Total Devotion

(Luke 16:13) In this week's episode, Jesus taught a parable that total devotion can never be split between 2 opposing forces - good (God/spiritual life) or sin (The devil/spiritual death). Tactics used by the God's adversary is to get us to secretly pledge allegiance to the kingdom of darkness. Hidden rituals to pledge allegiance to Satan is to believe the lies that The Word(The Bible) is man made or praying to a Spirit, God, is not real. The devil himself is a spirit and wants us to worship him as a god. That is why he uses hidden practices/rituals to get us to secretly pledge allegiance to him. This black mass practice is a strategic plan to get us into the kingdom of darkness and out of the safety of God. When we reject God's Truth, God's Details and God's Heart's Desires for our lives, we are open vessels and unaware participants of the kingdom of darkness rituals. The adversary of God wants us to be spiritually blind so that we will be willing servants to the devil. Engaging in practices and lifestyles contrary to God is hidden and deceptive and as ancient as time to get us to openly confess to the kingdom of hell. But The Parakletos is our Defense Attorney. The Name and Blood of Jesus Christ not only covers us but it is our only Weapon the enemy of God can never penetrate and defeat. God's Infinite Power can save us all! The Word of God has full Authority over our atmosphere. The Word of God is an Authority to anchor our minds and will anchor our hearts in God's Truth. The Blood of Jesus will have our minds solid and renewed when we call on Him to save us. When we allow, accept and obey Jesus' correction we can walk in The Perfection of Jesus Christ.

SCRIPTURES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Luke 16:13 – Total devotion can never be split between 2 opposing forces. Total devotion will have you in total obedience to good (God/spiritual life) or total obedience to sin (spiritual death).
• 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Romans 6: 15-18 – The devil himself wants us to dismiss The Spirit of God but pledge allegiance to him by using hidden tactics and lies. The devil wants to keep us spiritually blind so that we do not totally rely on the Mission of The Redeeming Blood of Jesus.
• 2 Timothy 2: 25b-26 – Rejecting God's Truth for our lives, we are open to demonic spiritual attacks.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 – Jesus' Grace is sufficient for us all.
• Proverbs 18:10, Mark 15-18, Psalm 91:5-6, Luke 10:18-19, James 4:7 – The Word of God and The Blood of Jesus gives us the Authority (Power) over the devil and his dark kingdom.

Revelation 12:10-11 – When we call on The Parakletos; when we rely on The Blood of Jesus; we can then walk in The Perfection of Jesus Christ.

GOLDEN KEYS:

• Recognizing the total authority of The Blood of Jesus will have us walking in His Perfection.
• The devil wants to keep us spiritually blinded so that we can secretly pledge allegiance to the kingdom darkness.

The Word of God and The Blood of Jesus means death to self. We can denounce the devil's kingdom no matter what we have done in sin by accepting The Authority of The Cross to be The Authority in our lives.

Scriptures quoted are from the Good News Translation (GNT) © 1992 American Bible Society; Holman Christian Standard Bible ® (HCSB), copyright © 1999–2009 by Holman Bible Publishers; International Children’s Bible ® (ICB) © 1986, 2015 Thomas Nelson; New International Reader’s Version ® (NIrV®) © 1995, 2014 Biblica, Inc.™ All translations used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.