Part 3: The Destroyer
When The Devil Knocks • Sermon • Submitted
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· 18 viewsWhen the devil can’t have our heart, he goes to his backup plan: destruction. He’ll try to break you down until you’re ready to cry out. But you can build something stronger than any of the devil’s attacks. Learn how this weekend as we continue our message series, When the Devil Knocks!
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WHEN THE DEVIL KNOCKS PART 3: THE DESTROYER
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Devil—Our battle is not against flesh and blood—Powers. Don’t need to be ready—If devil attacks—Already under attack!
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8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around
like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. NLT
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According Jesus, the Devil’s mission is: to Steal, Kill, Destroy!
Steal joy—Kill Peace—Destroy contentment
Attack Friendships—Finances—Reputation—Family—Relationship God.
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Satan is the deceiver who targets your mind with lies.
Satan is the deceiver who targets your mind with lies.
Satan is the deceiver who targets your mind with lies.
Satan is the deceiver who targets your mind with lies.
Satan is the accuser who targets your heart with accusations.
Satan is the accuser who targets your heart with accusations.
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Satan is the destroyer who targets your will with pride.
Satan is the destroyer who targets your will with pride.
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Pride—Used to think—Devil attacks your weaknesses
But also will attack you at your point of strength!
Not only will he kick you when you are down
Attack you on top! (Least aware—Most vulnerable)
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Poised strategic attack against King David height popularity & power.
Killed Goliath—War hero
Women writing songs and singing in street—Amy song me.
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That’s when David stumbled—Not weakest moment—Appeared strongest
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What was David’s great sin?
Adultery Bathsheba—Having husband—Uriah killed in battle.
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Lust—Murder
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some believe: Greatest sin was pride.
Pride led to lust—Eventually led to murder.
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But because David’s sin of pride around census—70,000 people died!
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1 Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.
Again—Satan wasn’t attacking David when he was down.
Top game—Winning battles—We are champions friends—Keep fighting
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Pinnacle success—Satan whispered—Should take a census! (Powerful)
Why was it wrong to take a census? Wasn’t. Moses took an annual census.
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Moses—Every male 20 or over give half-shekel “atonement money” or “ransom money” reminder God had purchased their freedom.
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Because of David’s adultery—Indirectly 4 people died. Uriah, the baby, Amnon, and Absalom.
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➢Moses: Focus was God—God glorified. ➢David: All about him—His glory!
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Pride—Ugly—Your little church—My census is bigger! Even Joab—Commander troops didn’t like David’s idea—Obeyed.
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6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him. 7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
6 But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.
7 God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
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Interesting—When David committed sin of adultery
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To Nathan: “I have sinned”
13 Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin.
(To Nathan)
(To Nathan)
To God: “I have sinned greatly”
8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.”
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THE DEADLY SIN OF PRIDE
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16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall.
16 But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the Lord his God by entering the sanctuary of the Lord’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
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Pride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.
18 Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
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➢I’m so holy—Never do that. Don’t need anyone. Got this.
You may never be more vulnerable than when you are full of pride.
You may never be more vulnerable than when you are full of pride.
You may never be more vulnerable than when you are full of pride!
You may never be more vulnerable than when you are full of pride!
YOU MAY NEVER MORE VULNERABLE THAN WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF PRIDE.
YOU MAY NEVER MORE VULNERABLE THAN WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF PRIDE.
Uzziah—Weapon used from towers—Fame spread—Powerful.
16 But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the Lord his God by entering the sanctuary of the Lord’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
➢I’m a self-made person. I’ve worked hard. I deserve this.
➢I’m a self-made person. I’ve worked hard. I deserve this.
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➢Know I’ve got problem—Not going to tell—Can’t ask for help.
➢Not apologizing—Not my fault.
You may never be more vulnerable than when you are full of pride.
6 ...“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” 7 Submit
yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you... 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
6 And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
Military Language
➢Greek word: Opposes—Military term—A full army ready for battle
➢Greek word: Submit—Military term to voluntarily rank under.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
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➢Greek word: Opposes—Military term—A full army ready for battle
➢Greek word: Submit—Military term to voluntarily rank under.
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When it comes to God and Satan—No middle ground. Can’t defeat the demons you flirt with.
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John said, “Friendship with the world is hatred toward God.”
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Jesus was clear—If you exalt yourself—You will be humbled.
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Pride says—I don’t need God—I’m better—I’m good.
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Never more vulnerable than full of pride.
Humility says—I need God
Fall of Lucifer—Archangel, Guardian of the cherub—Worship angel.
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5 I will’s in :
•I will ascend to the heavens.
•I will raise my throne above the stars.
•I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly.
1 But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel.
2 The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the Lord’s land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
3 In that wonderful day when the Lord gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,
4 you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
5 For the Lord has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.
6 You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
7 But finally the earth is at rest and quiet. Now it can sing again!
8 Even the trees of the forest— the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon— sing out this joyous song: ‘Since you have been cut down, no one will come now to cut us down!’
9 “In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival. The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead stand up to see you.
10 With one voice they all cry out, ‘Now you are as weak as we are!
11 Your might and power were buried with you. The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased. Now maggots are your sheet, and worms your blanket.’
12 “How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
13 For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north.
14 I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’
15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.
16 Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?
17 Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’
18 “The kings of the nations lie in stately glory, each in his own tomb,
19 but you will be thrown out of your grave like a worthless branch. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will be dumped into a mass grave with those killed in battle. You will descend to the pit.
20 You will not be given a proper burial, for you have destroyed your nation and slaughtered your people. The descendants of such an evil person will never again receive honor.
21 Kill this man’s children! Let them die because of their father’s sins! They must not rise and conquer the earth, filling the world with their cities.”
22 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “I, myself, have risen against Babylon! I will destroy its children and its children’s children,” says the Lord.
23 “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
24 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath: “It will all happen as I have planned. It will be as I have decided.
25 I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads.
26 I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations.
27 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken— who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?”
28 This message came to me the year King Ahaz died:
29 Do not rejoice, you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken— that the king who attacked you is dead. For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born, a fiery serpent to destroy you!
30 I will feed the poor in my pasture; the needy will lie down in peace. But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine and destroy the few who remain.
31 Wail at the gates! Weep in the cities! Melt with fear, you Philistines! A powerful army comes like smoke from the north. Each soldier rushes forward eager to fight.
32 What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them, “The Lord has built Jerusalem; its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”
•I will ascend above the tops of the clouds.
•I will make myself like the Most High.
•I will ascend to the heavens.
•I will raise my throne above the stars.
•I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly. •I will ascend above the tops of the clouds.
•I will make myself like the Most High.
Devil is about him. Jesus is about God!
In the Garden of Gethsemane—Not my will—Thy will.
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Humility isn’t weakness—Strength—Declaration of your need for God.
Never weaker—Never stronger dependent on God.
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➢Humble myself before lord and you will lift me up due time.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
James 4:10
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14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
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➢Because I am called by ur name—I will humble myself and pray, seek face—Hear from heaven—will forgive my sin and heal land.
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Satan wants you to say: I Will.
But we honor and glorify God by saying: Your Will
We are in a battle so we need to make sure we not only have our armor on, but we have our sword sharpened and ready at all times. In doing this, we will be able to continually make sure we keep pride at bay and stay humble before the Lord.
Verses to use when pride sneaks in:
➢I will give thanks to you Lord—You are good. Your mercies endure forever.
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
1 O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
You are my God—Earnestly I seek you—I thirst you God.
You are my God—Earnestly I seek you—I thirst you God.
My whole being longs for you in a dry and weary land.
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3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you!
4 I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
Psalm
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3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you!
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will praise you as long as I live, and in your name, I lift of my hands.
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