THE RAGGED EDGE RADIO ....with Russ Dizdar

SESSION 18 SPIRITUAL WARFARE VOL 3 HOW POWER ENCOUNTERS ARE MAJOR ACTS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD 22 And the Lord showed great and devastating signs and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household before our eyes. Exodus 6 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. Exodus 7 8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror, and with signs and wonders. Deuteronomy 26 2 I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. 3 How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation. Daniel 4 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal and that signs and wonders may be performed in the name of Your holy Son Jesus.” Acts 4 God is not silent and the work of the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk is it…20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 1 Corinthians 4. God is not silent but calls on us at times to be silent in His presence. God wants us to know Him and the salvation He brings did not come silently but with the activity of angles, prophets, incarnation and declarations of the Holy Spirit. God moved in sign and wonder in Christ and continues to show His kingdom has come in powers and wonders. In all the Miracles of the Bible Herbert Lockyer says…. “An important aspect of Bible miracles is the fact that they are proper proofs of a divine revelation. It is questionable whether there can be an authentic revelation without miracles. They are not only proofs of a revelation but form a revelation in themselves. Of course, miracles guarantee the authenticity of a revelation. Bible miracles form an integral part of Holy Writ and testify to its divine inspiration and veracity. Apart from these miracles we have no other evidence of the supernatural working on man’s behalf in time of crises. Miracles, as an integral part of the Bible, provide evidence that it is God’s divinely inspired Word. Without its miraculous content we could not accept it as a supernatural Book. No miracles–no striking proof of its divine authorship. Among other aspects of the design or purpose of the inclusion of so many miracles is the manifestation of the glory of God. How eloquently they speak of His sovereignty in every realm! He is Lord in and of all (John 11:4). Miracles are “both the official and authoritative seal of God.” Miracles are also the insignia of Christ’s deity–“a constitutive element of the revelation of God in Christ”–and Messiahship (John 2:11; 11:4; Matthew 11:4-6; Acts 2:20; 10:38). In these displays of His inherent power, we have the exercise of His creative, punitive, and healing authority. And all of His miracles were in “accord with His miraculous origin, sinless nature and moral perfection.” They provided God with a method of authenticating Christ’s divine mission. He Himself regarded His miracles as evidence that He was from God–and was God (John 14:24). Later on, as we come to the study of New Testament miracles, we shall see how many of His miracles were the natural expression of His sympathy for a suffering humanity, as well as the confirmations Lockyer, Herbert. All the Miracles of the Bible (p. 14). Zondervan Academic. Kindle Edition.”

13 For such are false apostles and deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. 2COR. 11 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things? 6 Now you know what restrains him that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working. Only He who is now restraining him will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth, and destroy with the brightness of His presence, 9 even him, whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love for the truth that they might be saved. 11 Therefore God will send them a strong delusion, that they should believe the lie: 12 that they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2THESS 2

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things? 6 Now you know what restrains him that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working. Only He who is now restraining him will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth, and destroy with the brightness of His presence, 9 even him, whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love for the truth that they might be saved. 2 Thess. 2

6 When they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (which is his name by interpretation) opposed them, trying to divert the proconsul from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him and said, 10 “You son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, full of deceit and of all fraud, will you not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord? 11 Now, look! The hand of the Lord is against you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell on him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed and was astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

6 When they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (which is his name by interpretation) opposed them, trying to divert the proconsul from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him and said, 10 “You son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, full of deceit and of all fraud, will you not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord? 11 Now, look! The hand of the Lord is against you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” · Immediately mist and darkness fell on him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed and was astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. Acts 13

Elijah the prophet came near and said, “The Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, so that this people may know that You are the Lord God and that You have turned their hearts back again.” 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!” 1 Kings 18 2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A rod.” 3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.” And he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. Then Moses fled from it. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Put forth your hand and take it by the tail.” And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand. 5 “This is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” Exodus 4 4 My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2 11 This, the first of His signs, Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him John 2 In this fallen world where the reality-truth is…. that God and demons are real and active. God reveals, speaks and acts to draw humanity to Himself. The Bible says God is truth, Jesus is truth, speaks truth and acts powerfully to reveal truth. On the other side of this is satan, fallen angels and demons, they speak and do acts in supernatural power for the opposite reason. They do powerful acts to deceive, seduce and steal the truth from humanity. Power Encounters as seen in the Bible occur often and where there are believers who are willing to stand in faith for God those power encounters with demonically empowered person result in a demonstration of Gods power and truth. God acts in power to expose satans lies and reveal the truth of Christ….so that people would hear and see truth and believe in God. More power encounters -God’s power through believers and satans powers through his servants- will be occurring more today and accelerate throughout the end of days. Are you prepared in the word of God and will you stand in the power of God? Story of the man who comes in the church Story of a luciferian who calls on powerful demons to defeat a christian

He presented Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, appearing to them

the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be marveled at by all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. 2 Thess. 1

19 Jesus did not let him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how He has had compassion on you.” 20 So he departed and began to proclaim in the Decapolis[a] what great things Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed. Mark 5

1 John 4 Modern English Version (MEV) Test the Spirits 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is already in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world, and therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are of God, and whoever knows God listens to us. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

THE SPIRIT OF ERROR AND THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH 16 I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Counselor, that He may be with you forever: 17 the Spirit of truth, John 16 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is already in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world, and therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are of God, and whoever knows God listens to us. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 1 John 4 4 Now the Spirit clearly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith and pay attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, 1 Timothy 4 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Counselor, that He may be with you forever: 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, for it does not see Him, neither does it know Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you, and will be in you. John 14 26 “But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness of Me. John 15 TEST Transliteration: dokimazo Phonetic Spelling: (dok-im-ad'-zo) Definition: to test, by implication to approve Usage: I put to the test, prove, examine; I distinguish by testing, approve after testing; I am fit. Cognate: 1381 dokimázō (from 1384 /dókimos, "approved") – properly, to try (test) to show something is acceptable (real, approved);put to the test to reveal what is good (genuine). See 1384 (dokimos). 1381 /dokimázō ("to approve by testing") is done to demonstrate what is good, i.e. passes the necessary test. 1381 (dokimázō) does notfocus on disproving something (i.e. to show it is bad).

4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days. Then I fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, Nehemiah

14 But solid food belongs to those who are mature, for those who through practice have powers of discernment that are trained to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5 Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His. 21 It is He who changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding. 22 He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him. 23 I thank and praise You, O God of my fathers; for You have given me wisdom and might, and have made known to me now what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king’s matter.” Daniel 2

Romans 12 The New Life in Christ 12 I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

3 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God said, Genesis 3 Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4 31 Then the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to have you to sift you as wheat. Luke 22 11 lest Satan should take advantage of us. For we are not ignorant of his devices. 2 Corinthians 2 4 The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them 2 Corinthians 4 3 But I fear that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his trickery, so your minds might be led astray from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Corinthians 11 For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light… 2 Corinthians 11 18 that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened… Eph 1