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A Biblical View Of The Spirit World Around Us (Part II) | Senior Pastor Kenneth Carpenter

First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN)

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Satan a prince with power

  • He opens John 12:31 as the second part of his biblical view of the spirit world: now is the judgment of this world, and now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
  • Jesus refers to Satan as a prince three times — John 12:31, John 14:30 (the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me), and John 16:11 (of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged) — and never denies that Satan is a ruler with power.
  • Paul adds the title in 2 Corinthians 4:4: the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ should shine unto them.
  • Ephesians 2:2 names him the prince of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the children of disobedience; before conversion we walked according to his course like puppets on a string.
  • As prince of the power of the air he fills whatever atmosphere he is allowed to fill — one reason God's people are told to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, in church and in the car, pushing back the atmosphere with praise.

Scriptures: John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2

God sets the chain

  • The enemy can reach a believer only two ways: the believer makes a place for him — a prayerless life is an easy prey — or God allows him to come as a test; and when God allows it, his power is limited to what God permits.
  • Job 1:12 sets the pattern: Satan accuses Job of serving God only for material things, and the Lord says, behold, all that he has is in your power — only upon himself put not forth your hand; Satan is on a chain God controls.

Scriptures: Job 1:12

Job's losses were not coincidence

  • Job 1:13-19 is read as Satan at work, not happenstance: the sabaeans fall on the oxen and slay the servants, fire falls from heaven and burns up the sheep, the Chaldeans carry off the camels, and a great wind from the wilderness brings the house down on Job's children.
  • Satan put it in the minds of those peoples — the godless are puppets on his string — and as prince of the power of the air he works through lightning and wind when God gives him room.

Scriptures: Job 1:13-19

Worship is the greater response

  • Job 1:20-22: after all the reports, Job arose, rent his mantle, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground and worshipped — and then could say, naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord; in all this Job sinned not.
  • Worship clears the mind and puts loss in perspective: we did not always have what we have now, and we take nothing with us; the sacrifice of praise is worship offered when the layoff slip and the bad report come, not only when the raise comes.
  • Thankfulness honors God, and God gives more to a thankful spirit; the word and worship together are the believer's greatest weapon against Satan — thoughts alone wear out, but God's incorruptible word does not.

Scriptures: Job 1:20-22

The kingdoms offered, the word answered

  • Luke 4:5-8: the devil takes Jesus up into a high mountain, shows him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and offers all this power and glory — for it is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will I give it — if he will worship him.
  • Jesus does not refute Satan's claim to be the god of this world, because it is true; he answers with the written word — get behind me, Satan, for it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve — God's word standing against Satan's word.
  • Satan promises a kingdom without suffering, but what is gotten without suffering is not appreciated and does not last; ask not only what a man has, but what he went through to get it.

Scriptures: Luke 4:5-8

How the dominion changed hands

  • Genesis 1:26-28: God made Adam the first prince of the air, giving him dominion over the fowl of the air, the fish of the sea, and every living thing on the earth — global dominion as long as he held to God's word.
  • Genesis 3:6 is where the transaction happened: when the woman saw the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes, she took of the fruit and ate and gave also to her husband, and he ate — Adam freely handed his dominion to Satan by obeying Satan's word over God's.
  • Whoever you obey, his servant you are; there are two kingdoms, the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness, and two words opposed to one another.

Scriptures: Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 3:6

Reigning by the second Adam

  • Romans 5:17: by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ — Adam sold us out, but Jesus buys us back.
  • Romans 6:16-17: you are servants to whom you yield yourselves to obey, whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness — but God be thanked, you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine delivered to you.
  • That form of doctrine is the way out of the darkness: repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost; everybody serves somebody — the devil or the Lord.
  • The test of which god you are serving: if you serve the God of light, this word makes you hungry to worship; Satan's work is to keep people asleep, thinking they are saved, while the same spirit that moved the sabaeans and Chaldeans stirs kinfolk against a new convert.

Scriptures: Romans 5:17; Romans 6:16-17

Scripture index: John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; Job 1:12; Job 1:13-19; Job 1:20-22; Luke 4:5-8; Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 3:6; Romans 5:17; Romans 6:16-17.

Transcript

have your Bibles and would stand with me tonight god is great greatly to be praised sir a few moments tonight a few moments this evening God has stirred my heart God has stirred my heart up that Kovan 19 has a lot of opinions about kovat 19 a lot of opinions is it all that well I'll tell you what is real and that is fear okay that is real but I'll tell you one thing kovat 19 has done in my life personally is caused me to reset my life spiritually it's caused me to have a great reset that has happened and it has caused me to to begin to to really examine the spiritual place of the church and how that we can understand the times I want you to understand the times that we're living in and I began Wednesday night and I want to continue tonight John chapter 12 verse number 31 a biblical view of the spirit world around us a biblical view of the spirit world around us John 12:31 now is the judgment of this world now shall the Prince of this world be cast out pray with me tonight father I thank you this evening for the privilege and the honor to be called to preach your word lord I bear the Souls and the burden tonight of this local congregation god I hunger after you and God what you want to do tonight in this sir this god what you want to do through this church got a hunger Lord that we never become complacent a hunger God that we never become Laodicea a hunger God that we never lose our our desire God for you and that church never becomes a ritual and a routine got a hunger tonight that we keep a real relationship with you alive in our hearts that the mention of your name causes me to praise you father touch all of us tonight draw all of us close to you in Jesus name we pray amen and you may be see there are three times in the scriptures that Jesus Christ refers to Satan as a prince as a prince we know that he is referring to him being a ruler a ruler with power Jesus never denied that Satan was a prince and that Satan had power in John chapter 12 verse 31 he said that judgment had come and now shall the Prince of this world be cast out in John chapter 14 and verse number 30 once again hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh and have nothing in me again in John chapter 16 in verse number 11 of judgment because the prince of this world is judged we must understand tonight to have a biblical solid view of the spirit world around us that Jesus referred on three different occasions that Satan was a prince that had power in second Corinthians chapter 4 and verse number four the Apostle Paul says that in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ should who is the image of God should shine unto them Jesus referred to Satan as the prince of this world not once not twice but three times Paul came and Paul put the title upon him that he was the God the god of this world who has blinded the minds of them that believe not later in Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number two now I'm going to read a lot of scripture tonight because I want your understanding of the spirit world around us to be settled within the scripture and understanding in Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number two wherein in time past speaking about us you walked according to the course of this world according to the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience Paul saying to the church at Ephesus that there was a time that you walked a different course there was a time that you walked in a different way he's talking about a manner of behavior a manner of lifestyle that you walked in a different manner of lifestyle and then he said this was all like you were a puppet on a string you walked according to the Prince of the power of the air that you were nothing more than a puppet when he told you to move you moved when he told you to speak you spit you spoke you were nothing more in the hand of Satan the prince and the power of the air this word here the power of the air can be determined to mean the power of the atmosphere the power of the atmosphere and I would certainly say to you that wherever Satan is allowed to feel the atmosphere he will fill the atmosphere with his power and with his presence one example of him being the Prince and the power of the air I believe sister Erickson referenced it today I do believe it is one of the reasons not the main reason but I do believe it is one of the reasons that we are asked as Christian people to make a joyful noise unto the Lord because he is the Prince and the power of the air and if he's the Prince and the power of the air and I want nothing to do with him if I want nothing to do with him I don't want to have to deal with his septal faults I don't want to have to deal with all of his contentions I don't want to have to waste my life trying to overcome the devil I want to spend my life living for the Lord and if I don't waste my life then I need to make some noise around me that pushes back the atmosphere it may sound like praise the Lord thank you Jesus glory to God I magnify your Lord and I'm gonna tell you something else more beautiful tonight it doesn't just have to be when you get to 1331 William Blount Drive it can be in your automobile that you say thank you Jesus glory to God I'm mad by your Lord I love you my god come on why don't we make some noise tonight he's a prince he's the prince and the power of the air but I've got news for you he can only mess with you on one or two on one or two avenues either you make a place for him to mess with you or God allows him to come and mess with you but that's the only way the devil saw when I'm teaching this on on biblical view of the spirit world I don't want anybody going home tonight scared I don't want anybody I don't want anybody leaving a scared life because of this series of lessons I want you to live an in-form life because of this lesson and the only way the enemy can come to you is that you allow him you give place to the devil you create an atmosphere that he can dwell in a prayerless life a prayerless life is rotten flesh and just like vultures will circle the skies when something has died in in the flesh is rotting that that's the same way the enemy does he knows a prayerless man is an easy man he knows a person that doesn't read a Bible he's an easy prey and so you'll always have the enemy around you if you're prayerless preys lusts and without any word of God so you let him into your life that way or you do have a prayer life you do have a praise life you do own a Bible you do read the Bible you do study the Bible you are faithful to Bible study then if the enemy comes into your life it is because God has allowed him to come in and if God has allowed him to come in it is a test that you're going through and when God allows him to come in his power is determined by what God allows him to do that's right if he's the Prince and the power of the air and he's got all this control you're going to show us in Scripture why is it he do I'm going to tell you why it's not doing it because God has him on a chain God has him on control Satan can only do what God allows him to do oh I think we need a praise right now I think we need to praise right now I believe we need to get some things in our mind of understanding about our the spiritual world around us the conversation in the book of Job chapter number 1 and verse number 12 job Satan has come to God and he has made an accusation he is an accuser he is a slender against job he has told God that job only serves God for material things he has laughed in God's face he has slandered the character of job he said no wonder job serves you who wouldn't serve you having all the blessings having all the things that job has and in verse number 12 and the Lord said unto Satan behold all that he have is him die would you say that where with me is in thy power all the job has is in your power only upon himself put not forth thine hand so Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord so we see here brother hemin God said alright Satan you've accused him you've slandered him you said he serves me only for the money and now I'm gonna let you touch all of his money I'm gonna let you touch all of his material things but I will I will control how far you go you can't touch his flesh Satan leaves the presence of God verse 13 I will read very quickly and there was a day when when his sons job's sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's and there came a messenger under Jobin said the oxen were plowing and the ass is feeding beside them and the sabaeans that's a certain group of people fell upon them and took them away yay they have slamed the servants with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee stop there that was not coincidence these Serbians didn't get up one morning and it just came to their mind to attack the children to attack the option of job it didn't just get up one morning and decide hey I'm gonna tell you who put it in their mind Satan put it in their mind because if you are not a follower of Jesus Christ you must understand you are a puppet on a string and you're just simply orchestrating what he wants done it was not coincidental it was not just something that came into their minds verse 15 and the sabaeans fell upon them and took them away and have slain to service with the edge of a sword and I am escaped alone to tell thee while he was yet speaking there came also another and said the fire of God is fallen from heaven that is lightning and have burnt up the sheep and the sand the servants and consumed them and I only am escaped alone to tell thee now not only does Satan have control it wasn't a happenchance of a storm he is the prince and the power of the air it wasn't just a happenchance thunderstorm it was that Satan controlled the lightning and now being given permission from God he sends lightning boats to the field of job and creates a fire and it burns up the sheep and the servants and consumes them and only one escaped while he was yet speaking there came also another and said the Chaldeans he said another group of people made out three bands fell upon the camels and and carried them away yay and slam the service with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee so here's another group of people the Sabine's and the Chaldeans that just didn't I want to drive this point home to us we've got to understand in world affairs there are things that are happening that God is allowing to happen to bring about the end of time we are moving toward a one-world government they're coming together and governments that would not speak to each other for decades are now crossing over the line and wanting to have wanting to have conversations I don't think it's anything or get out of the accidental coincidental with North Korea I don't think that China is on the map tonight the way China is and the upset I don't think that's just a coincidence ladies and gentlemen Satan is a destroyer his very nature he couldn't bless you if he wanted to bless you because he is by his nature he is that the one of death and so anytime God backs off and God says you can do this there will be death in the way it is the Chaldeans now that get up and decide to attack job verse 18 while he was yet speaking there came also another and said thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the eldest brother's house and behold there came a great wind from the wilderness and smote the four corners of the house a tornado and it fell upon the young men and they are dead and I skate alone to tell thee he has power he has power to get into the minds of godless godless nations he has power to get into their minds when God wants to fulfill his purpose God can and Satan's chain and Satan can speak into the minds because you remember he is the God that have blinded the minds of them which believe not he is not only able to get into the minds and calls nations to become puppets but he also is the prince and the power of the air he can control lightning and he can control the wind he is very powerful he is the Prince of the air this is powerful the wind the lightning people's thoughts yet I want you to know tonight you're thinking that Pastor this don't feel real good to me tonight we'll just hold on for a moment just hold on her for a moment my response to Satan's lightning and Satan's wind and the people that Satan can bring against me my response is greater than what he can do my response of worship is greater than what the enemy can do you say well that person seems to have it in for me out for me you might be right but how you respond to those child ends and those sabaeans is going to determine whether they have the final say in your life you say man the lightning and the wind is stronger than I it's only stronger than you if you don't have the right response of worship because when the lightning came and the wind came and the sabaeans and the Chaldeans came the Bible said in verse 20 something greater than wind and lightning and Chaldeans and sabaeans something greater then job arose and rent his mental and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground the worship can I tell you tonight that if Satan has been allowed to come into your house if Satan has been allowed to come into your life can I tell you about a biblical view of spiritual forces around me my response to worship is greater than the wind and the lightning my response of worship my response when things fall apart in my life everything's hinging upon verse 20 am I going to worship God or am I going to doubt God am I going to say is this what I get for paying my tithe is this what I get for coming to church is this what I get for living holy or are you gonna back up raise your two hands and begin to magnify the King of Kings come on some of you that are under attack tonight you ought to begin to push back the enemy with worship with worship with worship with worship hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah I feel the Holy Ghost tonight why why is worship so important in my life is it just noise no worship always clears my mind and puts things in proper perspective when you're counting your lost you ought to be counting something that never can be taken away for the world didn't give it to you and the world cannot take it away let there be a car wreck and you get out without a scratch it should've standing thinking about you got a $800 deductible you ought to raise your hands and say thank God I walked out of this without a scratch and you know what even if you had a scratch on your body and sketches of the side of your hand you ought to let them stitch you up and you ought to be saying god I thank you that I'm alive I thank you God that I'm here because worship changes my perspective that's why we've got verse 21 you can't have verse 21 without verse 20 he got up and worshiped so when he did open his mouth about the situation see when anything happens there's two conversations you have one with God and one about the situation but if you only have one about the situation you're going to be in trouble but if you have that first conversation with God I Love You God I don't understand God I can't make heads or tails of this God I don't know why God but I know one thing I love you I know one thing I Love You God I know one thing you've never done me nothing but good god I know one thing God I've not always been good to you maybe it's time for a little honesty when we get in trouble maybe we need to say God you know I might have brought some of this home myself God but I don't know one thing you've never left me you've never turned your back on me I bless you lord I praise you lord I magnify your Lord please say no Carter are you really real you really saying that we ought to stand up and give God praise when I just got my layoff slip you think I need to stand up and give God praise when people headed out against me and all this stuff that's happening in my life you really think I ought to do that baby that's why that's why it's called the sacrifice of praise hey anybody can go to the mailbox and get their stimulus check and say wow anybody can get a raise on their job and say thank you Jesus but what about when you're walking out of the gate and you just been laid off can you then I'm not to feel my pre koban nineteen shell coming on I want you to know you gotta be able to worship well they say the tumors growing I bless your name god I magnify your name god you're great and greatly to be praised you're great lord pray sit with me right now feel the Holy Ghost of this house yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah somebody say yes somebody say yes yes somebody say yes yes yes hallelujah oh I got my worship now I still got a group I still got a house full of dead kids and I still got bankruptcy my fields are burnt up animals are burnt up and all I've got left is about three servants and they saved them because they always give a negative report I'm bankrupt I got children I got to bury I got things I don't understand but job had him a little worship with God and then he opened his mouth and verse 21 and said this naked came out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither in other words he said there was a day I didn't have all this you see some of us think that wealth is permanent there was a day when you didn't have two pennies to rub together there was a day when I coat hanger kept your muffler from falling off in the middle of the street that was a day when you had cardboard in the of your shoes there was a day that you only went out to eat ever great once in a while and you had jam sandwiches at home what's a jam Sam would you take two pieces of bread jam them together and eat can I tell you you've not always lived in that house you've not always made that kind of money you've not always been where you're at right now so what did you do before you had it you praise the Lord you magnify the Lord come on I'm gonna get some of us tonight to praise Him right now are you waving your hands good but we need to get some vocals thun's going home we need to get some vocal things you're known hallelujah he's a prince did you run the Iowa USA when you when you didn't have your signal sickness I say if you're strong enough now that you got your sickness y'all I still be praise on the Lord did you clap your hands before the cancer if you got it now you're to clap your hands yaaaa worship worship brother Nolan puts things in the proper perspective naked I came out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither he said you know what I I came into this world of nothing and I'm going out of this world with nothing never saw a u-haul behind a hearse yet you ain't taking nothing with you the Lord gave come on now come on let's get our perspective together the Lord gave ya that's when you were praising him and the LORD hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord and all this job sin not neither charged God now before I go to my next point I want every man woman boy or girl in here especially those of you that are going through a trial I want you to verbally understand that God gave it what you say it's lost no it's not lost it's not lost well who's got it will read your verse who's got it who's got what I lost the Lord because the Lord gave it and the Lord took it away and will teach something one sure way not to get it back is to become unthankful cuz I don't know about you but I got a little God in me I got a little God in me not much but I got a little God in me I don't like to do anything for any thankful people oh I know I know y'all just say just your halo a little bit I know this behind that blouse sister I know there's folded angelic wings back there I understand and I'm I'm trying to keep my horns down alright I understand all that I don't like a whiny kid I don't like a kid coming up to me what why why where you cut at where you where you where you cut out my song I want a popsicle you gonna get a can of turnip greens right now now if I don't like that my friend am I the only one here that doesn't like that how many you like doing things for people that never say thank you how many pies you just keep sending over to that person and you never get a thank-you note you may be seated you never get a thank-you now you know what I'm talking about that stuff stops but you take somebody that's thankful and they just make over what you do for them you know what that makes you want to do move me give them more I just want to give them more because they think you know who you know where I got that from I got that from my heavenly father when we are thankful you know what that makes him day said let me give him a little bit more I like to hear him say there let me give him a let me let me bless him a little bit more because he's keeping that thankful spirit he's thinking that kid April spirit you know what when that boy didn't have all all of his teeth in his head do you know he worshipped me and praised me do you know when he had an old car that it had air-conditioning the old car I had had air conditioning in it you rolled down four windows and get 65 it had for 65 it had the famous made pop tires on it may pop at any time as a matter of fact I remember this is a true story no evangelistic 'no stew this story but i remember the Sun the Sun had had beat down on the the back of a cloth seat in that car the back windshield the Sun had beat down and it had dry rotted the the the cloth there and the cotton stuck out the cotton stuck out of that of that signal and and in the summertime working for brotherly you get real hot so you wrote all them when to stay on and of course you know we just learning new choir songs and we could be going down a road praising God this little light of mine I'm gonna remember that Jeff this little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine this little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine and then in the remember that ain't no grave gonna hold my body down and I'm going up yonder I'm going up then I get the sin and so help me God this happened this is no evangelistic speaking here I got to sing in one day in the car I got to going fast anymore cotton balls from that back back and started rotating around that car that start going like that there go out one Whitney come in the next coast and I had my mouth this little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine and when them cotton balls went right in my mouth I'm nearly I nearly choked to death I had to pull over side the road spirits but her can I tell you God look down and said you know what when that little boy didn't have all the teeth in his head and I little oh boy had a car he would praise me and you know what he was thankful for that car he just thank God for that car he thanked God for a suit that he had he had a he had a he had a his mama bought him a a suit to go to church I remember this my mama bought me a suit to go to church and it had a pair of pants and head of this and a little best jockey and what I would do and the jacket was reversible it had a different pattern on the other side so Wednesday night Wednesday night I'd wear that pants and that verb s with the checkered part sticking around and and my white shirt and I'd go to church and praise God and then Sunday morning I turned the vest around the plain side put the jacket and the tile on and I was thinking everybody thinks I got three or four clothes god I didn't we're going to church because somebody there had a better car I didn't quit going to church because somebody in there had more teeth than I had I didn't quit going to church because somebody had better clothes I just walked in oh my god I just walked in there and I praise God and he said I'll give you some more I'll give you a little bit more Oh Brenda now I'm telling you if you want God to bring you out get a thankful spirit come on get examples hey come on now holy got some follow us and we'll praise it can I tell you our greatest weapon against Satan is the word and worship say it with me the word and worship say with me the word and worship said again the word and worship you said I'll Cobra if I could just think hard enough to be delivered if I could just concentrate hard enough to be delivered I could be delivered no you can't because you got to have something more powerful than what you've got what you're bound and your thoughts are not more powerful than once got you bound you can think all you want to but your thoughts will wear out but if you can learn how to get into God's incorruptible Word and worship it is your greatest weapon it is your greatest weapon the word and worship is your greatest weapon set again the word and worship my greatest weapon Luke 4 verse 5 everybody alright tonight Luke 4 and verse 5 the devil taking him up into a high mountain showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time and the devil said unto him all this power will I give thee and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever I will give it whomsoever I will I give it now there's some interesting things about this verse Satan claimed to be the god of this world and Rhonda Jesus Christ did not refute that when Satan said all the world is mine Jesus did not say it is not and the reason he didn't say it was because it was true what Satan said he was the god of this world he is the prince and the power of the air but you see he told Jesus I will give you what you have come for that's right the Bible says in revelation 11 that there will come a day when the kingdoms of this world shall be Christ's but you must understand Satan promises a kingdom without suffering and he's not going to take his kingdom without suffering and you and I must understand don't ask man what do you have you need to ask what did you go through to get it a lot of people would say I would like to have his anointing but you've got to understand what did you go through to get that anointing because if you don't suffer for what you have you don't appreciate what you have easy come easy go that's why the majority of people that become wealthy overnight by the sweet states and the lottery and all these things that's why they interview them a few years later and they're poor more poor than they were before they won the lottery you know why they didn't suffer for it they just bought a scratch-off ticket and they became a millionaire overnight but you give me some man and woman that gets up before the crack of the morning he gets up before dawn and he goes out and he works a business and he works that business and he begins to give God what's his and he works that business he's got long laborious hours he suffers that somehow the payment comes back and God begins to bless him I'm telling you you appreciate more what you got when you had to suffer to get it you appreciate more what you've got when you had to suffer to get it he said go ahead and worship me I'll give you all the kingdoms it's mine go back to verse 6 go back to verse 6 and the devil said unto him all this power will I give thee and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever I will give it he said I got I got the kingdoms of this world delivered to me the kingdoms of this world were given to me it's right there in the scripture so I asked a question in my notes tonight I've got a question in my notes when was the power delivered when did Satan become the god of this world with domain it happened in Genesis 1:26 2228 and God blessed them Adam and Eve and God said unto them be fruitful multiply replenish the earth and subdue it the earth and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth can you out can you yeah I'm gonna tell you when the transaction happened Adam was the first man that was the Prince and the power of the air Adam was the first man that God made and God gave him dominion over the fowl that's the air over the sea over the all the earth Adam had global dominion he had global dominion over everything that God created but in Genesis chapter 6 and verse excuse me three verse number six is when the transition happened and Adam freely gave his dominion over to Satan and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes a tree to be desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat this is where Satan got his authority because at that time it was God's Word vs. Satan's Word this is where I go back to the two kingdoms the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness there are two words God's Word and Satan's words and they are opposed one to another Adam and Eve can live forever with global Dominion as long as they hold on to God's Word because whoever you choose to obey it's not mine it's not maybe whoever you obey is the one that you are a servant to you are a servant to whoever you obey now I want to go back just for a moment I want to go back just for a moment and look at that verse 6 again because if you would give me Luke 4 and verse number 6 on the screen and I know I'm going back and forth but I want you to see this tonight it says the devil saith unto him all this power will I give thee and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever you so ever I will give it give me the next verse please verse 7 if thou therefore will worship me all shall be find all you have to do is worship me and I will give it over to you next verse please verse 8 and jesus answered and said unto him get thee behind me Satan for it is written thou shalt worship the Lord thy God what's he sayin there's two words here am i right there's two words here God's Word Satan's word God's Word says that you are to worship no other but God Satan says worship me he says get behind because it is written thou shalt worship the Lord thy God notice this and him only shall no notice it doesn't say worship because you anything you worship you serve it you are the servant to whatever you worship and when Adam and Eve chose of their own to walk out of the light of God's Word and walk into the darkness of Satan's word we have Romans chapter 5 verse 17 for if by ones man of one man's offense death reigned by one much more they which receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ Paul is saying we're all in sin because Adam sold us out Adam was the man of Dominion Adam was the man of global power but when Adam stepped out of the realm of light and stepped into the realm of darkness he lost all of it and Satan Satan became the god of this world Satan became the Prince and the power of the air Romans 6:16 through 17 know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness but God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine that was delivered to you that's why I preach to you tonight that you need to repent if you're going to come out of the darkness you have got to change mind about the darkness you have got to get tired of living the way that you're living and you've got to have a change of mind and you've got to come to the altar and give your life to God in repentance and you've got to go up and be water baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sin and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost what in the world are you saying it's a form of doctrine that if you'll obey it God will set us free if we will obey this form you got to obey somebody I said you got to obey somebody Bob Dylan Bob Dylan singer and songwriter wrote this song you may be an ambassador to England or France you may like to gamble you may like to dance you may be the heavyweight champion of the world you may be a social life with a long string of pearls but you're going to have to serve somebody yes you're going to have to serve somebody well it may be the devil I'll tell you this it's not a Bureau this this is not one of the guys that show up on Bill Gaither right here all right he's writing it might be the devil or it might be the Lord but you're going to have to serve somebody you might be a rock and roll addict prancing on the stage you might have drugs at your command and women in a cage you may be a businessman or some hot degree fifth or high degree thief they may call you doctor or they may call you chief but you gotta have to serve somebody yes you're going to have to serve somebody well it might be the devil or it might be the Lord but you're gonna have to serve somebody you might be a state trooper it might be a young turk you may be the head of some big TV network you may be rich or poor you may be blind or lame you may be living in another country going by another name but you're gonna have to serve somebody you're going to have to serve somebody maybe the devil or maybe the Lord but you're going to have to serve somebody you may be a construction worker working on a home you may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome you might own guns and you might own tanks you might be somebody's landlord you might even own banks but you're gonna have to serve somebody you're gonna have to serve somebody you may be a preacher with your social pride you may be a City Councilman taking bribes on the side you may be working in a barber shop you may know how to cut hair you may be somebody's mistress maybe somebody's there but you're going to have to serve somebody you're going to have to serve somebody gonna tell you the clothes of this message tonight you are either serving the god of light or the god of this world can I give you a little just in closing how you may know which you're serving if you're serving the God of light this sermon has made you hungry to worship if you're serving the god of darkness this sermons this sermon says and even if it registered in your heart I'm tired spent a long days in Mother's Day some other stamp tired he really hasn't rung my bell tonight really I you know it's almost ready quit hey it appears he's quitting a little early tonight hey wow you see the enemy well like to keep you law to sleep rock-a-bye little baby gotta keep him asleep you know what I've got to do you don't have got to do I've got to keep him thinking he's saved and never it never ceases to amaze me it says carpet it never ceases to amaze me you let somebody attend this church that's lived a horrible lifestyle parents never gave them one thought gave them any counsel of where to go and what to do but you let that little girl stumble in this church and pray through to the Holy Ghost get baptized and more times than I can count that little girl or boy show up wins tonight if they make it to Wednesday night sometime brother hemming you know this to be the truth they're calling by Monday evening or Tuesday hey my uncle called me up said I need to stay away from you all y'all at all my uncle said this my mom said that now that uncle hasn't given that boy the time of day that uncle passed that boy of many a night sitting down here on the back of his truck at Midland Shopping Center doing god only knows what and never thought one thing about it but you let that little boy stumble in this church and ever kinfolk he's got a lot radar what I know what it is come on you know what it is too because the same devil that controlled the Chaldeans and the sabaeans gets loose

Scripture references as spoken: John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; Job 1:12; Job 1:13-19; Job 1:20-22; Luke 4:5-8; Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 3:6; Romans 5:17; Romans 6:16-17.