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Surrender Your Life to God

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Revelation 12:10-11 states, “ And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

Shalom Brothers and Sisters. I just have a word for the coming tribulation. God’s people will have to endure till the end.  As the end approaches you will begin to see sin increase in the world. Many people will be lovers of themselves and doing what please them. 2 Timothy 3:1-7 states, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

In these last days God’s people  will have to overcome Satan by the word of their testimony. God’s people will have to stand up for the truth which is the gospel of Yahshua. They will have to live in righteousness and keep the commandments and wait patiently for their deliverance. His people will be refined through the great tribulation and they will be purged from sin. They will repent and turn from evil. There will be a multitude of people that will be delivered from their sins and they will surrender their lives to God. In order to make it to the end you must come out of the world and stop partaking in the sins of the world. You must love the Most High and Yahshua more than you love your own lives. Once you focus and dedicate your lives to the Most High you won’t be deceived anymore by the enemy. He won’t be able to deceive you because you will be living in the truth. When you learn the truth and walk in the truth you will gain life and your light will shine. Those who follow Yahshua will have to lose their life (deny self) for his sake and when you do that you will find life. Matthew 10:23 states, “He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” John 12:25 states, “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”

Denying yourself means turning away from your selfish ways. When you are following Yahshua it’s not about you anymore it’s about the Father’s will but many people fail to realize this.  Matthew 16:24 states, “Then said Jesus (Yahshua) unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”

God’s people will gain life by destroying the works of the flesh and by doing this the saints will gain the victory and Satan will no longer have power over them. The saints will overcome him by overcoming their carnal nature which gives birth to sin. Satan can’t accuse God’s people anymore regarding sin.  So be strong and fight temptation and the devil will flee from you. James 4:7 states, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Satan wants to kill and destroy God’s people but the Most High will protect his people in the time of trouble. The enemy wants to overcome God’s people and if you don’t overcome the works of the flesh, Satan has already destroyed you. Even when you are innocent Satan still seeks to harm you. It’s sad but God’s people must have faith in these last days. The only one who can save you is the Most High so we must continue to believe that Yahshua will come to rescue us. Faith is everything. Be positive and be wise at all times. If the world hated Yahshua the world will hate you. People don’t want to hear the truth they rather hear lies and follow the enemy.

During the days of Yahshua it was easier to kill his followers but today we have a large number of people who believe in Yahshua so the enemy has to come up with another way to destroy God’s people. They are using mind control through music, television shows, movies, and all throughout the entertainment world; even through the churches. Mostly everything in this world is set up to deceive God’s people and that’s why you must come out of the world and separate yourselves. Satan is trying to kill you spiritually. He wants you to remain ignorant. Most people fear the enemy killing them physically but what most people need to be worried about is Satan killing you spiritually. So many people have sold their soul to Satan for riches and fame and so many people are gladly participating in sin even when they know it’s wrong. This world or beast system is set up to destroy you. Revelation 13:16 states, “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:” The best way he can control you is through your mind so if you do the works of Satan you have given yourself over to the beast. Once the beast rises up he will try to destroy you. Don’t follow the ways of the world. Even though Babylon has made every sin desirable please reject the things of this world. All those who love sin loves death. 1 Corinthians 15:34 states, ” Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. So please allow your body to die to sin so that you can live.”

Romans 6 states, “Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? 3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? 4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. 5 Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. 6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. 8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. 9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. 10 When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. 11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. 12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. 13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. 15 Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! 16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. 18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living. 19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. 22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

God’s people need to go through a transition or a transformation. You must die to sin and when you do that you must allow the Holy Spirit to purge sin out of your life. You must starve the sin so that you can be delivered. You must stay away from the things that’s are causing you to sin. You have to battle your sin or Satan. You have to face him face to face.  Once temptation comes your way you must flee from it if not Satan will overcome you and he will ultimately destroy you, possibly even killing you. If you pass the test then you have overcome Satan. You must surrender your life to God and when you surrender your life to the Most High you will become a living sacrifice and your life is the living testimony. You have given up the works of the flesh and you have presented yourself to the Most High.

It is important that you give up your life by killing the works of the flesh. Focus on being obedient to the Most High. Just follow his will for your life and do what the Most High tells you to do. When you are doing his will you will be led on the right path.

Obedience is better than sacrifice so it’s best to be obedient. 1 Samuel 15:22 states, “But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Matthew 12:7 states,”But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’  Hosea 6:6 states, ” I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings. Matthew 9:13 states, “Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Matthew 12:33 states, ” And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”

Please surrender you life to the Most High and be transformed.

Written by Sister Carter (AthaleYah)

Testimony of the Saints

Battling Demons: My Testimony

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Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

It all began when I watched a video. I remember when I was young and I watched a video tape that I had found in the house. I was curious to know what was on the tape which I had just found. This video was supposed to be hidden and since it was supposed to be hidden I shouldn’t have watched it but as a child I didn’t know any better or did I? I waited till I had the chance to look at the tape and I knew that my parents couldn’t find out what I was doing. Now when I started thinking this way I should have left the tape where I had found it and went on about my day. Instead I took the tape because I wanted to KNOW what was on this tape. My thoughts had to be why is this tape hidden from me? What is on this tape that I’m not supposed to see or know? So at this moment I was in a position to make a choice. It’s either watch the tape or don’t watch the tape. I had a feeling that if I got caught with this tape I would be in trouble. At this point I had a sense of knowing right from wrong. Why else would I have this feeling? It’s like Yah (God) was there and that voice was trying to warn me. He was saying NO my child!

Now that I’m fully aware what was going on it’s like I am experiencing something similar to what happened in the Garden of Eden. The serpent came to me and I listened to his voice instead of listening to my Father’s voice. At this point I became disobedient. I was curious to know what was on that tape and I was determined to find out so I followed the serpent and I decided to sneak out of my room to go watch the tape. It’s like Satan was there the whole time waiting for the opportunity to enter inside of my mind.  I welcomed him in because he was going to show me what was on the tape. Keep in mind brothers and sisters all of this is now being revealed to me today. Yah is showing me these things:

  • What happened to me when I was a child
  • How my mind became corrupted
  • How sin formed inside of me by watching and doing something that I was not supposed to do
  • How I didn’t listen to Yah’s voice
  • How Satan deceived me by giving me what I wanted at that moment
  • How the Holy Spirit convicted me

It’s important to know that sin begins in the mind. Your mind is connected to your heart. Once you have your mind set on it then you will act on it or do it. So let me continue on. So when I made the choice to sneak out of my room this indicates that I was doing something wrong. Now as a child I didn’t have the full understanding of all of this because I didn’t have wisdom yet. I quietly went to put the tape in and what I saw was something new. I never saw this before. The video that I watched was Porn. I didn’t know what was going on in the video. My eyes were glued to the television. I started to have all types of thoughts. In my mind I wondered how it felt because they looked as though they were enjoying it, so I wanted to do it to. I was curious at this point. Now it’s no need to get into detail because I’m quite sure most adults know what happens on a porn video. So I saw this as a child and at that point my mind became corrupted. At this moment I wished that I would have never watched that video. Everything that I had known to be pure was corrupted. It’s like I had eaten the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. My eyes were opened and I learned something that I was not supposed to learn. This thing which I had learned was full of corruption. At that time I didn’t know how bad this video was that I was watching. I saw many acts being performed I saw masturbation, men and a woman having sex and I believe I saw 2 women having sex and I couldn’t understand why there were 2 women on each other. I just wanted to do it. I wanted to do it because it looked good to them and apparently it felt good so I wanted to experience that same thing one day.  It is hard writing this because this is what happened to me and it’s a reason for everything and a time for everything.

I had learned these sexual acts. I don’t remember what happened after that but I wasn’t ready for what was coming. I had let Satan into my mind and this was his opportunity to attack me and this was the starting point. Shortly after this I remember having a sex dream and it was sex with 2 women. I couldn’t understand why I had this type of dream but since I had watched that video the seed was being planted in my mind and it was trying to grow. As I began to get older I began having these thoughts of being with a woman. I didn’t want to have these thoughts but it was stuck in my mind for some reason. I didn’t realize what was happening so I just continued on.

One day I was hanging out with one of my friends and it was in the summer. We were out of school and I was looking forward to going to the 8th grade. This friend of mine seemed to be very attached to me and we were always hanging out at each other’s house. It seem like we were getting too close. At some point we started to play around. I can’t even remember how it all came to be. But one night we were talking and things turned into something else. This was the time I reenacted what I had learned on the video. We played around and things began to get weird because we were in the dark and it seemed like this was planned but I couldn’t understand what was going on. I know now that it was demons around us and controlling us. The evil spirits came upon us. I began to fulfill my own desires and it’s like I was fulfilling the desires of something else. Whatever this something else was I know that it was there that night but I couldn’t see it. After we had done this I finally knew how it felt.

At that moment it was all over I had sinned and this sin is called an abomination. I had laid with a woman first and I didn’t even know a man in that way. I had sex with a woman first. For this is the shame which I have carried for so long. If I had only listened to my Father’s voice I would not have experienced this. I tried to run away from what I did. I didn’t want anyone to know so I kept it a secret for some time. My temple (my body) became corrupted at a young age. I didn’t know anything about demons or evil spirts at that time. My friend and I didn’t even know what we were doing but we knew we had did something and afterwards we didn’t talk about it. Months passed by and things started to get strange with our friendship. We got in a fight and our friendship ended.

When I was in the 8th grade a boy stopped and asked me, “Are you saved?” I looked at him with a confused look on my face. I don’t believe I ever responded. From that time I always wanted to know what that meant. I had no idea what he was talking about. So I just continued on with my life. I had a friend and she was always going to church all the time and I asked her what does being saved mean? She told me about Jesus (Yahshua) and how he died for our sins. I was really interested to know this Jesus. I started to go to church with her and I really enjoyed it because it was fun and I was entertained.  There were plays and all kinds of different activity for young kids.

I decided to go to church with her and the date was 12-31-1998. I had wanted a new life with Christ and I remember hearing the pastor preach and he mentioned about getting saved. People were going down the aisle and the church was so packed that night that I was in another room. I wanted to go down the aisle but something was stopping me. I hesitated for a moment. My friend came to me and I told her that I wanted to be saved. After the service she led me to the pastor and I entered into his office and he prayed with me and I was saved.  It was a new year Jan. 1, 1999.  I felt good and I started to go to church with my friend. I don’t remember being taught how to live a holy life. The adult ministry was separated from the young teens. My understanding at that time was all I had to do was accept the messiah and believe that he died for our sins and that I would be saved. So I continued on not really changing my mindset because I didn’t truly understand the Word. As time went on I started to feel this pain in my knee. The pain got worse so I made a visit to the doctor. He told me that I was just a growing teen but inside of my head I was thinking I don’t think it should hurt this bad. So as it began to get worse I went to see another doctor. He told me that I had Juvenile Arthritis. I looked at him like he was crazy because I thought only old people get arthritis. So at that moment my life changed. I didn’t understand why this had happened to me. I was about to go to High School. I wanted to be a cheerleader and I wanted to dance but I couldn’t. Life became very difficult for me and I was always sad. I didn’t want my classmates to know. I lost a lot of weight and you could see my bones. I was taking a lot of medicine day and night. The pain was horrible it was like someone was stabbing me. The pain started in my knees and it spread all over. It was hard to walk. It came a time when I couldn’t even walk and I had to stay home from school. When I was in school I remember people asking me, what’s wrong with you? They asked this because I was walking with a limp. I was embarrassed and I was mad that this had happened to me. Why Father? Why me? What did I do?

Time went on and I started to feel much better. When I was in the 11th grade I got into a very bad car accident. That day was really weird. I had a boyfriend at that time and that morning before I left to go with my friend he was shaken by a dream that he had. I asked him to tell me what it was about but he didn’t want to tell me for some reason so my friend came to pick me up. Before the accident I remember when I got in the car I didn’t have my seat belt on. Something told me to put it on and shortly after I put it on BOOM. We got in an accident, we hit a car. The other car ran the light and we spun around and hit a pole. The exact moment when I saw that car run the light I knew that it was all over. It happened so fast. The impact was really hard it felt like my body was on fire. The air bag hit my face and I felt like my face was on fire. I felt this vibration going throughout my whole body. I thought I was dead. Something told me to open my eyes so I did. I was scared to open my eyes because I didn’t want to see if anyone had died in this crash and I thought I was badly injured. When I opened my eyes I saw the pole. It came through the car. I couldn’t believe that we all survived this wreck. I jumped out of the car and the first thing I said was, “Thank you Jesus” I was so thankful that he had saved me and my friends. I went to the doctor and my right arm was messed up. My right hand and elbow was swollen badly and that was due to me having arthritis.

I remember calling my boyfriend and I told him about the accident. He got quiet then he told me about the dream he had. He told me that I got in a car accident. I was like what? Why didn’t you tell me this? If I had known this I wouldn’t have went with my friend. But I know this happened because Yah was trying to show me who he is. I knew it was Yah that saved me that day. Shortly after that my friend told me that she was gay and I was shocked. By this time I knew that being gay was a sin. Shortly after this I was set up by my friend and her girlfriend. When I was with this girl more demons entered inside of me. I remember the feeling it was like a tingling sensation and it went all over my body. Remember I had already allowed Satan to dwell inside of me when I was a child and this is when the seed was beginning to grow.  It’s like he used people closest to me to pull me in and this is when the sin of homosexuality grew. Eventually I started talking to this girl that my friend had set me up with. My friend and I was in the lifestyle together so nothing else really mattered at that time.

I was so confused for a very long time. I didn’t know if I wanted to be with a woman or a man so I chose both. I figured if God loved me he would love all of me. I was so gone at this point. I was taken over by many demons. They were dwelling inside of me therefore I couldn’t hear the voice of Yah (God) anymore. I was doing the works of Satan. I had given him dominion over my life and I didn’t even realize that I was doing this. I was in complete darkness. I was a walking abomination.

As I began to get older I decided that I wanted to settle down. I desired to be with one person. His dad was a pastor and he told us that we shouldn’t shack up. I was scared because we had sex already. So we decided to get married. We got married out of fear. Everything fell apart because that marriage was done out of fear and not love. I loved him and he loved me but we was still young and we didn’t know about true LOVE.  Our marriage fell apart 11 months later and we separated. Eventually we got a divorce. Before we were separated I was trying to get myself together. I started to experience this pain in my hip and it was getting worse. This pain was the worst pain that I have felt in my life. I couldn’t work anymore and I was always crying to Yah asking him to heal me from this pain. The pain kept getting worse and I just couldn’t take it anymore. My friend had told me about this man that delivered some people from illnesses and I wanted to see that man. I had to see him. But it wasn’t time yet so I continued on and one day I said enough is enough. My ex-husband and I were arguing and the first thought was go see that man that my friend was telling me about.

I got up and went towards my car. My ex-husband followed me out to the car and at this point I honestly believe a demon entered inside of him. He got really angry all of a sudden. I never saw this side of him so I knew something else was operating through him. He came and he picked me up. He took me back inside of the house like you not going to leave this house. So I got up again and ran to the car and shut the door really fast. He was trying to open the door and he stood behind the car. I said please move I have to go see this man. But he still didn’t want to move. Finally I was able to leave. I had been praying and praying and asked Yah to provide a way for me to be healed. This was my opportunity. All I had was faith and I wanted to be healed from this pain.

So I went to see this man and we talked about the things that I had done. He told me about demons and this was the first time I had ever learned about demons and demon possession. I wanted to be healed and I believed that I would be healed that day. He prayed with me and he told the demons to leave. The demons was talking and making themselves known. I was crying and I felt these spirits leaving from me and it was like a tingling sensation. Almost like the same feeling when I was with that girl. I was shaken by this but I felt lighter. He told me not to go back to the gay lifestyle. He said if I go back it will get worse. He told me that more demons would come back. He also told me when I walk out the door the enemy will try to come after me. So I left and soon as I opened the door my ex-girlfriend was up there. How did she know I was there? I was scared because he just told me when I leave the enemy will come. I ran to my car and she tried to talk to me I said No and I left. I was driving home and I was still having this sensation as if the process was still happening. I don’t remember how I got home because I wasn’t focused on the road. Yah’s Angels took the wheel for me and drove me home safely. I was excited to tell my ex-husband that I was delivered and that the pain was gone from the arthritis. I told him about the experience that I just had and he told me that I looked refreshed.

After this I wanted to get baptized so I did and after this my life seemed to get worse. It seem like the enemy was coming at me in all angles. I was then separated from my husband and my life went down from there. I went back to the gay lifestyle and I was involved with a girl for close to 4-5 years. I did exactly what I was told not to do. I was led astray and I had no idea of how many demons I had come into contact with at this time. Nobody could tell me anything about my life. I had made up my mind and I was a lesbian. I didn’t care what people had to say about me. I knew what the bible said but I wanted to fulfill my own desires. So I wasn’t aware of what was coming. As time went on I was being abused. A lot of fighting was going on and I even got choked to the point where I had to call the police.  I was about to die. I knew this couldn’t end this way. But Yah saved me again. I got away and this time I made a decision to leave that relationship. I packed my things and I left. It wasn’t easy but I knew that I had to make this step. I was still struggling and I still had these feelings and I still was messing with girls. I was being tormented in my sleep. Demons would jump on me and every time I would call the name of Jesus they would leave. I had faith and that’s why it worked. Other times I called on his name the demons didn’t go away as fast. Why is that? I just couldn’t understand why. I was that messed up.

I knew I had some demons surrounding me and they were putting up a fight because they didn’t want to leave from me. They had made themselves comfortable inside of me and I did exactly what they wanted me to do. It’s like I was fulfilling their desires it’s like I had no control. I was possessed once again.

So time went on and I wanted to get completely away from that lifestyle but I still was holding on to it. One day I started to read about demonic strongholds and I discovered more about demonic possessions. The more and more I researched I learned what was happening to me. I had allowed these demons to enter back inside of me.  My thoughts were I had to get them out of me. But days went on and it’s like the enemy knew what I was trying to do. My ex-girlfriend tried to get back with me and she was trying to tell me that it was ok to be gay and that being gay was not a sin. It’s like she was twisting the words in the bible. She was trying to deceive me but I was not going to fall for this anymore. So I continued to pray and study. Finally one day I surrendered my life to Yah. And I was delivered again. The same man he used to deliver me the first time was the same man he used to deliver me the second time. Yah had set me free from homosexuality. I will NEVER go back. I have learned so many lessons and it was a big fight at the end. I know Yahshua and his army was present when I was being delivered. I went through a 7 day process and it was tough and my mind had to be renewed. During this time I heard Yah’s voice again as if I was being reunited. I had multiple visions and dreams during this time. I was caught up in the spirit and I experience so many things. I was sent here for a reason and I had to complete my mission. I remember seeing myself fly back to the earth. Today marks 3 years since the day that I surrendered and I praise the Most High and I thank Yahshua all the times for saving me.

He loved me even when I was disobedient. He taught me a lesson and I know that he does not play. My passion is to learn as much as I possibly can. I had spent a lot of time away from him and now I am spending most of my time with him. I love Yah and his commandments. I have been on this amazing journey with Yah and he continues to transform me. If you have struggled with sin it is demons associated with every sin. Some are stronger than others because it depends on your addictions. You can be set free from sin. You must have faith and you must believe in Yahshua. You have to know what’s right from wrong. Demons will try to control you but you have to seek the truth and the truth shall set you free. If you are in too deep it is a very dangerous thing because some of these demons will try to kill you. Turn away from sin NOW. Don’t feed the sin because if you do it will continue to grow. In order to get rid of it you must starve it. Do away with it and remove yourself from people that participate in sin. Get far away from them because they will try to tell you it’s not a sin and that’s with any sin. Study the Word and seek Yah on these matters because there are too many demons out here that are trying to find a home to dwell in. Destroy the enemy and put your armor of God on. This is my testimony brothers and sisters. Shalom! All Glory to the Most High! HalleluYah! Thank you Yahshua.

Written by Sister Carter

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Spiritual Warfare: Overcoming the Enemy (Part 1)

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Overcoming the Enemy Part 1

Many people today are dealing with spiritual warfare and if you don’t know anything about spiritual warfare it can lead you to a path of destruction. Most importantly you need to know that the battlefield is in your mind. Most of your decisions come from your mind and once you make up your mind you act on it. The battle that is within your mind is between good and evil. Know that you have two forces fighting against each other. If you are a believer in the messiah Yahshua then you will begin to experience some tough times. If you ask why, then it’s because you now have an enemy. Who is the enemy? It’s the devil and all wicked forces. The first thing that you need to know is that you have an enemy and his forces will always try to come against you. In order to gain victory you must know how the enemy operates and you must have faith in Yahshua because through him you will gain the victory. You can’t win this battle alone so therefore you need Yahshua and his angelic army to fight against Satan and his wicked army. Once you know the enemy’s tactics you will gain the victory. We are dealing with some strong forces and they will always try to come against you if you are a believer.

Ephesians 6:12 states 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.

Brothers and Sisters it is imperative that we have accurate information about our enemy because he wants to destroy our daily walk with the Most High. We have the ability to overcome all the things that are going against the Most High and that is sin. If you don’t realize by now that you are a sinner than Satan has already tricked you. You must know what sin is to be able to overcome it. People sin all the times but don’t even realize it because they are fulfilling their OWN desires. The goal is to overcome the enemy, to overcome the sinful nature so that you can be pleasing to the Most High. The commandments were given so that we can know what sin is and it will always be a guide for the wise. Those who reject the commandments have no true wisdom.

Now I want to provide Genesis 3:1-7 so that we can understand some basic things about the enemy.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

From reading the scriptures above what have you learned about the serpent, his character and his tactics? I will list 5 things about the serpent.

  1. He’s a liar
  2. He’s very tricky and knows how to manipulate you
  3. He’s a deceiver
  4. His main goal is to get you to go after what looks good and desirable to you
  5. He wants you to go against the Most High

So how did the woman respond to the serpent and what action did she take? Well first we need to understand that she knew what was commanded by the Most High. She knew that she wasn’t supposed to eat from a particular tree in the garden. So the serpent knew what the Most High told her not to do but what did he say? He told her that she wouldn’t die if she ate from the tree now keep in mind the Most High said that she would die if she ate from the tree. So now we can clearly see the deception is taking place at this moment and this is how the devil tricks people. He goes against the Word of the Most High. He goes on to tell her that her eyes will be opened and that she will know good and evil. Eve was pure and without sin before she came in contact with the serpent, she was good. As soon as she listened to the serpent sin entered into her mind. She knew what was right and what was commanded from the Most High but she messed up when she listened to the serpent.

She was deceived and she made the decision to please herself and to fulfill her own desires. The worst part of it is that she gave her husband some fruit to eat and he ate also. Adam knew of the commandment that was given from the Most High but he didn’t even reject the fruit he went along with his wife and they both became disobedient. That’s sad because we see that Eve wanted to gain more knowledge to become wise but she didn’t really understand that the tree was corrupted. If you don’t know by now that the tree was an actual living being then it’s time to truly seek wisdom of this. It was an angelic being that was in the garden that knew good and evil. But also we see that Adam clearly followed after his wife without questioning anything. Hmm. That makes you wonder how the mind really operates. If they had listened to the Most High they wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with but they had to learn.

Now what happened as a result of their actions? Their eyes were opened up to the truth and they knew that they were naked; they knew they had sinned or went against the Most High and that’s why they felt ashamed. They sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. What does that really mean? They actually tried to cover up their sin. Brothers and Sisters that is the same thing that happens in the lives of many people today. Growing up you are taught to do the right thing then when you get out into the world or leave your parent’s house you start to hang around certain groups of people who may not be in the truth or who have gone astray. Sometimes you may get caught up in certain worldly activities and you begin to join in on these wicked acts because you are curious. People tend to be influenced by the things in this wicked world and not knowing where it can really lead them. People do things without even questioning some things. People don’t take time to reflect on the decisions that they are about to make. But after you sin you realize that you went against the Most High and that you shouldn’t have done it. Many of us feel guilty and feel ashamed and most people try to cover up their sin. So overcoming the enemy here would be to simply listen to what the Most High has commanded us to do and don’t listen to what other people have to say. Don’t take pleasure in your desires which are earthly desires. Everything that looks good is not always good for you. Everything that tastes good is not always good food for you. Everything that sound good is not always good for you to listen to. Everything that you study is not always good knowledge or true wisdom, there is some knowledge that has been corrupted. So always discern these matters at all times so that you won’t be deceived.

Now to continue on we will take a look at Genesis 3:8-13.

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.  And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?  And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

So what did you learn in this passage? According to the verses above the Lord God walked through the Garden and Adam and Eve heard his voice so they decided to hide themselves. So the Lord God was trying to find them and Adam came out and said he was afraid. Now come on now why would he be afraid? You know he did something that he was not supposed to do. Then he said he was naked and hid himself. So we see these different behaviors that are coming from Adam. Well it’s because he is guilty. How did he learn all of this to begin with? How did he know he was naked? Obviously he gained some knowledge from someone in the garden. So immediately the Lord God knew that he ate from the tree or talked to that person in the garden who he told not to eat from.

How did Adam and Eve respond, both in their behavior and conversation? Well first Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. So what do we see here? The blame was put on the other person. Did they take responsibility for their actions? No, they blamed someone else. Were Adam and Eve warned in advanced? Yes and they were told the consequences for eating the fruit from that tree (learning the knowledge from that person). We can also start to see how Yah’s doctrine was in the garden and how false doctrine were there also, why else would Yah tell them not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil? We need to seek wisdom on these matters. False doctrine have half truths mixed in it and it consists of lies. Adam and Eve went against Yah’s commandments and they were both deceived. Brothers and Sisters we need to be careful who we talk to, what doctrine we are being taught and who we bring into our lives because other people can influence you and you could very well be deceived. If you know what you are not supposed to do then simply don’t do it. The fear of Yah will prevent you from sinning and that’s true wisdom.

Continuing on to Genesis 3:14-15 it states and the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

In the verses above the Lord God was speaking to the serpent and he cursed him forever. What did you learn about the serpent and his future? He will always have enmity against the woman. So the serpent will always have hatred or show hostility towards the woman and her seed. I wanted to break it down for you so that you can have a basic understanding regarding spiritual warfare. It was established in the beginning and I will provide verses in the Book of Revelation which pertains to spiritual warfare in the end. The devil or Satan will always hate Yah’s chosen people and this is the ongoing relationship between the enemy (Satan) and his seed and the woman and her seed. In Revelation 12:7-10 it states and there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Here is the deceiver once again and he is described as the dragon. He was fighting against Michael and his angels. Well it’s the same thing that is happening on the earth; we are battling Satan’s army right here on the earth. You may not think so but it goes deeper than you can imagine. Remember you are in this material world/realm where you can only see the physical. You can’t see the invisible forces and the enemy has many skills. If you were able to see behind the veil and get a glimpse into the unseen world you would probably be terrified at what you see. There are many evil spirits that are roaming the earth and they constantly seek people who they can devour. This goes more into demonic forces influencing you. These forces are attached to you and if you give power to these demonic forces they will grow and become very powerful and it will begin to manifest in your life. You will be in bondage to sin and these sins become strongholds over your life.

Today we see an increase in sin all around the world and people are possessed by these demons and they are trying to destroy you. Some people don’t think it’s a big deal but it’s very real and in the spiritual world Satan or Lucifer or whoever you want to call him; he has angels that are working for him and they have certain ranks in his army. Some of those leaders are assigned over certain groups of people and their goal is to influence you behind the scenes in the spiritual realm. When you see war, this is the time to think with a spiritual mind. Let’s use ISIS for example. That group is very wicked. Think about this for every person that’s in that group there is an angel and probably several evil spirits attached to that one soul. So think about how many evil spirits and angels are leading them. Just for one moment, if you can imagine putting all of the members that’s apart of ISIS in a desert and then the veil was opened to the unseen world or unseen dimension. Just imagine how large Satan’s army would be surrounding them. Probably thousands upon thousands.

So with that said that’s just one terrorist group. Now imagine the whole world for a moment and think about all the sin in the world, once the veil is lifted and you are able to see into the spiritual realm you will probably begin to experience fear. That is why there is a veil between this physical realm and the spiritual realm. If you were able to see these demonic forces it would probably terrify you. Everything is going on behind the scenes but we can see the manifestation of these powers on the earth. Satan wants to deceive the whole world. He has been operating for a long time and he tries to trick you by making things seem good or look good to the eye or even feel good. Remember everything that appears to be good is not always good, everything that tastes good is not always good food, and everything that feels good is not always the right feeling. Jeremiah 17:9 states the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

We need to understand that everything that we read may contain some corruption even the different translations of the Bible and the missing books of the Bible. Knowledge has been corrupted in so many ways. Everything that Yah made good know that the devil has found a way to corrupt it. We must allow the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth and we will be able to discern the things that we read or hear.

Now we are coming to an end to Spiritual Warfare: Overcoming the Enemy Part 1.

What have you learned?

So when you are trying to overcome the enemy what are some of the things that you must know about the enemy?

  • He’s a liar, a deceiver, and full of corruption
  • He is evil and wicked
  • He seeks to destroy mankind by manipulation of the mind
  • He wants Yah’s people to be disobedient
  • He is our enemy and he hates the truth
  • He has a heavenly government of angels and demons
  • He was our enemy in the beginning and will be our enemy in the end

From the beginning the devil was tricky in all his ways and he will get thrown down according to Revelation 12. The devil questions Yah’s Word, cast doubt over Yah’s character and deceived Eve into eating from the tree which Yah said not to eat from. The devil was a murderer from the beginning and there is no truth in him. We can’t ignore these facts about the devil. He exists and we must have a strong foundation in Yahweh and his son Yahshua. Yah is our rock and we must seekHIM daily to conquer our enemy. We must have a strong mind and we must cleanse out all evil and wicked thoughts that leads to sin. We must repent from our sins and be made a new creature in Yahshua. Yah has equipped us with everything we need to defend ourselves against the devils attacks. Determine today to be a Mighty Warrior in Yah’s Kindgom. We have a lot of work to do and we need to study to show ourselves approved. Seek the Most High all the days of your life so that you can have all the tools that you need to walk in righteousness. Spiritual warfare is happening all over the world and we need to pay attention to the evil forces that are coming against us.

In Part 2 I will be discussing the different types of demonic spirits and strongholds and how to get rid of them. Identifying and removing these strongholds in your life is the way to freedom. Shalom brothers and sisters.  Love  you all.

Written by Sister Carter