The Wholeness Journey Part III

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The Wholeness JourneyPart III

• This presentation is not designed to give you the
  formula that will get you whole, but to put you
  on the journey to discover Gods custom made plan
  for your individual wholeness

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The Truth about Satan

• The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is
  not good.
• Oswald Chambers

NLT Nahum 17 The LORD is good. When trouble
comes, he is a strong refuge. And he knows
everyone who trusts in him.
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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Satans strategy is to get us to doubt God

• If he succeeds, then our unbelief will create for
  him a base of operations within our mind and
  eventually our spiritual heart
• Recall the fall of man to see his method

NKJ Genesis 31 Now the serpent was more cunning
than any beast of the field which the LORD God
had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God
indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of
the garden'?
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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• First Satan tries to get Eve to doubt her
  knowledge of what God has said and/or to doubt
  what Adam told her God said

• Next, Eve adds to Gods command about the
  forbidden tree in her reply
• Recall, God originally told just Adam

NKJ Genesis 217 "but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for
in the day that you eat of it you shall surely
die." 18 And the LORD God said, "It is not good
that man should be alone I will make him a
helper comparable to him."
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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• However, Eve added something to Gods word (i.e.,
  nor shall you touch it) when she quoted this
  command to Satan

• NKJ Genesis 32 And the woman said to the
  serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of
  the garden 3 "but of the fruit of the tree
  which is in the midst of the garden, God has
  said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch
  it, lest you die.'
• Thus enter man made rules to keep us holy instead
  of an intimate relationship with God
• This is the root of the fall of mankind

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Remember, Adam received the instruction
  concerning the two special trees in the garden
  before Eve was created from him

• However, when Adam instructed Eve he apparently
  thought it necessary to add the admonition to
  not even touch the fruit in order to keep them
  from violating the command to not eat the fruit
• We have a tendency to want the formula for
  success rather than taking the time to develop an
  intimate relationship with God

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• The Pharisees had 613 rules so they would not
  violate the Ten Commandments

• Rules free us of the responsibility to learn to
  hear from God for ourselves
• Instead of asking God concerning a situation we
  can simply apply a rule
• However, God did not create us to be robots
  operating from code (i.e, rules of conduct)
• God created us to have an intimate relationship
  with Him so he could teach us right from wrong
  personally

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Recall, there was one thing not good in the
  creation - man did not have a helpmate

• Man was created in Gods likeness
• Therefore, we can deduce that it was not good for
  God to be alone, too
• God created mankind for His helpmate
• Someone to fellowship and share His love with for
  all eternity
• That is why Christians are called the bride of
  Christ and ultimately His wife

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• NKJ Genesis 34 Then the serpent said to the
  woman, "You will not surely die. 5 "For God
  knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes
  will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing
  good and evil."

• Satan then tries to cause Eve to doubt the
  goodness of God by insinuating that He is holding
  out on them - you can be like God
• NKJ Genesis 3 6a So when the woman saw that the
  tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to
  the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise,
  she took of its fruit and ate.

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Eve was deceived into violating Gods command

• NKJ 2 Corinthians 113a But I fear, lest somehow,
  as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness,
• Satan is still using the same threefold strategy
  to entice and deceive us into sin
• NKJ 1 John 216 For all that is in the world --
  the lust of the flesh good for food, the lust
  of the eyes pleasant to the eyes, and the pride
  of life desirable to make one wise -- is not of
  the Father but is of the world.

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Eve was deceived into choosing Satan over God

• However, Adam willfully chose his wife over God
• NKJ 1 Timothy 214 And Adam was not deceived, but
  the woman being deceived, fell into
  transgression.
• Perhaps He saw that touching (maybe he forgot
  that this was his rule) and eating the fruit
  caused Eve no harm

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• He did not realize that as the leader the fall of
  man was on his actions not Eves

• NKJ Genesis 36b She also gave to her husband
  with her, and he ate.
• Adam was with Eve while the serpent spoke but
  remained silent
• Adam, as leader, should have stopped the
  conversation by commanding the serpent to go and
  coached Eve on Gods word
• Adam failed to lead and submitted to his wifes
  request to violate Gods word

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Mans weakness to the seduction by a woman and
  womans weakness to be deceived by Satan is the
  basis for the New Testament restrictions on woman
  in church leadership positions today

• Woman was created to be the helpmate
• But Eve hurt Adam infinitely by utilizing her God
  given beauty to naively seduce him into rebellion
  against a Holy God
• Nevertheless, Adam chose to sin and lost his job
  as ruler of this age to Satan

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• This does not mean that women are second class
  citizens in the church

• NKJ Galatians 328 There is neither Jew nor
  Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is
  neither male nor female for you are all one in
  Christ Jesus.
• It does mean that Christian women are not to
  dress and act seductively
• Women must be even more conservative when they
  are the focus of an audience with men present

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Men were made by God to desire women

• Therefore, women have the responsibility to not
  cause their brother to stumble in exploiting this
  desire by dressing and acting seductively
• Men have the responsibility to sanctify this God
  given desire for women and honor them by seeing
  them as equals in the kingdom of God, thou
  typically physically weaker, and not as body
  parts to be coveted and selfishly exploited

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Men are not to utilize their positional influence
  to obtain sexual advantage

• Women are not to utilize their sexual influence
  to obtain positional advantage
• Husbands are to chose to love their wives as much
  as they love themselves (and men love themselves
  a lot!)
• Wives are to honor and respect their husbands as
  God appointed leaders in the marriage - even if
  they think they can do it better (like Eve who
  was leading Adam)

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Read the following article for great insights
  concerning the relationship of husband and wife
  in marriage

• http//www.middletownbiblechurch.org/homefam/husba
  nd.htm
• Mankind falls for Satans lies about God , sins,
  and dies spiritually (i.e., mans spirit no
  longer has direct access to God)
• Satan seizes Adams God given authority to rule
  Earth and becomes the demigod of this age

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Now, everyone that knowingly sins will belong
  to Satan and he will be their master

• Adam then blames God and Eve for his sin
• NKJ Genesis 312 Then the man said, "The woman
  whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the
  tree, and I ate.
• Eve admits deception leading to sin
• NKJ Genesis 313 And the LORD God said to the
  woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman
  said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• All hope for mankind is lost as the desire to sin
  will transfer via the DNA of the male

• All born from Adam will desire sin from birth and
  they sin the first time they knowingly choose
  to disobey God
• Realize, we are born with an innocent spirit that
  contains the life of God
• However, the moment we mature enough to know
  right from wrong and choose wrong, we sin and our
  spirit is cut off from the life of God - we are
  spiritually joined to Satan

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Adam, a man without sin, got mankind into this
  predicament and only a man without sin can get
  mankind out of it

• Unfortunately, there are no perfect men in the
  entire universe
• However, God announces a secret plan
• NKJ Genesis 315 And I will put enmity Between
  you and the woman, And between your seed and her
  Seed He shall bruise your head, And you shall
  bruise His heel."

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• From the DNA of a woman will come one that will
  bruise Satans head (i.e., remove his right to
  rule mankind on planet Earth)

• God the Father, by His Holy Spirit, will cause a
  virgin to become pregnant with Jesus!
• This avoids the sinful DNA (seed) of man and God
  Himself becomes man in the flesh utilizing the
  uncontaminated DNA (seed) of a female

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• The first Adam caused the fall of mankind and
  Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the last Adam, will see
  to the destruction of Satan and purchase the
  freedom for all mankind

• Jesus, while never stop being God, chose to set
  aside the right to use His ability as God and
  became a man born of the virgin Mary
• Upon the Levitical age of the priesthood, 30
  years old, the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus to
  empower Him to defeat Satan

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Immediately Satan tries to cause Him to doubt
  Himself and to prove His relationship with God by
  performance ( i.e., a rule based relationship
  vice a grace based one)

• NKJ Luke 43 And the devil said to Him, "If You
  are the Son of God, command this stone to become
  bread."
• This was the lust of the flesh as Jesus had
  been fasting for 40 days
• NKJ Luke 44 But Jesus answered him, saying, "It
  is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone,
  but by every word rhema - spoken word of God.'
  "

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• NKJ Luke 45 Then the devil, taking Him up on a
  high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the
  world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said
  to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and
  their glory for this has been delivered to me,
  and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 "Therefore,
  if You will worship before me, all will be
  Yours."

• This was the lust of the eyes as Jesus was
  being offered the very thing that He came to take
  back - the authority over Earth that Satan
  usurped from Adam
• But he offered Jesus the sin-thetic version

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Sin typically involves obtaining something that
  God does not mind us having however, not
  obtaining it Gods way (i.e., by faith)

• NKJ Luke 48 And Jesus answered and said to him,
  "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, 'You
  shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you
  shall serve.'
• Jesus knew who He was (the Son of God) and that
  the authority to rule Earth belonged to a man
  that has right standing with God - Jesus the
  God-Man qualified!

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• We should be as direct when tempted to obtain
  things sinfully

• In the
• Authority of the Name of Jesus, by the
• Blood of God who became flesh, through the
• Cross where He bore my curse away, and empowered
  by the
• Spirit of Holiness that raised Jesus from the
  dead -
• Satan, get out of my face!

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• NKJ Luke 49 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem,
  set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said
  to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw
  Yourself down from here. 10 "For it is written
  'He shall give His angels charge over you, To
  keep you,' 11 "and, 'In their hands they shall
  bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a
  stone.' "

• This was pride of life as everyone would see
  Jesus floating down from the sky, instead of
  falling to His death, and worship Him as a God!

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• NKJ Luke 412 And Jesus answered and said to him,
  "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the LORD
  your God.' " 13 Now when the devil had ended
  every temptation, he departed from Him until an
  opportune time. 14 Then Jesus returned in the
  power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him
  went out through all the surrounding region.

• Jesus passed the test that Adam Eve failed in
  the Garden of Eden
• Satan had met more than his match and retreated
  until a better time

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Jesus then demonstrates His dominance over Satan
  for approximately three years

• He does this by teaching, then healing the sick,
  and casting out demons
• NKJ 1 John 38b For this purpose the Son of God
  was manifested, that He might destroy the works
  of the devil.
• NKJ Acts 1038 "how God anointed Jesus of
  Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who
  went about doing good and healing all who were
  oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• Then Jesus becomes our Sin on the cross, takes
  our punishment, and bears our sentence thus dying
  in our place and defeats Satan

• NKJ Hebrews 214 Inasmuch then as the children
  have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
  likewise shared in the same, that through death
  He might destroy him who had the power of death,
  that is, the devil,
• Jesus dead body was taken off the cross and
  buried for three days

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• God then raises Jesus from the dead!

• NKJ 1 Corinthians 153 For I delivered to you
  first of all that which I also received that
  Christ died for our sins according to the
  Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He
  rose again the third day according to the
  Scriptures,
• Jesus makes a New Covenant with God the Father,
  sealed with His blood, for us!
• Now all that realize that they are sinners,
  repent, and believe in Jesus will be saved

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The Truth about Satan (cont.)

• NLT 1 John 22 He is the sacrifice for our sins.
  He takes away not only our sins but the sins of
  all the world.

• The journey continues...