Protecting Yourself from Satan | Jimmy Evans

coming up on the overcoming life with Jimmy Evans faith in Jesus and his blood makes us saved faith in God's Word makes us safe and we need to understand that the Word of God Satan opposes us because we believe in the Word of God and because we're committed to the Word of God well how do you overcome the devil through the Word of God [Music] [Applause] in this message and talking about exposing Satan I want to ask in answer three questions so that we can come to understand this issue no question number one is why is the devil our enemy why would why would the devil pick on us you know as sweet as we are I'm very sweet I don't know about you I'm super sweet everybody knows it number two question why can the devil defeat some people and others he can't that's a question I mean why can he just lay waste to some people and other people he can't defeat number three how do we protect ourselves and our families against Satan those were three good questions so we're gonna ask and answer those three questions let's begin with this one why is the devil our enemy why is he our adversary here's the answer Satan is the enemy of truth and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life in the eternal Word of God and he hasten let me say this if you're not walking according to the Word of God he's not your adversary he's just your master jesus said he who sins is the slave of sin and he's not talking there about you know all of us who fall short of the glory of God and we make mistakes it's walking in sin unrepentantly that's what he's talking about there Jesus said whoever commits sin is the slave of sin so if you're walking in lies and in deception you know like all of us did before we were saved he's not your adversary he's your master though but when you come to Jesus when you give your life to the Lord Satan becomes your adversary here's what here's what Jesus said to the Apostle Paul in acts 26 the Apostle Paul is telling us what happened on the Damascus Road when Jesus met him and he got saved and here is what Paul says Jesus is talking to Paul I will deliver you from the Jewish people as well as from the Gentiles to whom I now send you to open their eyes in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith to me so Jesus says to Paul here Paul I'm going to put a calling on your life and I'm sending you to the Jews and also to the Gentiles and I want you to turn them from darkness to the light you know what the light is it's this word right here I'll tell you just a minute I'll show you the Bible just spin this is light about the devil is full of lies and deception and the Apostle Jesus said to the Apostle Paul I want you to turn people to the light and in doing so you will take them from the Dominion of the devil to my Dominion from the power of Satan to the power of God listen you're under the Dominion of the person whose advice you're following and when you're walking in lines you're under Satan's Dominion let me say this when you're saved by the blood of Jesus you're going to heaven the devil can't do anything about that but even saved people can walk in bondage even saved people that that's the way I was I'll tell you more about it in just a minute but I'm saying as a young believer I walked in deception so when we get saved and and we commit ourselves to the truth of God's Word the battle isn't over really it has just begun because at the point of time that we commit ourselves to the truth that's really when he becomes our adversary let me say this as a young believer sometimes it can seem as though being a Christian is harder than being an unbeliever they mention truth is that true you get saved and you love Jesus and when I was lost I was very immoral I was very rebellious I was very empty on the inside the reason I turned to Jesus is because sin lied to me I was a good center I was extremely good at it I woke up every day with a goal to sin and I went to bed successful and empty and unhappy and the reason I turned to Jesus is because sin lied to me and when I let Jesus come into my life he filled my heart and Jesus has never lied to me and my life has been full for the last 44 years of serving Jesus Christ but I got saved and I was so naive I didn't know anything about the devil I didn't know anything about you know living for God and things like that and just immediately I could feel the opposition the opposition of doing the right thing the opposition of living for God I had no idea it would be like that someone reads you a scripture here and I want you to see here Jesus is talking to the Pharisees and Jesus came and he says if you abide in my word you're my disciples indeed and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free it was extremely offensive to the Pharisees to hear that because they said to Jesus we're sons of Abraham and we have never been in bondage here's what Jesus said to him this is John 8 why do you not understand my speech because you're just you're not able to listen to my word you were of your father the devil Jesus was me he didn't mince words did it you were of your father the devil and the desires of your father you want to do he was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him you know why if the devil would just read this book he would understand he's about to get it you know why I can't read this book he cannot accept truth he can understand this that's why we have such an advantage over him when he speaks a lie he speaks from his own resources for he is a liar and the father of it but because I tell the truth you do not believe me which of you convicts me of sin and if I tell you the truth why don't you believe me he who is of God hears God's words therefore you do not hear because you're not of God so Jesus is preaching this message and all of a sudden the Pharisees start coming at him and opposing him he says ha ha yeah just like your daddy he opposes the truth just like you he is the opponent because there's no truth in him when he speaks a lie he's speaking out of his own nature because he's a liar and the father of it listen to me when you're living for the truth the devil is your adversary because he hates the truth and you say well maybe I shouldn't live for the truth no no when you're living a lie you're in bondage you're util a miserable life I mean that's the second question cuz this is very important why can the devil devour some people and he can others and the answer that some people were protected by the word and others aren't listen some people are saved but they're not safe faith in Jesus and his blood makes us saved faith in God's Word makes us safe and we need to understand that the Word of God Satan opposes us because we believe in the Word of God and because we're committed to the Word of God well how do you overcome the devil through the Word of God so let me give you several examples here this is Matthew chapter 7 this is verse 24 therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them and does them not people who hear them but people who do them I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock and the rain descended the floods came the wind blew and beat on that house and it did not fall for it was founded on the rock but everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand and the rain descended the floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house and it fell and great was its fall well let me this is a little foundation here that the crew kind of helped me with so let me just say this is the Word of God let me just say that I'm gonna build a marriage and I'm gonna build a family and I'm gonna build a career and I'm gonna build finances and resources I'm gonna build my life my future my destiny let me say I'm a bill because you're building you're building something and you're building it based on some information your family heritage what somebody told you to do what you saw on TV what you read in the book you're building your life based on some information but listen there's no promise that you're gonna succeed apart from God's Word Jesus said a person who hears my words and does them is like a wise builder that built their house upon the rock you say well there were so many suburbs a minute say why would a person choose the sand over the rock three reasons we just got back from California took our family out there for vacation we went to the beach great why do people go to the beach versus we need to see anybody laying on the rocks by the way so why would a person choose sand over rocks number one is popular number two it's comfortable number three it's conformable you lay in the sand you get up it looks like you however unflattering that might be is everybody wants just to custom Jesus I just want I just want to kind of choose my own beliefs he's choosing the Bible what I want and throw away what I don't want I want a conformable Christianity well that's unfortunate see the problem with sand is its unstable it may be comfortable it may be conformable it may be popular but it's unstable you can't rely on it and the bad times and if there were not gonna be any bad times built wherever you want to build who cares but they're gonna be bad times the wind will come the rain will blow on every single human being and God has never promised us a life without adversity he's just promised us that we will be victorious if we build on his work and the rains came and the winds blew and beat against that house and it did not fall because it was based on the rock I say to you that the devil may not devour you if you live your life based on the Word of God that's what the Bible teaches [Music] the devil will do anything to keep you from overcoming in life so as believers it's critical to know how to stop them and be exposed in the enemy series Jimmy Evans will unveil the devil's nature so you can easily recognize how he works and today we have an offer that will help you defeat the devil and live victoriously when you support the overcoming life with your online gift of any amount we'll send you the exposing Satan session on a video download you can also receive the complete exposing the enemy series on CD or digital download and Jimmy's book when life hurts for your gift of $55 or more for your gift of $85 or more you'll receive the complete exposing the enemy series on DVD or a digital download along with Jimmy's book when life hurts God has equipped you with everything you need to be victorious overcome the enemy and accomplish his purpose for your life let me say there's something else about the word it's our sword it's our foundation Ephesians six take up the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand in the evil day and having done all the stands stand therefore having girded your waist with truth have you put on the breastplate of righteousness having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace above all taking the shield of faith with which you'll be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one and taking the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God the only offensive weapon mentioned here is the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God everything else is defensive this is Hebrews 4 let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according the same example of disobedience for the word of god is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart and there is no creature hidden from his sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him who must be given account so let me have a sword here so I've got a bad boy sword here oh yeah oh yeah this is a Braveheart sword here so Jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days didn't eat imagine how you would feel 40 days without eating he was emaciated skin and bones and at the end of 40 days he was attacked by the devil himself and the devil of the devil himself came and attacked Jesus with lies and half-truths and Jesus himself defeated the devil himself after 40 days without eating with no energy in his body it is written it is written is four-year-old that quotes the Bible is as powerful as any preacher on earth because the power isn't in us it's in God's Word a man who has no energy in his body after 40 days of fasting can quote the Word of God and vanquish the devil because the word doesn't need our help it has its own power this is the sort of the spirit its living it's active you read other books the Bible reads you and it says no creature can hide from its sight because when the Bible comes in you it's going to find every demon in Hell that's trying to destroy your life and it's going to defeat the devil this is powerful this is powerful and see what the devil before the devil defeat she has to disarm you he wants this to be in a drawer somewhere he wants this to be on the dash here of your car on the your coffee table at home or something like that he just wants you to have a casual relationship with this because once he's taking this away from you you're easy pickings and when I talk about the two-edged sword I'm talking about the way we talk the way we speak the devil loves people who are negative who are doubtful her gossipy who are liars their mouth is impure they're vulgar he loves that because that's darkness and that's his domain and he can defeat it very easily he wants to sit around talking about our problems and how defeated we are and how bad things are and about all these things that are bad going on oh my lumbago back oh Jesus God wants us to declare the word over every issue in our lives God wants us to pull the word out and not be not being you know holy Jose and legalistic but for our words of our mouth to line up with a Word of God and when the devil comes and tells us you need to kill yourself there's no reason for your life we need to tell him I'm the righteousness of God in Christ God has given me a future and a hope that's what his plan is for me when he comes to condemn us for our sins we say there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus he fears this not my opinion not my words he fears this because it's nuclear in the spirit realm this is the greatest weapon on earth nothing can defeat it nothing can defeat it so when you're a believer and your life is being built on the foundation of God's Word and you've got the truth and you're harder than your map this is what better not come around me do one other thing let me have my flashlight here so this is psalms and let me read the psalm real quick your word is a lamp to my feet and a light unto my path verse 110 skipping forward the wicked have laid a snare for me yet I have not straight from your precepts the Word of God is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path this is defensive this is offensive this is preemptive we live in a world with an evil devil and he's laying snares for us he has a method he has a plan as surely as God has a plan for your life the devil has a plan for your life - and this exposes him your word is a lamp and to my feet a light it to my path the wicked have laid a trap for me but I'm going to walk according to your precepts when you're walking in the Word of God this is what you look like in the spirit realm you may not be devoured your marriage may not be devoured you may be attacked but you're gonna stand it you're going to overcome you may be attacked but you're going to be victorious because the devil cannot defeat this you're going to defeat him he's your adversary but you're going to defeat him ken and I were young and we were probably in our mid 20s or so and I was in business with my parents I was in the ministry yet and we the Lord has saved our marriage and our marriage was doing better but we had moved into a new house and new for us and we started fighting and you say what were you fighting about I don't know cameras just on my nerves I'm sure it was her fault and we're just maybe of a week or so we just been at each other for a week and very seriously she said I need to tell you something I thought well she's gonna repent thank God you know she went to Life Group they're talking about submitting to your husband she got convicted this is it good jesus answered my prayers she said I need to tell you something I said what she said sara was praying for us this week and she saw a lion's head in our living room roaring and it was trying to break us up and we're supposed to hold hands and pray and take authority over the devil I'd never done that for I thought people who did that were weird but when she said it and it was right and for the first time as a husband I took my wife's hand and we prayed and we said in the name of Jesus we bind you Satan Sara key her word was a light that exposed the trap the enemy was making for us trying to destroy our marriage the instant we prayed that prayer it was like somebody sprayed the Lysol in our house and opened the drapes the entire atmosphere of our house of our home changed in an instant and I looked at Karen I thought why am i mad at you then I started chasing around the house all right I'm not stupid you know well he's an adversary but I'll tell you one thing we have a foundation we have a sword and we have a lamp and when we use them were Victoria's third question I'm done the third question that we asked how do we protect ourselves and our families against Satan total commitment to the Word of God total commitment 2nd Thessalonians 2 let's read this I'm done the mystery of lawlessness is already at work only he who now restrains will do so till he's taken out of the way then the lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming the coming of the lawless one is according to the work of Satan with all power signs and lying wonders with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved the word loved there's the word agape agape means a total commitment regardless of how you feel or the circumstances they perished because they did not receive the love of the truth mark 838 Jesus said whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him the son of man also will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his father with his holy angels we've got to be committed to this we've got to take this seriously for homes our families every area of our life's building our lives upon this letting the words of our mouth conform to this making our decisions based on this and when we do we will easily overcome our opponent say I hope that the teaching today was a blessing to you you know I'm doing this teaching as a part of a series called exposing the enemy but today specifically I'm talking about exposing Satan you know so many of God's people are being overwhelmed by the devil the devil is real you know many people today don't believe that devil s wishful thinking but Jesus talked a lot about him the Bible talks a lot about him Old Testament and New Testament he shows up in reppin Genesis chapter 3 and doesn't go away until Revelation chapter 20 and so is he's all through the Bible but he's defeated and this is what I want you to hear today he's a defeated foe Satan opposes the Word of God and I said in the program today that some people are saved but they're not safe because they're not standing on the Word of God they're not fighting with word of God they're they don't understand the power of the Bible against Satan and Jesus said that he's given us authority over serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing would by any means harm us and I'm saying if we use the authority if we stand on the Word of God and use the weapons that God has given us we can defeat Satan every single time and that's really good news now the teaching that I did today exposing Satan if you would support us here at the overcoming life we really need your support to continue to do what we do helping people coming back to you and helping helping people to overcome helping people to understand you don't have to live defeated but you can live in overcoming life if you'll help us financially with your gift of any amount right now I want to give you the exposing Satan video download okay this is the entire teaching you saw a portion of today your gift of any amount will give you the video download of today's message for your gift of $55 or more we'll give you the entire CD set of exposing the enemy or the audio download you can get the physical version or the audio download either way plus my book one life hurts and I talked about in when life hurts how to deal with what the devil the damage the devil is done from our past you know we all go through issues in our lives and sometimes we just don't know how to deal with it and we don't but the devil takes advantage of those things to hold us in bondage and to keep that pain locked in our lives so I have a book called when life hurts and so we want to get you the CD set or the audio download with that book for your gift of $85 or more I want to give you the exposing the enemy DVD set the physical set or the video download you can get the video download right now begin to watch the entire thing plus when life hurts the book so we want to get these resources into your hands but I want to say to you thank you for joining me today on the overcoming life I'm here to help you overcome I'm here to let you know that you're a winner that God made you to win that God wants you to live a life of fullness and victory and God has a future and a hope for you and maybe right now you're a little bit discouraged or maybe you're a little bit down or maybe you feel like Satan is attacking you I hope that this program has encouraged you today to stand up to fight and to be the victor that God has made you to be thank you for joining me today on the overcoming life I'll see you next time this is the sword of the Spirit it's living it's active you read other books the Bible reads you and it says no creature can hide from its sight because when the Bible comes in you it's gonna find every demon in Hell that's trying to destroy your life it's gonna defeat the devil and be exposing the enemy series Jimmy Evans will unveil The Devil's nature so you can easily recognize how he works support the overcoming life with your online gift of any amount and we'll send you the exposing Satan session as a video be stealthy he's slithering he's a wire but we have authority over him and we need to use it receive the complete exposing the enemy's series on CD or digital download in Jimmy Evans book when life hurts for your gift of $55 or more for your gift of $85 or more you'll receive the complete exposing the enemy series on DVD or digital download God has equipped you with everything you need to be victorious and accomplish his purpose for your life thank you for watching the overcoming life with Jimmy Evans

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Published: Sat Jun 23 2018