Confronting Evil
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In “Confronting Evil,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, faith, Satanic opposition. Drawing especially from Acts 4, Timothy 3, Luke 10, Matthew 16, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.
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Odle focuses on faith while working through Acts 4, Timothy 3. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance while working through Timothy 3. The message argues that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on idolatry and occult influence. The message argues that objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on holiness. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on salvation. The message argues that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. It connects this with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance while working through Luke 10. The message argues that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance while working through Matthew 16, James 4. The message argues that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through John 3, Genesis 4. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that thankfulness remembers God’s mercy and guards the heart from entitlement and complaint. The practical emphasis is to examine the heart, receive correction, and finish faithfully.
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fill us to overflowing lord the early church didn't pray just for one baptism in the holy spirit one infilling they kept praying lord we need to be filled again and again again we need to be filled lord they prayed in acts 4 to be filled with the holy spirit that they would be able to speak the word boldly that you would stretch forth your hand to heal and that signs and wonders will be done in the name of jesus lord so we just pray that you'll continue lord to baptize us in fire to fill us with holy ghost fire and anointing to increase the anointing of the holy spirit in our lives so that we may confront the evil that's in this world with the light and the truth and the power of god lord you've called christians to have some power and authority in the name of jesus or help us to be filled and to learn to exercise that power in faith or we pray this this morning in jesus name amen amen praise be to god sometimes you just need to worship for a little while amen and as we were worshiping the lord just kind of did drop something in my spirit to share with you this morning i was really didn't know if we were just going to keep worshiping and keep praying and you know sometimes that's that's fine and dandy to do that no problem with that if that's what the lord wants us to do but anyway i want to share some things with you just to encourage you and reiterate some things because i don't want you to lose track of the fact that as true believers in jesus christ you have power and you have authority to use his name against even great evil and i want to tell you the reason i'm sharing this is we all know what the bible says in second timothy 3. paul said know that in the last days perilous times will come perilous meaning dangerous right perilous times will come and then he goes through a long little list but he says this down further in the chapter he says but evil men and seducers will wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived matter of fact let's just turn there second timothy chapter three there's some things i want to share with you because i've shared with you about your authority that you have in the name of jesus the binding and loosing uh when it comes to having authority over satan and over demonic spirits and over the powers of darkness and how fasting and prayer is important to to keep your authority and your power and your faith strong and uh may talk about that a little bit today but but you need to understand that we're going to be facing in in the days ahead
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some incredible evil within human beings and i believe we're even going to be facing demons on the earth that are manifested in a physical form maybe even some of the fallen angels that are manifested in physical form and you've got to be totally convinced biblically as a christian that greater is he that's in you than he that's in the world amen you know paul said this term he said i'm fully persuaded see the issue with a lot of christians is they say they believe things but are they fully persuaded see i'm fully persuaded because of what the scripture says and because of my walk with god i am fully persuaded that i have power over satan and over demon spirits and his fallen angels that i have power and authority in the name of jesus through the blood of jesus and that i am a child of the living god and have the right to use the name of jesus christ of nazareth against satan whether he manifests in a physical form or whether he's working in an individual i could find that devil they're always getting a sound system but i can bind that devil and he has to stop what he's doing now listen to me why is this important why is it so important because we're going to face some evil in some people some people that want to harm us some people that want to do terrible and evil things i mean they're out there in this world already i mean i've read some incredible and horrible stories lately and i'm just going people are getting more and more demon possessed demon infiltrated and acting out what the demons want them to do the demons that are inside them and acting that out and i mean horrific things and you got you you've got to understand that god has given you has given me if we if we believe in jesus christ that he died on that cross and he rose from the dead if we believe that he is the almighty the all-powerful one and that we through believing in him and turning from our sin and being reborn and being washed in the blood of the lamb that he's given us authority if we believe that then we've got to believe that he will deliver us we've got to believe that when we exercise that authority and command certain things and do certain things rebuke the enemy buying the enemy we have to believe that it's done that it's going to work because of what the word of god says not because of what pastor dean says not because of what anybody else says but because of what the word says and you're going to face these things i was you know i don't even share with you all some of the things that i research because i freak y'all out enough
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okay but the bottom line is y'all don't really some of you don't even have a clue what is creeping around upon the earth now the days of noah are upon us um who knows i may get into something let's read though i'm going to read this because i want to show you that it wasn't strange for the apostles to confront have to confront the supernatural side of the enemy in in people okay when i talk about when i say the supernatural side the apostles of course christians filled with the holy ghost had jesus in them working through them no knew their authority and power in jesus but they would come up on sometimes people who were filled with demons operating in supernatural demonic power and listen folks the bible is very clear that as we move further into this time period of the end that more and more demonic signs and wonders are going to be happening and they're going to be happening through individuals and sometimes i believe they're going to be actual demons and actual fallen angels that are in physical form that have a human appearance that are going to be doing supernatural things okay and so clearly we need to know who we are in jesus christ we need to know where we stand and we need to know how we confront these things this is why i've been trying to say listen god yeah some evil and dark things are going to happen in the world but you can be in a place of protection you can be in a place of refuge a place of safety you can even be in a dangerous situation and use the name of jesus and cause that situation to change okay and this is what you've just got to get in you've got to get down in you've got to be prepared for that moment the name of jesus is powerful if you're walking with jesus not just anybody can use the name of jesus right we know that but let's just read this second timothy 3 verse 1 it says this know also that in the last days perilous or dangerous times shall come for men shall be lovers of their own selves covetous boasters proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankful unholy without natural affection truce breakers false accusers incontinent fierce despisers of those that are good traitors heady high-minded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of god but many of them will look at the next verse have a form of godliness or christianity but deny the power thereof and that is the word dunamis the power of the holy spirit they will deny the power of the spirit and then he instructs us from
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such turn away i don't even know why anybody wanted christianity it denies the power of god but god tells us here to turn away from that and then he says for of this sort are they which creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins led away with divers lust which he tells us the powerless christianity will never get out of sin they will never get out free from their lust well we don't we know that's the truth right but then he says this they'll be ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth i mean there's people out there getting degrees theological degrees in spiritual formation which is basically contemplative prayer getting degrees in in contemplative prayer and they think they're ever learning i'm getting doctorate degrees going to school for six seven eight years learning foolishness learning error learning demonic doctrines of devils yet they're they're going to be pastoring a church here before i'm probably a mega church i could name the guy he wrote a book that's being promoted by you know a popular minister in town all right look what he says here though a lot of people just read over this part right here now it says now is jannie's or jenez and jamborez or jamborees or whatever how you pronounce their names but now it says now his janies and jamborees withstood or fought against moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the faith now let's stop for a second you can just read over that and go what is he talking about who was who was jannie's and jamborees or jainism jammers who were these two guys that fought against moses well a little research shows that they were the two primary egyptian magicians okay who when moses came into egypt sent by god moses was given two signs to show the israelites number one he was given to stick his hand inside of his inside of his robe pull it out and it would be leprous to put it back in and it would be healed showing the the supernatural healing power of god the other thing was he was to throw his rod down and his rod would turn into a serpent and then he could take it up and it would turn back into a rod and that was a sign two signs that he was to give show first show to the children of israel so they would believe he was sent by god and to show pharaoh initially to let him to get him to let the people go right of course it's interesting because that's the two things god's given us power as christians he said these signs shall follow them that believe in my name they will cast out demons and he said take up serpents and that literally means take authority and stop what they're doing so when moses would throw the rod down it would turn into a serpent when he would take it up
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