We Wrestle Not Against Flesh And Blood

By David J. Stewart

Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

       It is important in these perilous times that we as believers not forget that our daily battles are not against flesh and blood; but rather, against the kingdom of Satan and all his demonic forces. The world is saturated with demonic influences today, especially American society. Hollywood is infested with demons. Television is demonvision!!! Las Vegas is saturated with demons.

Our Supreme Court is demonic controlled—having legalized abortion, pornography, booze and very soon... same-sex marriage! Worst of all they banned the Bible in 1963 from being read in the schools. Our mainstream newsmedia is corrupted with demon-inspired liars, deceivers and con-men. The White House has been taken over by the banking cartel on Wall Street. Don't believe it...

The Bible says our weapons are spiritual, not carnal. Ephesians 6:13-19 mentions seven spiritual weapons...

It is because of our nation's tolerance of sin that God has removed his hand of blessing. We have replaced the truth with evolution and lies. We have replaced righteousness with selfishness. We have replaced the gospel with false religion. We have replaced faith with foolish and greed. We have replaced salvation with humanism. We have replaced the Word of God with the Supreme Court. We have replaced prayer with television. God has no place in our wicked society today. In every way, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6).

When a society worships singers who blaspheme God, you know a nation has gone into the depths of darkness. Shakira's song WAKA WAKA received over 280,000,000 YouTube hits. In her song, HOW DO YOU DO, Shakira horrible blasphemes God, accusing Him of being a selfish monster. What is so disturbing isn't Shakira's hatred and blasphemy, but the hundreds-of-millions of fans which she has!!!
 

Religious Praise Music Apostasy

2nd Timothy 4:3, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.”

Then there's the religious crowd who would never blaspheme the Lord—the Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith gang with all their hundreds-of-millions of fans worldwide—but they deny the Lord by hiding the gospel. 2nd Corinthians 4:3, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.” They don't care if the world goes to Hell without hearing the gospel message.

While they're making beautiful music and leading their fans to love, worship and praise... “the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2nd Corinthians 4:4).

Amy Grant is a hero to tens-of-millions of Christ-rejecters, blinded by Roman Catholicism and other false so-called “Christian” religions. Just as Judas gave a kiss of betrayal to the Lord, so also do Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) singers draw nigh unto God with their mouth, but their hearts are far from God (Matthew 15:8). They dress worldly and are loved by the world. Amy Grant is featured all over YouTube in hot black pants, leather, blue jeans and other sensual clothing that is disgraceful for a professed Christian woman.

Amy Grant has a bunch of charities listed at the bottom of her webpage. So also does Hooters website, donating to cancer research. Big deal, gangster Al Capone opened food and clothing pantries for the poor in Chicago, operating off profits from his gambling, sex-trafficking, booze-selling, criminal empire. No amount of charity can substitute for allowing the world to go to Hell. God NEVER calls anyone to be a singer that doesn't preach the gospel. Every believer is commanded to be a Soul Winner. Luke 8:11-15 proves this!

Luke 8:15 says only they who have an HONEST and GOOD heart bear much fruit to the Lord. The rest are choked by the cares, pleasures and riches of this world. Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) artists are all choked. Having fans is not fruit. Inspiring people through one's music is not fruit. Leading people to have a closer relationship to God is not fruit. “Fruit” means getting people saved through the power of the gospel (Romans 1:16). God saves the lost. We cannot save anyone. Our part is to preach the gospel to them.
 

Hillsong From Hell

The internationally acclaimed HILLSONG so-called “church” pastored by Brian and Bobby Houston since 1978, is of the Devil. Such apostasy makes God want to vomit. They are a false church, a cult of singers and musicians based out of Sydney, Australia. Here's the corrupted gospel that they preach...

“We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the 'new birth' we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and submit to His will for our lives.”

SOURCE: What We Believe | Hillsong Australia

The Spirit of Satan is working through their so-called “church.” Check out their apostate website and you'll find no mention of the death, burial nor resurrection of the Lord. They own 21-acres of pure apostasy. Over 20,000 apostates show up every Sunday for a religious rock concert. It's all bull crap! No gospel is preached. Any Roman Catholic would feel right at home at a HILLSONG religious center. This is the apostasy which the Bible warned us about in the Last Days, when people would seek out teachers, having itching ears and refusing to endure sound doctrine (the truth). 2nd Timothy 4:3, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.”

The Bible teaches that our battle is not against human flesh and blood, but against the spiritual powers of darkness of Satan (Acts 26:18). Music is a spiritual medium through which God or Satan can influence people. Following is a classic example of how Satan uses religious rock to lead people away from THE TRUTH.

It sounds a bit like the bands REO Speedwagon or Boston combined. The music has the same appeal, except religious music is far more dangerous than secular rock music. The reason is because people get caught up into this garbage and never hear any real Bible preaching. None of these Hillsong members would sit 5-minutes under John the Baptist or Pastor Jack Hyles. 2nd Timothy 4:3, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.” HILLSONG is part of the Devil's New World Order, working toward a global One-World Religion headed by the false prophet. It is non-productive rubbish.

In the preceding video, all the women are wearing pants, singing repeatedly... “WE WILL WORSHIP YOU.” We'll how about obeying Jesus and putting some modest clothing on instead of dressing like men (1st Timothy 2:9). Robbin Houston is a pastor at HILLSONG. The Bible forbids women from being leaders in the church (1st Timothy 2:12). People don't care what God said in His Word. In every case of women entering the pulpit, churches go apostate immediately.

Here's another HILLSONG video, this one sounds like the rock band U2 and the fans are all shouting for the band, not Jesus. This is of the Devil.

The fans are all singing along, knowing every apostate word by heart; but they couldn't quote the Scriptures if their life depended on it. One of the apostate fans says on YouTube...

"It really works the power of God in this concert they are all anointed of God great may God will continue to bless Hillsong......love you all.....!"

Power of God? Holy Spirit? Anointed of God? HERESY!!! My friend, this is NOT the power of God, but Satan. The Holy Spirit doesn't work through rock concerts, driving drums, flashing strobe lights, screeching guitars and rockish rhythm songs. This is the same shameful crowd that Amy Grant and all the other CCM singers are a part of. It's all of the Devil.

I'm not saying that anything other than the old hymns of the faith is wrong; but I am saying that religious rock is sinful and has no place in any church. HILLSONG is NOT a church. They are a musical arena of singers and musicians falsely labeling what they do as Christianity. It is secular, carnal and of the world, completely. The gospel is NOT preached. Sound Biblical doctrine is NOT taught. The Doctrine of Christ is NOT presented to anyone. It's all a big deception.
 

Spiritual Wickedness In High Places

Since the 911 attacks, slowly but surely, individual Americans have been waking up to the truth. Unfortunately most people are as blind as can be and like it that way. Increasingly, more and more people are starting to wake up in the United States, especially after the passing of the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) on December 31, 2011 and the recent escalation of TSA molestation of passengers. These tyrannies are straight out of the Tribulation period, when everyone will be forced to receive a biological chip implant and pass through regular military checkpoints.

Most people reject the truth, just as they reject God's truth. Yet, a small minority can turn the tide if they have God on their side, which brings me to the point of my article.

Of the people who are awake today, most of them are fighting the powers of darkness in the flesh.

Ephesians 6:12-19, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.”

Satan is now in control of this country. Criminals are in charge of our government, economy and the newsmedia that everyone looks to for answers. The public has been totally indoctrinated and brainwashed with lies. Our nation has been deindustrialized (jobs gone to foreign soil), the housing market rigged to steal people's homes, and an artificially created depression to force women into the workplace to stop having children. If it weren't for the criminals who've stolen our nation, we would live in a crime-free society of plenty, with no street gangs, no illegal drug business, no abortions, no casino gambling, no Federal Reserve... it would once again be safe to walk down the street. The Bible would be taught once again in the schools and atheists told to leave the country. Homosexuals would be driven out of the land. Proverb:14:34, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”
 

Our Weapons Of Warfare Are Spiritual

Our weapons of spiritual warfare are not revolt, anger, anarchy, websites and radio shows. Our weapons ought to be the Word of God, prayer, salvation, faith, righteousness, truth and the gospel. It is interesting to me, and I think not mere chance, that the first weapon mentioned in Ephesians 6:13-18 is THE TRUTH!!!

On John MacArthur's HERESY TO YOU radio show, he sells a 29-vlume set of Bible commentaries. It is nothing less than blasphemy what MacArthur teaches concerning the blood of Jesus and what is required to be saved. Satan comes to us in many different forms—whether it be corrupt Bibles, false doctrines, false religions, secular humanism, worldly philosophies, evolution, occultism, dreams and visions, near death experiences, or direct encounters with demonic forces. The Bible teaches in 1st John 4:1 for believers to try (test) every spirit to see if it's the Holy Spirit of God. Any spirit that's not the Holy Spirit is a familiar spirits (a demon).

Most believers forget their weapons at home when we go out. Prayer is a weapon that few believers have learned to use. Most believers pray and then quit because they don't see visible results. God doesn't work that way. If everyone saw immediate results to prayer, then everyone would pray. God works behind the scenes in ways that are spiritual and we cannot see.

The Word of God is a weapon. Jesus quoted the Scriptures all the times when The Devil came to tempt Him (Matthew 4:1-10). If the perfect Son of God needed to quote the Scriptures to defeat Satan, then we're fools not to do the same. Moreover, we will fail every time without the Word of God to rebuke the Devil. Jesus memorized Scriptures. We should all memorize helpful passages of Scripture to help us overcome temptation. David said, Psalms 119:11, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” The Bible is the Christian's Sword. Most churchgoers today have traded in their King James Bible Sword for a plastic knife New International Version (NIV). You can go up against the Devil with a pea-shooter if you want, but I'm going to go after him with the double-edged Sword of God's Word (Hebrews 4:12).

Salvation is the Christian's greatest defense against Satan, because the Holy Spirit indwells and seals every believer. When the seven unsaved sons of Sceva (a Jewish chief priest) tried to exorcize a demon from a man, the demon beat them brutally. Acts 19:15-16, “And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.” Notice that demons are associated with nakedness. Also, the demons didn't know these seven young men, because they were not saved.

Faith is a weapon. Satan looks for weakness in people to exploit. That's why drugs and alcohol are common mediums for demon-possession, because the mind is weakened by the drugs. Satan looks for the weakest link in the chain. Faith is trusting God when it seems like all hope is gone. Faith is continuing to pray when there's no answer. Faith pleases God, which means that God is pleased to put us in frustrating and dire situations where our faith is tested. We see this clearly in the life of Job, which became worse than death in Job chapter one.

The gospel is a weapon against the forces of darkness. How can anyone be saved without the gospel? They cannot! Romans 1:16 says that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth on Jesus Christ. The Bible says that truth is also a weapon. The Bible mentions truth before any other weapon. That is very interesting. Jesus told Pilate that He came into the world for the purpose of bearing witness to the truth (John 18:37).

The Bible prophecies that when the Lord returns at the Second Coming, He will reign from Jerusalem and it will be called “A CITY OF TRUTH.” Isn't that beautiful? ...

Zachariah 8:3, “Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.”

The truth is important to God. Jesus taught the Samaritan woman in John 4:24 that they who worship God must worship Him in spirit and in truth. We see much praise worship in apostate churches today, drawing tens-of-thousands of members to religious Rock concerts; but there is no Doctrine of Christ taught, and there's no gospel preached and no one gets born-again. God wants to be worshipped in truth. If the truth were preached, 95% of today's church congregations would depart and leave, because they're not of God.

2nd Timothy 4:3 warns that in the Last Days people won't endure sound doctrine. Instead, they will seek out teachers having itching ears, that is, they'll find a preacher that is compromised and tells them what they want to hear. The love of money has destroyed the churches in America. It's hard to find a genuine man of God who tells it like it is. Most pastors who taste the good life forget about the heavenly life, setting our mind on things above where Christ reigneth on the right-hand of God (Colossians 3:1-3).

Righteousness is a weapon. The Greek word for “righteousness” here means “justification,” that is, the righteousness of Christ imputed to every believer at the time of salvation (Romans 4:5-6; 2nd Corinthians 5:21).

One day I was walking with my musical equipment and I rolled the handcart over a tree root. Everything fell on the ground. I was frustrated. I stacked everything on the cart and it all fell over again. I heard two men and some teenagers laughing at me in the background. I stared at them and they were staring at me. I was so mad at them. I wanted to cuss them out. Instead, God impressed upon my heart to walk over and hand them Gospels of John. I took the high path instead of the low path. I overcame evil with good. It's evil to laugh at the calamity of another human being.

I used the weapon of the gospel against the Devil's hatred working in those people. I gave them the truth. I used the Sword of the Spirit. I prayed for them after I gave them the Bibles. I chose to use spiritual weapons instead of carnal weapons of anger, cussing and hatred. I haven't always used the proper weapons. In fact, it's a constant struggle (Romans 7:14-25), and it is for you too if you'll be honest about the matter.

I dare say less than 5% of church members are saved, and less than 5% of the saved use these spiritual weapons. This is why America has gone to demons and all is wrong today on the home front. America's only hope is Bible preaching!!! Singing won't bring our nation back to God. Praise worship makes a lot of money for the industry, but it doesn't get anybody saved and won't bring revival. America needs revival!!!

Ye Must Be Born Again!