Section and I think each historic event that's recorded is recorded for a purpose and it is to convey to us spiritual picture of that which is true today our will be true in the future now I want to begin reading here at verse one it plays the riots to set over the kingdom $120.00 princes what should be over the whole kingdom and over these 3 presidents of whom Daniel was 1st that the princes might give accounts under they own and the king should have no damage now we move ahead again his star Rickly in the book the chapter opens now with that bill in the hand of goal has now disappeared it's been removed from the number one slot as a world power and now instead of Babylon we have the media Persian Empire and that was represented by the arms of sale that we had in the dream that now you can as a head now you see we've come to Darius and he is the Darius Cyaxares Ray is the 2nd of secular history he ruled only 2 years and Cyrus was the son of the rawest says. Nan day in and can buy sees the Persian and that brought together the media of Persian empire and yet now is in power and they were all ruler now we have the position of Daniel under Darius the many years and we find that out that we have another empire but we also have Daniel in the number one spot being. Being Prime Minister but you will notice as we suggested when we looked at that model metallic image the head of goal and sail over the brow siren are in play that there is deterioration any way you look at the deterioration in position deterioration in the type of metal and we find now that they and ferry art is quite noticeable Neb you can as is the rain as we said was autocratic and absolute He did not share authority with anyone and now Darius here we are told has 120 princes who shared the responsibility of root ship with him and over this group he placed 3 presidents who were liaison officers between the princes and the king and so you have here a desperate view shown of responsibility and rulership and we're told that they had this position these 3 Daniel was one of them that the king should have no damage that suggests that the presidents were to prevent the princes from stealing or undermining the scene in any way now Daniel is number one of the 3 presidents and I take it that he was a minor and at this time about 80 years of age and now I read verse 3 of the 6th chapter of Daniel than this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king follow a set him over the whole realm now he not only had seniority but he had severely are an excellent spirit This means that Daniel was a spirit fellow man and the chain. Had such confidence in him that he placed them next to him cell in position and power now we have here versus for the non the plot of the president and transistor destroyed then you know this is something that all ways you find in politics you find it then charges you find it I think today and probably any business concern you find it in do you find there's everywhere and a creek sent to the home and that is the jealousy of those that are at the top jealousy of those that are in the top position and now I'm reading verse for the sex chapter of Daniel then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom but they could find none occasion nor Paul Barr is much as he was faithful neither was their error our fault found in Him Now there is one thing for sure that when you find yourself the number one mind in any position today whether it be in politics in the church are actually in the home and in stool you are the one that those that have a jealous are going to be watching and if there is a flaw in your lie and you haven't the Kellys heal they are going to determine and discover that weak spot and that may be used again now Daniel had a remarkable life back of him they could not find anything in this man's character or anything in his past lives that they could seize upon and make something up not this but many a politician wish that he truly of the little differently and act. It a little differently and that's true of man and I mean but that mankind generally but today a child of God a Leo that the charges which And evidently will be leveled against him will be a lot now you can't keep people from talking about you but you can sow a layer of us to make them liars when they do talk about you and that is the thing that we are enjoined as believers Paul said to the full Libyans and to 15 that she may be blameless and harmless as sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom you shine as a lie in the world and then in Acts 2416 and Keri-Anne do I exercise my eyes out da have always a conscience void of the fans toward God and toward name and other words Paul lived down at night and go to sleep and not have a bad conscience troubling him that ought to be true of every believer a bad conscience someone is sad that a conscience is something that only a good man can enjoy and it certainly is true now I'm reading verse 5 of the 6th chapter of Daniel then said these may end we shall not find any occasion against this Daniel except we find it against him concerning the Law of is the God Now Daniel was different God made is people different and he of course in his religious practice says when he 1st was brought down as a boy or slave in the court of net you can as why he asked for a different diet and for. Then on the life of Daniel just happen to be different now these men are wire of that they said if we're going to find anything wrong with him we're going to have to find it in his religion and then that man when they say wrong they mean something they can accuse him of before the king and so they all a volatile supply that for him Daniel as the is politicians saw it was is the religion and this is certainly a case of his good being evil spoken up and they knew that Daniel was faithful to God and that he was dependent upon and that is prayer life was quite something that was well known that for they are now going to have to draw a conflict between the Cain and Daniel's religion and that's what they're going to do Bersih $6.00 and $7.00 now of the sex of Daniel and I'm reading these 2 verses then these presidents and princes assembled together to the Kean and said that under him Cain Darius led all fly over all the presidents of the kingdom the government of princes the councillors and the captives have consulted together to stablish a royal statute and to make a firm decree that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god man for 30 days save a video King he shall be cast into the den of lines now this you see it is a very subtle plot of these princes and presidents and kind of politicians that King Darius was a good man I think that's obvious and secular Hispan I think that is certainly the implication of Daniel here but he had of vulnerable spot and I think many of us have it. And that was it was says vanity he yielded to flattery and a great many people do that I think one of the tragedies today is that we have many Christians especially Christians of means and they only give to those organizations where the leader of the are going to say Sion butters them up platters of lamb and now I'm not just talkin through my hat. Because I know that I have been now in several places and have met some of these people are very fine Christians but they have that weakness of just being flattered and we were at dinner with some friends and I won't say anymore other than they told about this Christian leader had been there and said how wonderful they were and this other Christian leader and I said to my wife when we left that evening I said if I have this to the flattering people an order to run that through the Bible radio program go off I said God's going to have to speak to people's heart and I personally think the day that it brings the cause of cries into disrepute and destiny right when there are those who will stoop to flatter and those that will stoop to listen to it and be carried away by a long time ago discovered that I'm not as bad as my enemies say I am and I'm not nearly as good as my friends say that I am so there's always that danger of being flattered I used to tell the boys in seminary I said Well as I don't care how sorry you are as a preacher and I don't care what church you go to a lot of place has in all of these places some dear a lady and she's going to tell you how wonderful you are and I said they'll be one of them they will come up to you after you preach one of the lousiest sermons in a world and she'll say mom I think you're another Waddell muti on the same and I said now that's nice to have there ladies like that that wanting courage but I said Young man the danger of that is don't believe them just don't believe them cause it's dangerous. Do may I say to you that they flattered this man and he yielded to it and so he thought Ma this is great and he drafted a bale and they made a statue of the King and these elevating him south to position a deity prayers only to be offered a him versus a nun now the sex of Diana let me read this now all kena stablish the decree signed the writing that it be not changed according to the law of the maids incursions which all threaten not well for a King Darius son the riding and the decree he yielded just see to his weakness and now there is this the tree that's gone out signed by the king and it can't be changed even the king they have needs and Persians can't change it after its plans so it puts Daniel in a bad spot now will you notice the prayer of Daniel and the accusation of the presidents and princes we begin in verse 10 of the 6 chapter Daniel now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed he went into his house and his when his being open in his chamber door Jerusalem he kneeled upon his knees 3 times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God as He did a 4th time now notice they reaction of Daniel to this new law he did not do anything that was all day shifts are foolhardy when he opened those who ended seed been doing it for years and other words he just didn't back down he did not act in a cowardly and compromising manner but closing the wind it is just one about his usual prayer life and I would like to say that in New York someone says What is the proper posture of prayer I doubt whether that important thing it was Victor huge. Girl who said years ago that the soul it's on its knees many times regardless of the position of the body and I think that is the important thing is the posture of the spirit of man but if you want to posture it's kneeling and you have that set before us here and you'll notice he prayed toward Jerusalem that was the direction of Daniel's lie and he didn't intend to change it in the latter day so when I told Jerusalem and may I say that we are living in a day when the large says neither in younger mountain Yaris him or in Jerusalem Well man worship God but you worship him today in spirit and in truth that is the important thing now I continue to move on I'd love to stay there and talk about this matter of prayer but we must move on verse 11 then these men assemble and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God You see they were waiting for him and it's really a compliment they had a feeling he had a reputation that he would not back down and he didn't verse 12 now then they came there and spake before the King concerning the king's decree hast thou not signed a decree that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within 30 days save or they all King child be cast into the dandelions the King answered and said things true according to the law of the Medes and Persians which all read not well I called attention to the fact that Daniel was yes a brain it was a little know when praying toward Jerusalem and believe me it was something that distress the king we're told in verse 14 then the King when he heard these words was so or displeased with him. South and said it's hard on Daniel to deliver him now he can't change his own law now you can as a could there but not now you say there's a deterioration down to where we are today verse 15 then these men assembled under the king and said under the king no king that the law of the maids and version it that no decree no statute which the king established may be changed and so now Daniel is going to be put in the lines there and nothing the king can do about it now we have were 16 then the king commanded they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions now the king spoke and said On to Daniel vi God whom thou service can Kenya when he will deliver me and I am of the 10 young the king didn't believe that I think that that was one of these half hearted things that some of Us Saints say today we say to somebody else all the Lord will take care you and when you and I get in that predicament we don't quite trust him like that now this king though has come a long way in recognizes that the god of Daniel was omnipotent and sovereign he could deliver him and he also saw that Daniel was faithful to God Daniel's testimony and the desolate court of 2 world powers as nothing short of miraculous and is unaffected in unassuming life was a powerful witness to the saving grace of God in that day well they put a stone against the mouth of the lion's den and Daniel spent the night down there now these lines were fierce and wild beasts they were not toothless lines maybe years ago that there was a man that got a job and I have 0 and they want him to go in a lion's cage to feed alarms and he said no and the keeper says a lot. Said those lines the toothless and he said yes as unnoticed but he said take a gun made a day well these lines had teeth and they were failures lines but the safest place that night just happened to be the lion's den and I think Daniel got a pretty good night's sleep down black and the interesting thing is it was the king that was in danger more than Then you know now you notice verse 18 then the king went to his palace pass the night thing he didn't sleep Daniel did neither were instruments of music brought before him in his sleep went from him and he passed the sleepless night new day as concern for Daniel then in verses 19 and 20 then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste into the den of lions when he came to the den he cried with a law meant a bold voice on the Daniel and the king's folk and said to Daniel Daniel servant of the Living God is the God and last service continually able to deliver they from the alarms Well I don't know where the king spect of Daniel dancer but Daniel answered and Daniel said to the king oh King Lear forever and he said Did you have a good night and of course the king didn't have a good night Daniel had a good night and now verse $23.00 then was the king exceedingly glad for him commanded they should take dang a lot out of the day and so Daniel was taken up out of the dance and no manner of hurt was found upon him because he'd barley in is done now we find dying a lifted to a very high position and we're told the last verse so this dang prospered in the reign of the righteous and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian and that is that my and also that Daniel led to a knowledge of the Living God this man Daniel is one of the great men of Scripture not next time we go to the prophetic sections so tell then by God Rachael it bless you my beloved. What a great story of a great man of God Daniel's faith in God His blameless character his prayer life and his courage in the face of danger our van task example of what it means to walk with God through your entire life as a young man Daniel stood alone for God And today we've seen that Daniel the senior citizen is still standing for God without any hesitation let's pray that you and I will follow in his footsteps if you'd like to go back and study these lessons again or share them with a friend they're available anytime at TB dot org You can also purchase all of Dr McKee's 5 year messages all of his notes and outlines and more than 100 of his e-book lists on our by a bus flash drive it's a terrific tool that simply plugs into the u.s.b. 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Dot com Following is a controversial day. To who are not to boo that is the question Here's what Chuck Colson had to say about it for the calls and sat around Johnstone St This is breakpoint. Like an autumn ritual leaves start turning the air turns chilly and Christians argue over whether or not to celebrate Holloway not never been a huge fan of the dark sketchy costumes and I'm just talking about what adults wear with that but there's a whole history to this day and especially to tomorrow All Saints Day back in 2007 Chuck Colson described this history behind this holiday including its Christian roots here shot Colson in a breakpoint called honoring the witnesses. Hello in ghosts and goblins who roam the streets trolling for candy Ugh what a shame that we've lost sight of Halloweens Christian roots it's time to refocus on the more next break point it's Halloween again and to be frank I really don't look forward to talking about it on break point every year at best how it has become an excuse to ask total strangers for candy at worst it's a celebration of the mindless paganism our ancestors wisely turned their backs on so this year I'd like to turn your attention to the often overlook celebration that hellery in calls to my in case you missed it before the name Halloween is a shortening of All Hallows Eve and signifies the night before All Saints Day for centuries and All Saints Day the church celebrated the lives of Christians who went before us and rightly so we can learn so much from those whom the author of Hebrews calls that great cloud of witnesses the tradition of remembering the Church Triumphant dates back to the time of the 1st Christian martyrs when soldiers of Marcus' are really as various came to rest Polycarp a beloved church leader Polycarp greeted them kindly according to the 3rd century historian Eusebius Polycarp ordered a table to be laid for them immediately invited them to eat as much as they liked asking in return a single hour in which you could pray when telly corruptly to stood in the Coliseum accused and surrounded by the jury in crowds the governor Preston to recount his faith instead this man who himself had been discipled by the Apostle John said this phrase 6 years I have been Christ a servant and he has never done me wrong how can I blaspheme my king who saved me as they were preparing to burn him alive Polycarp offered a person of faith and praise in the years following Polycarp death Christians would gather anyway to take communion beside is great there they would remember his brave witness and take courage from his example as the years passed the day shifted in focusing from remembering Polycarp to honoring all martyrs by the 7th century the church created a holiday to honor all of God's saints heroes of the faith. Um I think our heroes was a woman named Monica who lived during the 4th century she would never face flames or jury crowds as did Polycarp but she did face testing that testing came in the form of her own longing for the return of her prodigal son Augustus his licentious lifestyle made this Christian mother weep later want to Guston who is now known as one of the foremost theologians of Christianity and scholars of Western civilization did come to Christ he wrote this prayer my mother your faithful servant wept to you from the shedding more tears for my spiritual death than others should for the bodily death of a son you heard or I could tell you story after story like this from Justin Martyr to Martin Luther to any current Michael but let me encourage you to do something this also needs to take the lead in your church to honor the great saints who set examples force reappoint your children with Halloween's Christian Origins research together and talk about the lives of Christian heroes Sure go ahead let the kids dress up like Batman and hit up your neighbors for candy but when the hoopla not in Halloween is over encourage your kids to imitate Sobrino heroes not in what they put on but in how they live their lives for breakpoint This is Chuck Colson in Washington. This is the Crawford broadcasting company devoted to bringing you God and country. To world. Be glad you could join us today for the concept of faith broadcast this program is dedicated to teach you how to put the word of God to work so that it will make a positive difference in the everyday circumstances of your life and now here's Charles Capps. Word tells us that faith is a sense of things hopeful now that the true. If 8 is the substance of things desired then and fear which is an object force of faith would be the substance of things not this hour. So when fear you speak words of fear your releasing the ability of the enemy satan will act on your words to bring the manifestation of what you say now when you act in faith God will act on your words and bring the manifestation of what you believed in for what you proclaim. Now let's talk about forgiveness and prayer we touched on this in some of the other sessions but let's go to Luke's Gospel the 17th chapter. Because I think there's something here that would probably clear up some things for you. Let's begin with Luke the 70 chapter verse 3 Jesus says Take heed to yourselves if I broke the trespass against the rebuke if he repent for giving. And if interest passed against these 7 tans in a day. And 7 times in a day turn again to the end saying I repent that our shell forgive the. Brother you don't want to do you I mean rants Yeah yes maybe 3 times forget it man I mean his 3 times in a day you're ready to bust him in the mouth not forgive me but now listen to what Jesus said. He said if he retained forgive him now listen I want the Apostle say here's what I want you to obey the Apostle said notice it's the Apostles not the disciples the Apostles now you the fall they would have known better they Apostle said unto the Lord increase our faith. Now faith pray in. They didn't come asking now surely you thought they would have known that but they didn't. But now heart of the Dr and out here why in the world would they here in this verse of scripture start talking about faith when Jesus is talking about forgiven a man is trespasses against. Caesar disciples understood something that I think most of us have not understood and that is that if you go to forgive a guy. That trespasses against you offends you 7 times in one day. You're going to have faith to do it say they said Lord you're going to give us more faith if we don't do that. Now have you ever stopped to think that you forgive people by faith. That's what they're saying and here they are understood that if they're going to forgive him and serve one time then as in a day for doing the same thing that they're going to have to have more funny. And quite frankly you don't have to ask them or too few do it no I. Now listen to how Jesus answered this Jesus said if he had faith as a grain of mustard seed you might say into this sicko Mindtree be thou plucked up by the root planted in the sea it should obey you. Now the Greek says it would have been a you stronger word. Now hostile resist say. It sound like the disciples got off on a side street and then Jesus gets off on another side street. But he's really not listen to what he said now he said well if you don't need more faith. He said what you need to do is to use the faith that yeah. And he starts talking about so in seeds and plant seed he said if you had faith as a seed now just forget about the word mustard because most people get so involved with the word mustard they miss the whole point of Jesus's rather than end here he said if you had phases a c. . Or r. The Greeks as you would say under this tree now one in the world is a sick I'm Andrea do. They tell me it's a black mole barratry. Well nothing at all other than the fact that it represents an obstacle it's in their path their problem walking down this path and this trees right in the middle of the path and they've got to go around it or they've got to deal with a tree he said as if you had faith as a seed you could say to this obstacle be removed be plucked be planted in the sea and he said it would have been a you. Now Jesus is referring to on the forgiveness here. They obstacle that he is referring to in calling the tree must be unforgiveness because they have said Lord if we forgive this man 7 times in a day. You're going to have to increase our faith Jesus said You don't need no faith what you need to do is plan what you have now he tells you how to plan and listen to what he said if you had faith as a seed you would say he tells you that faith works like a see if you don't plan it you and I have an e-mail now and that simple you know the problem has been we've made it too hard religion is made things hard. Faith is simple apostle Paul says God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. And God didn't give Oral Roberts more faith than he gave you and you modify what he did but he did he didn't give him the take of more faith than he gave you we all got the same amount. Somebody said I'd sure like to know what amount it was what I'm tell you what amount it was it was all the faith there is in the Word of God. You see God's word is filled with faith. Now have you ever stopped to ask yourself how could you measure faith. How could you make sure you have a bushel do you have a Tom or do you have an ounce. Well the only way you can measure faith is to find out how much words and remember what Jesus said in John the 57 if you abide in me in the words of Biden you ask what you will and shall be done. And once the saying he said it the word abides in you the faith is the need to receive that done why because the faith is in the world and not. Now can you understand what he's saying here if you had faith as a seed you would say. If you had hated planet and when you plan it you get more faith because everything produces a reference can. Now less related to the subject matter the destocking about here. I'm tell you right now and some of you cannot forgive right now you've got on forgiveness in your heart you said to people wow I just can't forgive so and so because you just don't know what they did to me Oh I don't know what they did to you but I know what unforgiveness will do for you to stop the faith from working. You'll be miserable all you lot. It won't hurt them at all but it will destroy you . I know among some of you toes but I'm going to stand there and go to God to heal you toes and you'll be better all when it's all over with. Now he tells you how to get rid of unforgiveness if you had faith you would say. What would you say. You'd say thank God offer give Him by faith I don't world I wish I didn't have to I don't even want to do it but I know the Word of God says for me to do it and I made a decision to do it and I am saying in the name of Jesus that off the give them by faith. Now Mark $1123.00 says he shall have what's there he say if people e if they doubt not in his heart and if he believe those things which he say show come to pass he shall have us every say. The reason you got on forgive this many of us because you've been saying it for 20 years. And Jesus tells you how to plant the seed remove. The tree of unforgiveness the obstacle that is keeping you from the blessing of God He says begin to say to it you will be removed you won't hinder me any longer unforgiveness you have no part in me. I made a decision to forgive and I do forgive I forgive my faith I may not wont to but I'm going to do it and make a decision to do. See you don't always feel like doing what the Bible says to do you have to make a decision to do. So Jesus is telling them how to operate in the principle of faith and get rid of the unforgiveness the mount some of our own forgiveness see the mountain you face and the sick of Mindtree that you face may be on forgiveness may be hindering your prayers because if you haven't forgiven u.k. Believe that God would answer your prayer. Because you're not a baying the Word of God Your heart will continue I call it a spiritual heart attack you have a spiritual heart attack when you will follow the direction of God. Sometimes people get the idea also that the things that come to them in life see it's not what happens to you in life it's not what people do to you unless. That cause you the biggest problem it's what you think about what happens to you and what you think about what people do you because of you the biggest problem. Now let me show you something about that you see if you get that I did that well now this happened because this is just God's will for me and I don't know a lot of God Won't it does not happen in the I don't know why God had this bad thing now why didn't God stop this from happening. But then when God responsibility 1st of all it was your responsibility. And then far as God allowing it to happen God will allow anything that you allow. See is not God's responsibility so you take it back to Genesis where God told Adam not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of blessing and calamity or good and evil Well now that had to be the will of God that he not eat of it because he said don't do it couldn't have been the will of God that God wanted him to go said don't do what he did do it didn't. And I did God allow it. No not in the sense that most people believe that you see God didn't allow it because God did everything in his power to stop him from doing it when he said don't do it see that's as far as God could go God bless you we do appreciate you joining us for the concept of faith broadcast a day now or cd off for all this week is cd all for number 711548 dollars plus $3.00 postage and handling total of $11.00 it's entitle how to pray Scripturally and when we come to praying Scripturally you know say this minute time just read the readme knew what he said I mean Jesus tells you how to pray Scripturally and he says Use not vain repeat to Sion as the heathen do for they think they'll be heard for their much speaking now in honor of the have one person praying for me in faith then $100.00 are a 1000 pray in doubt non-belief you know somebody is going to pray now Lord if it be that I will do this for Brother So and So if you don't know the will of God You can't possibly pray the prayer of faith because you have to know the will of God before you can release faith in that prayer and Jesus teaches us how to pray he says pray Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven did you know it's God's will for it to be old earth today as it is in heaven he said Pray that it will be that way well of course it will be that way when he sets up His Kingdom but that's his will now for the earth it is said give us this day our daily bread forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil you know it's God's will for you to be delivered from evil Now if we pray Scripturally we should pray that we be delivered from the evil that will be led by the Spirit of God and not to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . 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Dot com and all over Colorado in digital age d. On am 670 k l t t Commerce City Denver and friends this is Matt wide with a modest 67 they were this quick reminder for all of you that this is the weekend that we changed back to standard time. Time fall back one hour Yes Set your clocks back one hour before you head off to bed Saturday night. Greetings friends in new listeners and welcome to the sound of faith I'm Sharon not to thank you for joining us today because we know Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God Today's message seducing imitating and lying spirits is the 3rd in the 5 part series spirits angels and demons Apostle Paul warned us that in the last days there will be an increase in demonic activity including false doctrine and some blood depart from the faith the New Testament teachings of the church giving heed to seduce and spirits and doctrines of demons Jesus warned to be ware of false prophets who come in sheep's clothing but inwardly they were raving wolves these have come under the influence of and are working with seducing imitating and lying spirits full of holiday to you there's a special anointing here this morning they that no one in be upon the word of the Lord we're in a series about spirits and last week we preached on familiar spirits the week before we preached born enduring spirits that were sort of going to take up today where we left off last week you were going to speak on seducing spirits and that includes not only spirits that to see but lying spirit said imitating spirits so talk with me in the 1st Timothy the 4th chapter and we mention these as we were ending the message last week but we ran out of time so we'll start here today and 1st Timothy 4 and you know these verses Well 1st one now must spirit capital s. Referring to the Holy Spirit of God Thus Spirit speaks expressly that in the latter times Salo shall depart from the face. Giving me he'd choose the do seeing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lies and hypotheses having their consciences with the hot iron How many think we might be in the latter days Amen everywhere we look we see that the work of God has been fulfilled if you read Matthew 24 Mark 13 Luke 21 the signs that Jesus gave that the disciples ask him what's going to take place before you're coming we see that they're coming together rapidly and overlapping one another and men and we also see reading in this verse that there's going to be and there is actually an increase in demonic activity especially with false doctrine and this is going to call Psalm to depart from the face of a God Not all. But Song will depart from the faith and here are the work faith refers to the teachings and doctrines of the Bible and specifically of Christianity in the New Testament Amen and some are going to depart from it now you can't depart from something and to go and ride a man you 1st have to embrace it you 1st have to embrace these teachings before you can depart from them amen and this is going to happen because they give heed to use ado seen spirits as the worst to do so they're in the Greek means to lead astray to deceive but notice that it's poor all. So the do see rets because there's a host of them and they operate in different ways many of which operations overlap one another of a man's to do see by deceiving seduce him by imitating seducing by a lying Amen and so the word there it says doctrines of devils again the doctrines are going to be teachings Amen and actually the Greek word is did does scholarly ya and it's the word for teacher or teach in fact when Nicky Demas came to Jesus by night and he said We know that that our great teacher that's what he called Jesus Amen we know that you were a teacher said wrong God it's that same Greek word so it simply means to teach so it's going to be teachings of devils and the Greek word is a diary of Montiel which means demons it's those word for demons Amen and so they're going to be demons spirits that are going to be teaching false doctrines that's what it boils down to Devens spirits teaching false doctrines but in order for the demon spirits to do that they have to have a human vessel to speak through Amen so they're going to speak through people and so false prophets Amen and they speak law is in the hypot Crissy now the word hypot for so you're probably familiar with it it's a Greek word it's a theatrical word it simply means to play a part on a stage it means to be an actor or an actress Amen and so they are the false teachers and the false preachers and the false prophets are playing a Paul. Art. They are playing the part of being true messengers of God true apostles and prophets and true pastors 8 men they're playing you know part but they have all they have is the cost to. How many you know when you're playing a part you wear a costume they're getting ready to do the Christmas play and we're going to have guys walking down the aisle with bathrobes on and we're going to call them shepherds we're going to know that they're Shepherd Satan and they're going to have this thing and we're going to have some out here with these big wigs they're wearing a costume and we're going to identify them in that play is a change will say now and so what is the cost to that the false preachers and the false teachers where well Jesus told us in Matthew $715.00 Be wary 6 of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing. But inwardly they are raving wolves. So they are wool of those playing the part of being true messengers of God by wearing a cost 2 of sheep's clothing and Paul when he was say you know his goodbyes to the effusion elders and efficient pastors he said I know after I leave because you spent a long time in f a Says think it was about a year and a half you spent there he said after I leave Greivis wolves will enter in among you not sparing the flock. Now there are 3 types of people in church. We have sheep. We have wolves. And we have she dogs. Because the ministers of the truth are the sheep dogs Amen and they're looking out for the wolves and they're always trying. To corral the sheep together to stay in the sheep and stay protected and safe Amen and they're looking out for the wolf and the predator coming in a man and he would chase the wolf all off and corral the sheep into safety 8 men how many sheep do we have your today RINGBACK. Ok that's a lot of hands how many wolves do we have your day. I don't think I'd get any hands. Because if they're here they're wearing sheep's clothing so. They met. And I'm a sheep dog. I'm one of God's sheep dogs a man and so I'm going to always be trying to point out to you the danger of the wolf and try to keep you in the sheep fold of God. But he said these wolves in sheep's clothing may have their conscience seared with a hot iron and you know what that means it's like they take that branding iron when they bring in the cattle so they know Ok this this cow belongs to that Ok ranch Amen and that place there becomes dead skin and it feels no longer has sensation can feel nothing Amen and so imagine having your conscience Sea Org like that yours conscience is seared and when it when the consciences see your it's desensitized it becomes insensible to the desert of truth versus error and you know I have to say this I truly believe this this is my belief that those so-called Christian leaders today who are not only saying that it's all right for same sex marriage but performing those same sex marriages they have their conscience seared with a hot iron. They are no longer able to define sting wish between truth and error a man and the sad thing is that because their leaders with a great voice they're going to cause many sheep to go astray. Amen All right so last week we also gave a passing look at 1st John 4 So let's turn there 1st John and for the 1st one. Be Loved now is there anybody here today that will put yourself in the category of the Be Loved of the Lord let me see all the sheep should be raised in their hands so he's not talking to sinners or unbelievers he's talking to OS the law they believe not every spirit. But try the spear Rhett's plural. Whether they are of God because many false prophets are going out into the world here by no good the Spirit of God Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God and every spirit that confesses not the Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of anti-Christ were of you have heard that it should come and even now is already it is in the world now this is not speaking to the anti crowd is capital. A person it's a Spirit amen that was already working in the world in John's day but you your of God Little children and have overcome them because grader is he that is in you that he that is in the world they are of the world therefore they speak of the world and the world hears them we are of God He that knows God hears us he that is not of God hears not all of us here by know we the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error so 1st of all we are being told we have to try the spirits and what does that mean it means to test to them it really. Came from the idea and the meaning of taking metals like gold and silver and testing them to see whether or not they were pure or they were mixed with other al the ways a man what a demon chasing teaching seducing imitating and lying spirits the Bible amply warns of the increase of this demonic activity in the last days and not only have we seen the demise of Christian values and biblical teachings in America's political landscape such as the ruling on same sex marriage but in the church homosexuality is openly celebrated and same sex marriage sanctioned adultery and divorce or. Lightly reproved if at all false doctrine perverts righteousness and promote sin with its selective seduction of grace false teachers and prophets are able to seduce people because they are appealing to the flesh and they seem authentic but we are to test the spirits to see if they are of God because there is a spirit of truth and there is a spirit of error at work and of Satan is transformed into an angel of light it is no great thing that his ministers are also transformed into ministers of righteousness they imitate the gifts of the Holy Spirit and they said deuce and deceived by lying spirits this message seducing imitating and lying spirits is the 3rd in my 5 part series spirits angels and demons which includes hindering spirits versus ministering spirits familiar spirits and male busters and troublemakers this album can be ordered for a love gift of $25.00 request s k 185 mail to sound of faith p. O. 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