DEMONS in the BIBLE Explained: Angels and Demons 5 with Allen Nolan

for the last two weeks we've been studying the first four verses in the book of Genesis chapter six and what I've been doing is laying the foundation for what I'm going to be sharing with you this morning but first I want to look at one more verse in Genesis chapter 6 and that verses verse number five because verse number five kind of ties everything together you see it explains why God had to destroy every living creature on the earth including every man woman and child with the exception of Noah in his family so turn with me if you would to the book of Genesis chapter six and follow along with me as I read verse five says and God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually now I want you to underline the word imagination imagination is translated from the Hebrew word sir which refers to the different aspects of a person's thought process now when we talk about the different aspects of a person's thought process we're talking about his thoughts imaginations intentions motives daydreams plans reasoning etc so what this is saying is that doing evil was the only thing that people thought about they fantasized in daydreamed about doing evil things they used their imagination to come up with new ways of being evil then they contemplated on how to do it and that's all they thought about every day all day long in fact I want you to notice how the NLT translates this verse notice what it says the Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil now people that's bad everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil now verses 1 through 4 explains why the people became so wicked it's because the sons of God left their natural habitat sex with the daughters of men and they produced a super race of people known as the Nephilim in fact let's read for so you can get a picture of what I'm talking about notice what Genesis chapter 6 verse 4 says the Nephilim were on the earth in those days when the sons of God which are who angels went to the daughters of men and had children by them they were the heroes of owed men of renown so the Nephilim were half angel and half human or if you want to get technical they were half fallen angel and half human but that also explains why they were so evil they were the offspring of fallen angels they were literally the spawn of Satan's angels now if you noticed verse 4 also says that they became heroes men of renown and you can see why being half angel they were physically superior to humans they were bigger they were faster they were stronger they were quicker they were more agile etc now when you combine these two things number one they were evil and number two they were heroes you can see why they had such a corruptive influence on men it's because their heroes were evil beings interesting so in verse number five were told that doing evil was the only thing that men thought about and that explains why it was necessary for God to destroy every living creature including every man woman and child with the exception of Noah and his family and that's the gist of what we've covered over the last two weeks now this morning we're going to discuss the subject of demons because I know that when you start talking about falling angels having sex with human women and creating a super race of people known as the Nephilim it raises a lot of questions especially about the supernatural Darkseid am i right in fact let me do a little impromptu survey if you don't mind how many of you had never heard of the Nephilim until two weeks ago just raise your hand yeah most of you how many of you had never heard of fallen angels having sex with human women just raise your hands yeah never even heard of that had you you didn't even know that was in the Bible so when I started teaching on this to raise a lot of questions especially about demons and fallen angels well didn't it should have we should have inquisitive minds so when we're reading something we should be asking what does this really mean so when you were reading through the book of Genesis and you got to the first five verses you should have been sank what in the world is this talking about and then when you found out it should erase questions about fallen angels and demons so let's talk about demons this morning well believe it or not the word demons is not in the Bible at least not in the King James Version it's in the it's in the new American Standard in the NIV but it is not in the King James Version now really that's an erroneous claim and let me explain why I say that people the Bible was written originally in Greek and in Hebrew the New Testament was written in Greek the Old Testament was written in Hebrew so many times you'll have a person come out and say well that words not even in the Bible I'll give you a good example I've had people come up to me you don't believe in the rapture they'll say well the word rapture is not even in the Bible and I look at them and say yes it is they look at me kind of confusing where is it it's in the book of first Thessalonians it's the Greek word harpazo harpazo means to snatch up or to or to catch up in the air and literally that's what it means and so when we translate it we didn't translate as rapture we translated as caught up in the air to meet the Lord yeah but that word rapture is there we could have used the word rapture when we translated so when I say that the word demons is not in the Bible and then I clarify myself and I say well it's not in the King James Version it's in the NIV and it's in the new American Standard I really shouldn't say that and I'll tell you why the word demons is in the original Greek in Hebrew we just maybe don't translate it as demons so we find other terms and let me list some of the other terms we find we find the term unclean spirit evil spirit Devils seducing spirit foul spirit and familiar spirit and those terms are used quite frequently in the Bible in fact evil spirit is used 13 times unclean spirit is used 22 times Devil's plural is used numerous times especially by Jesus in fact let me give an example looka Luke chapter 13 verse number 32 here's what Jesus said and he said unto them go ye until that fox behold I cast out devils Diabolus yea but it should have been translated as demons and I do and I do cures today and tomorrow on the third day I shall be perfected so that word is used numerous times by Jesus seducing Spirit is used once foul spirit is used twice familiar spirit is used 15 times in the Bible and all of these terms are referring to what we call demons but what are demons does anyone now anyone well there are three theories as to what demons are the first theory is that demons are fallen angels the second theory is that demons are the disembodied spirits of a pre-adamic race now if you remember there are those that believe that the creation story in the book of Genesis chapter 1 is actually a recreation story they believe that there is a gap between verse 1 and verse 2 in Genesis chapter 1 what they believe in is known as the gap theory and I'm not going to go into that if you weren't here when I was teaching through the book of Genesis you don't know what I'm talking about but you can go back and listen to that sermon that is the third sermon in my series on the book of Genesis so go back and listen to that but that is the second theory the third theory is that demons are the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim that were killed during the flood or who died during the flood now which one of these theories is right well the first theory is certainly the most popular if you were to take a survey most people would say that demons are fallen angels in fact let's do that how many of you believe that demons are fallen angels all right that's quite a few of you how many of you really believe that but you're afraid to act to raise your hand because you're afraid you might be wrong how many of you are not going to raise your hand no matter what I say yeah there see yeah that would be me yeah well most people believe that demons are fallen angels but that seems to contradict what the scriptures say do you think Jesus taught that demons are disembodied spirits turn to Matthew chapter 12 verses 43 through 45 I'll show you what I'm talking about and as you're turning there let me say this Jesus taught more on demons than anyone else in fact I could probably spend at least three months teaching on demons from Jesus perspective but I'm not gonna do that I do want to show you that Jesus taught that demonic spirits are disembodied spirits so look at Matthew chapter 12 verses 43 through 45 notice what it says when an evil spirit in greek that is demons when in when a demon comes out of a man in other words just cast out of him it goes through arid places seeking rest but it does not find it then it says I will return to the house that word house is very important if I were you what I would do is I would turn to this passage of scripture in your Bible I would come down to this verse and I would underline the word house I would put it in parenthesis and I would put an asterisk there and say this is important all right then it says I will return to the house I left in other words the house I was cast out of when it arrives it finds the house what house the house that the demonic spirit was cast out of unoccupied swept clean and put in order then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits that were spirits is referring to demons more wicked than itself why because it wasn't powerful enough to keep from being cast out that's why it wants to find more demons that are more powerful or more wicked than it because it doesn't want to be cast out again let's keep going then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself and they go in and live there where's there the house that it was cast out of because it was empty had been cleaned have been swept out so we get seven or demons and it goes back to the house and that's where it lives now notice this very important and the final condition of that man the man that the demon was cast out of the house that it was cast out of is worse than the first now notice that when an evil spirit comes out of a man it's homeless you see demons want to use people's bodies as a home why because they don't have a home they don't have a body they are disembodied spirits you see your spirit has a home and that home is your body turn to second Corinthians chapter five verses one through three and I'll show you what I'm talking about if you don't understand this you don't understand what Jesus was teaching about demons notice what it says for we know that when this earthly tent we live in I don't know about you but if you go to where I live there's not a tent pinch'd pitched on the land that I live in I live in a house but this is not talking about where I live this is talking about my earthly body says for you know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down in other words when this earthly tent dies now let's keep reading that is because now he's clarified that is when we die and leave this earthly body so right now this earthly tent is my earthly body it's where my spirit lives does that make sense my soul my spirit lives in my body now you recognize me because of my body but the real Allan Nolan is not this you can cut off my hands and I'm still Allan Nolan you can cut off my arms as long as I don't bleed to death and I'm still Allan oh and you can cut off on my legs and I'm still Allan Nolan you can shave my head which is pretty close to what it is now I'm still Allan Nolan this body is where I live and it says that is when we die and leave this earthly body we will have a house in heaven now this is not talking about our mansion yes we're going to have a mansion there that we live in but it's not talking about that it's talking about an earthly body how do I know that we'll keep reading an eternal body see that we will have a house in heaven an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands we grow riri in our present bodies and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing for we will put on heavenly bodies we will not be spirits with our bodies we will not be disembodied spirits so when I die my physical body is going to go into the earth and I'm gonna have my spirits gonna leave but it's gonna have a spiritual body that's why when I'm teaching and I tell you we will have all five of our senses we'll still be able to see we're still being able to hear we'll be able to taste we'll be able to smile we'll be able to feel we can do all of those things because we're gonna have a spiritual body why is our physical body going to be resurrected one day because we were created to live in a three-dimensional world and we're going to come back with Jesus to live on this earth during the Millennium so our physical body is going to be resurrected and reunited so even that spiritual body is going to put on another physical body but he wants you to know that when you die you will not be a disembodied spirit but here's what I want you to notice when you read this the first thing that you see is your physical body is actually a home for your spirit but demons don't have a home in other words they don't have a body that's why demons seek to possess people they need a home a body to live in and that's what Jesus was saying when a demon or an evil spirit leaves a man is cast out of that man it goes through an arid place and it knows I need a body it's uncomfortable it's a disembodied spirit it goes back to that home that body and it sees that it's cleaned it's been swept out why because that demon had been cast out but it goes to if I go back in and get cast out again so we get seven more wicked than itself and it goes back and it says that man's condition is worse than the first why because it came back taking a home a body to live in but my point is this according to Jesus demons are disembodied spirits which means that demons are not and cannot be fallen angels which means that demons are not and cannot be fallen angels why in other words how do I know that I know that because angels are not disembodied spirits angels have a celestial body and they can also manifest themselves at times in a terrestrial body in other words a physical body and I prove that to you several weeks ago when we talked about fallen angels having sex with human women even God has told us in the book of Hebrews that we ought to entertain strangers because many of you entertained strangers and they were actually angels and you were unaware of that yeah so if demons are disembodied spirits they can't be fallen angels because angels have bodies now let me take this a step further because that's not the only proof the book of Jude and 2nd Peter tells us that the fallen angels who left their natural habitat and had sex with the daughters of men are being kept in Chains until the day of judgment turn to 2nd Peter chapter 2 verses 4 through 5 and you see what I'm talking about says for if God did not spare angels when they sinned but sent them to help putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment now when did God do this immediately when they fail no how do you know that because I keep reading and I take this verse in context notice what it says for God did not spare angels when they sinned but since them to hell putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment when did he do this well let's keep reading if he did not spare the ancient world what is the ancient world the world before the flood keep reading when he brought the flood on it's ungodly people but protected no a preacher of righteousness and seven others so what he's saying isn't the reason he had to bring that flood if you remember is because these angels fallen angels had sex with and they created a super race of people known as the Nephilim and they were wicked and they were the heroes of the people and everyone became wicked and God said I've got to destroy them and the reason Noah was saved us because he was a godly man and his genetics his line was not tainted so he's the only one that survived but when it talks about these angels being put in dungeons it tells us the timeframe this ancient world those fallen angels that left their natural habit Jude talks further about this look at Jude chapter 1 verse 6 notice what it says and the angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation where have you heard that word before Genesis chapter 6 verses 1 through 4 why did these these sons of God these fallen angels leave their natural habitat in order to have sex with the daughters of men so that's what he's referring to and the angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after in teresting phrase strange flesh if I were you I would underline that I would put it in parenthesis maybe highlighted I'd put a little asterisk by it and I would say study this out especially according to 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse number 39 because every creature is giving a certain type of flesh and that's what it's talking about in 1st Corinthians 15 39 but those have thought and then Gomorrah went after strange flesh they had sex with other men and women with women but here's what's interesting that phrase strange strange flesh here is actually talking about something else study that outs very interesting but let me keep going our set forth for an example suffering the Vengeance of eternal fire now this doesn't mean that all of the fallen angels are in Chains right now are in a dungeon in Hell waiting for the great day of judgment doesn't mean that because you actually have two groups of fallen angels you have those that are bound in chains and you have those that are free those that are bound in chains are the ones that left their natural habit and had sex with human women those that are free rebelled with Satan but they didn't leave their natural habit refers to these free angels or fallen angels in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12 go ahead and turn there if you don't mind and follow along with me as I read this for our struggle is not against flesh and blood some of you are having such a tough time in your life can I be honest with you wake up and smell the coffee your struggle is not with flesh and blood but against the rulers against the authorities against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil now notice where these four things dwell let's keep reading in the heavenly realms people that's their natural habit but these are different classes of fallen angels and that's what Paul is saying those that dwell in the heavenly realm and did not leave their their natural habit they did not come to this three dimensional world and have sex strange flesh with women daughters of men and who are these they're the ones who did not leave the heavenly realm they did not leave their natural habit they are rulers they are authorities they are powers of the dark world and they are spiritual forces of evil but there is no biblical evidence whatsoever that these fallen angels have ever possessed a person none why they already have a body a celestial body these fallen angels that did not leave their natural habitat but are still in the spiritual realm are still in the spiritual dominion dimension they work against God's plan and they use demons to fulfill their purposes the second theory that demons are the disembodied spirits of a pre-atomic grace is pure speculation we really don't have any scriptures to support it so it's difficult to prove it might be true but there's no supporting evidence to hang your hat on it's just a theory the third theory that demons are the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim who were destroyed in the flood not only has scriptural support as we study the teachings of Jesus but it was also the accepted view among the Jews at the time of Jesus Christ you see the Jews believed that when the Nephilim were killed in the flood their half angel half human solar spirit lived on just like ours did and that's what demons are they're the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim in fact all of the Jews at Jesus time believe this it's true in fact the most common Hebrew word for demon at the time of Christ was tamanna fall Tim will new fall is a compound word that simply means it's made up of more than one word in this case it's made up of two words the first word is Tim mu which means one who is dead or buried the second word is 'no fall now remembered 'no fall is the singular for nephilim knee fall is singular Nephilim is plural now when you combine these two words temu and 'no fall it literally means dead in the fall so the common word for demons at the time of Christ was dead Nephilim did you know that everyone that was a Jew that lived in Israel at the time of Jesus referred to demons as Tim una fall dead Nephilim and that's what the Jews believed at the time of Jesus they believed that demons for the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim that were destroyed in the flood now let me go a little bit deeper and explain why the Jews believe that at the time of Jesus how many of you have heard of the Book of Enoch I mean never heard of the Book of Enoch what a few of you have never heard of the Book of Enoch this is the Book of Enoch the Book of Enoch was a very popular book during the time of Jesus and two of our new tents to meant books actually refer to the book of Enoch the book of Jude does in the book of second Peter and the Book of Enoch specifically states that demons are the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim in fact let me read chapter 15 in the Book of Enoch follow along with me as i read it in fact if you wanted to you could buy this book of enoch you could turn to the fifteenth chapter and you could just follow along with me as i read this because this is actually where I got it the Book of Enoch here's what it says verse 1 and he talking about God answered and said to me who is me Enoch and I heard his voice this is what he said to Enoch fear not Enoch thou righteous man ascribe a righteousness approach hither in hear my voice and go say to the Watchers of heaven now here's in this here's what's interesting Daniel referred to the Angels as what Watchers why why did Daniel refer to angels as Watchers he referred to angels as Watchers because they live in the spiritual in the spiritual dimension they live in the spiritual realm and we live in the physical realm we live in this three-dimensional world we can't see into the spiritual realm but they can see into the physical realm so they watch us those angels are watching us right now if you could look into the spiritual realm you would see angels all around this way but you can't see them they can see you though and that's why Daniel refers to them as Watchers enix referring to them as Watchers so he says go Enoch and say to the Watchers of heaven angels who have sent thee to intercede for them why would these angels 1 Enoch to intercede for them because their fallen angels so they're asking Enoch who is a righteous man would you intercede for us and God says you go tell them this you should intercede for men and not men for you there's no hope for you then he goes further and this is what Enoch is supposed to tell them wherefore have you left the high holy and eternal heaven and lain with women and defiled yourself with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives and unlike the children of Earth and begotten Giants as your son what's this referring to Genesis chapter 6 verses 1 through 1 through 4 the Fallen Angels left their natural habitat the the daughters of men were very beautiful and they took them that's a sexual euphemism and they had children called the Nephilim this is what verse 3 chapter 15 of the book of enoch says let's keep reading verse 4 and though you were holy again he's talking to these fallen angels and though you were holy Spiritual Living the eternal life you have defiled yourself with the blood of women and have begotten children with the blood of flesh and as the children men have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who died in perish verse 5 therefore I have given them who's them man wives also that they might impregnate them and beget children by them that thus nothing might be wanting to them on the earth because when Adam and Eve were first created there were the only two and the way that they were going to populate the earth is through having sex and children angels are not that way they are created beings they were never designed to reproduce keep reading verse 6 but you talking to fallen angels were formerly no longer are you this but we're formerly Spiritual Living the eternal life and immortal for all generations of the world and therefore I have not appointed wives for you for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven in heaven as their dwelling in other words that's their natural habit the spiritual realm verse 8 and now the Giants who are produced from the spirits and flesh who are the Nephilim who are the Giants the ones that are produced from spirits and flesh shall be called evil spirits upon the earth and on the earth shall be their dwelling Wow let's keep reading it gets even better verse 9 now we're gonna find out the origin from the Book of Enoch the origin of demons evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies whose body the Nephilim because when they die that's the spirit of the Nephilim and then it goes further because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers in other words fallen angels so these giants are from what they're from men and from angels and then it goes further that is their beginning and their primal origin so what's the origin of demons the Nephilim those who were born of fallen angels and men then he goes further they shall be evil spirits upon the earth and evil spirits shall they be called let's keep reading verse 10 as for the spirits of heaven in heaven shall be their dwelling but as for the spirits of the earth the spirits of the Nephilim which were born upon the earth the fallen angels were not born upon the earth but their offspring was the Nephilim but as for the spirits earth which were born upon the earth on the earth shall be their dwelling they do not dwell in the heavenly realm they dwell on this earth let's keep reading and the spirits of the Giants afflict oppress destroy attack to battle and work destruction on the earth and cost trouble they take no food but nevertheless hunger and thirst and they cause offenses verse 12 and the spirit shall rise up against the children of men and against the women because they have proceeded from them in other words these demons hate you because they are not like you you have an eternal spirit if you're born again your spirit will go to heaven when you die if you're not born again when you die your spirit will go to hell you never burn up in hell then one day your body will be resurrected reunited with your soul you'll stand before God at the white great white throne judgment and then you'll be thrown in the lake of fire and you still won't perish for all eternity you will be in the lake of fire but it was never prepared for man it was always prepared for the devil in his what angels but the demons hates you according to the book of Enoch now let me explain something about the Coveney it was very very popular during the time of Jesus very very popular and because of that everyone believed that demons at the time of Jesus every Jew not the pagans the Jews they believed that demons were the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim now let me explain something about the Book of Enoch it belongs to a group of book known as the pseudepigrapha has anyone ever heard of the pseudepigrapha most of you have not heard of the pseudepigrapha all right the pseudepigrapha is a collection of books that claim to be written by well-known biblical characters but they really weren't they are pseudepigrapha books you see the word pseudepigrapha is a compound word that simply means it's made up of one word more than one word in this case is made up of two words it's made up of the Greek word sudah switch means false and the Greek word epigraph a which means to ascribe now when you combine these two words it literally means to falsely ascribe or in other words to falsely attribute to someone so the pseudepigrapha is a collection of books that are falsely attributed to well-known biblical characters so the real enoch did not write this book the enoch that walked with god before the flood and then was no more that was raptured that was taken up to heaven he did not write this book but this book is attributed to him does that make sense now every once in a while I'll have someone come up to me who's been doing some studying and they'll find out that there are certain people that believe that the pseudepigrapha should have been included in the Bible so they'll come up to me and they'll say why weren't the books in the pseudepigrapha included in the Bible and I always look at them and say are you kidding no I don't really say that I say well think about it every book in the Bible is inspired by God and is inerrant what do we mean by an heir it's without error so if you've got a book that claims to be written by someone famous in the Bible but it really isn't people that's a false claim that alone disqualifies it from being in the Bible and that's why these these books are not included in our Bible now I do have to say this the Book of Enoch is included and the if the christians of ethiopia and some in north and northern africa all right but for the most part it's not included in our Bible but that doesn't mean that there are not some truths in some of these books as an example this is a history book it's a very good history book I would recommend it to anyone it's the Christian history of the Constitution I don't believe that the Constitution is evolving and changing we want a good conservative Supreme Court justice don't we and every Christian said yes all non-christians say no but anyways that's the Christian history of the Constitution now here's what's interesting that book is not inspired by God and is not inerrant so I can't take for granted that everything in it is 100% true or 100 percent accurate in fact I'm sure that some of the things that are written in this book are wrong but at the same time there's still a lot of truth in it so I can get some good information from it right and the same thing holds true for many of the pseudepigrapha books they might not be inspired by God or in there but it doesn't mean that there isn't some truth in them and there must be some truth in the Book of Enoch because two books in the Bible actually quote from it they don't just refer to the Book of Enoch they quote from the Book of Enoch yeah the book of 2nd Peter and the book of jude both quote from the book of enoch does that make sense now whether or not demons of the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim doesn't really matter what matters is that demons are real they existed in Christ day and they still exist today now let me explain why I do believe that they are the disembodied spirits the Nephilim because every Jew believed that and because Jesus taught so much on demons and he corrected the wrong beliefs of the Jews in his time jesus never did correct the thought he never did say you have been taught that demons octan munna fall but I say unto you and it would been very easy Jesus never did that interesting isn't it but it really doesn't matter come up to me and we can get in a debate and we talk about these three theories and they're really the basic three theories that all scholars believe there might be some wild things out there but those are the three that Christian scholars discuss and they debate that doesn't really matter which one is right what really matters is that demons are real they existed in Jesus day and they still exist today so let me give you some facts about demons if you're taking notes get ready to write first of all demons very in wickedness and in power turn with me if you would to the book of Matthew chapter 12 verse number 45 I'll show you what I'm talking about then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all enter the person and live there that's their home now what's the home that person's body why do they seek a body because they're disembodied spirits and so that person is worse off than before that will be the experience of this evil generation so some demons are more wicked than others Jesus was teaching that it says that the demon that's cast out it goes through a tear dry places a man let's go back oh it's still empty in other words that person's not a believer the demon was cast out but he hasn't filled himself with the Holy Spirit he's jesus is not living inside of him so when he goes back he goes I was cast out I need some more backup so he gets seven demons more wicked than himself but what it says is that what this is telling us as some demons are more wicked than others now look at mark chapter 9 verses 28 through 29 and when he was coming to the house his disciples asked him privately why could we not cast him out what was he talking about he's demon and he said unto them this kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting in other words some demons are more powerful than other demons does that make sense secondly demons seek to oppress and entice people to sin and if possible to possess a person turn with me if you would to the book of first samuel chapter 16 14 I'm gonna use a no Testament scripture because I want you to understand this is not just a New Testament phenomenon there were demonic spirits in the Old Testament - I literally heard one pastor say this one time well you won't find demons in the Old Testament you only find them in the New Testament it's a New Testament phenomenon oh good lord read your Bible anyways notice what it says but the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit in the Lord troubled him now that were troubled actually means oppressed him but here's what throws people assists from the Lord now here's what you need to understand if you're a Christian then God has a hedge of protection around you you're under his umbrella of protection even in the Old Testament so when Saul was first anointed to be king he was under the he was under the umbrella of God's protection but when he began to sin and he did the things God told him not to do especially when he went to a necromancer God pulled back he was no longer - men oppression and so now this evil spirit comes and the reason it says from the Lord is because the Jews perceived it like this man everything is under God's hands but if he pulls his protection back then that evil spirit it's as well as coming from the Lord but it didn't mean the Lord sent him it simply meant that the Lord pulled back his protection left him unarmed and that's what that is saying now look at James chapter 1 verse number 14 because I want you to see that demons seek to oppress and entice people to sin and if possible to possess a person notice what it says but every man is tempted was drawn away of his own lust we can't even blame demons you know when we're drawn away to sin it's because we have lust inside of us it's that Adamek nature there are certain things we want we don't all want the same things some people want power others don't some people want money others don't some people want all types of sexual satisfaction others don't but here's what it says every man is tempted was drawn away of his own lust but notice this and enticed who does the enticing demons and if you want to be more specific familiar spirits which has mentioned 15 times in the Bible familiar spirits of those spirits that actually because they live in their kind of eternal not kind of their eternal they've been around ever since the Nephilim the next day with your face family they know all the weaknesses in your Gina in your genetics they know everything about you they know what you listlessly and therefore they know what to entice you with now let me explain what opens the door to demonic possession because demons do seek to possess bodies why because they're disembodied spirits so let me explain what opens the door to demonic possession number one the worship of other gods and idols turn to Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse number 17 this is a very important verse if you've never read this verse you need to highlight it in your Bible because it explains what happens when you worship other gods this is why the children of Israel were commanded never to serve other gods notice what it says they sacrificed unto devils that means demons not to God big G not to Yahweh to God's little G plural whom they knew not to new gods that came newly up whom your fathers feared not so I want you to notice God's words as they sacrifice to demons but then it went further and referred to them as gods little G so these gods are demons in India they have all of these gods and they sacrifice to these gods what are these gods these gods are demons remember with a Nephilim they walked this earth but what's interesting is when these angels came down and we look at mythology they thought the Nephilim were the gut were the sons of these gods so here's what's interesting when you worship other gods you're worshipping demons and that opens the door to demonic activity impossible position number two involvement in occultism turn to Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 10 through 12 so as for example never sacrifice your son or daughters a burnt offering and do not let your people practice fortune-telling or use sorcery or interpret omens or engage in witchcraft or cast spells or function as mediums or psychics or call forth spirits of the Dead don't do those things anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord why those are demons it is because the other nations have done these detestable things of the Lord your God will drive them out of head of you number three drugs yeah it opens the door to demons and demonic activity turn to Galatians chapter five verse 20 this is the list of the works of the flesh notice what it says I'm just reading a few of these idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies would you see that word witchcraft that's translate from the Greek word for makea we get our word pharmacy from it and what it actually means is mind-altering drugs one of the things that the pagans did is they got high and one of the reasons they got high was to worship their gods and they would open themselves up and that allowed these demons to come in and possess them yeah now I need I've used a phrase that every one of you need to understand when it comes to demons and demon demonic activity and it's the phrase opening the door you see what we don't want to do is open the door to demons or demonic activity but what do I mean by that what do I mean by open the door we'll turn to Genesis chapter 4 verse 7 let's find out this is God speaking to Cain here's what he told him you will be accepted if you do what is right but if you refuse to do what is right then watch out sin is crouching at the door sin is crouching at the door eager to control you but you must subdue it and be its master now as you can see sin is lying at the door it's crouching and it's just waiting for you to open the door in other words it's waiting for an invitation to come in and that's what we mean by opening the door it's when we do something that gives demons the Liberty to enter our life something that scene is an open invitation to come in remember your body is a home to your spirit and demons want to come in through the door but unless you open the door they can't come in now as I said we can do that in one of several ways worshipping other gods or idols that's an invitation getting involved in some type of occultism that's an invitation drugs that's an invitation these are the three most common ways of opening the doors to demons and demonic activity but there are others pornography you're not gonna like this gambling and the more you open the door the more access they have to your life the more they're able to entrap you and the greater access they have to you let me just say this almost every addiction has a link to demonic activity how many of you are sensitive the spiritual world you prayed enough you just kind of sensed eat it how many of you wouldn't know a spiritual thing of a in the butt ikura number of years ago I was downtown and I saw a woman didn't know who the woman was and I looked at this woman and I'm telling you the demonic presence was unbelievable and a person looked over there and saw me looking said you know who that person is and now I have no idea that's Carroll parish Hara I said who is that all I saw was the strong demonic presence that's the founder of Sparrowhawk I said Oh understood had a person once come to talk to me and she was a channeler because I think something's not right so now I don't know how you believe but I believe that we can channel the dead spirits says something's not right because something's got a control of me it's in me and the person was from Sparrowhawk she said one time I was laying on the bed and I've been in this dream but I woke up and I woke up that there's this anaconda and it wrapped itself inside around me so it was like it was physical and I know I wasn't dreaming and then all of a sudden it morphed into my body and said ever since then I could channel and I can see into the spiritual realm and she said if I if I wanted - right now if you'd allow me I could channel I said no I'm not gonna allow that looked in there and saw the demonic spirit people those things are real some of us have to get to discernment of spirits others don't sometimes God doesn't show those things because God's given a person a chance to repent but I want you to understand that demons are real and they still operate today but if we don't open the door then they can't come in but more importantly if your house is not vacant if the Holy Spirit lives inside of you you cannot be possessed that door is shut now it doesn't mean you can't open the door to demonic activity it doesn't mean you can't be oppressed but you can't be possessed because the Holy Spirit lives inside of you now if you're here this morning I'm not trying to scare you I'm not trying to do anything here's what I want you understand if you don't have Jesus when you die you're not going to heaven that's as simple as I can make it jesus said I'm the way the truth and the life no man can come to the Father but by me in other words I'm the only way to get to heaven I'm the only way there's no other way and it's true because God is just unfair so he must punish sin the problem is he also has to reward righteous and once you've sinned you're no longer righteous so even if you died and paid the price for your own sins he could never resurrect you because you're not righteous but he sent His Son Jesus and Jesus came to die for us and here's what's interesting even when Jesus was made our sin he never sinned because he's actually doing the will of Father and He fulfilled the two greatest Commandments law to love God with all your heart soul mind and strength he loved God when he was willing to do that and he loved his neighbor as himself and he's willing to die for us so he actually fulfilled the righteousness of the law by dying for us and he paid our penalty and when all of our sins were paid for God looked into Hell saw so that had never sinned and raised him from the dead legally according to Leviticus 18 5 and because of that if you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior your sins are paid for when you die you get to go to heaven but if you reject Jesus what you're telling God is I don't what Jesus to pay for my sins I'll pay for my own and you will you'll be eternally separated from God forever

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Length: 49min 11sec (2951 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 29 2018