Spiritual Realms (7/11)
INDEX
- Introduction
- Scriptural basis for our teaching
- Practical Experiences in healing ministry
- The Spiritual Realms
- The Human Spirit
- Parenting in the natural world
- Born to abuse!
How Paedophilesare made - Born to be abused
- Grooming
Spiritual and human - Keys to Prevention
NAMES OF SATAN (continued)
THIEF
(John 10:10 NIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
BEELEBUB- Lord of the flies
( A Philistine Idol and a name used by the Jews to denote the devil)
(Matthew 12:24 NIV) But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."
SERPENT--DRAGON
(Revelation 12:3 NIV) Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.
(Revelation 12:4 NIV) His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.
(Revelation 12:5 NIV) She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron sceptre. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
(Revelation 12:6 NIV) The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
(Revelation 12:7 NIV) And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
(Revelation 12:8 NIV) But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
(Revelation 12:9 NIV) The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole
SATAN IS A CREATED BEING.
NOT IN ANYWAY EQUAL OR OPPOSITE TO GOD.
HE IS LIMITED IN LOCATION, KNOWLEDGE, TIME AND POWER.
(Job 1:6 NIV) One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
(Job 1:7 NIV) The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
(Job 1:8 NIV) Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."
(Job 1:9 NIV) "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied.
(Job 1:10 NIV) "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
(Job 1:11 NIV) But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
(Job 1:12 NIV) The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
(Acts 19:13 NIV) Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out."
(Acts 19:14 NIV) Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
(Acts 19:15 NIV) One day the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
(Acts 19:16 NIV) Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
DEMONS ARE AGENTS OF SATAN.
ALSO CALLED UNCLEAN SPIRITS.
THEY ARE FALLEN ANGELS.
THEY HAVE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS.
THEY SERVE SATAN
(Matthew 12:24 NIV) But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."