Satan's Secret Agents
About this sermon
In “Satan's Secret Agents,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, Satanic opposition, prayer. Drawing especially from Matthew 7, Psalm 55, Proverbs 18, Luke 10, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes.
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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 the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. 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 Matthew 7. 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 believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Psalm 55, Proverbs 18, Luke 10. 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 objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through Psalm 55, Matthew 24, Revelation 3. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. 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 the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. 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 practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance. 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 spiritual leadership. The message argues that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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you're the healer you're the deliverer lord we lift up a friend tanner this morning a friend of john lord we lift him up we've been in a car accident in serious condition well we pray god for your mercy and his life in this young man's life we pray for your healing power to touch tanner lord there uh where he's been airlifted to atlanta where we pray god for you to touch his brain and the swelling and the injuries from the car accident we pray that your hands would lay upon him jesus and bring healing and bring deliverance and bring life bring your power into this situation lord we've seen you do miracles god you you do miracles lord you heal and you deliver and you you god you work miracles for people and we just lift up tanner this morning and we pray for him to be healed we pray for miracle power to touch him in the mighty name of jesus christ lord this morning we agree together that the power of the holy ghost the power of jesus christ the blood of jesus christ that by your stripes lord we were healed healing is bought and paid for and your children can intercede and step in the gap and say lord please have mercy on this on this person on this soul have mercy on them and work in their lives and lord you hear and you answer lord and we thank you for that and lord we lift up this morning judge moore judge roy moore our supreme court justice here in alabama who has lost family members and friends in a plane crash lord we ask you to be with him and his family through this difficult time we pray god for your healing power we pray for your anointing we pray for your blessing upon him well we pray god that you would reveal the truth and and what happened here and be with him lord and we pray god for your blessings on this service that you would open our eyes this morning it's in jesus name we pray amen and amen well hallelujah we want to welcome those of you here this morning fire and grace church those listening by shoutcast radio by blog talk radio we welcome you to fire and grace church i'm pastor dean odle and we're here in alabama we love alabama i love alabama anyway i'm not talking about the crimson tide either i'm talking about the state of alabama i love my i love my home state amen can somebody save me all right well the lord yesterday evening kind of dropped something in my heart that i really wasn't planning on doing this morning so i want you to take your bibles out we're going to discuss a very important subject and a very heavy subject and i'm just going to call it satan's secret agents yes
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okay let's pray father in jesus name we just pray over the congregation this morning seems to be some attacks or whether it be fear or witchcraft or heaviness or oppression we just bind demonic forces we bind those spirits sent by witches and satanists and enemies we break their curses we break their power we break every spell spoken i bind every demonic force i bind satan i bind principalities and power i rebuke them i command them to stop their maneuvers and to go from us right now go from this building go from each and every person here in the name of jesus christ of nazareth father we resist the devil and he must flee from us that is what your word says when we resist he must flee so in jesus name we decree it this morning amen and amen this is one of the most important issues in the body of christ because jesus made this statement he's he told us to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves right everybody knows that scripture right but i'm afraid that the church the majority of the church of jesus christ is not wise as a serpent they're not smart they're not understanding they're not full of wisdom and discernment they walk around in a haze in a fantasy world that doesn't really exist and satan is the master of disguise he's the master of deception he's the master of hiding behind things that look good the master of it and this morning the concept that you need to get a hold of is that there are people in the church and i said this on facebook this morning in introducing this message and inviting people to tune in but we need to understand this morning that we should not be surprised that the churches most all churches have been infiltrated by very real enemies i'm not talking about just the spiritual forces of satan i'm not talking about just unseen spirits of the devil i'm talking about people who come into a church who pretend to be a christian they pretend to be something they're not and they are full their full intention and pre-meditated plan is to come in and to divide and to destroy and to deceive and to cause chaos and division and all kinds of spiritual problems some of them are satanists and know what they're doing they're sent by a coven of witches they're sent by satan himself some of them are freemasons some of the freemasons on the higher level know that they are working for satan so the freemasons sometimes in the
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satanist are working together sometimes it is full on wiccans new agers and of course the worst of the worst and yes there's somebody worse than satanist yes the jesuits the roman catholic jesuits they make satanists look like nice people but the churches have been infiltrated and right now especially folks the churches and a lot of people don't have any comprehension the big churches the big visible influential money churches don't even realize that their church is full of satanists freemasons illuminati and even now i'm going to go ahead and tell you that many churches have government agents in them as well now let me go ahead and blow your minds at this point in history we've even had some men and women who went to seminary who went and got bible college and bible university and seminary degrees and postgraduate degrees in christian theology who all along never were christians they knew they were serving satan their plan was to build a resume to build credibility and now honestly they pastor some of the largest churches in america and the world and they are going to begin and some of them already have but they're going to begin to betray the true christians now we're going to talk about this this morning because i'm going to give you some scripture we're going to talk about it because i can show you in the scripture but i want to i want to quote an ancient chinese general how many have heard of sons some have sixth century chinese general who wrote the book called the art of war he was a brilliant general brilliant at military strategy and operations matter of fact most generals have read his work most everyone has read his book the art of war but he made this statement in the art of war i believe it's in chapter one that all warfare is based on deception all true and good warfare is based on deception now let's just understand folks this very clearly we as christians and the bible makes this very clear that we are in a
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spiritual war and sometimes i'm just going ahead and say sometimes this spiritual war becomes very physical as well the devil's desire and satan's agents desires not only to attack you in the spirit realm to attack you with witchcraft and evil spirits but it's to affect your physical life your mental and emotional life is to affect what goes on in a church and they're very effective but something that some rule or sun tzu however you pronounce it there's and they say there's different pronunciations but this is what he said chapter 13 in his book was all about the use of secret agents the use of intelligence gathering and this is what he said he said of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent a borrower will work more liberal than those different secret agents of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations he stated secret operations are essential in war upon them the army relies to make its every move satan understands that his most powerful weapon in this spiritual war against us is to infiltrate us with his agents to infiltrate the church why this is a surprise to christians i'll never understand because many will think you're crazy when you start talking about this but let's look at some scriptures on it first let's go to second corinthians chapter 11. i got my pentecostal white hanky today forgot that was in my bible second corinthians there's actually several fascinating parts to this chapter second corinthians chapter 11. everybody there second corinthians chapter 11. now i talked about this a few weeks ago but what's what's what's amazing about this is the context in which this scripture's in so we'll get the context of the chapter because there's three parts in this chapter that all flow together and guess what they talk about secret agents in the church satan's agents disguising themselves on purpose but he starts off saying look to god that you could bear with me a little in my falling indeed bear with me for i am jealous over you with a godly jealousy for i have espoused you to one husband that i may present you as a chaste virgin to christ but i fear lest by any means as the
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