How To Become A Demon's Nightmare

Bunbury

Wed pm

2/02/11

“How to b/co a demon’s nightmare”

Intro: The W. of G. tells us t/n that we are not in ignorance of the devil’s / hell methods of operation against the human race & the church.

Paul says ……..

(2 Cor 2:11 NKJV) "lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices."

B/c we are not ignorant of the devices / tactics of hell …….. God wants to use you to frustrate / hinder the plans that hell has.

I read a little Chick tract called “A Demon’s Nightmare” ..... I’m sure most of you have read it too.

At every the committed Christian has got demons panicking basically by simply being a real Christian.

The thought is simple that every one of us has the ability to b/co a nightmare to the demonic powers of hell by simply being what God has created / saved us to be.

T/n I want to preach on ‘How to b/co a demon’s nightmare’.

Text: (Luke 10:19 NKJV) ""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."

# 1. A demon’s dream.

A. The Bible gives us some u/s of who & what these demon forces are.

1. God wants us to u/s that demons are a real power we battle against.

a.) Demons are a real / powerful force under the control of the enemy of our souls – the devil & he has an army of them working for him against God & his saints.

b.) Revelations tells us about this overwhelming army of hell when it says ……

(Rev 12:3-4 NKJV) "And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. {4} His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. …….

2. There are certain kinds of people that these demons of hell dream about.

a.) These are the kind of people that make life easier for them ………

b.) The kind of people who are willing – either consciously or unknowingly cooperate w/ hell’s strategies.

c.) Let’s look at who these ones are that every demon dreams about.

B. Demons dream about unclean people!

*** In our main bathroom at home we have a little plaque of an old Pear’s Soap advertisement. Apparently it was very well known in its time. The advertisement shows a middle age woman scrubbing away behind the ears of a 10 year old boy who is resisting the cleansing process of his mother. While she’s scrubbing she’s saying to him “You dirty boy!”

The thought behind the ad is that Pear’s soap can get even the dirtiest of boys clean.

Nice thought but unfortunately it’s not as easy when god’s people b/co spiritually unclean!

1. The W. of G. makes it clear that hell’s spiritual hoards love an unclean dwelling place.

a.) Through Jesus’ words we gain a vital glimpse into the realm of the demonic.

(Mat 12:43-45 NKJV) ""When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. {44} "Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. {45} "Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.""

b.) Note here in this text that when he returns to the place that he was in to his surprise it is now cleaned / swept / put in order.

c.) What is inferred here is that while he inhabited it his dwelling place was the very opposite!

d.) Here we learn that demons love to inhabit unclean places / hearts / lives……….. especially unclean Christians!

2. One time we find Jesus confronted w/ two men possessed by demons ……… but where he found them is enlightening.

(Luke 8:27 NKJV) "And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demons for a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in the tombs."

a. When Jesus wouldn’t permit the demons to remain in the man guess where they chose to go???

(Luke 8:32 NKJV) "Now a herd of many swine was feeding there on the mountain. So they begged Him that He would permit them to enter them. And He permitted them."

b. You can’t get much more unclean than that!