Satan's Three-Step Trap and How to Escape It

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Thank you for your prayers , your consideration , your love , even for those who may not have responded , but , um , I can feel your prayers . I thank you for all of it and just want to share with you . I'm improving , I'm doing better . God , god is good and , um , I'm just grateful . I'm just grateful . But enough about this

, let's move on . Let's talk about the word today where it is in a Romans 8 , romans 8 , 31 through 37 . And it's ironic because Romans 8 , 37 .

Um , so , you know and this might seem stupid to some , but you know I have a I was looking for some floor mats for my Mercedes and I was looking to , you know , get something like kind of custom made , because my floor liners kind of wore out on my other car , on my , on my car .

So I want to get something custom made and I thought about you know , let me get put my name on there and I was thinking . I thought , man , that's really vain . I said , let me be . I said , if anything , I want to put something there that reflects the fact that anything I have is not mine .

I'm a steward of it and I wanted to let it show ownership belongs to God . I repented because I was . I guess I was in myself . No , I wasn't myself . I mean I say , guess , yeah , I have ego , like y'all do too , but anyway .

But I was listening to the song , I think by Hezkiah Walker , called I am not a conqueror , and I love the song because it just basically says I'm not a conqueror , I'm more than a conqueror . And I love the song because it just basically says I am not a conqueror , I'm more than a conqueror . And it goes to Romans 8.37 , which is the verse I put in .

I got custom-made floor mats and it has the Mercedes logo in it , but underneath it says Romans 8.37 . Because you know , I thought about the journey I've been on in my life and the things that God has brought me through , and God's brought me over , god's brought me even when I was under .

And you know , if anybody knows Romans 8.37 , it said Yet in all these things . We are more than conquerors , through him who loved us . And so today I just want to , you know , talk about Romans 8 , 31 through 37 to give you some encouragement .

And I'm going to read this in a New King James Version , and I'm going to read it in the Amplified Version , if you don't mind . So in the New King James Version , romans 8 , 31 through 37 reads as thus I'm going to slow down because I'm starting to get tongue-tied . What , then , shall we say to these things ? If God is for us , who can be against us ?

He who did not spare his own son but delivered him up for us all ? How shall he not , with him , also freely give us all things ? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect ? It is God who justifies . Who is he that condemns , or who is he who condemns ?

It is Christ , who died and furthermore is also risen , who is even at the right hand of God , who also makes intercession for us . Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? Shall tribulation or distress , or persecution , or famine , or nakedness , or peril or sword , as it is written for your sake . We are killed all day long .

We are counted as sheep for the slaughter , yet in all these things , we are more than conquerors , through him who loved us . I'm going to read this in an amplified version . What , then , shall we say to all this ? If God is for us , who can be against us ? Who can be our foe ?

If God is on our side , he who did not withhold or spare even his own son , but gave him up for us all , will he not also , with him , freely and graciously give us all other things ? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect , when it is God who justifies , that is , who puts us in right relation to himself ?

Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen ? Will God , who acquits us , who is there to condemn us ? Will Christ Jesus , the Messiah who died , or rather who was raised from the dead , who is at the right hand of God , actually pleading as he intercedes for us ? Who shall ever separate us from Christ's love ?

Who shall ever separate us from Christ's love ? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation or calamity and distress or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword , even as it is written , for thy sake , we are put to death all the day long . We are regarded and counted as sheep . Excuse me , I'm trying to move my cursor . We are put . I'm sorry .

Let me go back to verse 36 . Even as it is written , for thy sake , we are put to death all the day long . We are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter . Yet amid all these things , amid all these things , we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through him who loved us .

May the Lord add a blessing to the reading of his word and may he sanctify these truths in our heart , so beloved . I want to talk to you . I'm not going to give you a theme , I'm just going to talk to you . Okay , you've been through a lot . You've been through a lot . You've been through a lot .

You've experienced a lot , some your fault , some not your fault . And let's be clear , god's not looking at who's at fault . God's just looking to free you from any burden of fault any burden , even if you messed up . Any burden of fault , any burden , even if you messed up .

And if you go back to one of my episodes a few years ago , I talked about Ishmael and how , even though Abraham made a mess by sleeping with Hagar and birthed Ishmael , god still blessed . What we consider a mess . God still blessed . He still blessed Ishmael .

So you know , I want to encourage you , number one , let's first take a look at let's break this down , if you don't mind .

So one of the things you have to contend with whether it's something you did that you felt you did wrong , or that you did wrong , or that you didn't do wrong , or that wasn't your doing , there's always going to be someone who's going to try to charge you or condemn you or not condemn you .

They're going to try to blame you for something and more than likely it's probably you who blames yourself . But take a look at verse 33 . It says who shall bring a charge against God's elect ? It is God who justifies . In Amplified , it says who shall bring any charge against God's elect ?

When it is God who justifies , that is , who puts us in right relationship to himself , who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen ? Well , god who acquits us . So let me just talk about the charges

. Whether you're at fault or not , no one has a right to charge you for what you've done , because God has freed you . So let me be clear If you've made a mistake beloved , and maybe you're reaping the consequences of it , god's not holding that against you . If you've repented , and the key word is if you repented .

If you repented , no one and nothing , and no one , not even you , has a right to charge yourself for anything , because it wasn't anything you did , it was your flesh . Don't get me wrong .

But the fact of the matter is you've been forgiven of it and because you've been forgiven of it , you have no right to condemn yourself , because , number one , you don't belong to yourself , you belong to God . Therefore , you have no ability , you have no right , no authority to charge yourself with anything , because you're not your own .

You have devoted your life to Christ and you are his . So , even in your mistakes , you have no right to charge yourself with anything , because it's God who justified you .

He justified you before you were even formed in your mother's womb , and by justification it means he put you in right relationship to himself through Christ , because , before the foundations of the world , christ died for you . Who could come forward and accuse you or impeach you , as God's chosen Impeach meaning to basically make you look less credible ?

Who can make you look less credible when God is the one who makes you credible , no matter how much you've done , no matter how much sin you've committed , even last night , if you have turned around , if you said Lord , I'm sorry , lord , I repent of my wrong . No one has a right to charge you anymore with the sin . God doesn't even remember it .

God says I've washed it into the sea of forgetfulness . So we talked about the charge . So there's this , and this is what I'm describing to you is the way that Satan works . He tries to charge you and he uses you , sometimes against yourself , to charge you . But another way he does is he tries to condemn you .

He tries to condemn you , condemnation meaning there's no way back . You have gone too far . God cannot forgive you for this . He

tries to define you by your sin . Now , but in Romans 8.34 , it says who is he who condemns ? It is Christ , who died and furthermore , is also risen , who is even at the right hand of God , who also makes intercession for us . In the Amplified says who is he that condemns ? Who is there to condemn us ?

Well , christ , the Messiah who died , or rather who was raised from the dead , who's at the right hand of God , actually pleading as he exceeds for us . In other words , you may think it's the Lord who's condemning you , but it can't be , because he died for your sin .

When Jesus died on the cross , he took your sin , my sin , past , present and future to the cross and condemned sin in the flesh . So he crucified it in the flesh when he died on the cross . But he also rose from the cross . He rose from the grave and he's seated at the right hand of the father , pleading or interceding for us before the father .

So , in other words , it's not god the father , god the son or god the holy spirit that condemns you . So you have no right to condemn yourself . Nor does anyone else , especially satan , have a right to condemn you . You are not defined by your sin . You are not defined by your mistakes . You're not defined by what happened to you that was not your fault .

So when you hear someone , or when you hear Satan coming through someone to try to condemn you for something you've done , turn around and look at him , square in the eye and say in the name of Jesus , I have been freed from this . In the name of Jesus , I have been freed from this by his death and resurrection .

By his death on the cross and resurrection from the grave , I am no longer condemned . There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ another way . This is how Satan works .

See , going back to verse 33 , the first thing he does is he tries to charge you , and he uses yourself or other people to charge you , but when , if he can charge you , then he wants to condemn you or define you , in other words , build your , build a case against you by defining you by what you've done , whether it was multiple sins or or one sin , or

maybe it was something that happened to you that you had nothing to do with . Maybe you were sexually molested or raped or sexually assaulted and you did nothing to deserve that . But he tries to condemn you by thinking you had something to do with it and defying you by that act that had nothing to do with you .

I'm speaking to those who may have been victims of sexual assault as a child , whether it was a relative or whoever , and you carry that burden . That's not you . Do not allow the kingdom of darkness to define you by that one event or multiple events . That was not you and it was nothing to do .

It was a trick of the enemy to shackle you , to chain you , to burden you , to put a stronghold in your life , but it is not going to work because Christ broke that chain on the cross and he freed you forever . When he rose from the grave , he took your sin , he took your , your , your um .

He took that pain , he took that sting from what happened to you and it died on the cross and he buried it when he went into the grave .

But when he rose again , he gave you new life through the resurrection power of Christ to rise from that act , to rise from those acts and to be free forever from condemnation , guilt and condemnation , because he's even now making intercession for you at the right hand of the Father .

But Satan likes to charge you , then he likes to condemn you , and if he can get you to agree to the charge and to accept the condemnation , he then will then in verse 35 , will

try to separate you from the love of Christ . In other words , his end game is to make you feel that Christ no longer loves you , and so what he does is if he could get you to accept that lie . That lie comes with suffering , affliction and tribulation . It comes with pain .

It comes with that pain of separation , just as Christ felt separated from the Father , or experienced the separation from the Father when he was on the cross . Because remember when Christ said , father , why have you forsaken me ? It's because he actually was . God turned his back on him because Christ became sin . Jesus became sin on the cross .

He took your sin on and my sin literally and became sin so he could take all the sin for mankind , past , present and future , in himself and condemn it and nail it to the cross . He didn't go through all of that for you to pick it back up . That's why it says who shall separate you from the love of Christ ?

Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword . And the Amplified says who shall ever separate us from Christ's love ? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation or calamity or distress or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword . See verse 36 . Makes it clearly for thy sake . For thy sake .

And when it says thy sake , he's not referring to you know , christ died once and for all time . But now that he did it , we're going to go through things . We're going to suffer . We are put to death throughout the day , we are counted sheep for slaughter , and what that means is there are things we will go through . We will go through sufferings .

We go through affl will go through sufferings . We go through affliction and tribulation , or claimant distress , or persecution , or hunger or destitution , or peril or sword . And this is Satan's trick physical tricks , even sometimes mental , spiritual tricks .

He will do these are things we will go through because he wants you to say he wants you to tap out , that's the best way to say it . He wants you to tap out and accept's the best way to say it . He wants you to tap out and accept the charge , accept the condemnation and accept that .

He wants you to believe the lie that Christ can't love you because of what you've done or because of what happened to you . He wants you to separate from the love of Christ , because if he can separate you from the feeling and experiencing the love of Christ , he can kill you off . Now you're disconnected from the source . So what does he do ?

He uses tribulation , he uses the stressful situations , he uses persecution , he uses famine . In other words , he uses hunger , he uses nakedness or destitution , he causes you to enter into perilous situations or even face death by the sword . He wants you to . He lets these things come to you , meaning Satan causes these things to come to you .

So you could say and I'm sure the question . It's almost like being put with a gun to your head . It's like life roulette where it says do you love Christ now ? Do you want to serve Christ now ? You know , kind of like the test he gave Jesus If you'll do this , I'll give you this .

Satan says if you'll renounce your love for Christ , if you'll renounce Christ , I'll give you I'll remove this tribulation from you . If you renounce your love for Christ , I'll remove this distress from you . If you renounce your love for Christ , I'll remove this persecution , this famine , this nakedness , this peril , this sword from you .

But he's saying and this is what Paul's saying I'd rather face this all day long rather than be separated from your love . If it means I have to go through this to keep connected to you , god , who is love , I'll go through it . They think I'm a sheep going to slaughter .

But yet what they don't realize , lord , is in all these things , no matter what I go through , no matter what tribulation I go through , no matter what distress or I go through , no matter what distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword I go through . No matter what I go through , I'm not just a conqueror , I'm more than the conqueror .

And it's not because of me , it's because it's through Christ , who loved us . See , all these things that you go through doesn't change the fact that you are more than a conqueror . See , a conqueror is temporary . There are many conquerors in life . Some are Christians , some are not . There will be people who conquer things but they can't keep them .

See , I can conquer a nation , but I can't keep a nation because I don't have the resources or the availability or the strength to keep hold of what I've conquered . How many people , from Alexander the Great to Caesar to Nebuchadnezzar , to even David , have conquered nations but yet those nations eventually conquered them , or some other nation has conquered them .

See , conquerors are always going to be temporary , but we're more than conquerors . That means not only do we take over , but we retain . See , and this is the other side of conquering , being more than a conqueror . Sometimes in life it looks like you don't conquer , but you do . I'm sorry , let me go back .

Sometimes in life it looks like you're not more than a conqueror , but that's because they look at it from the physical side . See , let me put it this way the apostles , all except for John , were put to death , and to the world they look like sheep going to slaughter , but in the eyes of God they were more than conquerors for all they did .

First of all , they didn't have to feel the sting of death , because Christ already took that away . But all that did and this is the key all they did was , when they killed an apostle , they spread the seed further .

See , when a believer dies , it just causes the seed to spread , and I'm not going to get too deep into this , but this is what's called the Christ . Jesus was the name given to the word of God . Christ was the anointing on him

. But anytime there's an anointing on someone , when it remains on them when they die , it does not go back with God , it actually spreads . You ever see a church where a pastor passes away ? I've been in one of these churches where a pastor passes away and people think , well , that's the end of that ministry and it's not Now .

The church that he may have shepherded may shrink , but actually what happens is those who he birthed as sons and daughters in the gospel actually go out and start their own churches or start and do other things , like in this case . In my case case , I do a podcast and it spreads .

I get people who respond to me from the philippines , from from , uh , bangladesh , from , definitely from germany .

Germany's a huge following , um , but again it's the following christ , not me , japan , you know , columbia , I couldn't do that just with the way , I mean with having a church , I mean I could , I guess , but this is the way God called me to do it and I'm still reaching people . I'm still doing Matthew 28 . But again , it's not I , it's Christ in me .

But here's the thing getting back to my point in me . But here's the thing getting back to my point . When Jesus was crucified , the anointing didn't go back to heaven . It spread to his apostles . It spread to other followers of Christ , known as the way . And the more they killed the apostles , the more they killed believers , the further the gospel spread .

So , yeah , it looks like we're being wow , you could kill us all day long . And from yeah , it looks like we're being wow , you could kill us all day long . And from the outside it looks like we're a sheep going to slaughter . We're actually seed being buried into the ground for the anointing to spread . The anointing fertilizes , the anointing magnifies .

So the more you kill one , you spread the anointing . So what does that mean for you ? Look , it may look like you are being slaughtered , it may look like you're going down , but actually what's happening is the anointing is spreading further . The anointing on your life , the call on your life , is spreading further .

That's what makes you more than a conqueror , is number one , because not only can you take over and retain , you can actually spread out further . The more you go through , the more the anointing shines on you . The more the anointing shines on you .

The more you go through , the more God uses you as a Trojan horse to spread his word , to spread his love , to spread his message , because people are going to look on your life . They're going to see . This had to be God . If you overcame the situation , it had to be God . If God moves you to your eternal life , it had to be God .

If you overcame the situation , it had to be God . If God moves you to transition to your eternal life , it had to be God . It had to be God Because she could have , you know , similar to Christ , he could have called down leaders of angels , he could have cursed out people while he was on the cross , but he kept his peace .

People watch your life and I've seen this . I watch as people transition from this life to the next and they could have been bitter , mean , but they were at peace with it . The way they transition from this life to the next was a beautiful experience . I saw they became more resolute in their love for Christ . They became more loving , they became more .

Not that they weren't loving before , but their love increased , their testimony increased . They were ready because they knew to live for Christ or to die for Christ is gain . They're not leaving , they're just transitioning , and they were looking forward to it .

My hope and prayer is that I could be Just as great and graceful In how they did it , but I'm not ready for that yet . So , relax , I'm just believing , god , that I'll have the same grace of my life when that time does come , but , beloved , I'm just believing , god that I'll have the same grace of my life when that time does come , but , beloved .

I want you to be encouraged to know that you're okay , that you're more than a conqueror . There's no charge you or anyone else or anything else can lay against you , because you are God's elect . There is no condemnation , anyone or anything can put on you , because Christ condemned sin in the flesh and Christ condemned whatever happened to you .

He condemned it in the flesh , on the cross and freed you , and there is nothing , nothing that can separate you from the love of Christ .

His love is not conditional , it's eternal , it's unconditional , no matter how much you may stray , no matter how much you may go back to some things , like a dog chasing after his own tail , like a dog returned to his family . No matter how many times you do it , his love will never change for you . His love will never change for you .

His love will never change for you . He's just hoping that your love for him will change and you come back home . You will love him more than you love what you do that causes him grief . You will love him more than you love the situations that you go through . You will love him more than you love the situations that you go through .

You will love him more than you love the condemnation you allow Satan to put on you . You will love him more than you love agreeing with the charge . You will love him more than you love being separated from him . You love him enough to come home and not allow yourself to be defined by your past or by your present , because he's your future .

I pray this word was a blessing to you . I pray that it would encourage you and give you a new definition of life . You are a great , great person and God loves you , and so do I . We had another look podcast Podcast . Speak blessings over your life , speak peace into your life and speak joy into your life .

In the Holy Ghost , in Jesus' name , we thank you and we love you , amen . Thank you , god . Love

on the track . Thank you for listening to us at Another Look Podcast . We come to that part in our podcast now where we offer the opportunity to you for you to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior . So I want you to repeat this after me Dear Heavenly Father , I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ .

Your word says whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved . According to your word in Acts 2.21 . I'm calling on you and I come , surrendering my life and my will to you . I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and be Lord over my life .

According to your word in Romans 10 , 9 and 10 that says if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead , you will be saved . For with the heart one believes into righteousness and with the mouth confession is made into salvation . I do that now .

I confess that Jesus is Lord of my life and I believe in my heart that God raised him from the dead . I ask you , holy Spirit , to come make your home inside of me and live in me . I confess all my sins to you , lord and ask for forgiveness for them . Right now , in the name of Jesus , I receive you , jesus , as my Lord and Savior .

I thank you , god , that I am now reborn and a new creation . I am a Christian , a child of Almighty God and a child of the one true King . I have salvation and I am saved . Thank you , jesus .

Lord , you also said in your word if you then , being evil , know how to give good gifts to your children , how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him , according to your scripture in Luke 11 , 13? . So now , lord , I'm asking you to infill me with the Holy Spirit . Holy Spirit rise up within me as I praise God .

I fully expect to receive a supernatural prayer language and speak in that language as you give me the utterance according to your word in Acts 2.4 . In Jesus' name , amen , so be it . Congratulations , beloved . If you prayed this prayer , then you were born again and now have eternal life in Christ Jesus .

All of your sins are now forgiven and the Holy Spirit now lives inside of you . The word of God says that everyone in heaven rejoices at your salvation , according to Luke 15 , 7 through 10 . So right now , guess what Heaven is having a party because of your decision , and God has a huge smile on his face .

If you prayed this prayer , please email us at alptrinity1 at gmailcom . Again , that's alptrinity1 at gmailcom , so we can hear your testimony . Please email us and we can hear your testimony . Please email us and we can pray for you and send you a free gift from this ministry . God bless you and remember this always Jesus loves you and so do we .

God bless you and welcome home . Roger zero G and I feel fine .