"Wisdom Rules!"

"Wisdom Rules!"

Jesus saith unto him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test." (Matthew 4:7)  The enemy of God, satan, Lucifer, had it all: beauty, perfect in all his ways, the anointed cherub, created for music, but he fell to pride and "iniquity" ruled him  ...  he has yet to learn that The Lord Jesus Christ is still his Creator, and he will fail at all attempts against God's saved creation, because it's a fact  ...  "Wisdom Rules!"

Jesus Christ defeating satan

Persecution is the mainstay of the Christian faith:  satan, you throw a powerful Christian in prison and he will "Sing" and "Write" and convert millions for centuries with his faith-dripping, blood-bought, "I'm knocked down but not defeated," heart-stabbing, faith it till you make it, soul-saving, strength-bearing WORDS.  The Wisdom of the Lord Jesus Christ flowing in the spirits of His people will "ALWAYS" defeat you, satan!  

satan, defeated

"I'm goin' to the enemy's camp to take back what he took from me," is the song for "today."  When we, as Christians, realize who it is that lives within us, we will rise up against disease, depression, oppression, attacks, seductions, deceptions, mind games, "spirits" of infirmity, and rebuke the defeated one by the Name, the Word, and the Blood  ... and "Reclaim" our dominion.  The problem today is "Power."  When some stand up to satan, he says, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"  He says that, because we lack Power to overcome him.  Power comes by prayer, fasting, consecration, holiness, faith, and righteousness  ...  we can't expect to defeat imps and demons with sin in our lives.  Sin robs us of Power!  The apostles were so full of the Holy Ghost and Power that even their "shadows" healed the sick.  O Lord, let the wisdom and Power of God permeate even our shadows  ... 

satan cast out of Heaven

The devil laughed when Jesus Christ died on the cross, but he shrunk in fear when Jesus Christ kicked open the gates of Hell, took captivity captive, and jingled the keys of death, Hell and the grave in his defeated cast out face.  Almighty God will have the last laugh when satan is thrown into the lake of fire by ONE Angel.

When we take adversity, persecution, the "look" of failure, and use it for good, use it to witness and build up others, use it by the "wisdom" of God to bring "life" out of the ashes of our fires, to plant seeds of the Power of God in everyone around us, the devil asks "why?" he came against us once again.  The Apostle Paul's prison sentence was the best thing that ever happened to him.  Why?  Because he became "still" long enough to write most of the New Testament.  What about our "ash heaps?"  What beauty will emerge from our so-called destruction?  

satan  defeated

 

In this life, we will have tribulation, and a good old preacher said once, "And God expects us to tribulate!"  The "wisdom" of God is like this: Down on our knees is up in the Spirit; we give to get; we lose to gain; we are removed to appear; to bow lower is to climb higher; we burn to glow; we are humbled to be exalted; the last is first; the greatest is the least; to whom much is given, much is required.  How we rise up from the ashes determines our beauty.  

In every trial, we must ask ourselves this essential question:  Is this of God, of man, or of satan.  It can be a test of our Lord in our lives to make us better (of God); it can be of our own making, ie if we spend too much, we will have financial troubles (of man); or it may be an attack of satan.  How do you know if it is from satan?  We must be filled with the Holy Ghost to determine this, because the Spirit of God leads us into all truth.  But, look at satan's attributes:  he has come to steal, kill, and destroy.  God's tests do not destroy us; He will not put more on us than we are able to bear.  "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." (I Corinthians 10:13)  

There are absolutes in God: Doctrine and Truth.  What does God require of us?  Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly. When we get these right, and we walk in repentance and faith, we can know that the Spirit of God within us will sustain us.  

What is this life really all about?  Serving the Creator who created us with all of our hearts, souls, minds, bodies, and strength, and making sure everyone in earth has the opportunity to do the same thing.  The bottom line:  We are "creation" and there is, was and is to come a Creator!  The two roles are distinct; people get into lots of trouble when they forget "who" they are.  

"Wisdom" says there's One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism; Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is One Lord; and 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "If My people which are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land."  ...  satan: your ploys do not work; the saved in the Lord Jesus Christ will always outshine you, outwit you, and defeat you, because "Wisdom Rules!"

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)