The Battle for Your Souls (Part 4)

Who Left the Door Open?

by Ron Wilkerson

Do you remember when I said, "As much as it deeply pains me to speak these words, we must move on in this fight. I must continue to speak with you. It is my sincere desire that you know that not only what I am writing to you comes from a sincere heart, but it is also a reflection of my life."?  I was not joking.  The (deeply pains) portion above has been my life since I last wrote to you dear reader. 

Do you remember a very specific warning I wrote you about concerning when and how you confront your enemy, Satan?   "I got news for you Satan, unless the Lord allows, I will be right here obeying. If you are mad then so be it, plead your case with God. I can tell you, God will point you to a cross where you were put to an open defeat and remind you of the day and hour that He placed the deposit of guarantee in my spirit. YOU LOSE SATAN! I am sorry for you but it is fact, not merely fanciful imagination."  Well dear readers, do you notice where I have erred in my very own teaching?  

Pride, that is where I have fallen from and that is where I ask my God, and His Son Jesus by His mercy to forgive me this sin, I plead right now in truth Father that I am but a wretched sinner deserving of hellfire and everlasting damnation.  However, I KNOW beyond doubt, that my Hope shall never fail and you shall be with me ALWAYS, even to the VERY END.  

I opened a door dear friends and now I plead forgiveness for that very sin our Bible tells us caused Lucifer's fall.  It is found in the book of the great prophet Ezekiel.  The first portion of the passage in chapter 28 deals with a physical King of Tyre, then switches to the archetype in the spiritual sense.  If you read the below passage closely and LISTEN to God's Heart, you will hear the sounds of pain within that Heart of His, that the Cherub that covereth, perfect in all his wisdom and splendor, perfect in beauty, would use his gift of free will to become jealous of God.  This led to the original sin of pride.  Please read...

Ezekiel 28:12-19 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. *Take note here that God is explaining the perfection He created*"You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you.*Take note here that God gave Lucifer the most precious of stones to crown his head* On the day that you were created They were prepared. "You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. *What dear reader do you think God meant when He says Lucifer was a Cherub who covers?  Was it possible that Lucifer once protected all of God's possessions?  I tell you now that to cover means to protect something, to protect something of someone, or perhaps some creation.  There are many definitions one may find for covers, but the Hebrew form of the word covers is ‏סָכַךְ or sakak transliterated, which means "TO OVERSHADOW, SCREEN, COVER...* You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. "You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. "By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. *By the abundance of Lucifer's trade, he was filled internally with violence.  Don't know about you but if I am to be violent, then I have a warriors heart....  So does Lucifer, he is a warrior and was given great power.  He saw ensured that something very precious to God was covered or protected.  Could that be a creation which was made in God's VERY OWN LIKENESS?  This is something not even the Angels of God possess and never will for they are of a different order of creation.  This makes them no less and makes us no more, that is unless you become jealous of some thing or someone..... Thoughts to ponder, God is LAMENTING over the Fall of Lucifer here, but soon He equally looks at Lucifer as the PERFECT GOD OF JUSTICE!  And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. "By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. *Again, consider that God said Lucifer PROFANED HIS SANCTUARIES.  Sanctuaries being the hebrew word ‏מִקְּדָשׁ‎, tranliterated as miqdash or miqqedash, to wit both words mean "a sacred place".  If Lucifer had sanctuaries, PLURAL, and these were Holy Places, then is it possible that Lucifer covered the angels in their worship or humans in their worship and took it before God on His HOLY MOUNTAIN in the Midst of the Stones of Fire? Right here begins God's prophecy yet future in the physical realm which we inhabit for those of us who see Lucifer.  Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. "All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.""'  *Without warping our minds this late, the people on earth whose physical eyes see this happen, the fire consuming Lucifer, happen to be alive at the end of the millenial reign of Jesus Christ which David was inspired to speak about in the book of Psalms.  

 Psalm 2:1-12 Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!" He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying, "But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain." "I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 'Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. 'You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.' " Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

 Dear readers, I left the door open, I did what I should not have, I fell victim to the sin of PRIDE.  Do you see how easily the DEVIL CAN GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN YOUR LIFE?  He roams this earth seeking whom He may devour.  But this I know, and this I have confidence in right now that....Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. 

Philippians 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. 

 Remember my brothers what I said,

In warring with Satan, very hard lessons are learned. If for the first time you encounter one of his angels in the spirit, it is doubtless to me you will not know of it. For the Holy Spirit within you will affirm in your heart if this be so. You speak of Jesus to others and you have in effect become "enemy number one" to Satan. He will not suffer you lightly to speak God's gospel. If you truly desire to speak the gospel and share it with others then please be prepared, it is no light matter. And before you ask yourself whether or not this is your desire to speak the gospel, it would be best to remember that you are commanded to do so. You are not your own after all, Christ purchased you with blood. 

Remember your armor as you face each day. 

Ephesians 6:11-13 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes (Keep in mind the devil is devising traps for you to fall in and suffer loss) of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

 

Luke 13:24 "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. *Right here I tell you to caution yourselves. Jesus is telling you a truth and I don't want to see any of my brethren fall short of the glory of God. There is only one way to obtain this glory of God, and that is to "accept" or ask Jesus to be the master of your life. To give Him absolute control and reverence what He has done for you on that cross. To follow after Him and bear your own cross. Take heed.

1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Until I speak with you again, know that I love you and I pray we all meet in Heaven's courts to sing the shouts and joy of our soul which is in EXULTATION OF GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, and GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT!!!

Shalom.