[Message] Pastor Jung Myeong Seok
[Scriptures] Revelation 20:1-3
“And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.”
As soon as God proclaims His Word, Satans and demons come, diminish the value of God’s Word and manipulate people’s minds so that they center on their own thoughts. That is why it is said that Satan comes after the Word is preached and sin comes through God’s commands. In other words, sin comes depending on whether you keep the Word or not. If you do not keep God’s command, it is sin. If you keep His command, it is righteousness because you have obeyed His command.
That is why I tell you to keep the authority of the Word.
The title of today’s message is the destruction of Satan. Even if you have good faith, if you fail to maintain your good faith even by a little bit, Satan will sneak into you and completely turn your heart around. From then on, you will not have power to pick yourself up. That is why we have to overcome satans and darkness. Our struggle is not against an army, against our neighbors, or against our family, but it is only against Satan. So, we must triumph in our fight against Satan. (Ephesians 6:12)
Satan makes us doubtful, makes us give up, makes us commit sins by building a wall between us and God, and keeps making us destroy the purpose of creation. We should always have deep insight of Satan’s gang, realize the deep secrets of Satan and be able to discern this time period.
Everyone, I pray that you will rule over Satan and the world of darkness, and become a good, diligent, righteous, and trustworthy counterpart of God.
I bless that you will become wise and prudent people and that you will not become victims of darkness, so that you will truly live as genuine people of God’s spiritual nation.
