“The Connection Between Graceand Resisting the Devil”

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Chang James chapter

4 verse 6 through 7 I’m going to start

that off in NLT we’ve been talking about

how to defeat the Devil in your

mind and today we’re going to focus on

we’ll continue that but we’re going to

focus on the connection between

grace and resisting the

devil now we might as well get this

straight there’s a devil

loose and he wants to kill steal and

destroy one of his most powerful weapons

is the weapon of

suggestion he wants to discourage he

wants to

deceive it is an

invisible uh

enemy that’s trying to wipe you out and

take you

down and as Christians we’ve got to come

to the place where we

understand the Demonic influence that is

in the world today and has seeped into

the church

today and we’ve got to understand that

there’s a battle going on in your mind

and so as we look at this today we’re

going to see how Grace now comes into

the picture and we’re going to see what

the Bible has to say about resisting the

devil that our part is resisting the

devil now we’re not trying to fight the

devil to see who going to win that

battle has already been

determined Satan is a defeated

foe all right nor are we fighting the

battle to try to get victory Jesus got

the victory we don’t go from you know

defeat to Victory we have the victory

that Jesus got for us and we go from

Victory to Victory and so it is not us

trying to obtain anything Jesus has

already obtained everything our job is

to

maintain the victories that Jesus died

to obtain so our job our position is a

position of of of a stance that we take

uh a stance that we we take and say well

I maintain the victory that Jesus has

already obtained and so when sickness

hits your body you Jesus obtained

healing so we go at it like this

sickness hits our body and we say well I

maintain the healing that Jesus has

already obtained Satan hates that you we

get that as Christians then we’re no

longer fighting to try to get something

we recognize we already have it devil

and we are maintaining it devil and

you’re trying to take what we already

got devil so don’t try to deceive Us in

the thinking that we trying to get

something from you no it’s already been

taken from you he took the keys of

authority Hallelujah and whatsoever we

bind on this Earth is already Bound in

heaven it’s already a done deal say it’s

already done it’s already done so if if

the works of Grace and if the finished

works of Jesus are finished it it’s done

so we have to take the position in

Victory that we have these things rather

than the position of you know let me see

if I can beg God for something con God

for something well if I’m good enough

then maybe he might give it to me you’ve

got to believe you receive that it’s

already done amen amen let’s look at

this uh James chapter 4 and uh verse

6 through 7 in NLT he says and he gives

Grace

generously he gives Grace generously as

the scripture says now watch this

carefully God opposes the

proud but he gives grace to the

humble he opposes the

proud but he gives grace to the

humble now I certainly don’t want to be

on the side where God is opposing

me and a proud man what does that does

that look like he’s self-

dependent a proud man is self- dependent

his self-effort it is what he is doing

to try to get God to do something that’s

a proud man but what he says is is I

will give Grace To Who The Humble we’ve

played around with this for quite some

time let’s keep it on a simple plane

here he’s talking about I’ll give grace

to the guy who’s in complete dependence

to me I’ll give grace to the one who’s

in complete dependence on me complete

dependence produces

humility complete dependence upon God

produces humility they’re one in the

same so what God is saying is that Grace

is made available

to the one who’s entered into complete

dependence for God in other words you’re

no longer dependent on yourself or

assigning a greater value to any person

or anyone else your dependence you have

declared dependence upon God and he says

that’s the one I’m going to give grace

to you remember the definition of Grace

is

unmerited uh abounding provision in the

in the unrestrained OR unrestricted

operation of God’s infinite love that

comes through Jesus Christ for mankind

especially

for those who depend on him this grace

is and will has been made

available especially for those who

depend on him who are those that depend

on him the humble I am humble because I

have entered into complete dependence

upon God and and especially for those

who depend on God grace is made

available I’m going to show you how to

kick that Devil’s Tail with the gra gra

of God

Amen I I apologize I’m showing you how

to add on to that but whooping he don’t

already

had do you understand something when you

show up looking like Jesus it strikes

fear in the hearts of Hearts of demons

because they figure they going to get

the same butt whooping they got before

because they see you coming praise God

you ought not be running from the devil

all Devils ought to be running from you

amen so he said so since Grace is given

to the humble those who are in complete

dependence to God so humble yourself

before God what is he saying get in

complete dependence upon God humble

yourself upon because when you do that

he makes all Grace available to you I

watch this now he says even when you

humble yourself before God and Grace is

made available to you he tells you to do

this resist the devil

and then he will flee from you that word

flee means to run with fear resist him

this word resist means to

withstand to fight against and to

withstand withstanding again it it gives

you the picture of your position in

Victory that if you will stand in the

victory that’s already been given you

and if you’ll withstand the attacks

which will be in your mind all right all

attacks of the devil are in the mind

your mind is the Battleground for the

attack everything the devil will do in

your life has to be launched right here

in your mind so if you can resist the

devil right here this is where you going

to be resisting it this is where you

going to you’re going to be resisting

him in your mind if you can resist him

in your mind all those crazy thoughts

that are come and especially your

emotions your emotions uh your emotions

he he will really try to move you

physically by moving you in your

emotions because that’s what emotions

are emotions are feelings on the inside

designed to REM to move you in a

direction if those emotions are negative

they will move you in a negative

direction if they are positive or holy

emotions they’ll move you in a right

direction such as our worship and our

praise towards God and so humble

yourself before God resist the devil

that means there’s going to have to be

some standing there there’s going to

have to be be some withstanding that

goes on that means in the height of

enormous pressure on your body to to

respond negatively you’re going to have

to stand anyway and the best way to do

that I found is when you’re facing stuff

just shut

up the Bible says if you can control

your mouth you can control your whole

body but sometimes you ever seen your

mom and daddy fighting if the if

somebody would just shut up it’ll be all

right but they come out no you don’t

come here talking to me like they come

coming up me telling me something like

this now now you now you’re ready to

fight and then by the time they get in

the house I wish you would I do it I

wish sometimes the best thing you can do

come on say it shut

up that can be so

spiritual but the resisting the Devil is

a

withstanding it’s a standing against the

attacks

these attacks are weapons of our war

Warfare are not carnal But Mighty

through God so these attacks are most

likely they don’t start off in your

physical body now they’re going to try

to end up there it starts off in your

mind your emotions with the stress with

the worry with all this and the fear and

the things but what if they think this

and what if they say that all of it

starts right here and if you can

withstand that initial attack then it

won’t f find itself manifesting

physically in your life because you

withstood it right at the Battleground

at the place of the battle amen resist

the devil and what will he do he will

flee in other words that attack in your

mind is going to cease he will flee he

will watch this watch this he will run

with fear because he has encountered

someone that he cannot

devour he has encounted someone that he

cannot

devour now let’s go to 1 Peter 5: 5-8

let’s look at in the King James and then

the

NLT the King James and the NLT and I

asked the Lord I said am I going to get

stuck on these two scriptures today some

good stuff to talk about here today 1

Peter chapter

5 verse

um

8 5-8 verses 5-8 let’s read the whole

thing 5 5-8 he says likewise you younger

submit yourselves unto the Elder y all

of you be subject one to another and be

clothed clothed with this sense of

dependent upon God

humility for God resisteth the

proud man that’s interesting that word

resist here is used to say God

withstands and stands against the proud

or his plan or his way of doing things

or his self s

dependence for God resisteth the

proud and giveth grace to the humble

there it is again humble yourselves

therefore under the mighty hand of God

why that he may exalt you in due time he

says when you enter into complete and

dependence upon God there’s a due time

for you to be elevated promoted exalted

it why why why won’t he exalt you until

then because if he exalts you in your

pride then he gets no glory for it but

if you’re exalted in your complete

dependence upon God you ain’t got nobody

to talk about and brag on but

Jesus in due

time in due time go back go verse six in

due time he will exalt you humble

yourself therefore under the mighty hand

of God that he may notice that he may

exalt you in due time now the next verse

gives an illustration of what this looks

like verse 7 now he said what he just

said and then he says okay let’s see if

you get It cast all your cares upon Him

for he careth for you what is he saying

to keep your worries your anxieties and

your

cares is evidence that you’re in

Pride because you’re depending on you to

take care of the situation yes

but to cast your cares your

anxieties and your worries on him to

cast your care a care comes a worry

comes you’re anxious about something

come even fear and you say now God I

depend on you I cast this off me right

now you got it he says oh I’m going to

give you more Grace I’m going to give

you more grace because you cast The Care

on me now for some reason or another

people

think they should get a a a a medal for

worry and God is saying worry is

evidence of your

pride this is hard to hear because we

all worry yeah yeah there are there are

there are Temptations of worry there’ll

be times that it will come but as the

Christian the person of Grace you know I

am now laboring to enter into the rest

called humility I I want to rest in

humility and that may look like all

right I’m carrying the worry so now I’m

going to go immediately to the word I’m

worried about something so I’m going to

put my favorite song on I’m worried

about something so I’m going to call

another Christian up and let them

minister to me I’m not talking to you

about magic I’m talking to you about all

right what does that look like I know

that worry is a sin and I know that

worry is evidence of Pride but I you

know I can’t help it Pastor dollar I’m

just worried I that’s what I do I just

worry no you need to get rid of that

what you’re doing is you’re holding on

to self- dependence instead of getting

involved in complete dependence upon God

and that may require labor to enter into

rest that may yeah I’m worried about

this I’m trying to get this off my mind

I’m worried about it so you it require

you you know what to do you’re you’re

entering into his presence you’re

singing that song you’re you’re praying

in the Holy Spirit you’re you’re talking

to somebody you’re meditating on

scripture all worry is is an attempt of

the devil to get your focus off Jesus

and get it somewhere

else as long as your focus is on Jesus

you’re in a dimension for miraculous

Supernatural things to happen but if he

can get your focus remember this is a a

game this is it’s a game in the mind but

if he can get your focus off of Jesus

then he can get your focus on other

things and now through worry an Avenue

for him to come in and initiate and

continue the battle in the mind to

ultimately get it to be an output in

your life if you’re going to understand

how the devil fights this is how he

fights he’s not fighting you like the

horror movies ain’t nobody in the room

spitting on you and throwing uh

furniture around the room and stuff like

that he ain’t doing none of that we can

throw Furniture we can do all that we no

he is saying I’m going to get you right

up here cuz I got to make it seem like

you did it

that’s the

battle and there is a

devil and I know you don’t want to well

we went to church in the man were

talking about the devil you know there

are lots of people who they don’t

believe in Jesus they don’t believe in

the Holy Spirit they don’t believe in

the devil and they don’t believe in

demons and people going to do what they

want to do I believe in the word and the

same word that convinced me about Jesus

God Heaven is the same one that

convinced me about Satan demons in

hell I ain’t playing around it’s right

here it’s right here has the devil been

playing with your

head and how successful has he been to

get you away from this by using the

contradictions that men couldn’t work

out to convince you that this book is

not worth paying atten attention

to and what are the Alternatives that he

has given to you to choose a b or

c what’s going on up here and that’s

where we’re being defeated the mind is

the arena of Faith you will lose it or

win it the outputs of your life are

going to be based on what happens up

here in your head do does everybody

understand that all right then we go go

to uh verse 8 he says be sober now

notice sober means you’re not

intoxicated what the opposite of

intoxication is being sober if a man is

intoxicated with alcohol he’s not

thinking right his thinking is not where

it needs to be he says be sober but he’s

referring to your thinking have sober

thinking be vigilant why should I be

sober why should I be vigilant because

you got a devil he says your adversary

the devil as a roaring lion is walking

around seeking somebody intoxicated so

he can devour

them he’s looking for somebody that

ain’t thinking in line with the word

he’s looking to somebody who not

thinking right According To Jesus he’s

looking for somebody that’s intoxicated

he’s looking for the person who’s made

their mind up I don’t believe in Jesus I

don’t believe in God I don’t believe in

they’re intoxicated they’re good ground

for him to win a battle he said the

reason why I want you to be vigilant and

the reason why I want you to be sober is

because you have an adversary let’s stop

right there you have an

adversary if you are a Christian person

you have an

adversary you have an adversary you

can’t see him he don’t want to be seen

he he’s in some people he showed up

somewhere in your life but you don’t

know it’s

him he have showed up in you a time or

two but you you didn’t recognize him cuz

he was hiding and using your physical

man as a

cloak he looking for somebody now here’s

another deal here he is seeking whom he

may devour well if that means he can’t

devour everybody that means if he could

devour everybody and anybody he wouldn’t

have to

seek but since he can’t devour everybody

since everybody’s not intoxicated since

some people are sober and thinking in

line with the word of God you are the

ones that he runs with fear when he

bumps into your attitude all it be devil

I wish you would come by my house I know

you’re in the neighborhood I wish I saw

this report yesterday morning crazy you

talking about demonic influence this guy

was so demonically influenced he got in

his car went to a

neighborhood and start pulling in the

driveways wrecking people’s parked cars

backing out go to the next thing

wrecking people’s carp cars going and

and just just wrecked a bunch of cars

that were parked in front of their house

in the driveway and in one house he

wrecked their car and pushed it into the

garage and tore that up and then when

they got to him they said well they

decided he had a mental problem he had a

devil see we we we want to call we want

to call all the Devils mental

problems some of them are devil problems

and think about what what he could

accomplish there cuz I’m sure everybody

didn’t come out their house and say well

praise the Lord we’re going to pray for

him I’m sure there were several Spirits

looking for an opportunity to take

advantage of this situation right here

cuz what nobody calling on Jesus they

put they they they went and and and full

up and they got the book a cuss in the

backyard they couldn’t find a whole book

but they found two or three pages and

they wore them things out ladies and

gentlemen you have an

adversary I think the day you recognize

you have an adversary then you’ll

prepare to battle

him these two

scriptures let me see I didn’t let’s

read this uh 1 Peter 5 and 5-8 through

in inlt before I move

on this thing it does something when you

recognize okay I do have an avat AV he’s

invisible I know his tools I know where

the initial battle is going to come

from a lot of things can change in your

life just by knowing this and

withstanding these attacks but as long

as you go around I don’t believe that a

devil you believe that a devil for real

man ain’t no devil for real and that is

it that’s the

devil trying to get you not to believe

that he exists

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