What the Enemy Says About Jesus

It is common to hear various non-biblical statements about the person and work of Jesus Christ. For example, "Jesus was just a man, not God" or "Jesus is only a teacher or prophet" or "Jesus' death was unfortunate, but didn't accomplish anything." Jesus claimed that he was God and that he came to seek and save the lost by conquering Satan, hell, death, evil, and sin. A few of his followers got that, but all of the demons that speak in the Gospels seem to understand this...and they shudder (James 2:19).

So, what do demons think of Jesus?

It is interested to see what the enemies of Jesus Christ, the demons, thought and said about him. It's generally not a good rule of thumb to get your theology from demons, but in this case it is fascinating because what they say repeats what the rest of the Bible proclaims about who Jesus Christ is and what his life, death, and resurrection mean for us. The demons in the Gospels have better teachings about Jesus than some preachers with their weak doctrines of Christ!

"What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"—Matthew 8:29

"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God."—Mark 1:24, Luke 4:34

"You are the Son of God."—Mark 3:11

"You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.—Luke 4:41

Jesus Casting out Demons
"What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me."—Luke 8:28, Mark 5:7 

Prior to the demons' proclaiming their beliefs about Jesus is His command over them. In each of the passages, the demons are not even permitted to voice their beliefs without the permission of Jesus, the sovereign God. When they are permitted to speak, they acknowledge His cultural identity, His divinity, and His power over their each and every move. They acknowledge Him as Lord, Son of God, the Holy One of God—and they shudder before Him. The demons know that Jesus has come to earth from heaven to judge them (Rev 19:15), destroy the kingdom of darkness (Gen 3:15, Rom 16:20), disarm the demonic order (Col 2:15), and set captives free from sin and death (Rom 6:23, Rom 8:2). Calling Him "Son of God" is a clear declaration of Jesus' divinity (Matt 26:63-64; John 5:17); 10:33-36), and the phrase "Holy One of God" is never used to describe anyone but God (Jeremiah 50:29; Isaiah 30:11).

So why did I share all of this? Because we, His children, should not allow ourselves to become fearful of this world. Demons are fallen angels. They FELL from heaven by Christ's power. They are defeated. So do fear the things of this world. Trust in Jesus Christ. Believe in Him - but unlike the demons who believed yet trembled in fear - believe in Him and tremble with joy.

God Being Judged

From the manger to the cross, the life of Jesus was a call to self-surrender and to fellowship in suffering. 

Jesus came with the truths of heaven and all who listened to the voice of the Holy Spirit are drawn to Him. The worshipers of self belong to Satan's kingdom. The worshipers of Jesus belong to His kingdom. In their attitude towards Jesus, all will show on which side they stand - and thus everyone passes judgment on themselves. God does not pass the judgment. He is actually being judged because of the lies of Satan. And that's why everyone will stand before the universe.

In the day of judgment, every lost soul will understand the nature of their own rejection of truth. The Cross will be presented, and its true bearing will be seen by every mind that has been blinded by selfishness and indulgence of sin. Before the vision of Calvary with its divine Victim, sinners will stand in self-condemnation. Every lying excuse will be swept away. Human apostasy will appear in all of its terrible character. All will see what their choice has been - their choice. No excuses and no one to blame. Every question of good and evil, of truth and error will be made clear. All answers will be seen and explained. All has been recorded by the angels of God from the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden until the last conflict on earth of the last generation.

Thus, in the judgment of the universe - the worlds that have been witnessing the war between Christ and Satan, between righteous and the wicked - GOD will be found clear of blame for the existence and continuance of evil. It will be shown that the divine decrees of God that directed the actions of men and angels were just and had a purpose. All will see that there is no defect in God's governance; no reason for rebellion.

When the thoughts of all hearts and minds are revealed, both the loyal and the rebellious - including Satan - will have to declare, "Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? ... For Thy judgments are made manifest." Revelation 15:3,4

"...that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord..." Philippians 2:10,11

Rant!

Went on a rant earlier to someone: thought I'd just post it here too.

I wrote it because I've watched the talking heads on a couple of networks (Fox and MSNBC - just to see the VAST different viewpoints) and realized THEY are all being politically correct!

So...my rant.

I want a President who is not afraid to stand up and look the world leaders in the eye and say:

"We're not taking anymore of your crap. Middle East, wake up to this reality: Israel is our ally and we will not abandon them.

North Korea, one more missile in the air, nuclear powered or not, and the one city that has electrical power - your capital - will be gone. Wiped off the face of the earth.

China, go ahead and build your Navy. Ours will get even bigger. I'm not playing with you. You will NOT take over the South China Sea or the west Pacific basin. Never. The sea lanes will always remain open.

Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, I put you all in the same category - you are not our allies. If you even act like you're going to go militant on us, I give you my word that you will no longer exist as livable countries.

The rest of the Arab world - if you really say you are moderate Muslims and are against extremists - I want you to go on record, denounce them and then help us wipe them out. Otherwise - you can forget any help from us financially - and that means we won't buy anymore oil from you because I am going to lift any moratoriums on off-shore drilling, the Montana-Dakotas field and Alaska. We don't NEED your oil.

Oh, and Brazil - as of right now, the money we've sent to you for offshore drilling, I want it back.

Europe, you keep pulling this Euro-money scam stuff and you're going to find yourself wondering why you're hungry because I'll block our agricultural goods going to your markets.

Mexico, the border is closed. You get the gang problem fixed down there. As far as I'm concerned, anyone comes across that border is a potential gang member/terrorist and will be treated accordingly. 

Canada - got no problems with you. In fact, let's work on being better neighbors, okay? Because, quite frankly, we're probably the strongest bastions of true Democratic Republic governments in the world.

And America...I'm cleaning house. There's people working in the federal government that are just collecting a fat check and not producing. These people need to be evaluated and if they're deadbeats - they're out the door. If they're of age to retire, then I'll let them. I'm going to go through each cabinet office and see which departments we really need and get rid of the ones that aren't.

Monies going overseas to countries that are not our allies - and in fact, are avowed enemies - that money flow will STOP IMMEDIATELY. And some countries that are our allies - well, if you're not contributing and basically just a deadbeat - the money stops going to you as well. The status of all countries will be evaluated and I'll act according to those findings.

We WILL have a Constitutional Amendment that calls for a balanced budget. We WILL have a Constitutional Amendment that ensures that lawmakers in Washington, D.C. will NOT have a health plan or retirement plan that's exclusive only for them. They WILL create plans that works for everyone and that includes them. There will be no more elitism of Congress over fellow Americans.

Another Constitutional Amendment I'll support is one that says any man or woman that wants to run for President of the United States will have served in the military, any branch, for at least 4 years and have an honorable discharge. How can you be a Commander-in-Chief of the greatest military in the world and have not served? It makes no sense whatsoever.

I'm going to have legal and medical experts go through Obamacare and give me the straight facts about it. If it really is going to cost America more and cause more financial hardship - it's gone. Period. Then we'll get to work on tort reform. And also look into the outrageous cost of prescription drugs and those hospital bills where a roll of toilet paper costs $50. That's robbery and I'll have the FBI and Justice Department investigate these hospitals and pharmaceutical companies AND the insurance companies.

Military - we're NOT going to become 2nd-class to anyone. Yeah, things are expensive but we'll get it worked out. Contractors that create weapons, aircraft and ships - your contracts and status of work being done will be gone over with a fine-tooth comb and if you're defrauding the American people, you will pay.

About gays in the military. You're all out of the closet now. Too late to shut the door. But listen up - if you stand up and declare that you're gay, for no apparent reason except to cause dissent in the ranks - you're gone. Keep it to yourself, don't be acting romantic in the workplace, wear your uniform, serve your country and do your private things where it should be done - in private. That said, there will be no witch-hunting for gays in the military either. The UCMJ will be enforced accordingly. Rank will not be an issue. You break the UCMJ, you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Also - I will push for a Constitutional amendment stating that marriage is between a man and woman. Period. American men and women make babies - those babies will become adult American citizens. That's just a basic, biological fact. Men and men can't create life, women and women can't create life. It's an impossibility. You want to live that lifestyle - that's your choice and you have the right to live it but don't expect to be able to get married in the U.S.A. as husband/man and wife/man. Or whatever. And to let you know - you aren't special and better than the rest of us - I don't care what Rosie O'Donnell thinks.

And, so help me God - if any federal, state or city facility or post office or courthouse wants to put a Nativity scene out in the front yard, then do it. It's freedom of expression and in no way does it mean that the U.S. Government is endorsing a religion over the people. It's Americans working in the U.S. Government that just want to express themselves at Christmas time. If Jewish people want to erect a lit up Star of David, have at it. And if you're an athiest or agnostic - don't look at it. Nobody's persecuting YOU so quit using the court system to persecute Christians. The majority of Americans just want to live life without conflict and litigation over how they want to celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter...if Muslims can worship the entire month of Ramadan and pray to Mecca 5 times a day and no one gets after them about it (mostly because we're afraid of offending them) then by GOD, Christians should be able to worship God publicly too. How come no one cares if Christians are offended?

It may seem I'm off- subject but I'm really not. Go look at our Congressional and Supreme Court buildings. The word GOD is all over the place; Statues of Moses and the Ten Commandments are all over the place too. Anyone that says we aren't a nation blessed of God is not living in reality. Period.

We've got a lot of things to work on - illegal immigration, entitlement programs (welfare, food stamps, etc), education, budget, national debt...we can fix them but we need to quit punishing the American businessman/woman with exorbitant taxes and miles of regulations and red tape. Time to overhaul the system and clean house. Let's break off the shackles of government put on the free enterprise system.

Oh, and unions - don't even think about telling ME, the President, what I can and cannot do. There's precedent for shutting your asses down - Ronald Reagan did it in the 1980s with the air-traffic controllers and I WILL shut you down too. No more lawsuits to keep companies from building products because they don't have a union in them. I'm watching you. Step out of line, and you'll find out just how swift justice will come your way. I'm talking audits of your books and your connections with criminal organizations.

And lastly, our military Veterans. You signed a contract with the American people. You stood up and gave an oath to defend their lives and the Constitution, even if it meant sacrificing your own life. Some of you did and came home in boxes. Those of you that served and received an honorable discharge - you kept your part of the contract and I'll see to it that this Government of the People, by the People and for the People will keep its end of the bargain. Your retirement and medical benefits will NOT be lessened. In fact, I'm going to go look at the last few years of "revisions" and REVISE those! In other words, I'm going to get it fixed. I mean it.

Okay, America, speech is done. I'm getting to work.

Oh, and I carry my own firearm and my Bible. God bless America."