Posted 3/26/20
James 3:13-18 KJV- Godly Wisdom Trumps Devilish Wisdom :
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Powerful Weapons
Wisdom and Excellence are powerful weapons of our warfare. Nothing good usually comes easy and once acquired, the fight to guard against wolves, serpents, scorpions and other vipers can be an even greater fight because as we have learned and should remember as long as the enemy (satan) exists there will be his right-hand man known as witchcraft aka the craft, which is known by many names and faces throughout the world and has a “perfect hatred” for progress.
The spirit of witchcraft is to satan what the Holy Spirit is to the Living God.
1. We are warned that there are Wolves in sheep clothing
You, Will, Know Them by Their Fruits
Matthew 7:15 NKJV
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
The Serpent, which was more cunning than any animal God made
Genesis 3:1 Amplified Bible
1 ” Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Scorpion powers, which are mentioned together with serpent powers.
Luke 10:18-19 NKJV
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
*We will look at some of the attributes of each and how we can use the weapons of wisdom and excellence to defeat them.*
Wolves: can be some of the most vicious and blood-thirsty of all animals. Wolves are among some of the world’s smartest and most perceptive mammals. Wolves are found all over the world and on almost every major continent of the earth.
Serpents: some attributes of a serpent: insidious a word the Lord put in my spirit a few years ago and bought back to my remembrance as I was writing up my notes, it means to proceed in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects. treacherous; crafty, dangerous; harmful but enticing: seductive.
Scorpions are highly effective predators because they possess a unique combination of characteristics that enable them to detect prey (eyes), move quickly and agilely over any terrain in pursuit of prey (with 4 pairs of clawed legs), and then catch and hold prey while injecting venom into the prey to immobilize or kill it before bringing the meal to its mouth.
This is a pivotal time on earth when the enemy and every region of darkness are raging and they will make every effort to stop your progress, hinder your momentum, bate you into fear, confusion, and despondency whenever and wherever possible, but you have to slow your self down take a deep breath and remember “who you are” and “who’s you are”...because at the same time you will be tested for promotion.
And, remember what you overcome, you will have authority over.
Exodus 15:6-7 New King James Version (NKJV)
6
“Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
7
And in the greatness of Your excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth Your wrath;
It consumed them like stubble.
Job 9:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
Proverbs 24:5-6 New King James Version (NKJV)
5
A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;
6
For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,
And in a multitude of counselors, there is safety.
Proverbs 24:10-18 (Cont’ed)
10
If you faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is small.
14
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.
15
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;
16
For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
17
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18
Lest the Lord see it, and it displeases Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.
Proverbs 23 New King James Version (NKJV)
12
Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.
23
Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Daniel 3: 8-30
Daniel’s Friends Disobey the King
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and accused the Jews. 9 They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! 10 You, O king, have made a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the gold image; 11 and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”
Saved in Fiery Trial
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his [d]counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”
25 “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the[e] Son of God.”
Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the [f]mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. 27 And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.
28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel[g] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! 29 Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 6:3-25 (NKJV)
The Plot Against Daniel
3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. 4 So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 So these governors and satraps thronged before the king, and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever! 7 All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [a]does not alter.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king’s decree: “Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?”
The king answered and said, “The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [b]does not alter.”
13 So they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, does not show due regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
14 And the king, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he [d]labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men approached the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is the law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
16 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.” 17 Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.
Daniel Saved from the Lions
18 Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep [g]went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried out with a [h]lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! 22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”
23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.
Darius Honors God
24 And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.
25 Then King Darius wrote:
To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied to you.
Prayer Point: -Lord, give me the wisdom to wage war in a way that will result in a sweatless victory. - In The Mighty Name of Jesus! -I bring the Blood of Jesus and the Judgement of God against every altar speaking against my life, family, and destiny. -In Jesus Mighty Name! -Lord, let every mindset that I have taken on that produces a false sense of security in any area of my life, be destroyed - In Jesus Name! -Lord, give me the anointing to discern spirits with accuracy and precision so that I am not deceived. - In The Mighty Name of Jesus Christ! -Lord, endow me with wisdom that my enemies cannot understand or comprehend. - In Jesus Mighty Name! -Father God, cause my thinking to be at a level higher than those of my contemporaries- In The Mighty Name of Jesus! -I counter every wisdom of darkness by the wisdom of God -In The Name of Jesus!
*Please note some Prayer Points taken from "The Jehu Prayers" by: Dr. D. K. Olukoya
Notes from 3-23-20 Live YouTube Broadcast:
"Godly Wisdom & Excellence Weapons of Our Warfare- Pt.2
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