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Bishop Demetrics and Pastor Pauline Roscoe
The update is in the section about believers in Ephesus use of occult materials
Isaiah 9:6-7
(NKJV)
6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end. Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Let your light so Shine
The Battle Zone is our sphere of influence
Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
When a believer prays, a residual presence remains regarding feelings or other intangible things that slowly dissipates from the room. Frequent prayer sets up a stronghold as the Kingdom of Heaven focuses at the place of your regular worship. I know this is true in my prayer life and our ministry. Many churches and Christian homes are filled with the glory of GOD that lingers.
When King Saul came to the place where the prophets often prayed in Gilgal, Heaven’s residual presence left the area energized with the Spirit of Prophecy. When King Saul entered the site, the anointing was so great that Saul lost control and began to prophesy.
1 Samuel 10:7-12
(AMP)
7 When these signs meet you, do whatever you find to be done, for God is with you.
8 You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you shall do.
9 And when [Saul] had turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.
10 When they came to the hill [Gibeah], behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he spoke under divine inspiration among them.
11 And when all who knew Saul before saw that he spoke by inspiration among the [schooled] prophets, the people said one to another, What has come over [him, who is nobody but] the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
12 One from that same place answered, But who is the father of the others? So it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
On the other hand, I remember going to a Blockbuster video movie rental store in the ’90s. As I walked through a specific area in the building, I felt an eerie demonic presence. Amazingly, when I walked out of the area, the atmosphere changed back to how it was before. Because of the Lord’s grace, Yeshua, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, has given us running experience with the deliverance ministry; I knew I was in their territory. Perhaps, the wicked spirits would be assigned to follow the rented movies from that section of the repository spirits of darkness.
The problem with some movies is that some of the curses and incantations are the real thing.
In the Spirit realm, conquered land takes on the essence of the land owner. While protecting the captured ground, every military commander knows the cost of holding vanquished real estate which is the greatest cost of every nation’s national revenue. For this reason, our Messiah instituted spiritual warfare in the Bible. Even though love chases out darkness, every believer must know which love they are standing on. Is it the love for the Truth, or is it just human emotion?
An example of Yeshua’s, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, visible glory, seen by the disciples, the Messiah of Israel was seen where Jesus our Lord prayed often.
Matthew 17:2-7 (AMP)
2 And His appearance underwent a change in their presence; and His face shone clear and bright like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light.
3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who kept talking with Him.
4 Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good and delightful that we are here; if You approve, I will put up three booths here—one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a shining cloud [composed of light] overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is My Son, My Beloved, with Whom I am [and have always been] delighted. Listen to Him!
6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were seized with alarm and struck with fear.
7 But Jesus came and touched them and said, Get up, and do not be afraid.
In the beginning, ELOHIM called light out of the darkness. Even before the celestial existed, ADONAI created a type of light that could be comprehended or grasped mentally by those who love the truth about righteousness. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob created cognizance of Truth.
ADONAI made the human mind with the capacity to recognize, and imitate the Light of the WORD (Truth).
James 1:12-18 (New King James Version)
Loving Truth While in a Trial Crisis
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of Truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
2 Timothy 1:10
(AMP)
10 [It is that purpose and grace] which He now has made known and has fully disclosed and made real [to us] through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life and immortality (immunity from eternal death) to light through the Gospel.
Through tender mercies of God, now the created can look upon that which was made and tremble at the might of GOD.
Through tender mercies of God, the cross, which was an inhumane device of torture, by now, one can see the cross as our ransom paid in full.
Through tender mercies of God, who is this tortured Soul hanging on this cross, because I now see, by the light that the Lord has made, I will have no other gods in my heart, except my Messiah, whose light I follow daily.
Please allow pointing to the incident in Acts 19 where a man who was influenced by a demon spirit attacked a group of Jewish exorcists.
Acts 19:13-16 NLT
13 A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a leading priest, were doing this.
15 But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”
16 Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked them with such violence that they fled from the house, naked and battered.
The powerful lesson learned was the power of the Name of Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah; Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Nevertheless, for the believing Ephesians and Greeks to return home and gather their occult material and confess their faults caused a magnification of the name of our Lord.
For the people to openly confess before the whole town caused a greater problem for Paul because a large income was due to the merchandising product sold throughout the city as Artemis or Dianna paraphernalia. And if they got all their occult material, the subject had to be about Sorcery or incantations. They did not hesitate to clear their homes of what gave place to demons.
Revelation 9:21
(Jewish New Testament Commentary)
sorcery, witchcraft and magic arts” while under their influence, (3) giving drugs to other people in order to gain control
Acts 19:15-20
(NKJV)
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
Luke 8:16 (AMP)
16 No one after he has lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a [dining table] couch; but he puts it on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.
Luke 11:33 (AMP)
33 No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or crypt or under a bushel measure, but on a lampstand, that those who are coming in may see the light.
Isaiah 53:5 (AMP)
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
The question was asked, “Would you rather have the righteousness of Christ rather than the righteousness of your own?”
First of all, you must understand that Christ was born under The Law. He had to keep The Law throughout His life. This meant that, by Him obeying His Father and obeying The Law, He worked out a righteousness so that He became a book for us, a Living Oracle, so that we don’t have to read The Law to understand God, but we follow Christ and do what He did and we fulfill our required righteousness to be with Him forever.
Jesus came so that we could look at His life and this is why the disciples recorded everything that He did. He was under The Law and He kept The Law. He obeyed His Father and His Father was well pleased with Him and with His life.
Matthew 3:17 KJV
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
So now, what we do is accept Him as our personal Savior. We should act like Him, walk like Him and keep His commandments.
John 14:15 KJV
14 If you love me, keep my commandments.
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