DEMONS, DRAGONS AND DALMATION CHRISTIANS


Let’s start off with three questions: Do demons exist? Do dragons exist? And what is a Dalmatian Christian?

In Deuteronomy 18:9-13 we read the account of the Israelites about to enter the Promised Land and God gives them very important advice for their survival.

If you want to enter your promised land and survive, there are three things you ought to know:

1. There are some things that are abominations to God. They are disgusting and hateful to Him.

2. Stay away from all occult practices, programs and movies. (E.g. reading Horoscopes, watching programs like Crossing Over and movies like Harry Potter)

3. If you don’t stay away from these practices you become full of spots and blemishes that are visible to the spiritual world. You get God against you. You loose spiritual power and satan and his demons can see you are a Dalmation Christian. Deuteronomy 18:13 (KJV) says: “You shall be perfect (without spot or blemish) with the Lord thy God.

In spite of God’s express command, the people of Canaan, especially the Philistines, were a constant snare and stumbling block to the Israelites, on account of their divinations and superstitious practices. Today with the present worldview and the media focus on the dark side it has also become a constant snare and stumbling block to many Christians.

WHERE DO DEMONS COME FROM?

Demons were angels who left their service of God during a rebellion in Heaven led by Satan. We read in,

Revelation 12:7-9 (NIV) And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 but he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 the great dragon was hurled down – that ancient serpent called the devil, or satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Like angels, demons are spiritual beings. Jesus referred to them often as “evil spirits.” Demons serve Satan’s purposes, opposing the work and will of God in the world. They are powerful beings who can and do impact our lives. How?

· They inflict disease and physical suffering. Matthew 17:14-18 (niv)

· They cause mental torment.

· They incite to war, violence, and cruelty.

· They are the power behind false religions.

· They tempt and seduce believers to forsake the service of God.

Every person, Christian and non-Christian, is influenced by the demons in the world. The influence that they have over a person’s life ranges from the ordinary temptations at one end of the scale to near total control at the other end. Demons work on us to cause fear, doubt, despair, lust, greed, and hatred all the time. They attempt to skew our perception of reality and the work of God.

What we need to know is this: when a person is filled with the Holy Spirit of God the ability of demons to influence his life is curtailed. That is the point of the armor of God passage of EPHESIANS 6. As we put on Christ, His truth, His righteousness, His peace, and live in His presence... demons are defeated at every level in our lives! If we choose to live disobediently in willful sin, we create gaps in our defense becoming vulnerable to increasing levels of demonic influence. That is why the Word warns us, EPHESIANS 4:27 (NIV) “DO NOT GIVE THE DEVIL A FOOTHOLD.” We need to learn how to exercise the spiritual authority that belongs to us in Christ Jesus.

Demons know when YOU KNOW who you are in Christ and when you are full of the power of the Holy Spirit and they know when you’re not! (See Acts 19:13-18)

WE HAVE 3 GREAT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AGAINST SATAN:

Hebrews 3:1b (NKJV) Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our Confession, Christ Jesus,

· CONFESSING GODS WORD:

1. I am the righteousness of God – 2 Cor 5:21

2. Jesus’ blood covers my household – Ex 12:13, Acts 16:31.

3. No weapon formed aginst me shall prosper – Is 54:17

4. I can do all things through Christ – Phil 4:13

5. The weapons of my warfare is not carnal but mighty in God – 2 Cor 10:4

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

· THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY

· THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

Let’s keep ourselves free from spots and blemishes. This is the way to do it:

James 4:7-8a (NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.

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