Saturday 6 August 2011

If you are not Christian, satan is your master!!!

John 14:6
New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.


The Spiritual Ruler of This World
Satan is the current god of this world. Satan is a spirit conspirator manipulating the world by deception and by fostering the spirit of disobedience. While on this Earth, Christ admitted that someone other than himself was the current ruler of the world.

John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”36

Paul identified who was the god of this world and warned his followers that it was Satan who blinded the world to the glorious gospel of Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 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, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. KJV

Satan is deceiving the entire world and is fooling the world to worship a false Christ. The book of Revelation identifies Satan as the great deceiver of the entire world.

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the Earth, and his angels were cast out with him. KJV

Paul preached to the Ephesians that mankind's true battle is against Satan and his demons.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. KJV

Peter stated that a Christian's enemy is the devil.

1 Peter 5:8-9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.9your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.Be sober, be vigilant; because[a]8

Satan is the god of this world until Christ returns. The reason Satan is the current ruler of this world goes back to the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate of the Tree of Good and Evil, they allowed Satan to rule them instead of God. If Adam and Eve had resisted Satan and obeyed God, then Adam and Eve would have been under the Government of God. By yielding to the lies of the serpent, they started the process of the whole world being under Satan's sway.

1 John 5:19 the wicked one.under the sway of We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies19

Christ had to come to the Earth and live out his life as a flesh and blood human being so mankind can someday be free from the control of the evil one. Christ is called the second Adam. The first Adam failed in resisting Satan. One of Christ's objectives while on this Earth was to successfully resist the temptation of Satan. By successfully resisting Satan and obeying God, Christ qualified to become the ruler of the world at his Second Coming.

Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 4 But He answered and said, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."' 5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: "He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, "In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."' 7 Jesus said to him, "It is written again, "You shall not tempt the LORD your God."' 8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve."' 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. NKJV

Christ did not disagree with Satan concerning his ability to give Christ all of the Kingdoms of the World. He knew Satan was the ruler of this world and could turn them over to him if he so wished. Christ also knew that by obeying God instead of Satan, he would qualify to dethrone Satan at his return in power and glory. Overcoming Satan's temptations were necessary so mankind could achieve its true destiny.

Isaiah 41:21-29
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Futility of Idols
    21 “ Present your case,” says the LORD.

      “ Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.
       22 “ Let them bring forth and show us what will happen;
      Let them show the former things, what they were,
      That we may consider them,
      And know the latter end of them;
      Or declare to us things to come.
       23 Show the things that are to come hereafter,
      That we may know that you are gods;
      Yes, do good or do evil,
      That we may be dismayed and see it together.
       24 Indeed you are nothing,
      And your work is nothing;
      He who chooses you is an abomination.
       25 “ I have raised up one from the north,
      And he shall come;
      From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name;
      And he shall come against princes as though mortar,
      As the potter treads clay.
       26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
      And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
      Surely there is no one who shows,
      Surely there is no one who declares,
      Surely there is no one who hears your words.
       27 The first time I said to Zion,

      ‘ Look, there they are!’
      And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.
       28 For I looked, and there was no man;
      I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
      Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
       29 Indeed they are all worthless;[a]
      Their works are nothing;
      Their molded images are wind and confusion.



Whatever lies in your heart, shapes your beliefs!

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