Spiritual Warfare, Spirits Assigned to the Church: Autism, the Beast #23

Spiritual Warfare, Spirits Assigned to the Church: Autism, the Beast #23. Here the word tells us that these four beasts represent four kings who will rise up on the earth in this end time. In other words, the devil is still reigning for now, but then, at the end, after the coming of the Lord, because the […]

Here the word tells us that these four beasts represent four kings who will rise up on the earth in this end time. In other words, the devil is still reigning for now, but then, at the end, after the coming of the Lord — because the Lord is coming, and the passage goes on to say that when the Lord comes we will receive the kingdom, the saints will, those of us who truly walk in the word of God, who hold to true faith, who keep the testimony of Jesus Christ — we will receive the kingdom forever and ever, while the devil and his beasts, who are fallen angels, are the ones ruling for now. All of you are welcome at our church, Jesus King of Kings, a place where miracles of healing and deliverance happen every day, a place where the true spiritual battle is fought — the battle that a large percentage of today's church refuses to accept even exists. They refuse to accept it, even though the word clearly says that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, that we are fighting against principalities, against rulers, against powers, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places, as we will also see in some of the passages we'll share today. Even in this end time, the word clearly says how demons — powers of darkness — will fight against us. We are in a teaching series titled Spiritual Warfare: Training Your Hand for Battle. We are on number 23, which is part four — we are covering, in this fourth part, the powers Satan uses — not all of them, but many of the demons Satan has assigned to oppose the church, to oppose a true revival, to oppose the salvation of our families, to oppose our walking in the fire of God. One of them is the beast, also the spirit of autism. For many people, autism is seen as something normal — a condition, and they call it many other things besides. But for those with understanding, autism is also a power of darkness, and autism, along with other mental and emotional illnesses, is also used to oppose salvation, to oppose God's purpose for us. The spirit of Delilah in the word is the one that seduced Samson and led him into a snare — that spirit still operates today. I know some of you will say, "Pastor, that's a person from the past, a woman — how could that spirit still operate today?" Wait a moment; we'll see how the word of God mentions certain kings from that era who will also be doing some of this work in this end time. The point is that many of the names mentioned in the Bible — those who opposed the children of God, the people of Israel, who fought against them or hindered them in various ways — represent powers of darkness that someone like me, fighting the fight of faith, has had the chance to encounter many times in people when we minister; those demons manifest. There's also the spirit of Caesar, to name another, like the spirit of the Philistines — the god Dagon of the Philistines — which has manifested many times over these past years while we've been ministering, and the Lord has even given some people visions so they could see that demon of the Philistines, that false god. The spirit of Judas, as I just mentioned — all the kings who fought against Israel are also demons who today continue fighting against the Lord's church in the present. In the spirit, Satan also uses witches and warlocks to oppose the church — living witches and dead witches; there are even dead witches and warlocks who are also mobilized to fight against us, to oppose the work of God — ancestral witches who have operated along bloodlines. That is another one of Satan's lethal weapons. Stay with me, those of you who have humility of heart and understanding when you listen, because I'll now mention a bit about idols — idols, images, idolatry. If we understand these idols more easily, we'll be able to discern the apostasy we're living in, because the word "apostasy" means "departed from the truth." There's religiosity out there — people are religious and believe they're serving God, but through deception they are far from God. Churches that have these idols, and the people who have them too, even though they believe they're serving God, are deceived. The word is clear: idolaters do not enter the kingdom of God. Of these idols, I will only expose two today — just two — and these two alone are found in, I would say, at least 90% of churches, at least here in the U.S., and easily 99% of those who claim to be disciples or Christians are contaminated by them, or have these idols themselves. And very importantly: idolatry is a sin unto death. There are sins that are not unto death, but there are sins that are unto death, and idolatry is one of them. Listen all the way to the end so you don't miss this, so that if you open your heart to understand, you'll be able to grasp the devil's evil, and how the word of God is true when it says the devil deceives the whole world. Soon, after we finish this series — we probably have about six or seven more teachings left — we'll do another series titled "Exposing the Apostasy." There we'll go even deeper; I'll expose more idols used in the church, and we'll also talk about the largest denominations and religions in the world. We'll expose the areas that are total apostasy, the destructive heresies they preach — so that those of you who want to understand whether your church is in darkness or in light, whether you truly serve the true God or one of the many who have come in his name, don't miss that next series. The beast — many churches say no, that it's a lie, that there are no demons, that demons don't touch Christians, that it's all a lie. Unfortunately, those of you who are pastors, ministers, whatever you may be, if you believe and speak that way, then you are nothing, because liars will not enter the kingdom of heaven, and the word of God is true. And clearly, in the word of God, as we'll see next, it speaks of the beast making war against the saints — and not only will it fight against us, it will not yet be defeated. In the final battle, the word says, even the two witnesses — which many churches, many pastors, say don't exist because "there are no more prophets" — the word says, "I will give power to my two witnesses so they may prophesy for 1,260 days." These are the two olive trees, the word says in Revelation — two witnesses who will prophesy for 1,260 days. How is there "no prophet" when the word says that in this end time he will give power to his witness to prophesy? Who is the liar — the pastors who say there are no prophets, or the word of God, which says the Lord will give power to his two witnesses? Well, the word in Daniel 7:16-22 says: "I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: 'Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.'" Here the word says that these four beasts are four beasts, but they represent four kings who will rise up on the earth in this end time — that the devil is still reigning for now, but then, at the end, after the coming of the Lord — because the Lord is coming, and the passage says that afterward, when the Lord comes, we the saints will receive the kingdom, those of us who truly walk in the word, in true faith, who keep the testimony of Jesus Christ — we will receive the kingdom forever and ever, while the devil and his beasts, who are fallen angels, are the ones ruling for now. And it says in verse 19: "Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet; and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows. I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them." From the book of Daniel, this is talking about the beast that rises out of the abyss, which is later opened in Revelation, saying that this time it was greater, and it made war against the saints in the book of Daniel and prevailed over them — until the Ancient of Days came, the Lord Jesus Christ. When the Lord Jesus Christ comes, judgment is given to the saints of the Most High, and the time comes, and the saints receive the kingdom. So the beast, now in this end time, rises out of the abyss and fights against us, and it has not yet been defeated — we're not going to win that particular fight — but the fall of the beast comes at the coming of the Lord: when the head falls, we the saints will receive the kingdom, we will reign with the Lord forever. We are in the end time — but then who are those who say we're not fighting, when the word still says, from the past, that the beast will make war against the saints, straight from the book of Daniel? How is it possible for someone to call themselves a pastor, to say they believe in God, and yet not believe his word? Because everyone who says we are not at war, that we are not fighting, is a liar and does not believe the word of God — because it is not a man who says we are fighting, it is the word of God that says the beast will make war against the saints. In short, those who say they are not fighting are disqualifying themselves — they are judging themselves as not being saints. In short, those who are not fighting are saying with their own mouths, "I don't believe the word of God, and I am not a child of God, I am not holy, that's why I'm not fighting" — because it is against the saints that it will fight. It doesn't say it will fight against unbelievers, it doesn't say it will fight against apostates, it doesn't say it will fight against those who hold to man-made religions — it says it will fight against the saints. Those pastors and churches who say we are not at war are liars, and they judge themselves as not being holy. But if they repent and turn from evil and renounce the doctrines of men, they can live — but the danger is that time is running out, and the Lord will also judge the religious, those who claim to know God and serve him but who speak and preach lies and follow their own understanding instead of what the word of God says, hardening their hearts so as not to obey or follow the truth. Revelation 11:7 confirms the very same thing — here in Revelation 11, speaking of the two witnesses, it says: "when they finish their testimony," after prophesying. These are apostate doctrines, doctrines of demons — the churches and pastors, whoever they claim to be, who say there is no prophet in this end time are liars and are in apostasy, because the word says in Revelation that the two witnesses will prophesy. So is God the liar for saying his two witnesses will prophesy, or is man the liar? Well, I believe God is true and his word is true; therefore, every doctrine and every word that contradicts the word of God is a lie, and whoever speaks it is a liar. But it says that when they finish their testimony, the beast that rises from the abyss will make war against them, and will overcome them and kill them. How is it that the beast will fight against — will fight against the Lord's two witnesses, and even kill them — and yet we're "not at war"? What an irony — the apostate churches that preach doctrines of demons say we're not at war, that there's no need to fight, that demons can't touch the children of God, but here, even the two witnesses, who according to the word seem to receive more authority than any other servant of God in all of history, will still fight, and will be overcome, and will die after finishing their testimony. How is it that we're "not at war" when even the two witnesses have to fight the beast — and it is clearly, as we see, one of the demons fighting against the church. There will be much persecution against us. Autism, and every other mental illness, are also things that affect people out in the world, but they also carry a special assignment against the church. In the church right now there are many men — autism is like a plague in this time and affects a great many men. Autism, along with Jezebel and Cain — these are three of the primary spirits the church has right now, lukewarm as it is: the men sitting glued to the television like zombies, and the woman supposedly up in the pulpit preaching, while they're very entertained playing little games, very entertained doing nothing, because they're under mind control. Autism is one of the demons opposing a revival. Autism is primarily a power of darkness that affects men from childhood into adulthood, and its purpose — since God's purpose for our lives is what it opposes — is to keep the person as if hypnotized, as if entirely beside themselves. There are adults, by the grace of God, in this place — we've been fighting hard against autism, and we've been doing so for seven years now. Autism and Jezebel are two of the powers of darkness that have given this church the biggest fight for seven years, and right now autism manifests very continually. I've had the experience of seeing that it's not only children or adults who clearly have an autism diagnosis, who have many conditions, many traits — like being non-verbal, not speaking, or repetitive, compulsive behaviors, being unable to step outside a certain fixed pattern, holding onto one idea and being unable to leave it, struggling greatly with many of the common things, the tantrums typical of children with autism. There are people who don't have any of these common, obvious traits that point to autism — people who look completely normal, just like you and me, who are nevertheless affected by autism too, by a very silent, very hidden, secret autism that can't be seen with the eyes, but the person is marked and blocked by this demon, and because of it they cannot do any more for the work of God. This demon has a special assignment especially against men, along with Jezebel and Cain, to keep them calm, passive, going through the motions — and if they do anything at all for God, it's not truly fruitful; they cannot do what truly bears fruit, they cannot truly fight the real battle, because it puts men into bondage. It is one of our enemies. I know for many this is hard to hear, because science and many other voices out there say it's a condition, that it can't be cured, this and that — but I don't see anywhere in the word that says anyone was created with autism. Having seen children with autism, I've had the chance to learn of many cases where a child — say, fifteen years old, already a teenager, completely normal up until fifteen — overnight develops autism and loses consciousness of himself. How do those who say this is a normal condition explain that? How do they explain a fifteen-year-old teenager, apparently completely healthy, with no autistic traits at all, who overnight loses even his speech, loses self-control, and starts behaving abnormally when he was normal before? It's insanity — it's insanity. This demon of autism doesn't only fight against the church — it also uses science, and anyone it can, to oppose the truth, to oppose being exposed. Autism is demons. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood. Very frequently, when I minister — in fact, in just this past week alone, I think it has manifested at least fifteen times, in different people — at least fifteen times this past week alone the spirit of autism has manifested in various people I've ministered to. Autism is demons, and I share this with you in the love of God and the fear of God — it is not just one demon, it is many different ones; it's a plague. There are dragons, there are many-headed hydras of autism, there are various demons of different builds — animals and things, utterly horrendous spirits that are part of the army of autism. When we're in prayer, ministering against that demon, in many cases, by the grace of God, he gives visions and allows people to see what these demons look like — some look like a little boy or girl, but very diabolical, very strange, very ugly, very devilish, with a very devilish look, hard even to describe — but many appear in various forms; there are different kinds. Autism is demons — I'll say it again — they are demons that are hard to cast out, but for those of us who believe and know the truth, nothing is impossible for the one who believes. But how can we overcome autism if many churches don't even believe they're demons? How can we overcome Satan if we don't even believe — if the devil does the evil and then deceives, making people believe he's not doing anything, and the person believes he's not doing anything? To overcome the devil, to overcome autism, to overcome every other mental illness, we first have to know the truth. We must repent of sin. Then, already knowing the truth and having repented, we submit to God, take up our spiritual weapons, and fight — and through the Lord we are more than conquerors. The spirit of Delilah — just as in the Bible — does the same thing today: when that demon seeks to grab hold of the wife, or some woman in the church, to try to seduce her and set a trap, to make the pastor, the prophet, the apostle fall — that spirit of Delilah is a spirit of betrayal, just like in the Bible, that seeks to seduce the Lord's servants, to establish a relationship, in order to find their weak areas and figure out how to make them fall. That spirit of Delilah is operating today, just like every other demon I've mentioned — I've had the chance in recent years to confront it many times when I minister. The spirit of the Philistines, including Dagon, the god of the Philistines, has manifested many times when we pray — not once, not twice, but many times over the years. They are demons — for some reason, in the physical realm there was once a person with that name, but there is also, in the spirit, a demon with that same name, who is a king with a great army. That one too, like the great majority, we've had the opportunity to see when we've prayed — Dagon and his armies, when they manifest. The Lord, in his mercy, has not only given this church the revelation that we are indeed fighting, but he has also, in his mercy, allowed us to witness that our weapons are not carnal, but mighty in Christ for the destruction of strongholds — and while we're praying, he lets many see the army we're fighting, and allows them to see the fire and the spiritual weapons he's given to those of us who believe in his name, who are his disciples. There are many who are being ministered to and are seeing everything that's happening — not one, not two, not three people in this church — the Lord has allowed them to have visions, a great multitude, to the point that I would say the vast majority of those who are ministered to, who receive deliverance in this place, the Lord in his mercy allows them to have visions. They are seeing exactly what is happening. The Lord even allows them to see when the demons entered — the Lord even allows them to see how demons entered from their mother's womb, and how, even after ten or twenty years in churches, those demons were still there, even to this day, because apostate churches are not fighting; they say the devil can't touch Christians, yet the devil has had that person since their mother's womb. In others, the Lord shows how the devil — generational demons — how that generational demon, or those generational demons, are affecting the entire family, and while we're praying the Lord opens their eyes and they see that what's affecting them today — depression, anxiety, sadness, anguish, physical illnesses, marriage problems, rage — the Lord shows, in his mercy, to many of us who are watching, that what's affecting them today comes from long ago, from five, six, seven, eight, ten generations back — while the churches say we're not fighting. The spirit of Judas is another one assigned to the church. The spirit of Judas — just as in the word of God he betrayed the Lord with a kiss — operates the same way today; it is a spirit of betrayal. It has also manifested many times when I minister — that spirit of betrayal that poses as a brother or sister in the church, but is simply waiting, just as in the word of God, where it took several years before the betrayal came. It can be a year, two years, and everyone thinks that person is a true disciple of God, but when the opportunity comes, guided by the devil, they stab you in the back, trying to destroy the servants of God. The word says it is necessary that offenses come, but woe to the one through whom the offense comes — it would be better for him if he had never been born; whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in his name to stumble, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the depths of the sea. That is the word of God. Certainly, those who make themselves available to trip up the children of God don't know what they're doing, because the Lord will not hold the guilty innocent. And certainly, even in this church, the Lord has allowed us to see that he truly knows how to punish the rebellious and disobedient. The truth is, I actually feel even more compassion for those who live in rebellion and disobedience, who trust their own understanding and offer themselves to do evil, because the Lord has clearly allowed us to see that he is truly all-powerful and wise, even in how he punishes — and yet he is truly humble and gentle, and his mercy is great toward those of us who repent — but he hardens the hearts of those who don't want to repent. He is a God like no other, who knows how to punish the rebellious and disobedient. The punishment awaiting those who cause offenses and don't repent is great — it is great, and it should stir compassion in us, because they cannot imagine how severe that punishment is. The kings who fought against the Israelites, against the people of Israel, and those who set traps for them, also represent, once again, demons that Satan has assigned to oppose the work of God — in finances, in spiritual growth, in marriage, with children — anyone who won't listen to us about our own progress. Each one of those demons, those kings who existed in antiquity, are now present in the spirit as kings as well, and they oppose the work of God. For example, I'll read Daniel 8:19-22, where the word says: "And he said, 'Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation.'" Very important — what will happen at the end of the wrath. Daniel had this vision thousands of years before the Lord's coming, but then the word says here, "I will make known to you what will happen at the end" — at the end, in this end time, because that is for the time of the end; it says it more clearly here, because that vision you had, Daniel, is for the time of the end — yes, for this end time. "As for the ram which you saw having the two horns — they are the kings of Media and Persia." These are the kings of Media and Persia that Daniel saw thousands of years ago in a vision, but they will also apply to this end time. Someone can understand that the kingdom of Media and Persia were also kings who reigned back then, in Daniel's time — kings who ruled in the physical realm at that time — but now the word says that in this end time, those kings will rise again. And the word says in verse 21: "And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king." Here it also speaks of the king of Greece, the first king — those too were kings in antiquity, in the physical realm, but now the word says that at the end they will fight against us again. In verse 22: "As for the broken horn in place of which four stood up, four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power." Here it speaks of kingdoms that will rise — kingdoms — Satan uses kingdoms of the world just as in antiquity he used kings to fight against Israel; now he also uses the kings of this age, the kingdoms of the world, to fight against the children of God and oppose salvation. Here the word mentions several kings from antiquity who will rise again in this end time — someone can understand that they were kings who existed physically, but who are now also, in the spirit, kings, and will rise again to fight against us. It's as if there's nothing new under the sun — as if many things in the word of God repeat the same history: just as the Lord sent his servant ahead of him to prepare his way before his first coming, the Lord does the same thing again — it's as if some of the things that happened before the first coming will happen again, in similar fashion, at this second coming that is now very near. Let me share with you some of the idols in the apostate church — as I mentioned at the beginning, idols are another lethal weapon the devil uses to fight against the children of God, to oppose salvation, and in many cases to prevent people from fighting the true fight of faith, even when they want to fight it. Through idols, Satan traps the church, the pastor, his wife, the children, and everyone else. But if we are in idolatry, how can we ever be free? As long as we don't cut ourselves loose from idols, in order to be free we first have to renounce the devil — but idols are a covenant with Satan. I invite you not to resist me, and much less the Holy Spirit, by rejecting what I'm about to share with you again. I say this in the love of God — even though my words may be strong, even though correction may be hard to hear, I understand, because the word says correction is not pleasant at first — but correction has the power to save the soul of those of you who listen to it; it saves the soul of those who hear it. And if you don't believe me, believe the word of God, because it is the word of God that I am sharing with you. I also invite you to do your own research. I'm going to give you some ideas so you can look into the origins of some of these idols — I'll only mention two today, because further ahead, soon, when we finish this series, there will be another series where I'll talk about idols when we're exposing the apostasy. But even with these two idols I'll mention today, if you look for yourselves, or if you believe what I'm about to share, you'll realize how the devil deceives the whole world, and how something like ninety-something percent of all the churches in the world that call themselves Christian are in idolatry right now — and how about 98 or 99 percent of everyone who seeks God has been contaminated by just these two idols alone — certainly here in the U.S., and I believe almost the same throughout the whole world. If you understand just these two idols, if you understand the evil operating behind these idols — which represent a false christ and are worship of Satan — you will realize that your churches are in apostasy, and that the church needs to repent completely if it wants to escape the wrath to come. In Habakkuk 2:18, the word says: "What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, the molded image, a teacher of lies, that the maker of its mold should trust in it, to make mute idols? Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' To silent stone, 'Arise!' It shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet in it there is no breath at all." What good is that idol — it's a mute idol, the work of a sculptor's hand who made an image and carved it in wood, or bronze, or stone, and now they worship it as a god, supposedly using it to represent God — but our God cannot be represented with images, because he is infinite, he is holy, he is incorruptible. An eternal, incorruptible God cannot be expressed, or identified, or compared to a work made by a man, because man himself, no matter how much he resembles that image or that sculpture, cannot be compared to the eternal God — he cannot be identified with material things. The word says in Deuteronomy 27:15: "Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen!'" Here the word says cursed is the man who makes a molded image — cursed, says the Lord, is every person who makes a molded image. But I'll add something: cursed also are those who accept those images, and they remain cursed until they repent — because those idols bring a curse; they are an anathema, a curse of anathema upon you. It's not that I curse you — it's that the word says it is anathema for someone to have what is anathema in their house, and idols are anathema, they are cursed things before God. His word says they are cursed and bring a curse, because those idols represent demons, and when you have them in your house, or on your neck, or in your hand, even if they look pretty, richly decorated, you and your house are cursed. Those idols are a portal for the devil into your body and into your homes. Because of those idols, many of you are sick. The word says in Romans 1:23-25: "and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man — and birds" — there you have eagles, once again, supposedly to represent God — "and four-footed animals" — there you have lions and sheep representing God — "and creeping things" — well, reptiles are everywhere, even in the logos of medicine, of ambulances, there are reptiles that people worship without even realizing it — "therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." Here the word says they exchanged the glory of God for birds. How many of you have seen people with a bird representing God — with an eagle, or with a dove? How many churches have a dove as their logo? This word is for you — for those of you who claim to be prophets, who supposedly have an eagle as the spirit of prophecy — I say to you, repent. That demon of the eagle — I have encountered it many times — is a false spirit of prophecy that deceives many, and those of you who have those logos need deliverance from that eagle demon, and those who listen to you become contaminated too, and you tie them up. Those of you who are preaching, who are prophesying, who have those eagle and dove logos, are unclean vessels before God — you need to repent. The Lord will judge those who don't repent. This word is for you: you exchanged the glory of God for an image, for a bird — you're still exchanging it, for a dove, for an eagle. God created the eagle and the dove; God is not an eagle, nor a dove — he is almighty. It also says they exchanged the glory of God for reptiles, for four-footed animals. How many of you have a lion because "this is the lion of the tribe of Judah"? Supposedly — but that lion is the devil, the one who goes about like a roaring lion, deceiving the whole world. Those who have those images — you shall not represent the almighty, eternal, incorruptible God with something created by corruptible man, nor shall you represent him with what he himself created — he created that lion, he created the lion, he created the sheep — but not even we, who were created by him, are animals, much less is God an animal. Don't you realize that when you use a bird or an animal, a lion, a sheep, supposedly to represent Christ, you are saying that God is an animal — that's how the devil deceives. How would you feel if your son or daughter drew a picture of a monkey, or a female monkey, or even a goat or a nanny goat, and showed it to you saying, "This is you, mommy, this is you, daddy, I love you so much" — that would be an insult to you, wouldn't it? In the same way, you insult God when you use an animal to represent an incorruptible, eternal God. It is an insult to God, it is abominable, it is ignorance — it is the devil's evil, deceiving the mind, dulling it so people cannot clearly understand what is abominable before God, something he expresses very clearly in his word. I'm going to read a bit — and in parentheses, these are things I already knew, obviously, because if we meditate a little it's not hard to understand — but this next part I copied, I looked it up on Google, because I want you to search for yourselves. I simply put into Google "origin of the cross" — I typed "origin of the cross," and practically this is what came up about the origin of the cross. I'm going to read what came up: "The cross is not a symbol of faith that first appeared after the crucifixion of Jesus; rather, it originated in ancient Chaldean Babylon" — Babylon was the central territory — "and Babylon, in the shape of a T" — T is a cross — "the initial of the name Tammuz, was used as a religious symbol to worship him." But I invite each of you who claim to be Christians — whether pastors, sheep, ministers of any kind — if you don't believe me, believe the word of God, which commands that we not make idols. But think about it for a moment: which of the disciples, or the Lord himself, ever went around carrying a cross? Now, look up for yourselves what the origin of the cross is; look up too whether many people don't use the cross to practice witchcraft — sorcerers and witches; look up too whether there isn't more than one kind of cross; search for yourselves and see if there is a cross with different symbols, with different meanings. And regarding the cross, did you know that even the Egyptians used various crosses to worship their false gods? In short, the cross existed long before the Lord's coming. But of course, even on the day the Lord died, two others died as well, because the cross was an instrument of death, used to kill, like the electric chair. The Lord died on a cross, but many people before the Lord also died on a cross, because the cross represents death, not Christ. The Lord conquered the power of death, the power of the cross, by rising victorious from among the dead — but neither he, nor his disciples, nor his word commands us to now make an idol out of it and put it in the church, much less to wear it around our neck, in our hand, on a ring. The word clearly speaks about this — it says these are idols made by man, and that they have exchanged the glory of God for a sculpture. Many of you, I know, the moment I mention the cross, are going to turn off this broadcast and leave, and curse me, because you're attached to your idol. But blessed and fortunate are those of you who listen and repent — we've all sinned; I had crosses too. Babylon — the spirit of Catholicism has taught men to commit spiritual fornication; that is one of the ways it has led people into spiritual fornication, because every church is contaminated by Babylon, by the Catholic Church, and just like the mother who is a prostitute, the Catholic Church has taught the denominations to prostitute themselves, and they are filled with crosses and various idols — because that cross represents the devil, not Christ. The cross is an idol; it is a sin unto death. There are sins that are unto death and others that are not — idolatry is a sin unto death. Having idols to represent Christ is a sin unto death, unto eternal death. Not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of the Father who is in heaven. The word is clear and plain: idols will not get anyone into the kingdom of God — idols lead a person into idolatry, and idolatry is a sin unto death. Someone can understand that if they're in a church where they have those idols and don't repent, they will go down with them, as the word says: "and if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." "Uses" is another part I found and copied to share a little — pre-Christian uses of the cross as a symbol — that is, before Christianity, before the Lord's arrival, before people became disciples, the cross was already in use. Not because I say so — look it up for yourselves — because if the cross had not been in use before the Lord, before they crucified him on a cross, it obviously wouldn't have existed, because it existed in almost every part of the ancient world; several objects have been found dating from periods long before the Christian era, in different parts of the world, because it was a diabolical symbol used to worship the devil, marked with crosses of different styles. "The use of the cross as a religious symbol in times prior to Christianity, and among non-Christian peoples, can probably be considered nearly universal." In other words, practically the use of the cross before the Lord's life was already found in many parts of the world, because Satan was deceiving the world, because it's something pagan — the pagans had symbols to worship their idols, to worship the sun, the stars, the moon; it was something pagan that existed before the Lord, and in a great many cases it was tied to some form of nature worship. "It is an undeniable fact that in eras long before the birth of Christ, and ever since, in lands untouched by the church's teachings, the cross has been used as a sacred symbol." You can understand what this is saying: that from before, in a place where Christianity — where the gospel had not yet been preached — the cross was already used as a sacred symbol. It's simply that the devil is a deceiver and a liar; he then incorporated the cross, supposedly, as worship of Christ, but really it was something he used to be worshiped himself — but it's a deception. It's just like Halloween — they give it another name, "Day of the Dead," they celebrate it in churches; "All Saints' Day," which is Halloween, they celebrate it in churches and dress it up as if it were some nice, harmless activity, as if nothing were wrong — but that worship of the devil is the very same strategy, because he is the god of this age and he wants the world to worship him. He was capturing worship through that cross, and now, even after the Lord's coming, it continues, because obviously many don't want to repent of their idols — because what those idols reveal, so that the devil's deception may continue, is: "yes, yes, follow Christ" — but that little cross, supposedly representing Christ, is a lie; it represents him, the devil, and he wants people to remain lukewarm and deceived. Yes, let them go to church — the devil doesn't care if they go to church; they're still idolaters, and they belong to him, because idolaters belong to him. So he lets them go to church; they keep following him — people in idolatry are in idolatry, they remain idolaters, they belong to him. They celebrate Halloween, even if they call it "Jesus Christ Day" instead of Halloween — that worship of the devil, whatever name they give it, doesn't matter; it's worship of the devil. The Lord never commanded that worship. As for the Day of the Dead, they dress it up as pretty, "All Saints' Day" — "everyone is a saint" — but the word says the way that leads to salvation is narrow. So then, why would I celebrate, if someone truly died as a saint, truly belonging to God — why would I really celebrate that day? If they're better off than I am, if they're with the Lord, they're better off than I am — why would I grieve and worry over those who are with Christ, if they're better off than I am? I should worry about myself — like the Lord said to the woman who wept over him as they were about to crucify him — "Lord, weep for your children," the Lord said, because the time will come when they'll say, "blessed are the wombs that did not bear." The Lord told her, "weep for your children, do not weep for me" — he is God, at ease in heaven — so why would I weep over those who are with Christ? I weep for myself, who am still here and have to strive to enter through that narrow door. I would weep for myself, I would weep for you, for those of you who are still living — I would not weep for those who were truly saints, because they are better off than we are. He who endures to the end will be saved. If the devil deceives, those celebrations are idolatrous, and he seeks to receive worship through them, and all who worship him, if they don't repent, will burn along with him. Right now they're celebrating — yesterday was Black Friday — Black Friday, even the name "Black Friday," pure devilish movies and things, on Black Friday — but the day before was Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, Thanksgiving, and then Black Friday right after — see how the devil deceives the world; honestly, it makes me angry, how the devil deceives the entire world, twisting a day of giving thanks and following it right up with Black Friday. And Thanksgiving Day, Turkey Day — the young president who pardoned two turkeys, and they celebrate that Thanksgiving in church, because it's supposedly a very important day of giving thanks to God — but really they're giving thanks to the devil. What does a turkey have to do with Jesus Christ? It's idolatry — giving glory to animals on Thanksgiving Day, Turkey Day — pure insanity. And then Black Friday follows right after — Thursday is Turkey Day, supposedly Thanksgiving, and Friday is Black Friday. In short, that is clearly worship of the devil, of darkness — that deception, and the world deceives, the devil deceives the whole world. Many say they love God — I repeat, it's not that I want you to feel that I'm judging you, because we all have a judge; I am no one to judge anybody. We all have a judge, and the judge we have is the word of God, and the word says that by it we will be judged. But the word says that idolaters will not enter the kingdom of heaven — it's not me saying this, it is the Lord, because the Lord is the word, and he said idolaters will not enter his kingdom. We must repent of all these things. How will we fight the real fight? How will we fight against the devil while worshiping the devil? Idolatry is worship of the devil — how can we fight against the devil while worshiping him? There's no victory that way; that is a deception. The devil is the father of liars, and he has spiritual power over all his children — so if people don't repent of idolatry, how will they effectively fight the spiritual battle? One of the oldest representations is the swastika, or gammadion cross — a cross that looks like the Nazi symbol, something like that — I believe in various religions, especially Hinduism, it symbolizes fire or the sun through its daily rotation, or lightning; it's like a cross with a kind of mark on the sides, as if it were spinning, representing fire, the sun, because the sun supposedly rotates. Another symbol related to the cross is the Egyptian Ankh, the symbol of life — it's like a cross that has what looks like a loop at the top, called the Ankh, the symbol of life. By the way, let me share a testimony: back when I gave my life to Christ, I had a ring with that cross symbol, that Ankh. I didn't know — my mother had given it to me maybe fifteen years earlier, or ten years earlier — until I realized it was a symbol of the devil, that the cross was of the devil. I remember I was on vacation in the Dominican Republic, and I took that ring — I didn't think twice — there was a field nearby, and I threw it into that field, hurling that ring with that symbol far away. It's a cross that has like a little cup shape at the top — it's the symbol of the Ankh. I honestly don't remember exactly how, but I remember the Lord showed me back then, seven years ago now, that this was of the devil, and I was already with the Lord — obviously I had already repented — but I still had idols I didn't know about yet. But blessed are those who do as I did — I remember I also had a huge cross, a chain with a silver cross, and it had cost me — I don't remember exactly — the chain and the cross together cost about $300, $350. I remember I called my wife and said, "You know what?" I said to myself, crosses are of the devil, and I don't want them. I didn't have them with me; I had left them at home. I told her, "It's in such-and-such a place — grab it and throw it wherever you want, but get rid of it right now, I don't want it in the house." It didn't matter to me how much it cost — if it was of the devil, I didn't want it, immediately. Blessed are you if, like me, it doesn't matter what you paid for that idol, for that curse — because the devil is so cunning that he even makes people pay to curse themselves. They are curses — get rid of them. Again, another symbol related to the cross is the Egyptian Ankh, the symbol of life, which was later adopted by the Coptic Christians in Egypt, perhaps merging its meanings — it was adopted by Coptic Christianity, though I should say, honestly, "Christian" isn't even my favorite word — "disciple of the Lord" is my favorite. In the Bronze Age, a cross similar to the Latin cross appears in Europe on various objects, perhaps for purposes not only ornamental but also religious, since it is frequently found in cemeteries and sacred places — even in cemeteries, they often put a cross, most of the time, because it represents death. Whoever is with the Lord — even though the body remains behind, the person does not die, because they have eternal life — those who died with the Lord, of course, if they were loved ones, naturally there's sadness for a little while, simply because they were loved ones — but if they went to be with the Lord, really, once the sadness of that temporary separation passes, we should actually rejoice, because if they truly died in the fear of God, they are better off than we are. Why would I go on crying and lamenting over someone who is better off than I am, and who is where I want to go? I want to go to heaven with the Lord, I want to go be with him — it's good to be here to serve him, but to be with him is far better, and to leave this hell — because this world is like a hell; the more we understand the evil that exists, the clearer it becomes that this world is under the evil one, and there is wickedness on every side — so it is better to be with him. First Corinthians 6:9-10 says the word: "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters..." — fornicators will not enter the kingdom of God if they don't repent, nor idolaters — idolaters do not enter the kingdom of God. That is the word of God — it is not my word. This is very important, because the devil deceives so powerfully that he makes people believe — Muslims, Catholics, clearly Hindus too — that God is good, and that those who claim to be Christian, even though they live a double life or are full of idols, think, "well, I repented, so God loves me, he's not going to judge me because I repented, I'm going to heaven." If you have idols, if you don't repent of idols, if you don't repent of fornication, and if you don't repent of everything the word says is grounds for the punishment of death, you are deceiving yourself — even if you say "he's not going to judge me because I repented" — you will be judged if you don't repent, because the word is true, and by it we will be judged. And that is the word that tells us: "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." Many homosexuals say, "No, because I love God" — many have told me this; when I go to minister, they come so I can minister healing to them from HIV, from pain, or other things, but they don't want to repent of homosexuality. It doesn't work that way. "I believe you'll heal me, Pastor, because I love God." "Pastor, how do you love God and still be a homosexual? You are deceiving yourself." "No, Pastor, because God has already forgiven me. Do you think the Lord is going to judge me? I love him! I'm transgender," some say, "but I love him," they say. Yes — the Lord will judge you, because the Lord says that those who lie with men will not enter the kingdom of God. Don't be deceived; it could not be made any clearer than that, for understanding that effeminate men will not enter the kingdom of God — the word could not be made any clearer for understanding that drunkards do not enter the kingdom of God. How much clearer would you like it explained? I don't think there's a way to state more plainly that drunkards will not enter the kingdom of God. My question for you who claim to love God and are drunkards, and for those who aren't — do you think drunkards will enter the kingdom of God when the word says drunkards will not enter the kingdom of God? Whom do you believe — the word of God, or what you yourselves believe? Is the word of God true, or is what you believe true? Will we be judged by what you believe, or will we be judged by the word of God? By which word will we be judged? The Lord said, "I have not come to judge you," but everyone has a judge — the written word — by it we will be judged. Will we be judged by what you consider good, or by what God says is good? Will we be judged by what you believe in your mind is sin, or by what God says is sin? Well, if you think as I do, that we will be judged by what the word says is sin, then you are correct, because the word says drunkards do not enter the kingdom of God, it says idolaters do not enter the kingdom of God — and if idolaters, if the cross is an idol, if those eagles are an idol, if that lion is an idol, if the obelisk — which we'll get to next — is an idol, and we have that thing, then we are idolaters.

Which of you think that because of those idols you are in danger of eternal hell? They are idols — idolaters do not enter the kingdom of God. We must repent of idolatry just as we must repent of every other sin. Homosexuals who say they love God and that they're Christians — well, being homosexual doesn't mean they won't be judged, but the word says that those who lie with men, that the effeminate — clearly, neither the effeminate nor those who lie with men, those who are effeminate, men who are effeminate, and those who lie with men — the word says they will not enter the kingdom of God. Now then, whether you are homosexual or lesbian, or whether you're not and are simply listening to me — do you think that you will be judged according to the word of God and not enter the kingdom of God if you don't repent, and yet still be free? Or that you will enter anyway? Then is the word a lie, or is the Lord mistaken here, or did he say you would be judged and is he lying? I don't believe he lies, because his word is not a lie. If he said homosexuals and effeminate men will not enter the kingdom of God, they still don't have to be condemned — if they repent and receive freedom. We do not fight against flesh and blood; that effeminacy in men, and homosexuality, is caused by demons, and we have power and authority over them. What is required is repentance and being set free in Christ. I am not condemning you — meaning, yes, you will be judged if you don't repent, but you still have the opportunity to repent and be free. Apostate churches, which are faithless and spiritually dead, cannot help you — with them, you have no hope, because with them you cannot be set free, because they don't believe that demons are what bind you, and they have no power over demons either — with them, you have no hope of salvation. But if you seek out a church like this one, where the spiritual battle is truly being fought, then you do have hope of being truly set free in Christ, of being restored and renewed, of becoming a new creature in the Lord — and that newborn creature is not homosexual; it is as God created it, holy and perfect. Revelation 9:20: "But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk." That's from Revelation — those who did not die. In short, many are going to die, but even so, those who did not die did not repent of their idols, did not repent of worshiping demons — the word says here in Revelation, they did not repent of worshiping demons, of worshiping idols, images of silver, of gold, of bronze — those images of silver, of wood, of gold, of bronze that you wear on your neck in the shape of a cross, in the shape of a sheep, in the shape of a lion — that is worship of demons, and because of it the Lord is going to allow many to die, and worst of all, even after watching people die, many still will not repent, the word says — what a tragedy. We still are not being warned, in book after book after book of the Bible, about idolatry. Even now, in this end time, the Lord judges idolaters and the world, and many will die because of it, and even so, those who don't die still don't repent — how sad, what a shame. But blessed are those of you who are listening, and I know it's a lot, but who are going to repent, because you are the ones who will be able to enter the kingdom of heaven — those who repent, those who listen, believe, and turn away from idols. I know words like these are hard for most people to hear — when idols are mentioned, it's as if you're stabbing someone in the heart, as if you're taking away something precious, something like "Pastor, that cross is part of who I am." People don't like hearing words like this — many, the moment idols are mentioned, turn off the TV, or the computer, or the phone, or the channel; they leave the church. "Pastor, you told me I can't worship my little image of the Virgin, or the angel figurine I have, or the cross, or that I can't have a little statue of a lion." Look — that lion may look pretty with its crown, but that lion represents the devil, who goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour through deception. Another idol that also contaminates, especially here in the United States, an extremely high percentage of churches, is the obelisk. If you look at churches, many of them have an obelisk on top, and the top part is shaped like a pyramid — that same pyramid is on the dollar bill, with an eye — that is worship of Satan, it is a cursed symbol. But look it up for yourselves — put into Google what the obelisk means. I don't understand how so many are deceived, when now we have the opportunity to do a quick search and look at the roots of some of these things. It's very easy to look up and search "what is an obelisk," "where did the obelisk originate," "who uses the obelisk" — ask questions like that and start reading, and it won't take any time at all to find out what the obelisk is; it won't take any time at all to understand and discover what the obelisk is, that worship of Satan. For example, I put into Google, "what does the obelisk mean," something like that, and immediately this came up: ancient obelisks were monolithic structures, meaning they were carved from a single piece of stone, and were created in pairs to stand at the entrances of temples. The shape of the obelisk is associated with the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra — it's tied to the sun god Ra — but the more you search, the more you'll find it's also tied to many other false gods. Freemasons use the obelisk; the pyramid symbol that sits atop the obelisk is also used in many things for evil — it's been part of a triad, there's occultism behind it, there's witchcraft. If your churches have these things, look into it for yourselves — how do you want to be part of a church where they worship the god Ra and the sun god, and where they have those demons right at the entrance — right at the entrance, at the top of the church, they clearly have a symbol of worship to Satan? You go to church because you want to be saved — run from churches that have these idols. If you truly love your pastors, tell them: "Pastor, have you ever looked up what that obelisk means? Have you looked up what that cross means?" If you love them, tell them: repent, Pastor, because if you don't, you and all of us here are going to hell. If you don't stop worshiping demons, if you don't stop worshiping those images, if you don't get rid of the idols, you and they are going to burn. If you love them, if you love your own salvation, leave those churches. If you love your pastors and those who follow along with them, tell them about the sin — if they repent, they will live, but if they don't repent, they will also die; even though you love them, they will die. I don't wish to judge anyone, but everyone has a judge. My desire, my intention, is not to offend — my intention is that people repent; that is the truth. It brings deep sadness to my heart to see so many people, because through this ministry I have the opportunity to be contacted by many people, directly or indirectly — directly, because they come asking for prayer, or they message me, many of them, and it saddens me — I just look at their photos, full of idols, and they message me on WhatsApp, and there they have lions, they have crosses, they have so many idols, and if I look at their YouTube profile or something like that, they have even more idols still. I say, "Lord, what is this?" It's as if no one realizes the evil behind all these things — it's as if the devil has them under a kind of hypnosis. I want them to come out of that hypnosis. I don't believe any of you love death — but whoever has idols loves death; whoever has an idol and does not repent will die, but it's not just death — they will have a part in the second death. I don't want that for you. I don't know most of you, or many of you — most of you who listen to me online — but that place is a truly unpleasant, tormenting place, the lake of fire. I don't want you to go there, and those who don't repent of sin, of idolatry, and of all other sins, will go to that place. Time is running out. In the love of God, I urge you: repent, turn away from idols, reject idols, renounce idols, ask God's forgiveness for having had those idols — that's what I did. I was an idolater too, but I repented; do as I did. What good are those idols to you — how do they help you, how do they build you up? Those idols don't speak, don't walk, don't hear, don't listen. Thank you for listening to me. If any of you have received conviction of sin, and have understood that idolatry, like false doctrines, is real, and that we truly are at war, leave your comment below this video — I'd love to hear from any of you who have repented after listening to this teaching. May the Lord bless you. Until next time.

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