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Roy Martin:
Hello Everyone,
Its the newbie again with something that has changed in me as well as many other things since I have been called out of Babylon and been lead to bible truths.
I use to rebuke Satan in every way you can imagine and it seemed like I was doing it constantly,daily. Well it just simply never worked for me.If anything it got worse.I would talk to people about this in the church and they would tell me to just stand my ground and not give up, or something like that or explain how Jesus would use, for it is written, for it is written. It seemed like the more I acknowledged Satan the more he came after me and the closer I got to God the more he came after me. It seems that what worked for Jesus should work for us but it didn't work for me.
Now and after all these years and since I have been called out of Babylon and am seeking truth like never before,I pray different, I mediate different,I see things in myself that I never saw before.I know that God is the one putting these things in me and taking things out and its through temptations that shows me my weakness but now instead of rebuking Satan as he tempts me,I immediately start talking to God and give Him thanks for revealing my weakness to me and to take it away or say," God I need you right now"
Its God that I acknowledge now and not Satan. The temptation goes away immediately now.
  I'm not good at quoting scriptures,but I know how God works in me and through me.I give God the credit for all things.
I hope this is helpful to someone.
Have a beautiful day
Roy Martin 

Dave in Tenn:
Roy, I think you're on to something.  I've been in church services and have heard (and prayed) "prayers" that did more talking to the Devil than they did to the Lord.  Something not quite right about that. 

Roy Martin:
Something else just came to me, and I thank God for it.
While we are being tempted whether it be a thought or action or whatever, as there are many,we are also being tested by God,so therefore it is God working in us and not against us.If I acknowledge Satan by rebuking him then I am not recognizing what God is doing in me, and so the tempting and testing goes on and on which keeps me from overcoming, but if I thank God for testing me and showing me the impurities in my heart and to take them away and replace it with something new and pure,Satan flees because I just passed the test and overcame.Not to say it wont happen again, but God strengthens me each time this happens and draws me closer to Him.
These are the things that God shows me when I dwell on Him and seek truth. God has shown many things to me in the 10 years of first crying out to Him but something is very different now from coming out of the church buildings and coming to bible truths and the forum. All of this has come about in the last 2 months.
What a rush as the old stoners use to say.
I'm not trying to teach in this testimony because I'm not a teacher, but I know all too well when God is working in me and I just cant keep it to myself.
Peace
Roy Martin
 

Marky Mark:

--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on February 09, 2009, 10:19:25 AM ---Roy, I think you're on to something.  I've been in church services and have heard (and prayed) "prayers" that did more talking to the Devil than they did to the Lord.  Something not quite right about that. 

--- End quote ---

Your right Dave,something is not quite right.
Come out of her My people.

From bible-truths.com
The Lake of Fire - Part X

THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN
http://bible-truths.com/lake10.html




WHERE IS THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN?

The synagogue of Satan is located in the churches—in The Church!

"…you have tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them liars" (Rev. 2:2).

Where did the Ephesians try those false, lying, apostles? In some pagan temple or church down the street, or across town, or in some foreign land? Or maybe in the pagan religion of the Roman occupation? No, in the Church. Jesus Christ says:

"Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write… thou have tried them which say they are apostles [in the church of Ephesus], and are not" (Rev. 2:1a & 2b).

Where did Jesus know these lying apostles? Why, in the Church, of course. Of what consequence would "lying apostles" of some pagan religion be to the churches of God in Asia?

And where did Jesus say the synagogue of Satan is located? Same place—in the Church:

"And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write… I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews [in the Smyrna church], and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan… And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write… I will make them of the synagogue of Satan [in the Philadelphia church], and are not but do lie…" (Rev. 2:8 & 9; 3:7 & 9).

All seven of the churches were well aware of many pagan gods and pagan religions. These seven cities in Asia were filled with MANY PAGAN GODS.

The non-believing Ephesians worshipped Diana, who was associated with Artimis. Smyrna had temples to Apollo, Asclepia, Aphrodite, Cybele, Emperor Tiberius, and Zeus, and maybe most important of all, the Temple of Athena. Pergamum worshiped, Zeus, Olympus, Athena, Dionysus, Asclepius ("The Saviour"), and also the God-Serpent and the God-Bull. Thyatira worshiped the Emperor, Thyatiran, Tyrimnos, and Pallas Athena. Sardis worshiped the goddess Artemis, and both goddesses Artemis and Cybele were commemorated on their local coinage. Philadelphia worshiped the sun god and serpent gods, although Dionysis was their major god. Laodicea worshiped Zeus Azeus and Men Karou.

Were these the false apostles and lying Jews of the synagogue of Satan. Was it the priests of these pagan gods and religions of the seven cities in Asia that God was warning the churches about?

Since when are the priests of paganism called APOSTLES? Since when are the followers of pagan religions and pagan gods called, LYING JEWS? Since when are the temples of Zeus and Athena and Diana called, SYNAGOGUES? No, these false apostles and lying Jews of the synagogue of Satan are in the churches of God.

And isn’t it ironic that in the two congregations that religious chart-makers tell us had NO spiritual flaws whatsoever, we find those residing who are specifically called, lying Jews? No, Smyrna and Philadelphia, down through the centuries, have exactly the same spiritual flaws and heresies as did all of the other five churches of Asia.

THE THRONE OF SATAN THE DEVIL ALSO LOCATED

Now then, as the false apostles, and lying Jews, and synagogue of Satan are all located in the Church, where do you suppose we would find Satan’s throne, and Satan’s dwelling place to be located? Yes, that’s right: In the Church. Here is the Scriptural proof found in the messages to the church at Smyrna and Pergamos:

"Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison…" (Rev. 2:10).

"I know your works and where you dwell, even where [the same place where] Satan’s seat [Greek: throne] is… were Satan [also] dwells" (Rev. 2:13).

Satan cannot imprison members of the Church unless Satan is in the Church. His throne is in the Church. His dwelling place is in the Church.. His synagogue is in the Church.

And think not that Satan merely makes an occasional visit to the Church. No, Satan is permanently in the Church until God removes him. The Greek word from which the translators give us "dwelleth" in the KJV is kataoideo, and it’s meaning is: "To house permanently" (Strong’s Greek Dictionary, page 136). Satan not only has his false apostles in the Church, and his congregation of unconverted lying Jews in the Church, and his synagogue in the Church, and his very throne in the Church, but Satan himself dwells permanently in the Church.

WHERE IS PERGAMOS TODAY?

Why would God choose the church of Pergamos/Pergamum as a physical type of the spiritual city where Satan really dwells and has his throne? We read this historical account of Pergamum:

"Pergamum, founded no later than 399 BC, became the capital city of the Roman province in Asia giving the traveler the impression of a royal city, the home of authority. Located about 60 miles north of Smyrna and 15 miles from the Aegean Sea, Pergamum was a center of learning, medicine, and religious books. The library, rivaling the Alexandrian library, drew many princes, priests, and scholars. Noted for marble carving, it excelled the other six cities in architectural beauty."

A royal city of authority with maybe the greatest library in the world. A city of learning, medicine, and religion. More excellent than all of the other Six Church Cities. Clearly, this city had all of the physical attributes that would make it suitable for the throne and dwelling place of Satan.

But remember: Revelation is a signified book of symbols that stand for spiritual things. The physical city of Pergamus was only a symbolic representation of something higher, something more profound, something of grand proportions. Satan does not reside or dwell or have his throne and his synagogue in West Asia in a demolished old city name Pergamus? Pergamus mean fortified. It comes from the word purgos (Strong’s #4444, which means "burgh; a tower or castle" page 219). Satan dwells (permanently resides) in the Church. But Satan dwells in a city that is, was, and will be. We will later identify this city described in Rev. 2:13.

This then brings us to Satan’s final and grandest achievement in The Church—the very "DEPTH of Satan." Something more evil and vile than anything ever conceived of by man or demon! But not to worry—for if you have been chosen to understand these things, then you will,

"Come OUT of her My people…" and "He that overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be My SON" (Rev. 18:4, & 21:7).



Peace...   Mark

 

Kat:

Hi Roy,

Yes I does sound like you have the right concept.  This Scripture came to mind.

Eph 4:25  Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another.
v. 26  "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
v. 27  nor give place to the devil.
v. 28  Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
v. 29  Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
v. 30  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
v. 31  Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
v. 32  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

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