of dying; for I have not found a thing that you
have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements
of My God or perfect in His sight.
3So call to mind the lessons you received and heard;
continually lay them to heart and obey them, and
repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves and
keep awake and watch, I will come upon you like
a thief, and you will not know or suspect at what
hour I will come.
THIS CHURCH IS NOT PRAISED FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE
THEY HAD DONE NOTHING. THEY WERE ON THE VERGE OF
DEATH. LAZY CHURCHES NEVER ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING FOR
GOD. LAZINESS CAN BE VERY SUBTLE AND YOU MAY NOT
EVEN BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE JUST MOVING SLOW NOT
WANTING TO STIR THE WATERS OR MAKE WAVES. WHERE
DOES THE THOUGHTS COME FROM? HOW ABOUT YOUR ENEMY,
AND YOU SOMETIMES DISPLAY LAZINESS ON YOUR OWN.
THEY NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND THE TEACHINGS THEY HAD
AND NEVER PUT THEM INTO USE. YOU CAN SIT IN A BIBLE
STUDY AND LISTEN, BUT NEVER PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT
YOU LEARNED. SOME DON'T EVEN SEE SATAN BEHIND THIS
ATTITUDE.
NOW REV 3:7-10
Revelation 3:7-10 (Amplified Bible)
7And to the angel (messenger)
of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one
shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open:(A)
8I know your [record of] works and what you are
doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open
which no one is able to shut; I know that you have
but little power, and yet you have kept My Word
and guarded My message and have not renounced or
denied My name.
9Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of
Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold,
I will make them come and bow down before your feet
and learn and acknowledge that I have loved you.(B)
10Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient
endurance [have held fast the [a]lesson of My patience
with the [b]expectant endurance that I give you],
I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial
(testing) which is coming on the whole world to
try those who dwell upon the earth.
VERSE 8 SAYS THEY HAD LITTLE POWER BUT THEY KEPT
HIS WORD. THAT IS THEY DID HIS WORD. HE OPENED DOORS
FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH WHICH NO MAN COULD SHUT.
WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT HIS BUSINESS HE WILL GIVE YOU
FAVOR AND OPEN THOSE DOORS THAT YOU NEED OPENED.
VERSE 9 HE WILL MAKE YOUR ENEMIES BOW DOWN BEFORE
YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FAVOR FROM GOD.
VERSE 10 SAYS THAT HE WILL KEEP THEM SAFE FROM THE
HOUR OF TRIAL.
NOW VERSE 14-22 OF CHAPTER
3;
Revelation
3:14-22 (Amplified Bible)
14And to the angel (messenger)
of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These
are the words of the Amen, the trusty and faithful
and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author
of God's creation:(A)
15I know your [record of] works and what you are
doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that
you were cold or hot!
16So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold
nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!
17For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown
wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do
not realize and understand that you are wretched,
pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.(B)
18Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold
refined and tested by fire, that you may be [truly]
wealthy, and white clothes to clothe you and to
keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and
salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.
19Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell
their faults and convict and convince and reprove
and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So
be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with
zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude].(C)
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone
hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens
the door, I will come in to him and will eat with
him, and he [will eat] with Me.
21He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant
him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame
(was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on
His throne.
22He who is able to hear, let him listen to and
heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies
(churches).
VERSE 15-16 SAYS THAT THEY WERE NOT HOT OR COLD
AND THAT HE WOULD BE SPITTING THEM OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
VERSE 17 SAYS THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE RICH THEY SAW
NO NEED FOR GOD TO HELP THEM. WE SEE THAT A LOT
IN THIS WORLD. PEOPLE COME INTO MONEY AND THEY FORGET
ABOUT GOD. A PASTOR IN R.I. WON THE READER'S DIGEST
SWEEPSTAKES AND JUST LEFT HIS CHURCH OF 60 AND BOUGHT
PROPERTY IN THE CARRIBEAN.
VERSE 18 GOD TELLS THEM TO GET WISE AND SEE REALLY
WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
VERSE 19 I CHASTISE THE ONES I LOVE.
VERSE 20 I WANT TO COME IN AND FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU,
SO OPEN YOUR HEART AND SEE ME AND MY REAL INTENTIONS
FOR YOU, THAT THEY ARE ALL GOOD.
VERSE 21 HE GIVES THEM INCENTIVE, YOU WILL SIT ON
MY THRONE IF YOU OVERCOME.
MOST TIMES SUCCESS
IN LIFE NEGATES OUR NEED TO STAY CLOSE TO GOD. WE
FEEL THAT WE DON'T NEED CHURCH, BIBLE STUDY AND
PRAYER BECAUSE WE ARE TOO WELL OFF. RICHES ARE OKAY
BUT DON'T LET THEM POSSESS YOU.
FIVE (5) OF
THE SEVEN CHURCHES WERE TOLD TO REPENT. WHERE DO
YOU SEE YOURSELF?
WE ARE IN DANGEROUS TIMES SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO
DON'T KNOW JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR AND THEIR THINKING
AND PHILOSOPHY CAN INFLUENCE YOUR THINKING. SATAN
WILL USE THEM TO PLANT WRONG THOUGHTS IN YOUR LIFE
AND DESTROY YOUR USEFULNESS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
WE WILL CLOSE WITH 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 ----
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (Amplified Bible)
2 Timothy
3
1BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will
come (set in) perilous times of great stress and
trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].
2For people will be lovers of self and [utterly]
self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an
inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and
arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be
abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to
parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane.
3[They will be] without natural [human] affection
(callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of
no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers
(false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and
loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce,
haters of good.
4[They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and]
inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers
of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than
and rather than lovers of God.
5For [although] they hold a form of piety (true
religion), they deny and reject and are strangers
to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness
of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn
away from them] (COMMENT ON EACH VERSE, TIME PERMITTING)
CHILDREN OF GOD WE ARE THERE AND ALL ALONG SATAN
HAS BEEN SOWING HIS SEEDS, THAT WHY YOU HAVE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO THINK AND DO WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THESE
VERSES DO. AND WHAT IS SAD IS THAT SOME OF THEM
ARE IN HIGH POSITIONS AND WELL RESPECTED BUT THEY
BOUGHT INTO SATAN'S LIES. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES
THAT THE ENEMY WILL USE TO MESS UP YOUR PLANS TO
SERVE GOD AND ENTER INTO HIS DESTINY FOR YOUR LIFE
AND THE DESTINY OF THIS CHURCH. THE SEEDS THEY SOW
HAVE BEEN SOWED DOWN THROUGH THE AGES SAME TACTICS
DIFFERENT PACKAGE. THAT IS WHAT SATAN DOES TO DESTROY
THE CHURCH.
SATAN LIKE WARS AND KILLING AND STEALING AND DESTROYING
BUT HIS MAIN TASK IS TO DESTROY ANY CHURCH THAT
HAS WOKEN UP AND READY TO DO THE LORD'S BIDDING.
SOME OF US MAY HAVE WRONG
THINKING BECAUSE WE BOUGHT INTO SATAN'S LIES AND
WE NEED TO REPENT. BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER. LET
GIFS FLOW.
ALTAR CALL FOR
THE CHURCH AND INTERNET LISTENERS.. INVITATION TO
COME TO THE CHURCH.
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