Ideology Your System Control

The leading edge of this system is that Satan appears as an angel of light, disguising himself as an angel of light, works most of the time in religion. His ministers are angels of light. All false religion is called by Paul, doctrines of demons. In other words, all false religion is concocted by Satan as a part of his system to lead people into deception, religiously. And they are doctrines of demons that are propagated, Paul says in 1 Timothy 4, by hypocritical liars. So the leading edge of Satan’s effort in the world, because man is by nature a religious animal, that is to say, his conscience and his mind, the conscience by the moral law written in his heart, the mind by the reality of cause and effect, leads him to God.

And the most natural thing for a human being is to understand that because he has a moral law, there had to be a moral law giver. Because he understands that nothing can exist unless it has a cause. There is a great cause. So there is a great cause who is also moral. That’s inherent in the understanding of man. Satan knows about that God consciousness, and so Satan diverts that from the true God to an endless array of false religious systems of which he is the author. And all of them have one thing in common.

They tell man that salvation and a right relationship with God can be earned. Can be earned. Some of them are moral, some of them are immoral. Across the spectrum, something for everybody. But that’s the leading edge. It’s false religion, because man is naturally a worshipper. And because he has a conscience, he has the sense of guilt over his own sins. And so Satan invents religions that attempt to mitigate that guilt. But for those people who have so stomped their conscience into insensitivity, there is also a full world system available to them that is irreligious, atheistic, if you will, blatantly immoral.

And there is that world in the middle that says, yes, I’m spiritual, but I can be spiritual and immoral at the same time. All of these ideologies that range from very legalistic, tight kinds of restrictive religions for people who find an appeal in that, to the kind of open, flagrant, atheistic, immorality at its worst level and everything in between is all part of this very broad system designed by Satan. And there is enough in it that it has the ability to drive temptations at all of us. That’s how Satan works. You don’t have to worry about Satan crawling inside of you and making a residence there.

It’s not going to happen if you’re a believer. But we live in a day when we not only deal with the temptation that is in us, as all believers had, but we have to deal with the system that is outside of us. And the system is more sophisticated and it is worse than it’s ever been. And all the bad of the past has been accumulated and stayed and been fully developed. And now we have media to make it worse than it’s ever been in terms of its exposure. I personally think that Jesus needs to come soon.

Because the onslaught is so massive that it’s beyond hope of ever being reversed. I’ve been saying to people, by the way, if you think somehow there’s going to be a turnaround in America, forget it. Forget it. We’re going down the path of immorality at such warp speed we’re not going to turn around. This is Romans 1. We’ve been turned over by God to the consequences of our own choices. And Satan is having a field day in the system. And we are all inundated by it. So what do we do about it? Well, that was kind of an ad-lib introduction.

But let’s look at verse 10. I didn’t even turn a page here. That’s not good. Verse 10. This is the preparation. This is the preparation. Be strong. Not a time for weak people. Doesn’t it strike you as interesting that at a time when the power of the world is its greatest that it’s ever been, the weakness of the church is at its greatest as well. At a time when the world system is more formidable than it’s ever been, the church is weaker than it’s ever been. And we are called to be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might, recognizing we don’t have in ourselves the strength.

We have to rest in him. But know this, that the power is already yours. Philippians 4.13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. There is no temptation taken you, but such is as common to man. God is faithful, who will never allow you to be tempted above that you’re able, but will with the temptation make a way of escape. 1 Corinthians 10.13. The Lord has gained the victory at the cross. The Lord has taken up residence in our heart in the presence of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ. And all the power that is there is the very same power that has raised Jesus from the dead.

And we have already pointed that out. And I did that on purpose so I could take you back to it. We understand this. Go back to verse 18 of chapter 1. I pray the eyes of your heart to be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of his might, and it’s the very strength which he brought about in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.

It is the very same power that raised Christ from the dead. It is the same power that exalted him to the right hand of God. It is the same power he exercises over all rule and authority and power and dominion, every name that is named. And this power has caused him to put all things in subjection under his feet, made him his head over the church, which is his body, and the church as his body, I love this, is the fullness of him who fills all in all. We are the fullness of Christ.

We have the fullness of Christ. Therefore, we have the fullness of his resurrection power. In the third chapter also, Paul prays that we would understand this. Verse 14, chapter 3, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his spirit in the inner man. Verse 20, Now to him who is able to do exceeding, abundantly beyond all we can ask or think according to the power that works within us.

So the power is there, it’s not as if we have to plead for the power. Christ is there, and with Christ’s presence is Christ’s fullness, and with his fullness is his power. So we are strong, the strength is there, all that we need is there in the very presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. So we begin with the preparation, and the preparation is to understand that we have to rest in the strength of Christ. The second thing I want you to see in this text as we just begin is the equipment. The preparation is to realize our strength is in the Lord, and that strength is available to us.

Secondly, the equipment, put on the full armour of God. How do you tap into the power? Here’s the key. How do you tap into the power? You put on the full armour of God. I’m going to leave that because verse 13 says take up the full armour of God, and then describes it starting in verse 14, running down to verse 17. So when we look at the armour itself, we will see the equipment that allows us to tap the strength, okay? The strength is there, it is bound up in the armour, and the armour is defined for us in verses 13 to 17, and we’ll look at it in detail.

So the preparation and the equipment, thirdly, the enemy, we need to understand our enemy, verse 11. Put on the full armour of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil, the schemes of the devil. Thank you for joining us in this exploration of ideology, your system control. Until next time, remember to keep the faith, stay strong and continue to shine your light in the world. To hear these daily devotions of your daily bread, please log on to goddessgovernment.com. Goodbye, and may your faith always lead the way.

Thank you. [tr:trw].