Into The Dark Realm – Part 3

0:00 Speak to us from your word tonight. Lord, we continue to worship you in the study of the Bible, the word of God. And we trust you to speak to each of our hearts. We pray in Jesus' name and all God's people said, amen. So you guys were in the series applied, meaning that we're going to take, and we have been taking Bible prophecy and the events and the topics of Bible prophecy regarding the last days. And we have determined to understand it. and we've been looking at this one's particular and this is our third time to speak about it and that is into the dark realm, the world of spiritual activity according to the Bible and it's quite amazing to realize something and I want to make sure you understand this that when you look at church history, there's a great span, by far the majority of church history regarding the great, we'll call them the great divines of church history. These were the greats that you would know of, St. Augustine and others, even up to the time of the Reformation period, Luther and others, Zwingli and Knox, Wycliffe, all of these greats rarely, rarely talked about demonic or spiritual activity.

1:21 Some references, a little bit. Luther talks about it a little bit. Jonathan Edwards, not at all. Yet he was a great preacher, probably still to this day considered the greatest intellect America has ever produced. A brilliant, brilliant man, Pastor, Professor Jonathan Edwards. But what's remarkable is that in the last 60 to 70 years, the topic of biblical demonology has risen tremendously by study and by books and by understanding that what Jesus said is in fact happening. that in the last days, there would be more and more demonic activities surfacing. There would be doctrines of demons, the Bible warns us.

2:15 There'll be deceiving spirits, and there'll be a manifestation of what we would call the cult and the occult that is driven by Satan. You might find this amazing. And by the way, please get this book. It's not easy reading, but you ought to just chew on it every so often. and that is the book Biblical Demonology by Meryl Unger. It's probably the greatest book that you can buy on what does the Bible say about Lucifer, about satanic powers, about demons and all in light of scripture. Why should we even do that? See, Pastor, I don't want to talk about that. Well, that's the problem. We need to talk about it because Satan doesn't want us to talk about it. he would be fine just to have you go on your merry way, never realizing that these are his days of activity. And when you realize, and you'll be blown away, when you read that book, there are things that are in what is known as the liturgical practices of some of the Protestant churches, certainly the Catholic church with some of its candles and what that means.

3:25 the history of all that stuff with imagery and icons date back to ancient paganism and Babylonianism that is occult-like. The lighting of candles, by the way, I don't know what you know about it, but the original lighting of candles by an adherent to the faith would ward off. It's the fire that would ward off bad luck that demons would bring to your life. If you light a fire in a candle, it would remind the demon world that their ultimate end is burning, is fire. And so that would protect you. You say, that's insane. Yeah, I know. It's about as insane as people grabbing a cross and saying, no evil can happen to me right now. I'm holding the cross. Hey, listen, I remember when I was in high school, I didn't even know why I had this, but I was told I had to have it, and we all had it.

4:21 And back in the 60s and 70s, we all wore St. Christopher medallions. I didn't know who St. Christopher was, but it looked really cool. But yeah, he's like the saint of surfing. I'm sorry, I can't see a, I don't see some padre surfing on the board. But anyway, you would be surprised to find out. My goodness, all the way to the certain wearing of robes and certain colors of robes that are worn by clergy. Why are some red at certain times? Why are some green at certain times? Why are some blue? Why are some black? Shockingly predating even the Christian church, the first century. It's back in ancient times of the era of BC. Again, Babylonianism.

5:13 Listen, why does the Pope, listen, if you're going to wear a hat, would you ever wear a hat like the Pope wears? You should ask yourself that question. Look, I'm not bashing on Catholics. This church is predominantly populated by Catholics. Here's the deal. Why would the Pope wear that hat? It's a tradition. Of what? Traditions often speak about something. Meaning what? Why is it shaped the way that it's shaped? I'll give you a clue. why would you eat fish on Fridays?

5:47 There's a connection to the fish and to the hat. You should find out where that comes from. You should know why that hat has to be exactly that shape. You know what I'm talking about? The hat that's shaped like this and it's open on the side. There's a reason for this. And it predates the Catholic Church. in the book, Biblical Demonology, he goes through all of these ancient things that you and I take for common, and he shows you that they're of demonic origin.

6:23 The heroes, the great titans or gods of the underworld. Remarkable. And I'm a big fan of this book. Jonathan Kahn wrote a book called The Return of the Gods. You must read this book. I tell you what, I've read it once and I'm going to read it again. You've got to read the book The Return of the Gods because it is one of the most historically accurate, profound, excellent writings that you can get. And Jonathan is able to communicate it in a tangible way. By the way, I get a phone call. I get a you know when you get a phone call and you see who the phone call is but then they're not on you answer but they're not there so I dialed back, I saw who was calling but I thought why is he calling and I dialed back, I said did you just call me and he goes yes but it was I sat on my phone and I called you accidentally but you say you gotta hear what just happened to me I go what happened to you he goes I was witnessing to this guy on an airplane flying from Texas to New Jersey, and I was sharing the Lord with this guy, and all of a sudden, the guy snapped and went nuts.

7:34 He started grabbing me by the throat, and cops had to get involved in the flight. They had to emergency land the airplane. They duct taped the guy to the seat, and he said, the guy was going to kill me. Oh my gosh, I couldn't. I thought, what? The things you'll do to sell a book. Did you guys see that story? Made it all around the world. Wow. He said, listen, he told me, the moment I mentioned Jesus, the guy freaked. He just freaked. Why? Demonic activity, people. It's on the rise. So into the dark realm of the evil spirits and the malevolent powers, the Bible says regarding this, Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12, and you know this, please know this, For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities. Mark that down.

8:30 That is a rank. Against powers, that's another rank. Against the rulers of the darkness, that's another rank. Against spiritual hosts, that's another rank. Of wickedness in heavenly realms, in the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, there are activities that are invisible to our human eyes. that according to Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12, they are demonic powers of certain ranks and authorities. It's important for us to know that. But it's not only a New Testament doctrine. As I've mentioned the book, Biblical Demonology, a study of spiritual forces at work today by Merrill Lunger. I want to read you this quote. I'll give you a couple of them. The demonic realm is not a chaotic mob of spirits, but an organized kingdom operating under Satan's central authority. This organization reveals both the intelligence of fallen angels, demonic spirits, and Satan's strategic approach to opposing God's purposes. The Apostle Paul identified specific ranks within the kingdom of darkness, principality, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness, all in high places, in the heavenly atmosphere.

9:43 These terms are not synonymous, but distinctions. Listen, different levels of authority and function within Satan's hierarchy, each term carrying nuances of rule, authority, cosmic influence, and malevolent intent. The book of Daniel provides remarkable insight into the territorial and political, listen, the territorial and political dimensions of demonic organization. That's an amazing statement. would demons be involved in political realms of power the bible says absolutely yes um next uh slide i think it's the book of daniel listen to this you say i've never heard that before what would demons be involved in in politics for control By the way, if you want to shut Christianity up, use political means to do it.

10:41 think that through for a moment Daniel prays Daniel 9 verse 19 oh Lord hear oh Lord forgive oh Lord listen and act beautiful wow do not delay for your own sake my God for your city that's Jerusalem and your people the Jews are called by your name he's making this cry by the way from Babylon now while I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, that's Zion. Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. It's three o'clock in the afternoon, Jewish time. And he informed me and talked with me and said, oh Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. Verse 23, at the beginning of your supplications, the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore, consider the matter and understand the vision. So Daniel is praying. The angel Gabriel responds, and we're going to learn more about how does this dovetail into what we're talking about. Fast forward over to Daniel chapter 10, verse 12. Then he said to me, do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, isn't that amazing? The angel knew this. What about your heart? What about my heart? What about our passions to know God more? Apparently angels know about our passion, our zeal to want to know God more. They're aware of it. And he says, from the first day that your heart was set to understand and to humble yourself before your God. Your words were heard and I have come because of your words. That's amazing how we can pray and it will influence, it will operate spiritual activity. Verse 13, but the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me 21

12:53 days. The prince of Persia is not an earthly prince. The angel is being withstood by an opposing demonic power that in some way, shape, or form is strong enough to hold up Daniel's answer that he wants for how many days? 21 days in the atmosphere, a war takes place to our human eyes, invisible to our human eyes. Remarkable. And behold, Michael, I love Michael. He's always showing up and beating up other angels. He's the fighter. Gabriel's the announcer. Remember Christmas? Christmas. Hi. Hail Mary. That's Gabriel. If there's a street fight somewhere, Michael shows up. He's all tatted up. No, I don't know that. Sorry. But he's got, he's just, he's like. We're going to see him someday.

13:55 I wonder what he, what does he look like? I don't know, but he's tough. Michael, one of the chief princes came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. These are demonic activities. Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days. Spiritual activity in the atmosphere. So mark this down, number one, everybody, it's this. What are the limits to the dark realm? What are the limits? As I mentioned before, Christians make two mistakes. They either swing the pendulum too far and laugh at spiritual and demonic and satanic activity thinking that it's a joke, or the pendulum swings the other way and Christians are terrified and mortified for fear.

14:50 Both those positions are wrong. We need to understand what are the limits to the dark realm. There are limits, absolutely. And I want to give you again yet another quote from Merrill Unger. The book of Job provides the clearest demonstration of Satan's subordination to divine authority. We read that Satan appears before God among the sons or angels. Does this say angles? Well, that's funny. Of God. Suggesting Satan retains some form of access to the heavenly court. That's wild. Isn't it amazing? Satan could be even appearing before God right now. The Bible tells us in the book of Revelation, he accuses us day and night before God. Isn't that weird? See, why does God allow it? Just wait. It's going to turn out to be good for us. Everything Satan's probably accusing us, of is true.

15:46 Think of that. So how's that good news? Exactly. Satan's saying Jack had a bad attitude today Jack got upset at that guy who cut him off today and God's going to go what? I can't hear anything you're saying I can only see the blood of my son Jesus I think you and I are easily accused of stuff.

16:20 And so when Satan accuses Job, he makes a request asking for permission to afflict Job. Here, watch this. God grants Satan limited authority saying, behold, all that he has, that's Job, is in your power. Only upon Job you cannot put forth your hand. Notably, Satan can do nothing beyond what God permits. Think about your life. Satan, demons cannot do anything to you unless God permits it. First of all, let me clarify this. Raise your hand if you're a Christian. Okay, to you with the raised hand, Satan's got to get permission from God to mess with you.

17:04 Now, I'd love to say, raise your hand if you're not a Christian. And if you raise your hand because you're not a Christian, I'd say, good luck. You're on your own, and you truly are on your own. And so after Job's integrity survives the first test, Satan returns for permission to afflict Job's body. And again, God sets limitations. Behold, he is in your hand, but you must spare his life. Satan must always operate within God's restrictions. He is on a leash, however long that leash may sometimes appear. That's true. In 2 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 7 tells us this. Paul says, and at least I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations. Paul is saying, verse 7, God has shown me so much and I've got so much to preach and teach on.

17:58 So to keep me from getting heady and proud about that, a thorn in the flesh was given to me a messenger of Satan to buffet me lest I be exalted above measure. Is this amazing? Are you guys awake? This is amazing. Paul understands this and he's okay with it. He's got this affliction, something's going on. He talks to God about it and God shows him. Paul, you have to be kept humble because if I just let you alone with all the information that you have, it'll go to your head. You'll self-destruct. Verse 8, concerning this thing, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And he said to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Look at Paul's response. Therefore, most gladly, I will rather boast in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Listen, if you're going through something right now, even if it's an attack from the enemy.

19:04 Number one, we know this, it's gotta be father filtered. Number two, God is working some great plan out for his glory and for your maturity. And listen, no matter what that thing is, remember you raised your hand a moment ago indicating that you're a Christian. Whatever is going on, how painful, how strenuous it is, body, soul, and spirit,

19:29 God wants you to learn that his power will rest upon you in a way that otherwise couldn't come. So much so that Paul says, really, that's it? Messenger of Satan to beat me up and to keep me humble because of the revelation God gave me and God wants to use me? Okay then, bring it. I will rejoice in my weaknesses because I know this, when I'm weak, the power of God will be upon my life. So bring it on. You could not stop the man Paul. By the way, you couldn't stop the man Job after he went through the fire either. that pattern God works in our lives to defeat the works of Satan and to devastate his plan in the end all the pain and sorrow and suffering that you've gone through listen some of you I'm looking out there I know some of you and you've been going through it for 20 30 decades and you have been getting weaker and weaker and weaker and God says I know what's going on I've this has not escaped my view. I love you. This doesn't change a thing. But our response is, oh God, but why me?

20:39 Why not me? Why not? Just as though, why would God pick one person to do this thing and one person to suffer the other? Listen, God's got his plan. We don't trust him enough. We should. We should trust him with what we're going through because he knows. He's able to lift it. Have you asked him to lift it? And have you checked all the bases? Meaning you've looked at your life and you're not doing stuff to bring this onto yourself? You're not sinning a sin that God is saying, stop it or you're going to get sick. And you don't stop it? That's, listen, that's on you. He warned you. But if you check your bases, check your pulse spiritually, and you say, Lord, I'm fine. What's going on? And it doesn't, there's no relief. That verse applies to you. God will say to you tonight, don't worry about it. I got it. Just know this. When you're weak, that's when I'm strong through you. Because if you were strong on your own, you'd go astray. You would just take off and run. He knows that about us. The second thing tonight is this. Who are those afflicted by the dark realm? The dark realm of demonic activity. And what's happening today?

21:52 who's afflicted by this well first of all the Christian is attacked by various tools and tactics of Satan 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 18 the Bible tells us therefore we wanted to come to you says Paul even I Paul time and again but Satan look at this but Satan what Satan hindered us Satan hindered us so in our meeting with the crown prince someone asked me so are you the guy from California and I said yeah oh California I would never and I said I gotta tell you something California is the place to be a Christian right now what? yeah California is the place to be a Christian right now because there is no gray area it is it is a battle for life and death it is a war and I appreciate people that they want to they want to get a little bit of heaven and get a rocking chair and sit there look I have to tell you my body my body tells me that every day Jack it's time to get a rocking chair it'll look kind of funny that I have a rocking chair on the shores of of Maui but My body wants that.

23:20 Does your body want that? Does your body, yes it does, you're so quiet. Does your body want ease and comfort? Your body wants that. Your body doesn't say, I want to feel some pain. Give me a paper cut and pour some lemon juice on it, will you? No, man, we want comfort. The body, the flesh wants comfort. But let me tell you, and I told this guy, I said, listen, the thing is this. you come to California you've got to live out your Christianity there's a war going on and it's being manifested in the physical realm I agree with the book of Daniel. I agree with Meryl Unger.

24:04 The political realm, the realm of warfare, the area of authority and authorities, that's exactly where you can find Satan. Yeah, that's exactly why I don't get involved in that. That's exactly why we're losing. What does Sir Edmund Burke say in Parliament? All that evil needs to do to triumph is for good men to do nothing? Well, listen, we're in California. We've got to do the right thing. Politically, morally, financially. Think about it. It's broad spectrum. Ministry for all of us. It's a remarkable time. So who's afflicted? The Christian for sure. By the way, that word hindered, I could not escape without giving you the Greek meaning of the word hinder. Satan hindered us, says the apostle.

24:58 Don't you want to ask Paul? How did he do that? What did he do? What did it look like? Listen, I'm speculating right now. So listen, don't write me a letter. I'm telling you right now. I'm speculating right now. If Paul the Apostle said Satan hindered them in the ministry, I want to know what that was like because I would like to have some insights into my private life or my married life or public life as to why certain things go a certain way and I can't understand it and figure it out, nor can anybody else around me.

25:36 If I were to say to Paul, Paul, do you know what I did? I asked Pastor Joel to get six green basketballs for the youth camp and he came back with 17 purple ones because they were on sale. And that doesn't sound like much, but it caused a big problem. Paul would say, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Also this, we got our tickets. We thought God provided all this, opened up the door. Then the door was shut and then it was opened again and we made it. We got all the way through. We got right to the line and all of a sudden everything was canceled. where's God in this? And Paul would say, that's exactly what happened to us. Why do I say that? Now I'm not speculating.

26:28 Because when we have the hope that the very same great Paul the Apostle had Satan resisting him in ministry, then here's what I know. I need to get involved in ministry that warrants the attack of the enemy to hinder me. If the enemy is not hindering me, something's wrong with me. Are you hearing me? If my Christianity is so easy and comfortable in this world, something's wrong.

27:02 So here's the Hebrew, or the Greek, excuse me, the Greek word. It means, so this is what Satan did. Satan seized upon the opportunity. This is amazing. To cut in or to take cuts. To frustrate. To impede. To thwart. To weary by confusion or disunity. No wonder why God says, I hate those. He didn't say this very often. God says, I hate those people who sow division among brothers and sisters. God says, I hate them. He's going to tear them up. You know that? that's why, listen, that's why in this church, look, this is a big church. The probability of gossip and backbiting is probably high because of the size of this church. I got news for you. If I find out about it, if we find out about it, it should be. If you find out about it, you need to go to that person and say, listen, you need to right now hear what I have to say.

28:07 The fear of the Lord should grip your heart. You just said that about Karen, and she's not here to defend herself. You just, in front of those people, you just destroyed her reputation or at the very least, the way they view her will never be different now. I mean, it will never be the same. It's always gonna be different even if you never say, the next time you see Karen, you're gonna be thinking in your mind what you told them. That's gonna be in all their hearts and minds when they see Karen next day or tomorrow. Are you hearing me? When you say, oh, you know, well, I'm not going to say anything about Bob. You know, I don't want to be a gossip or anything, so I'm not going to say anything. God says, I hate those who do that.

28:54 Because why? You didn't say anything, but you said everything. In fact, you might have even made it worse because Bob could have been guilty of stealing your marbles, but you didn't say that. You wound up putting a cloud over a bob that is so huge, people's imaginations take off, and we as humans go to the pit.

29:15 God says, I hate that. Watch out. The dark realm is at work. And it's all terribly effective. The book of Acts chapter 16, verse 16 says, now it happened as we went to prayer that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination, demonic activity. This is Paul the Apostle in his ministry team. By the way, they had been ministering for days and this slave girl was somehow lingering near the entourage in some way. so she had a spirit of divination a demon spirit of telling the future or prognosticating they can't tell the future unless it's something that they can read or know about by what's proclaimed but demons know human conduct and we're probably pretty predictable so she had a spirit of divination she met us who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling that's demonic this girl followed Paul and us and cried out saying these men are the servants of the most high God who proclaim to us the way of salvation is there anything wrong with what she said?

30:47 not a word what she said was exactly perfect it was the vessel from which it was coming from It was the individual. interesting somehow in some way shape our form this was not good and it's the source Satan's at work verse 18 and this she did for many days I love Paul but Paul greatly annoyed can you imagine him he's just walking along Good way to pepper it... the Most High God. These people who work for the Most High God, listen to them. They're preaching about the Most High God. And Paul every day is just like, oy vey.

31:30 And then he stops and he turns and says to the spirit, not the girl, the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Wow, think of that. Demonic activity. Demonic activity. I would safely say demonic activity is more prevalent today than it ever has been. but I'm sad to say that Christians, we do not discern it as we ought to be. We are not attuned enough with the power that's going on behind the scene when the husband says what he says or does what he does to the children or the wife now comes home and says, you know what, I had somebody tell me not too long ago.

32:29 She said, I went and had an affair because I was coming up on my birthday, and I wanted to see if I still had it. and that decision cost her her children, her husband, everything. What happened? What happened? The enemy approaching, dropping little thoughts. Why don't you connect on social media with your old high school flame before the high school reunion? you would never think so but Satan was at work and destroyed a family how many times does this stuff happen? I believe that this is demonic activity. We say, I didn't smell any sulfur.

33:23 That's the point. He's a deceiving spirit. He makes things look good. Well, you know, what about this? Listen, I was informed not all that long ago about a man who was, he's a wonderful Christian man. He came to me and he said, I just found out from my investor that handles my estate that I've been investing in this company and it's a company that is owned and operated by a Qatari group and it's money that supports things that are completely anti-Christ, anti-American. He goes, what do I do? I said, I am not a financial advisor. I'll tell you about spiritual stuff. And here's the great thing. I didn't have to tell him anything. I said, what is Jesus telling you to do? And he said, to get out of it.

34:18 To get out of it. He said, I just needed to hear it. Thank you. Listen, sometimes we just need to hear it. We need to be careful like we've never been careful before. Well, he said this, she said the other thing. another situation happily married woman everything's fine thank God everything is still fine but she got on an elevator and in the elevator was a man she said immediately immediately she said I felt this profound sense of attraction to him like I've never felt of any human being in my life. She said it was almost like he was a vacuum. His smell, his voice, he simply said, how are you doing today? She said the sound of his voice was absolutely hypnotic. She said I hadn't looked at him, and then when I looked at him, she said I was absolutely speechless.

35:21 He was so stunningly beautiful. He was so handsome, the perfect, perfect example of a man. by all of the outward appearances. She said the elevator stopped at her door, at her floor, and she said she summoned every bit of power she did not want to leave, and she stepped out of that elevator. She turned around and she looked, and she said that elevator door shut, and after the door shut and the elevator moved, she said she heard the voice of God say, you just encountered a demon. That voice from God rescued her.

36:06 From what? Who knows? Don't you think? Come on. Satan didn't show up in the garden looking like an idiot. He didn't have bad breath or anything. we have, it's time to quit. We have 10 more of these to look at tonight. So we're not going to, we're not going to do that. But so. Let's just pray right now. I feel led to do this. Can we just dim the lights? Some of you are having, you have stuff going on in your life, you can't explain it. Your job, everything was fine, then your job's just not working now. It's just not working, it's not coming together.

36:48 You guys have had a great relationship and then all of a sudden, everything's just so abrasive. you said, let's go on Monday. She thought you said, let's have a fun day. And it's been a war ever since. And it makes no sense. Who fights over that? But you do. You can't explain it. you guys want to like communion light that's a weird look from where I'm at looks like I'm having feels like I'm having a stroke it's just you guys are gone it's time tonight for you in your seat where you're at to invite God in to show you what's going on you have a child something going on what about a high schooler junior higher a moment ago you guys raised your hands and Satan saw that he may not have been here but he already knows about it because his emissaries are everywhere the demonic world we'll get to it next time reports back to him he is their dark lord And so when your hand went up, You should be reminded of the target that's on your back.

38:34 it's time for us to get strong and to get smart. That's why last week, something happened here for several days on this campus that was not happening anywhere in the world.

38:55 As Jay Smith and his team for three days brought to you what you need to deal with what's happening in our communities and in our nation regarding the invasion of a spirit force the invasion of an anti-Christ religion of Islam and then on Sunday he spoke at all three services and each service was different from the other one. He delivered three, because it was so important that everyone get the information. We are spiritually under attack.

39:43 But you also have a target on your back this way. God's good hand is upon you. If you raise your hand to heaven in agreement that you are a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, there ain't nothing that can go on in your life without the Father allowing it. So if something's going on in your life, Christian, you need to ask the Father, what's up? Show me. Like that woman, he spoke to her. let's bow our heads in prayer right now, would you?

40:21 And Lord, as we come tonight, we're asking you, Father God, to pour out your Holy Spirit upon each and every one of your children that's here tonight and those that are joining us from afar. we are inviting you right now, Father, afresh into our homes, our home life, into our marriages. we're inviting you into our broken homes,

40:57 single or separated wives and mothers trying to raise the children or trying to mitigate all that dynamic that was never supposed to be, but Satan has infiltrated, where men have abandoned their posts. God, we pray tonight that you would thwart the plans of the enemy to the glory and to the praise of the name of Jesus and by the power of your Holy Spirit, there would be a healing in these homes and a healing in our lives and the healing in the lives of our junior highers and high schoolers. or elementary kids that are being bombarded with truly the doctrines of demons in the school system. Literally.

41:50 No stretch of the imagination. The mock and ridicule and the hate of Jesus in schools, and yet the deification and glorification of drag queens and transgenderism and pagan religions. it is demonic satanically energized and Lord tonight cause us to see it not only to see it but to act may we become a heavenly militant people who love one another and even our enemies enough to do the right thing and to do the right thing by beginning to pray. We pray tonight, Father God, for our young children, the little ones. The little babies. The little two-year-olds.

42:43 The four-year-olds. The six-year-olds. Father, we pray all the way through to what sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists tell us the most formidable, precarious age, ages of 9 and 10 years of age, basically 4th or 5th graders. trajectories are set, they tell us, at or around that age. We pray that you'd protect children that are in danger. God, we pray that you would spare them, Father, from the evils of demonic influence that would seek to torture them, to rape them, to malign them. God, we pray that you'd intervene with power.

43:36 Lord we pray that you would bring your boldness the baptism power of your Holy Spirit upon us we ask you to fill us afresh God that we might leave this church tonight and that we would be a different people because we would choose to be a different people I am fully convinced Lord that you want to do so much but we are the ones hindering ourselves because either it's us hindering ourselves or we have somehow fallen in league with the wicked one and we have agreed to his spook tactics his scare tactics He has told us things that if you just speak up, you're gonna look dumb. Or if we carry a Bible, we're gonna look self-righteous. Or if we pray in Jesus' name, we're gonna create a riot.

44:34 Or whatever it might be. Whenever we are being intimidated, Father God, may we recognize from this time forward it is a satanic attack. If we feel or somehow sense that we should be quiet about something that is right and good, we're under satanic attack. If the thought rises in our hearts or our minds, the grass is greener on the other side, it's a satanic attack. if we are told that we can all just come together and make all religions one, if we would just not mention the name of Jesus and if we would not just stop opening the Bible, we'll just all come together and be one, that is a satanic attack. and I don't think it's a coincidence that there's a war going on right now in Persia.

45:36 and I bet if we could see the invisible realm what is going on around those aircraft and around those soldiers and around those political leaders what is being whispered in their ears from invisible entities Amen. Church, let's stand together. Let's lift our hands to the Lord tonight. Father, we dedicate ourselves to you afresh.

46:18 We pray, Lord God, that we would be attentive to the divine appointments that you're going to give us. and that Lord God, we would leave this place today with a reverential awe, and that we would always remember that Satan trembles when he sees the weakest of saints upon their knees. Lord, may we pray more and listen more, for great is our God, and greatly to be praised. Let the name of Jesus ring. across this country, across this nation. and may we see our political leaders submit bow the knee to the majesty of the king of glory it only takes one we pray it together tonight in the name of Jesus and church let's sing this song to his praise and to his glory he alone friend is the answer and even if we live to be old people and die of old age that won't be long from now no matter how young you are it won't be long so get ready