Recognizing the Enemy

"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not
ignorant of his devices." 2 Corinthians 2:11

The key to experiencing victory in your life may lie in your ability
to recognize your enemy. Can you recognize the work of the enemy
in your life? Most people would say, "Yes!" However, I am convinced
that a vast majority of Believers cannot? When I think of the
battle that we, as Believers, must wage in life against evil, my
thoughts gravitate towards the war in Iraq. Militarily, the U.S is
far more powerful and sophisticated in training and weaponry, but
yet and still, we are experiencing an ever-increasing number of
casualties. There is a reason for this. The reason is our enemy
is hard to recognize. The enemy in this battle does not always
wear a uniform by which he can be easily identified. In many
instances, it is not a he but a she. Women, children and unassuming
old men are sacrificing themselves in order to inflict as much
damage on the U.S. Armed forces as possible. Armed Service men
and women face daily, the possibility that the person who just walked
by or is eating at a diner across the street, is actually there to
steal, kill and destroy any future or hope they have.

On a daily basis you and I wage war against an enemy that we
cannot see and who does not want to be recognized. When most
people think of evil, or picture the enemy, they visualize a man in a
red suit with horns and a pitchfork. Many look for what Hollywood has
depicted as evil - some wild and out of control person. Evil is
much too clever to be so obvious. Satan experiences the most
success in secret, carrying out covert operation in the lives of
Believers. Strategically, killing, stealing and destroying people's
hopes, dreams and lives while going undetected. This is his primary
mode of operation.

This is why Paul instructs the Corinthian church (and us) not to be
ignorant of, the devices of the enemy. Many people wonder, "How
did I get in the condition that I'm in?" "How could I have done
what I did?" "Why do I feel this way?" "How can I think about or
meditate on such things?" If you've thought or said any of the
above, you've been attacked - and didn't know it.

You must understand that evil will very seldom come at you as
full-blown evil. It will present itself as something harmless,
inconsequential, small and even cloaked as something good. It does
this because it knows that "good people" will not readily embrace
something that is obviously evil, so it must appear to be something
other than what it really is. This is why so many "good people"
become victims to bad habits, bad relationships and find themselves
in bad situations. They've allowed something that appeared good
into their lives, which turned out to be something other than good.

This takes spiritual discernment. Jesus understood this and was
able to discern between what appeared to be genuine concern for His
well-being and demonic activity. When Jesus told His disciples of
His pending suffering, Peter pulled Him aside and proclaimed that he
would never let Jesus suffer. Jesus looked Peter straight in the
eye and said: "Get behind Me, Satan!" (Matthew 16:23). What
appeared to be genuine concern by a friend was actually a device of
the devil. As a matter of fact, the first place we find a demon
mentioned in the New Testament is in a place that we would least
expect it. It was not in a graveyard, nor some dark enchanted
forest - but in church! Mark 1: 23 records, "there was a man in
their synagogue with an unclean spirit". In every instance the
enemy presents himself in a place and manner that would not cause
those who are his target alarm. He uses "good people" and "good
places" to camouflage his true identity and objective. He depends
on us not being able to detect his presence and activity until it
is too late. He employs gradual compromise to bring us to a point
of vulnerability and weakness.

Some of you may be wondering, "Why is it necessary to recognize
the enemy?" The answer is your life depends on it. Your ability to
detect the enemies' point of entry in our lives will not only affect
the quality our lives, but its quantity as well. You may not
recognize the one thing that you've given place to in your life
that is an agent of the enemy to keep you defeated, frustrated and
broken. As long as it is allowed to stay, nothing will change.

Here are 10 ways to help you rightly appraise and discern the
things that are presently part of your life, as well as those
things you are considering allowing into to your life.

Ask yourself these questions:

1. Does it draw you closer too and strengthen your relationship
with God or does it draw attention to yourself?
2. Will it cause others to see Christ more clearly?
3. Is Jesus and the Kingdom of God glorified in your doing it?
4. Can it be supported biblically?
5. Is the benefit an enduring one or does it only satisfy an
immediate need?
6. Is your life being enriched or depleted by it?
7. When speaking to others about it can you be nakedly honest
regarding every detail and your involvement in or with it?
8. Do you have to rationalize its legitimacy in your life?
9. Do you have genuine God given peace in your spirit concerning
your involvement or decision(s)?
10. Must you comprise God's Word or morality for it?

By shining the light of God's Word and truth upon our lives we are
now able to detect the enemies presence and position ourselves to
wage a more victorious warfare!

By Dr. J.C. Matthews, Senior Pastor of Dunamis Life Ministries and Chancellor of The International Kingdom Institute; and a dear friend, in Christ!

Response To Hating Muslims

Unfortunately, not all citizens of our great nation are willing to accept truth, but, for various reasons, spread hate and attack truth in the usual attempt to discredit truth. This is exactly how Barack Obama and his camp replied to every charge made which questioned his patriotism and legal qualification to be President of this fine country. Ever since I have presented true points and strong evidence contrary to the beliefs of the cult which follows Barack Obama, a rally of atheists, liberal fanatics, and uninformed Americans have come out of the woodwork.
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Since they have no response against the facts, their only retort is with insult and false accusations. This is just further proof of the 'cult' following without reason or common sense. I have found links to this page on pages where illegal drugs are promoted, rants against Christians, and far left agendas of all sorts.
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The two most commonly used accusations, all over the internet, are that I hate Muslims and I hate Barack Obama. Most who find me, whether by email or Twitter, and sling there hash, were only on one of my pages long enough to pick on a couple of points to use for the insults; usually attacking my faith or informing me of how ignorant I am. They didn't even check the information for which they argue. They only respond as it pertains to Barack or Muslims.
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My concern is not with the attack on my character, as I have no reason to defend myself against tyranny and heathens. I will fight tyranny, any way I can, and they will not shut me up. My only concern, is poison spreads. As always, their rhetoric gets lost in translation, and picked up by unsuspecting ears, never allowing the truth to prevail. That is exactly how we got into the situation of our Democracy being at risk. Through their ignorance, they are cutting off their noses to spite their face.
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I do not hate Muslims. I present the facts of how the religion is deceiving. These are not my personal opinions. If anyone takes exception to the truth, they must take that up with Muslims. I am not rewriting the Koran. Maybe you who defend it, should read it first. These are not radical Muslims.
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I do not hate Barack Obama. Again, just because I present the facts and evidence, which embarrasses people, which whom, rallied for him to be elected, is not an emotional response (hate) on my behalf. Rather, it is an emotional response to lash out at the messenger because we don't like the message. I have people arguing a link I provided, when they didn't even check the link. They just don't want to hear the truth, because the truth is contrary to their false idol.
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I pray for all Muslims, that they will realize the truth, and turn to Christ, as are thousands every day. I pray for our President, as he is Muslim, to do the same. I pray our President has a change of heart, as did John F Kennedy , and realize the people he works for (not us) are against this great nation, and plan to destroy it, as we know it. If that cannot be achieved, then I will fight for justice.
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Legally, the President and all who follow him are indictable for treason. It may come to that. It may come to a revolution because it won't come to that. One way or the other all American Patriots are called and required to fight treason. This what our Constitution was constructed for, and why they want to eliminate it.

The Real Battle

The one thing we need to keep in the front of our conscious awareness is...who do we serve? The events of today, as we are led to perceive them, are not controllable by humans. It is written, and always has been. The real battle is not between capitalism and socialism, left and right, nation and nation, but, between Good and evil.

When you view this full length documentary, do so with an open mind. Put your misguided, liberal, cult following rhetoric aside for just a few moments. We can make a noise for a season, but, nothing will change what is already in place. All you are about to see has been prophecy for thousands of years. The whole reason for Satan to confuse and manipulate the majority of Pastors and people we have always placed our trust in, is so we will not accept the truth when it slithers up and bites us in the face. The only real "CHANGE" we can believe in... as Christian Soldiers is to prepare as many loved ones, as well as strangers, to be with us in the final prophecy, and avoid the final conflict.

more about "The Real Battle", posted with vodpod *So you ask, "If all this is written, why then should I get involved?" Good question! Because God hates 'luke warm' believers. That is people who profess to belong to Him, but, just sit back and let others serve in His name. We are to be on fire for Him. That is written, also. When we become indifferent to the consequences which encompass our life we are missing out on the enormous opportunity to bring others to salvation. We simply rationalize the need to serve. God does not need our service. It is not for His benefit. It is for our benefit. On judgement day, which will come to all, He will ask why we did not serve Him. *When we get into our comfort zone, which I believe the 'warm & fuzzy' preachers are mostly to blame, we lose the need to act. When the bad news (ie: iniquity in our life) is watered down, we lose the need for the good news. If we cannot point out to a non-believer the need for being saved, why then should he feel the urgency to be saved? If we are to believe most evangelists, we are all saved and and don't have to worry about the iniquity in us. This is a play on words. *As we may have been led to believe we were saved at one time, because we said the prayer of salvation, we never followed up by seeking His Will. Many point out to me scripture such as Paul's letters to the Hebrews, Galatians and Romans, etc., which speak of never losing our salvation. That is true, for the TRUE believer. Commonly, evangelists snatch what they like from the Bible to make their 'warm & fuzzy' point. They do us a disservice, as they are sealing our fate. If the same context was continued in its integrity, all these messages pertaining to salvation, such as Hebrews 6:4, would point out - if you professed, but, returned to iniquity, you missed the point of being saved, and never were. *When we are saved, we surrender to the Lord as our Saviour. We commit to the Holy Spirit in our life. The Holy Spirit will not share us with the fleshly desires we choose. As we take back our iniquity, and love the world, we reject the Holy Spirit. To reject the Holy Spirit is blasphemy. To fall away from the Lord for a season means we didn't understand what it really meant to follow Him and we were never really saved, but, think we are. This is why I preach the simple fact, the atheist has a better chance to go to Heaven than the common "Christian". The common misled believer is comfortably mistaken they have nothing to worry about, and will be shocked when they are damned. The atheist has a chance to realize his calamity, and truly turn his heart over to the Lord. We cannot love the world and love the Lord. It's your choice.

The Gospel: According To Oprah

This morning I saw another video of small children in Africa drinking from contaminated ponds and streams. The water is filthy and diseased ridden, but, they have no choice, it is all they have. It comes down to drinking the brown liquid on the ground, with the dead animal floating just a few feet away, and dying a slow death from disease; or the alternative, not drinking the water on the ground (the only available) and dying sooner. Most of us pay a dollar or so for the equivalent of a glass of water, rather than trust the fresh water delivered free into our homes from a shiny, attractive, and in some cases, a gold plated pipe. The ironic thing is, the bottled water we pay billions for every year, in addition to the municipal water we complain about, is in most cases the same as the tap water.

Most parents, if they saw their children about to scoop up a handful of water off the ground and bring it toward their mouth, would yell, "Stop!", and run to them exclaiming how dirty it is. Water is THE most basic need in life. If it stopped flowing into our house, we would demand answers. When, due to drought, there was a threat it would stop flowing into homes in the southeast region of our country (Georgia) it was on the news everyday, and became a major concern until it was resolved. No One would have let the population of Georgia start dying off because they didn't have flowing water. Neither Politics nor money would have been an issue, even if we had to truck in water from all over the country.

There has been a handful of people and organizations in Africa for sometime now, trying to make a difference, and utilizing what media is available to them to get the word out. The main word is, "There is not enough money to build the wells needed". What?!!!

How can this be? How could money possibly be the issue involved in keeping water from anybody on the planet? Most countries have no issue with providing the most basic need of humanity to their people. If they did, a rally would be implemented to solve the problem. A drive would be initiated by so many celebrities and governments, until the issue was resolved. This issue is simple. These people need water, among other things, but, won't have it until wells are built. I understand the general cost of a well is around $5,000 USD. Each well can provide enough water to supply a community.

People, like the Robisons, spend most of their time and effort to make a difference in this region. Most people turn away from the images they may accidentally come across on TV of the suffering children. They may think 'it is terrible', but, what can they do about it? That is another world, and we are not responsible for making it that way, nor can we fix all the world problems. These are all good excuses, I guess. The fact of the matter is, these people who are in dyer need of something we take for granted, are all children of God, our brothers and sisters. Further more, they did not ask for, or do anything to put themselves in, this horrible situation. Rather, the situation has been forced upon them by a few, whom are only concerned about their power and wealth.

As I watched these babies drinking from this disease infested water, a chill came over me. A thought rushed into my head (uh-oh!). Where are all these people worth BILLIONS? Why don't we have a Billionaire Drive? Oprah Winfrey is part of that club. She could take credit for it by having her people organize it. Who cares as long as it gets done? In fact, one Billionaire could probably solve the problem and never miss the money. In fact, by their actions, they would gain so much popularity through the media coverage, it would be more of an investment. In fact, it would save millions of lives, rather than refine the education of a few hundred.

I am not picking on Oprah for being rich. I submit article A, for your consideration: Oprah spent millions (which I personally think she got ripped off) for a building in Africa, with her name on it. It was on every channel and news broadcast for weeks. We were updated on the progress by her 'publicity people', always keeping the media updated on the fine thing Oprah was doing. She gained even more attention for herself, and aside from selling even more books, she has a building with her name on it. It houses a limited number of girls to refine their education and help them develop a career. This will be just one of Oprah's legacies.

According to Oprah, this is all you need to get into Heaven. She has openly denounced Jesus on national television. She has claimed in the past to be a Christian. Yes, it is true, I was not there when Oprah became a Christian, so I don't know how it happened. But, I do know for a fact, if I spend the night in my garage, I will in no way become a car, except in my mind if I choose. Then, I will be locked up, until which time I can prove I don't believe I am a car anymore. Oprah can foolishly claim to be whatever she wants, but, she is preaching to a huge audience a calamity, of which, will lead unsuspecting admirers down with her. She obviously has never read the Bible...The True Word of God. If she has, she obviously has picked and chosen only the items she liked, leaving the rest as 'not falling under the category' she desires.

The entire point of the NEW TESTAMENT was to give us sinners a way to have a relationship with the father. The Lamb (Jesus) is referenced to all throughout the Old Testament. The whole point of the first Passover was God saving His people by the blood of a pure lamb, smeared over the doorways of His people. It was only done as a symbol by God to show us He had planned from the beginning to save us by the blood of the Lamb (His Son). God couldn't just forgive us across the board for our sins with no commitment on our part. How could we respect Him? It is hard enough to get Christians to adhere to the Word. Jesus paid for our sins, because God loved us so much and wanted to provide for us the opportunity to form a relationship with Him. But, we cannot do it without Jesus. The second Passover not only gave us the gift of our salvation, but, the gift of having Communion with our Savior.

John, 14:6, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me."

By Oprah forming her (new) belief, regardless whether she heard it from someone else or came up with it on her own, she is using her visibility to drag others down with her. We cannot pick and choose, like a smorgasbord, what we like or dislike from God's word. What is she basing her ignorant conclusion on. All the evidence is in the Bible. Satan has managed to convince a vast majority of Christians, they can get away with discounting something in God's Word that disagrees with their philosophy or way of life. Our own President Obama claims to be a Christian, but, has no problem with killing babies as they are delivered. He stands in support of an organization which was formed, and still stands for (which was attempted to be proven) the weeding out of black pregnancies in America. Ironic? Absolutely not. It is Satan's lies to lead us away from the truth.

Satan has planned way ahead for all this. He is stupid, but, non-believers are more stupid. How else will it be explained, when millions of people disappear for the rapture? Some will come to their senses and realize they were wrong and there really was a rapture. Most will believe the 'logical' explanations of terrorist attacks or alien ships. Oprah serves a god, but, not our God.

While I don't personally know Oprah, I don't have to in order to know she is wrong. She may be a wonderful person, but, she is still going to hell, unless she accepts Jesus as the Son of God, and her personal Savior. God can, however, even use unsuspecting heathens to do His work. So, Oprah, if somehow this message gets to you, you may freely place your name on each and every well you have constructed for the needs of the dying people in Africa. In fact, there are so many Billionaires now, They can each claim a well to place their name on it. The cost would not be the tab for your last dinner party. Or Oprah could make it a regular 5 second spot at the end of each show (as Bob Barker did for pets) encouraging people to contribute. Regardless how it gets done, just do it. I am sure Oprah was crushed when she heard the news regarding the scandal at her school, but, regardless of what a good deed it was, clearly Satan was in control. I won't get into who was in control of her backing of Obama.

Oprah would never consider taking every penny of her money to Las Vegas and throwing it all down on a roulette table. Nor would anybody follow her. But, she is willing to gamble on an issue in which all the evidence is stacked up against her and so many people will follow her, and lose their eternal life. It is pretty obvious, if the Antichrist is revealed in her lifetime, Oprah will support him into power. If she doesn't believe in Jesus, I'm sure she doesn't believe in the Antichrist. I'm sure the Antichrist will believe in Oprah. For all you fanatics, it's not Obama, he never came close, biblically, but he will 'set a good stage', biblically.