How To Fight The Devil
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imagine this that the resistance that you’re facing in your life right now might be the door to a revelation of how great God is maybe maybe let me show you the door you want God to take the resistance away while you’re simultaneously praying for him to make you strong how will he make you strong with no resistance how will he show you who he is if he doesn’t let you find out who you’re not without him [Applause] remember that Paul when you looked at him and said “You child of the devil.” That was the perfect comeback so when we get back and we get to Antioch and
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we’re in front of the church council let’s make sure that we tell them that there was resistance but it led to revelation and then and then we should tell them about the pettiness in Pacidia i like to alliterate it because I believe Paul would have done that don’t you and and Paul said “We got to tell them how when we got to Pacidia there was so much pettiness that these Jews who were jealous started trying to stir up trouble.” And Barnabas is like “Yeah but Paul you handled it great man
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you handled that so good when they were trying to stir up trouble against you and they rejected you do you remember what you said Paul and Paul’s like “Well yeah kind of but tell me about it.” And Barnabas goes “Oh yeah well I I wrote it down look at Acts chapter 13 verse 44.” This is so good ain’t this good babe because I’m trying to get you to see that what the devil is telling you tells me something about where God is taking you and I want you to get your stack back in your hands and I want you on your 300-mile journey with your Barnabas whether the Barnabas is a friend whether
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the Barnabas is this sermon because you’re watching it alone on YouTube whether the Barnabas is your own spirit because you’ve been consulting your flesh too long and your feelings too long and your past too long but greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world i want you to remember the the pettiness in Pacidia we got to Pacidia we were preaching man it was amazing we we left the the island of Cyprus we got the Pacidia people were listening acts chapter 13:44 please on the next Sabbath the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord