07/10/09 10:56
October 1, 2009
“Do You Believe?”
Blessings Folk!
The family would be sitting together watching a television program.
Suddenly he would growl. A sound of a non-human animal. A look of evil in his eye.
When he would walk through the kitchen the cabinet doors would shake and shudder...not from the footsteps, but from some unseen force which was more real than that seen.
He ranted and raved for years.
The slightest of offenses would send him into a tirade of hate about what he would do.
Some said he was simply mean.
Some said that there was something more in control.
Decade followed decade.
Finally, he wrote down a list.
A list of who he would kill and the order in which he would do it.
First, he would kill his mother and father. Then he would kill “Billy”...a man who had only told him that “if you don’t like it here, why don’t you leave?”
The outburst more intense. All day long the 45 year old man blasphemed his mother and father. More and more.
He told them what he would do. The murders. The list.
He had it planned.
Finally, the threats exploded into action.
He picked up a crutch and attacked his mother.
Father picked up a gun and shot his son between the eyes, blowing out the back of his head.
Still, he lived a few hours...apparently the autonomic system had not been immediately impacted.
Father has not been “charged”. It was self-defense.
This occurred in the community where I sit. Happened a few days ago.
Sad.
Tragic.
But sadder still upon reflection.
I know first hand information about the matter.
Leaders and family within the Body of Christ knew that this man was possessed by demons.
None spoke of it save in the soft whispers of a trusted friend or loved one.
They openly acknowledge that they did not know what to do.
The church saw, but due to ignorance of the Word, they felt powerless.
Many within the church do not believe that demons exist.
They are wrong.
Many believe, yet they do not believe that they have power over evil.
They are wrong.
Jesus showed by Word and Deed what to do.
Jesus told us…
The church did not know “what to do.”
Here is what to do.
In the name of the Lord, tell the evil to leave.
Do not ask them to leave.
Do not ask the Lord to make them leave.
You, as a Spirit-filled vessel of the Most High God...by the power of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and in faith and belief in Him and His Word...command them to leave.
We do not have to yell and shout.
We do not have to recite “spiritual mantras”.
We do speak in the power of the Lord.
The name of the Lord.
The blood of Jesus.
1 John 4:4
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
KJV
Who knows what the Lord might have done in the above situation.
Now, do you believe?
Do you believe that the Lord desires to do the “works and greater works” in and through you?
If not, spend time in the the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
Ask the Lord to teach you. He will.
Set aside preconceived ideas, thoughts, understandings, fears and doubts.
Simply read the Word.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not live in self-imposed doubt.
We do pray for the family. Years of terror are now past. May the peace and comfort of the Lord continue to be with them.
Let us close with the “Great Commission” from the book of Mark...we usually hear these words from Matthew...most want to ignore Mark…
Mark 16:15-20
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
KJV
Go and do likewise.
Blessings!!
Those of y’all local…we begin a new Bible study next week...book of Samuel...will distribute workbooks at first gathering.
Mondays, 6 p.m.
or
Tuesdays, 9 a.m.
First Baptist, Cullman
“Do You Believe?”
Blessings Folk!
The family would be sitting together watching a television program.
Suddenly he would growl. A sound of a non-human animal. A look of evil in his eye.
When he would walk through the kitchen the cabinet doors would shake and shudder...not from the footsteps, but from some unseen force which was more real than that seen.
He ranted and raved for years.
The slightest of offenses would send him into a tirade of hate about what he would do.
Some said he was simply mean.
Some said that there was something more in control.
Decade followed decade.
Finally, he wrote down a list.
A list of who he would kill and the order in which he would do it.
First, he would kill his mother and father. Then he would kill “Billy”...a man who had only told him that “if you don’t like it here, why don’t you leave?”
The outburst more intense. All day long the 45 year old man blasphemed his mother and father. More and more.
He told them what he would do. The murders. The list.
He had it planned.
Finally, the threats exploded into action.
He picked up a crutch and attacked his mother.
Father picked up a gun and shot his son between the eyes, blowing out the back of his head.
Still, he lived a few hours...apparently the autonomic system had not been immediately impacted.
Father has not been “charged”. It was self-defense.
This occurred in the community where I sit. Happened a few days ago.
Sad.
Tragic.
But sadder still upon reflection.
I know first hand information about the matter.
Leaders and family within the Body of Christ knew that this man was possessed by demons.
None spoke of it save in the soft whispers of a trusted friend or loved one.
They openly acknowledge that they did not know what to do.
The church saw, but due to ignorance of the Word, they felt powerless.
Many within the church do not believe that demons exist.
They are wrong.
Many believe, yet they do not believe that they have power over evil.
They are wrong.
Jesus showed by Word and Deed what to do.
Jesus told us…
John 14:12
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
KJV
We learn much when examining the encounters that Jesus had with those demon possessed. Read a couple today…
- Matt 9:32
- Matt 12:22
- Mark 9:17
- Mark 1:32
- Mark 5; Matt 8:28
The church did not know “what to do.”
Here is what to do.
In the name of the Lord, tell the evil to leave.
Do not ask them to leave.
Do not ask the Lord to make them leave.
You, as a Spirit-filled vessel of the Most High God...by the power of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and in faith and belief in Him and His Word...command them to leave.
We do not have to yell and shout.
We do not have to recite “spiritual mantras”.
We do speak in the power of the Lord.
The name of the Lord.
The blood of Jesus.
1 John 4:4
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
KJV
Who knows what the Lord might have done in the above situation.
Now, do you believe?
Do you believe that the Lord desires to do the “works and greater works” in and through you?
If not, spend time in the the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
Ask the Lord to teach you. He will.
Set aside preconceived ideas, thoughts, understandings, fears and doubts.
Simply read the Word.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not live in self-imposed doubt.
We do pray for the family. Years of terror are now past. May the peace and comfort of the Lord continue to be with them.
Let us close with the “Great Commission” from the book of Mark...we usually hear these words from Matthew...most want to ignore Mark…
Mark 16:15-20
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
KJV
Go and do likewise.
Blessings!!
Those of y’all local…we begin a new Bible study next week...book of Samuel...will distribute workbooks at first gathering.
Mondays, 6 p.m.
or
Tuesdays, 9 a.m.
First Baptist, Cullman