#143 LTLT S5 EP 17: Destroying the Works of the Devil and Embracing God's Guidance

If you're listening by , you're going through your day or whatever , you're at work or whatever having . All I say is be intentional about listening , amen . And if you're able to be at home and able to take notes , do that absolutely . Um , I am a firm believer that you know our notes and things are always for , uh , another season . Amen .

We can kind of go back and reflect . You never know when you are rumbling , rummaging through something , and maybe you're having an off day or whatever , have you ? You find notes from two years ago that was for that particular season , because those notes spoke to you where you were . Amen . So absolutely a firm believer that notes are not for nothing .

Amen , hallelujah . Again , my name is Catherine , for those of you who don't know who I am , and again , I hope that all is well and if you're ready , I'm ready . So let's go ahead and pray . Father , we thank you so much for this day . Thank you , god , that you allowed us to see it .

I pray , in the name of Jesus , that as we go into your word , you will go with us . God , go before us as a matter of fact . Make sure , father . I pray , that we go in the way that you would have us to go . Father , I want you to just have your way through me . Use me as your willing vessel to your glory . We thank you so much and we love you .

We pray this prayer and all of our prayers in the precious name of jesus christ . We do pray , amen , amen , hallelujah . So if you've been keeping up and you've been going along , you will know that we are in the book of first john , chapter three , picking up at verse eight . It's always powerful when we're able to get into the word of god .

I'm always , uh , glad to be a help . I call myself a teacher or a coach or something . Amen to helping , um , anyone who desires it . Help , helping them to get a better understanding of the word of God . I don't call myself the chief authority or anything like that , amen .

But I have been in the word for some time , amen , and he has called me to this place , and so I'm just willingly going forth as he calls me to it . Amen . I'm a firm believer of this as well . Everything that we hear ain't necessarily for us , but the fact that we are there and we are in the midst , that there is something for us .

Hallelujah , come on somebody . Hey , man , I hope you got your bibles open , hope you got your ears open , hope you're ready . Amen . I I always use the King James Version just because it pushes me and drives me to think a little harder about what is there . Amen .

Ain't nothing wrong with using the other versions , but know that when you use the other versions you got another man's idea of what the text means . So know again , the choice is yours or whatever version you want to use , but I prefer a king james version . Okay , so we're in first john , chapter 3 , verse 8 .

He says he that committed sin is of the devil says for the devil sinneth from the beginning . For this purpose the son of man was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil .

Now , if you go back to um , episode number 142 , which was yesterday's episode , uh , and you listen , you'll find we were talking about sin , amen , and the fact that um , um , sin is sin , that when you sin you break the law that you know . Don't allow people to manipulate you , uh , to believe in that there's something that they are not , or you know ?

Um , whatever have you , don't let a man deceive you . Sin is sin . And here we get to verse 8 and he says if you're committing sin , he says that is not of God , but it is of the devil . Amen . And what you have to know is that the devil has always been the devil . Amen .

When he fell from heaven , because he got prideful , he got arrogant , he thought he could be bigger than god himself , he got kicked out of heaven and that's why he's the father of lies . Amen . He is the father of sin because he was the very first one that committed it . Amen , even even before adam and eve . Hallelujah . So therefore , hallelujah .

So therefore , he is the devil and he has sinned from the beginning . Amen . I believe I don't know exactly where it's at off the top of my head , but if you didn't know it , satan , his previous name , before it became Satan , was Lucifer and he was the guardian of life . Amen , and he was the guardian of life . Amen . Time sake .

If you want to find it to verify that what I'm saying is right or wrong . You can go and Google Satan or Lucifer falls from heaven and it'll give you the scripture verse as to where exactly it is . Amen . So I'm going on going forward . He says for this purpose .

So he said this is the reason why the son of God was manifested , that he would destroy the works of the devil . So , whatever the devil has started in you , jesus comes to destroy the work of the enemy , that his fruit can be yielded . Amen , yielded . Yeah . Jesus desires us to bring forth . He says for us to go forth and reproduce .

He tells us to multiply . Amen . From the very beginning this was his desire that we would go forth and produce , reproduce and multiply amen . That we would walk in power and authority and dominion . This was in the very beginning , in genesis . Hallelujah , this has always been the heart of god for you . Amen . Don't ever think that God is not for you .

If you're created and you've been brought into this world , it's because he has a plan and a purpose for your life . Amen . And the enemy is going to do everything that he can To destroy your purpose . Amen . The enemy is going to do everything that he can To keep you from finding your purpose . Hallelujah , you have a purpose . You're not here by accident .

God doesn't want you to just exist . He wants you to live , amen . The enemy comes to steal , kill and destroy . Amen . He does not want you to succeed . He doesn't want you to be successful . He doesn't want you to even have any clue who Jesus is . He don't want you to understand that Jesus is personal .

He doesn't want you to understand that Jesus wants you close to him . Amen , hallelujah . Yeah , it's scripture verse that says that wide is the gate , amen . This wide gate is about the works of the enemy and , again , the path that is to Jesus . It is narrow . Amen , ain't no whole lot of things that you're going to do .

It ain't no whole lot of things you're going to want to do outside of pleasing him . Amen , because that wide gate it pleases yourself , it pleases the flesh , it builds up and it boasts the pride . It boasts of things that the enemy says are important but really they are not . He came to destroy you , hallelujah . The enemy , the devil , satan .

He came to destroy you . Hallelujah , the enemy , the devil , satan . He came to destroy you . He did not come to build you . Amen . This is what you got to understand . Yeah , it feels good . The pleasures of life . It feels good , it tastes good , it looks good . But these things , they literally , uh , miles of life out of you . They do . Amen , amen .

So much I want to say . That's why I keep pausing so much , I want to say so much . I could say hallelujah , but I do want to get on with the scripture . But use your imagination . Hallelujah , amen . Look , we enjoy candy , don't we ? But we eat enough of it . It throws off our glucose levels in our bodies and you wind up with what ? Diabetes .

You eat too much sweet , eat too much salt . Let people take you out of your element . What does that do ? It raises your blood pressure and then pretty soon you got to have a pill that regulates your blood pressure . You heard me . You overeat , you eat and eat and eat .

You're not exercising , you ain't doing anything , but it feels good , it tastes good , it looks good . Come on somebody , and the mind tells us oh , you can sit and you can just eat and eat and eat , you don't need to exercise . And then for long you can't walk . Come on somebody , because you ain't had no exercise . Amen .

The things that feel good , the things that look good , the things that taste good , the things that look good , things that taste good , the things that please our flesh . They do nothing but shorten our lifespan , hallelujah . This is why , look , you got to get in Jesus , because even if your life is short , it's a life that is fulfilled .

Come on , somebody , talk to me . Hallelujah , look , I'm coming on back to the word . To God be the glory , amen . I'm coming on back to the word . To God be the glory , amen . I'm coming on back to the word , but look at 9 .

He says whosoever is born of God doeth not commit sin , he says , for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God , amen . Now here comes a question Do you sin ? Yes , we all sin , saved and unsaved , we all sin . But even when we sin , god works it for our good . Why ? Because we are in Him . Our seed remains in Him .

Ir seed remains in him , irregardless of whether we sin or not . God can produce something out of everything and out of anything . I often say you can never get up unless you fall . Oh , come on somebody . Hallelujah , look . You can never really appreciate being up if you've never been down .

Hallelujah , if you never make mistakes , you can't appreciate the process of coming out of the bondage , do you understand ? It's just like somebody that has been , that has been in prison for 30 years , because they made a mistake when they was maybe 25 . They made a mistake and they spent half of their life in prison .

Then , when they come out , they appreciate being out of prison , because I know what it's like to be locked up . When I came out of prison and I began to preach about Jesus , I understand the grace and the mercy that he gave me while I was in prison . Jesus , come on somebody . Does that make sense ? Amen . That ought to make perfect sense . Hallelujah .

You can't appreciate money until you walk through a season without it . Come on somebody . You can't appreciate your house unless you don't walk through a season where you didn't have one that you could call yours . Jesus , come on somebody . Talk to me . Hallelujah , amen . You can't appreciate the blessings of God until you feel like you ain't got none .

You can't appreciate your worth unless somebody make you feel like you're not worthy of anything . Hallelujah , come on somebody . You can't appreciate your marriage if your marriage ain't never been on the rocks . Hallelujah , jesus , the enemy is out here to destroy you . You got to understand who's for you and who's against you . Hallelujah .

He says to us whoever is born of God , you're born of God . You might commit sin , hallelujah . Whoever is born of God , you're born of God . You might commit sin , hallelujah . But as long as you remain in him . Look , you cannot sin comfortably . Come on somebody you can't sin and think , oh , it's okay , hallelujah Because you're in him . Amen , he is , he is .

One of the promises that he makes to us is that he will cleanse us , he will purge us , he will , hallelujah , perfect us . He says in verse 10 , in this the children of God are manifest . The children of God are manifest . Amen . Manifest speaks process , meaning it don't happen overnight . Who I used to be , it will gradually and slowly disappear , hallelujah .

But the beauty is that I am in him , I am already made new . People will remind you of your past , things will remind you of who you used to be , hallelujah . But you got to know who you are . Christ gives us our identity . Christ has given you a new identity .

Don't allow people , things , mistakes or whatever to take you back to who you used to be , because I'm going to tell you what you give the devil an inch , he's going to take a mile every time , hallelujah . He says in this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil .

He says whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God , neither he that loveth not his brother . There here there is . He's just speaking of process . You gotta let the process work itself out , hallelujah . You gotta do it , amen , as a child of God . Amen , look , you , look . You got to put your faith , put it all in the hands of Jesus .

Amen , and he will manifest you . Amen , he will work you and shape you and make you and mold you into the man or woman of God he desires you to be . I said he desires you to be . Come on somebody , hallelujah

. A whole lot of time we try to make ourselves into this image that we think that the world is going to accept , hallelujah . But at the end of the day , the world don't matter what they think , they don't matter what they expect out of you . It don't matter . You got to fulfill the expectations of God .

Hallelujah , put all of your trust , put all of your heart in him and he's going to teach you how to not only love others , but he's going to teach you how to love yourself . Come on somebody , talk to me . Father . We thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us this opportunity once again to get into your word .

I pray that everyone that had an ear to hear got what it is that they were supposed to get . I pray , god , that it don't just sit there , but that it is able to work in them and through them . God , I pray in the name of Jesus , that you'll continue to just lead God and order our steps by your word .

What we don't understand , what we can't understand , god , that you would make it plain to us , wherever and whomever we are . God , do a work in us that only you can . Father , we love you so much . I love you , god . Thank you , god , for calling me into this place that I can be a light for you and a light to your people .

I pray , god , you'll continue to do through us all what only you can . We bless your name as we bless your people . In Jesus Christ's name , we do pray amen , amen and amen , hallelujah , I hope that you all will come back with me . We just finished , finished verse 8 , 9 , and 10 . Come on back with me and we're going to pick up at 11 .

Amen and see how far the Spirit takes us . Hallelujah , I love this platform , and I'm going to tell you why I love it Amen , because it allows us to take baby steps through the word of God , so we can't miss what it is that he wants us to get . This is why I love it so much , amen . And in doing that , it holds us accountable .

Hallelujah to him , amen . And so when we step off too far to the left , too far to the right , we got his word to bring us back into the center , back into alignment with him . So y'all , make sure y'all come on back for Learning to Live in Truth on Wednesday , amen , where we're going to pick up 1 John 3 , verse 11 .

So much love , so many blessings from me to you . Y'all have a great day , a great night . Amen , amen and amen .