The Three Kingdoms 1 The Enemy’s Kingdom Thank you for joining us here LIVE in the WAJC radio station. You can listen to WAJC at 88.1 or 91.7 or at Realiferadio.fm or search WAJC in the TuneIn App on your phone Intro We welcome you to this special live stream experience of Chew On This. You are about to enter a discussion on how to actually live out faith in Christ. Living it out loud within our messy lives. The content of this discussion comes from The Pastoral Preaching notes and this live, small group discussion these notes will prompt here tonight. Something we call: A Community Based Learning Experience. Come, Chew On This with us. Opening Question(s): [Pertains to Subject being discussed. Pulls listener in.] Introduction: This is Pr. Robin Bjornson filling in for Pr. Orleen Haseltine, along with Sam Beamond & Bruce Nelson (and our very own Otto Steve Lunde joining us remotely.) Date/Topic: We thank you for joining us for this week’s discussion on Chew On This. This week’s topic The Three Kingdoms: The Enemy’s Kingdom Access/Website: All sermon/discussion, raw notes, and handouts are available at: realchurch.org/wednesdaynight Discussion Closing Statement [ Gives application of the topic. How do I apply to my life what was just talked about?] Ephesians 6:10-13 NKJV 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Closing Question: how are we standing? Outro (Steve) Thank you for joining us for this week’s discussion wrapping up The Three Kingdoms. To enjoy this process live, come join us and the Wednesday Night Crew every Wednesday night @ Maranatha’s Forest Lake Campus @ 6:30PM. This is Steve Lunde, ALWAYS BE KIND. The Three Kingdoms 2 The Enemy’s Kingdom The Three Kingdoms We live in a spiritual world. RECAP: This world can be divided into three kingdoms: 1. Your Kingdom, which was given at creation. (shown by the gift of freewill) 2. God’s kingdom, which He has bequeathed to Jesus Christ, who is placed as King 3. The Enemy’s Kingdom, which has boundaries set by God, is temporary, and exists on this present earth. [Please check out our previous podcasts to dive into Your Kingdom & God’s kingdom.] It is essential that we know the rules of these kingdoms so we know how to navigate within them. Tonight, we focus on the Enemy’s Kingdom, how we interact with his kingdom, and some final thoughts. Listener question: what do you do that keeps the enemy in check? We need to realize: • We have an enemy • He hates us • We are living in his world The Kingdom Triad…The Enemy’s Kingdom Mention the Kingdom Chart I. We Have An Enemy You mean he’s real? Not just the opposite balance of good in us, but a literal real entity? SATAN: (sah-tahn); • An opponent, or the Opponent the hater; the accuser; adversary, enemy; one who resists, obstructs, and hinders whatever is good. • Wanted to be God, was thrown down from heaven with a third of the angels. Which are now called demons, demonic spirits. (Revelation 12:7-9 “And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angles fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angles with him.”) ( Also in Isaiah 14:12-15) • Hell was created for them. (Matthew 25:41…Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”) • Satan comes from the verb which means “to be an opponent,” or “to withstand.” As a noun, satan can describe any “opponent” (2 Sam. 19:21-22). However, when the form ha-satan (the Adversary) occurs, the translation is usually “Satan,” not his name, but his accurate description: hateful enemy The Three Kingdoms 3 The Enemy’s Kingdom • Since Satan is the Hater, he is all the more opposed to God, who is love. (1 John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 3:10 & 14c “This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of god; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. 14c “Anyone who does not love remains in death.”) • Mankind did not witness Satan’s beginning, but by God’s design shall see his end, one of ceaseless torment and humiliation (Isaiah. 14:16a “Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate:” Ezek. 28:12c-19 “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper; sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fie come out form you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching all the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.” Rev. 20:10 “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”). • Unbelief is a product or fruit of belong to the enemy John 8:42-45 “Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but He sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’ desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” II. He Hates Us [we who are loved by God] John 10:10a “The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy…” 1 Peter 5:8 “Be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” Luke 22:31 “And the lord said, “Simon! Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.” The Three Kingdoms 4 The Enemy’s Kingdom • e.g. ADAM&EVE Genesis 1 overview Gen. 1:26 “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over…all the earth 27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male & female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. Vs. 31a And God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 2 details Gen 2:15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. ❖ Work: abad (aw-bad’) to work, implied to serve, enslave, bond servant, compel, husbandman, keep, labor, bring to pass, servant, service, be wrought, worshipper.