Exposing Satan’s Activity and Deception — Santosh Poonen — May 15, 2022

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Summary

The message emphasizes that hearing God's word and applying it to daily life is crucial for eternal life, comparing memorized scripture to a life-giving seed rather than a mere pebble. The speaker encourages believers to actively mourn and weep over their spiritual stagnation, particularly regarding their relationship with the Bible, because this mourning signals readiness for God's renewed revelation. Ultimately, this process leads to God no longer hiding Himself, allowing His word to become alive and exciting to the believer.

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Putting God's promises to the testGod's promises, such as hearing His voice, must be planted in our lives like seeds rather than buried like lifeless stones.Isaiah 30:21

Weeping over unchristlikenessA dull Bible and an inability to hear God often stem from a lack of mourning and grieving over our personal sin and reactions.

The danger of rebellious plansJudah's rebellion was executing good human plans and making alliances with worldly helps rather than following God's Spirit.

Defiling subtle idolsHearing God's voice leads to casting away subtle idols like self-confidence, comfort, ease, and the love of money.

The church of authorityJesus founded His church on the confession that He is the Christ, granting it authority to overcome the gates of hell.

The serpent and the lionWhile Satan acts like a roaring lion attacking from without, he also operates like a hidden serpent in unaddressed areas of our lives.

Upholding purity against sinBuilding the true church requires an unwavering willingness to address sin privately and corporately rather than sweeping it under the rug for popularity.

Exposing demonic activity in the heavenliesBelievers must use spiritual authority to bind demonic strategies operating in the heavenly realms against our families and churches.

Elisha seeing the enemy's plansThrough intimacy with God, Elisha was able to see the secret military plans of the king of Aram and warn the king of Israel.

Jesus confronting the unclean spiritJesus taught with real authority that immediately brought hidden demonic influence to the surface and cast it out.Luke 4:31

Jehoshaphat and the false prophetsKing Ahab was surrounded by four hundred prophets speaking uniformly favorable falsehoods, while Micaiah stood alone for the true word of God.2 Chronicles 18:4

The deceiving spirit before God's throneMicaiah saw a vision of a deceiving spirit permitted by God to entice Ahab through false prophets because Ahab loved himself.

The danger of deluding influencesGod sends a deluding influence to those who do not receive a love for the truth, leaving them vulnerable to religious deception.

The saving power of loving the truthThe ultimate protection against deception is cultivating a deep, personal love for the truth when God's word exposes our hearts.

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