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Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000501A
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00:20 PB: The Bible says in Revelation 20, verse number 7,
00:26 “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed 00:30 out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which 00:35 are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, 00:37 to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is 00:41 as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of 00:46 the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, 00:48 and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, 00:53 and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast 00:55 into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the 01:00 false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night 01:03 for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, 01:07 and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and 01:11 the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 01:14 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; 01:17 and the books were opened: and another book was opened, 01:19 which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out 01:22 of those things which were written in the books, according 01:25 to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; 01:29 and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: 01:31 and they were judged every man according to their works. 01:36 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. 01:40 This is the second death. And whosoever was not found 01:48 written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” 01:55 The day the devil gets evicted. 02:03 Lord, bless us. Speak to us. Hide me behind Your cross, in Jesus' name. Amen. 02:20 The proliferation of material regarding the devil land demonology 02:29 has skyrocketed in recent years. In magazines and in pamphlets, 02:36 on the Internet, radio, television, demonology, interest in the 02:44 devil or the study of the devil, has become rampant. I don't 02:51 know if you're heard, but on January 25, 2016, a new television 02:58 show called “Lucifer” will premiere on primetime Fox television. 03:07 This show will focus on the character Lucifer, who according to 03:14 the trailers is bored and unhappy as the lord of hell. 03:20 So he resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for 03:26 the beauty of the city of Los Angeles. Ironic, the City of Angels. 03:33 With this television show, some are saying that Hollywood now 03:39 has overt fellowship with Satan. In fact, one opposition group, 03:45 One Mission Moms, says the new series Lucifer will glorify 03:51 Satan as a caring, likeable person in human flesh. 03:58 So, this group began an online petition on May 28 of 04:03 this year protesting the premier of this new show. 04:08 Sadly, however, as of today only 27,000 concerned mothers 04:15 in a U.S. population of nearly 320 million, have signed 04:20 this online petition. So because of that, this petition 04:25 has been removed from the One Million Moms website without 04:29 listing it as a successful campaign. But not just that: 04:34 Two weeks ago, October 30, 2015, to be exact, 04:40 the Greater Church of Lucifer opened in a small 04:45 city just north of Houston, Texas. The group's leader 04:49 says the symbol of Lucifer is not bad, just a symbol 04:55 of spiritual rebellion with a purpose. 04:59 How did we get the devil? How did we get to this point? 05:04 Where did we get Lucifer? How is it now that we live in 05:09 a world that we can have shows called “Lucifer,” churches 05:12 named after Lucifer, and many think it's all right? 05:17 Where did Satan come from? Genesis 1:1 says “In the beginning 05:24 God created the heavens and the earth.” Verse 2 says 05:27 “And the earth was without form and void. Darkness was 05:31 upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved 05:34 upon the face of the waters. We get a lot from these two texts, 05:37 and as preachers, we preach these two texts a lot. 05:40 But there are two things we get from these texts in 05:43 relationship to the devil. Number one, God created the heavens 05:48 and the earth, which means then that the devil is a created being. 05:52 So don't you ever put the devil even close to who God is, 05:57 because the devil is a created being. Don't get it twisted; 06:01 the devil was not created by the devil. All things were created by God, 06:05 but the Bible says because of the devil's own corruption he became the devil. 06:11 Number two, there was no life on earth in Genesis 1:1. 06:18 The earth was without form and void. Darkness was upon the 06:23 face of the deep. So evil and sin, as we know it, did not exist 06:27 on planet earth in Genesis 1:1, because there was no life on planet 06:33 earth for evil and sin to exist in, in the first place. But then how 06:38 do we get evil? How do we get sin? Where did Lucifer come from? 06:48 The Bible teaches that God was in no way responsible for 06:52 the entrance of sin. Ellen White says, “Sin is an intruder 06:57 for whose presence no reason can be given.” She says, 07:02 “Sin is mysterious and unaccountable.” The Bible teaches, 07:07 however, that iniquity was found in Lucifer. Ezekiel 28 says, 07:14 “Lucifer's heart was lifted up by his own reason of his brightness.” 07:19 Lucifer, in Isaiah 14 says, “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 07:24 I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation. I will ascend 07:29 above the heights of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.” 07:34 And so Lucifer decides he's going to create an angelic coup and 07:40 overthrow God's government. But I've learned, anytime creation 07:46 tries to war against the creator you're asking for a loss. 07:52 For the creator is never going to lose to His creation. 07:57 Are you hearing what I'm saying? That's why, I don't care 08:00 how old you get. I don't care how big and bad you think you are. 08:06 Mama is still mama. Daddy is still daddy. What am I talking about? 08:12 Mama can be 5'2” and 100 pounds, she can have a son 6'5”, 300 pounds, 08:21 but when Mama speaks, when Mama rises up, when Mama lifts her hand, 08:29 that grown man-child will pipe down. That's why loud-mouthed Larry 08:34 can become soft-talking Sammy, because when Mama says “Boy, 08:38 you'd better do what I say. I brought you in this world and 08:41 I'll take you out” Sammy will say, “Yes, ma'am.” 08:45 Do I have a witness in this place? [Aud. reaction] 08:47 PB: The Creator is never going to lose to His creation. 08:53 Lucifer thought he was going to overthrow the Creator. 08:57 He thought he was going to overthrow our omnipotent God. 09:00 But the devil is a liar, because there can't be two cooks 09:05 in the kitchen. Somebody had to go. Somebody had to be expelled. 09:12 Somebody had to be ousted and banished and expunged and dismissed. 09:16 Somebody had to be pushed out, forced out, flushed out and put out. 09:21 Somebody had to be evicted. And so the Bible says in Revelation chapter 12, 09:28 “There was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. 09:34 The dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not, neither was 09:37 their place found anymore in heaven. The dragon was cast out. 09:41 That old serpent called the devil, Satan, which deceiveth 09:44 the whole world, he was cast out into the earth and his angels 09:47 were cast out with him.” Satan was evicted from heaven. 09:54 Now to “evict” means you're expelling somebody from 09:57 a property. Evicted means you're kicked out of your 10:02 home by the landlord because you couldn't pay rent or 10:05 you were too busy causing problems for other people. 10:08 Lucifer, Satan, had to go. Satan was causing problems 10:14 for our heavenly landlord. Satan was causing problems for God. 10:19 Satan had to be evicted out of heaven into earth. 10:23 Let me remind you that that same demonic spirit that 10:28 incited rebellion in heaven is the same demonic spirit 10:31 that incites rebellion here on planet earth. It began in 10:35 the Garden of Eden. Genesis chapter 3, the fall of man. 10:38 It continued in the wilderness when Jesus was tempted of 10:42 the devil. It continued on Calvary, when Satan tried to make 10:46 Jesus think His sacrifice was insufficient. It continued 10:49 with the wars of Alexander the Great and Napoleon and Hitler. 10:53 It continues to the present day with the war on terror, 9/11, 10:58 ISIS, racism on the campus of the University of Missouri, 11:03 hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorist attacks like yesterday in France. 11:09 And so the infamous question that perplexes the minds of those 11:13 who don't know the character of God: Why so much evil? 11:17 Why so much sin? Why so much destruction? Why so much 11:23 death and disease? I thought Satan was evicted. 11:28 I thought Satan was expelled. I thought Satan was expunged. 11:35 I thought Satan was kicked out. He was kicked out, 11:39 but he just changed locations from heaven to earth 11:42 and now Satan thinks he has what is called “squatters rights.” 11:47 [Aud. reaction] PB: Squatters rights. Somebody's heard 11:51 about that. Adverse possession. This is the unauthorized 11:56 use of real estate. This is when somebody deliberately 12:00 enters property without permission and lives there. 12:04 This is when a trespasser enters somebody else's 12:07 property and gets title to it without payment or compensation. 12:12 Squatters can claim possession of a property if they 12:16 stay long enough. Squatters can claim rights to land if 12:22 they've lived there long enough. And since their eviction 12:25 from heaven, Satan and his boys have been squatting on 12:29 planet earth. They've taken claim of this earth. 12:33 They've taken possession of this earth. That's why 12:37 when God asks Satan in Job chapter 1, “Job, 12:40 what are you doing? Job, where are you going?” 12:43 Satan could have said, “I'm squatting. I'm going 12:47 to and fro on the earth, walking up and down.” 12:49 Satan is still walking around. Satan's still lurking 12:54 around. Some of you work for the devil. Some of 12:58 you live with the devil. Some of you are sleeping 13:02 with the devil. Some of you are sitting by the devil. 13:06 Satan's still squatting and lurking around. He's still 13:10 deceiving; he's still lying; he's still causing mess 13:14 and confusion. Ellen White says in “Great Controversy” 13:17 that Satan's agents are constantly working under his 13:20 direction to establish his authority and build up his 13:22 kingdom in opposition to the government of God. 13:25 Peter says he's a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 13:31 Now you do know what devour is. Devour doesn't mean just to bite you. 13:35 Devour doesn't mean just to scratch you. But devour means to destroy you. 13:42 I wish I had a witness in this place. In the name of Jesus. 13:45 I don't plan to be long today but let me tell you: 13:48 Stop fooling around. Stop playing around. Stop joking 13:53 around with the devil, because the devil is not trying to bite you. 13:57 The devil is not trying to scratch you. 14:00 The devil is trying to destroy you. Submit yourselves therefore to God. 14:04 Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 14:08 It's interesting, because we lock our homes, we lock our cars, 14:12 we lock our doors, we lock our windows, we lock everything 14:16 we have to protect our property and ourselves from evil men, 14:19 but we seldom think of the evil angels who are constantly 14:23 seeking access to us. Against whose attacks we have, 14:29 in our own strength, we have no method for defense. 14:34 I cannot fight Satan by myself. But I can hear the 14:40 Apostle Paul telling me there is a method I can use 14:44 to fight Satan. He says, “Put on the whole armor of God.” 14:48 You can't fight the devil and win by yourself, 14:52 but you've got to put on the girdle of truth, 14:55 the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel, 14:59 the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation; carry a sword 15:04 which the Word of God, and pray without ceasing. That's our defense. 15:10 Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. 15:14 But Satan is still hanging around. But you know what? Very soon; 15:21 soon and very soon, squatter time is going to be up. He knows 15:28 he has but a short time, because by law a squatter can only 15:34 stay on the property until the owner gives an eviction notice. 15:38 [Aud. reaction] PB: My God is about to serve an eviction notice. 15:44 The papers are being drawn up, the court date has been set. 15:50 Satan is about to be evicted. I wish I had a witness in this place. 15:54 But I hear somebody saying, “Pastor Byrd, he's still lurking, 15:59 he's still hanging around.” Yes, he might be lurking, 16:03 but he's still under the sovereign control of an Almighty God. 16:07 I read in 1 Peter this week, chapter 3, verse number 8 16:11 in the Word of God says, “He that committeth sin is of the devil, 16:15 for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son 16:19 of God was manifested that he might destroy the words of the devil.” 16:26 God is getting ready to destroy the devil. I said, God is getting 16:34 ready to destroy the devil. [Aud. reaction] 16:38 PB: And I'm so glad that troubles don't last always, 16:43 because God is getting ready to destroy the devil. 16:48 God is about to evict the devil not just from heaven, 16:52 not just from planet earth, but God is about to take his life. 16:57 You don't believe me? Look at the word “destroy.” 17:01 I looked this up and the word destroy, from the Greek translation, 17:07 kartargeo trepsi, appears in relationship to the devil twice in Scripture. 17:14 The first place is in Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14, where the Word says, 17:17 “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, 17:21 he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death” 17:26 --talking about Jesus--“he might destroy him that had the power of death, 17:32 that is, the devil.” But if you go back and read 1 John 3:8, 1 John 3:8 17:41 uses this same word “destroy.” The latter part of the text says 17:45 that the reason Jesus the Son of God appeared in the first 17:48 place was to destroy the devil's work. So this word “destroy” 17:55 relates to the devil twice in the Bible: Hebrews 2:14 18:01 and 1 John 3:8. In Hebrews 2, the transliteration for the 18:07 Greek word kartargeo trepsi, which is destroy, 18:10 means to be put out of operation or put out of business. 18:16 So the first destroy in Hebrews 2 means to be put out of business, 18:25 put out of operation. But the second transliteration, 18:30 in 1 John 3:8, the word destroy, kartargeo trepsi, means to disassemble. 18:36 Let me break this down because somebody doesn't have it yet. 18:40 When Jesus went to Calvary, Jesus said I've got two things I've got to do. 18:48 The first thing I have to do is, he said, I've got to put the devil 18:53 out of business. I've got to put the devil out of operation. 18:59 But the second thing that I must do, now that he's out of business, 19:04 I've got to disassemble his enterprise. You were thrown out of heaven, 19:10 devil, in Revelation 12, but Jesus says, now I'm going to put 19:15 you out of business. And I'm going to disassemble you at Calvary. 19:20 Come here, Brother Satan. In Isaiah and Ezekiel you tried to come 19:26 where you were off limits, but on Calvary I put you out of business 19:30 and I disassembled you. You see, all we're doing now, friends of mine, 19:35 why is evil lurking? Because the promise of Genesis 3:15 19:39 must come to fruition. “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, 19:43 and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, 19:46 and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Satan, this is what 19:51 Jesus is telling you. You bruised me, but I'm going to crush your head. 19:59 [Aud. reaction] Anybody ever see a snake die? A lizard die? 20:08 When somebody chops up a snake or shoots a snake, the snake is as 20:17 dead as it can be. But even if you shoot or you chop up a snake, 20:24 and the snake is dead, you'll look at that tail, and that tail is 20:30 still moving. Wiggling, giving the image that it's still alive. 20:39 It's as dead as it can be abut it's wiggling to give the image 20:47 that it's alive. Jesus says to Satan, on Calvary you may have 20:56 bruised my head, but I crushed your heel. And Satan, all you're 21:04 doing right now is wiggling. [Aud. reaction] 21:07 PB: That's all that's left. Don't wait till the battle is over, 21:13 you can shout now, because all he's doing is wiggling. 21:19 [Aud. reaction] PB: He can't bite--I wish I had a 21:22 praying church in this place--he can't strike. 21:25 All he's doing is wiggling. The battle has been won at Calvary. 21:31 If God be for us, who can be against us. No weapon formed 21:39 against us is going to prosper. It won't work. And friends of mine, 21:43 squatting time is just about up. You see, squatters have to go 21:50 if the owner tells you it's time to go. And God told me to tell 21:55 somebody today that it's time for the devil to go. God says 22:00 I'm drawing a line in the sand. Enough is enough. The game is over. 22:08 You were evicted from heaven; you were defeated at Calvary; 22:13 and squatting time is just about up because now I'm coming 22:18 to evict you permanently. I'm coming to step on you, Satan. 22:24 Jesus said, you've stepped on Me long enough. You've stepped 22:27 on My people long enough. Now I'm coming to step on you. 22:32 The difference is you can step on Me and hurt Me, 22:35 but I have the power to step on you and to crush you. 22:38 Well, Pastor Byrd, when is this crushing going to take place? Well, 22:44 my Bible says when Jesus comes back, at His second coming. 22:49 The Bible says the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with 22:54 a shout, with the voice of the archangel, the trump of God 22:58 and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we that remain 23:02 shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet 23:04 the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 23:06 When Jesus comes back, the second time, the dead in Christ 23:10 are going to rise. The righteous living are going to be 23:14 caught up to meet the Lord in the air. The wicked living 23:16 are going to die at the brightness of His coming and the 23:19 wicked dead are going to remain dead. That's why I love 23:22 getting in these discussions─I don't call them debates 23:25 but I call them discussions─with other theologians who 23:26 don't believe this. If the righteous are all in heaven 23:30 right now, who would Jesus be coming back for at His death? 23:34 Who would rise first if all the good folk were already in heaven. 23:37 The reality is the good folk aren't in heaven, but they're 23:39 sleeping in the grave right now. If everyone were in heaven, 23:42 who would Jesus be coming back for at Jesus' second coming? 23:46 The Bible is clear that the righteous will be in heaven, 23:49 the wicked will be dead here on this earth. Satan will be 23:52 bound to this earth for a thousand years, better known to 23:56 us as the millennium. He won't be able to deceive; 23:58 he won't be able to ___ because he will be bound up by a 24:01 chain of circumstances. Hallelujah! The righteous will be 24:05 in heaven, looking over the books, participating in judgment, 24:08 seeing who's been naughty and who's been nice. But at the 24:11 end of the millennium, the end of the 1,000 years, Revelation 24:17 20 says there's going to be another resurrection. The rest of 24:22 the dead live not again until the thousand years were finished. 24:27 My Bible says the New Jerusalem will descend from heaven, 24:31 coming down to earth as a bride adorned for her husband. 24:36 Satan one more time will seek to have squatting rights, 24:40 and he will seek to deceive people into thinking they can 24:44 overtake the New Jerusalem as it comes down out of God. 24:47 Why then, will they then surround the New Jerusalem? 24:53 Recognize that fire's going to rain down and God's going 24:56 to destroy Satan, and Satan will have received his eviction notice. 25:00 But why, why--and I say it all the time--why is this special? 25:08 Why is it important that the righteous come down from heaven? 25:15 Why is it important that the wicked are resurrected? 25:20 Because at the end of the 1,000 years you know it, 25:24 this is the only time in earth's history where all 25:27 of us who've ever been alive, we will be alive at the same time. 25:30 Everybody who's lived, we will be alive at the same time. 25:35 Why must we all be alive at the same time? Because the 25:40 prophecy must come to pass that the day is coming where 25:46 every knee shall bow, every tongue must confess that 25:55 Jesus is Lord. Everybody's got to see that Satan is going 26:02 to be evicted. Hallelujah, home at last. The redeemed will 26:08 be home at last, evicted out of heaven, defeated at Calvary, 26:14 squatters' rights given up at the Second Coming. 26:18 At the Third Coming he's going to be evicted eternally. 26:22 Hallelujah, somebody. Aud.: Hallelujah! 26:25 PB: Oh yes, I don't feel no ways tired. I've come 26:29 too far from where I started from. Nobody told me this 26:32 road was going to be easy, but I don't believe that Jesus 26:37 brought Carleton Byrd this far to leave me. I don't believe 26:41 He brought you this far to leave you. At His first coming 26:45 He came to save His people. At His second coming, He's coming 26:49 back to get His people. At his third coming, He's coming back 26:53 with His people. No more crying, no more dying, no more sickness, 26:59 no more pain, no more high blood pressure, no more pills, 27:03 no more walking sticks, no more wheelchairs, no more cancer, 27:09 no more death, no more destruction, no more debt. Who is coming back? 27:16 Jesus is coming back, so lift up your heads, O ye gates, 27:21 lift up your heads and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors. 27:28 And the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the King of Glory? 27:37 The Lord, strong and mighty. Who is the King of Glory. 27:44 The Lord mighty in battle. The Lord. 27:51 For some of you this has been a tough week. 27:55 Some of you have emailed me, some of you have called me. 27:59 It's been a tough week. And I want to encourage you, 28:05 the day of Satan's eviction is coming. It's coming sooner 28:08 than we think. And this afternoon I'm just grateful, 28:15 I'm just grateful that God told me He was coming back. 28:21 I'm just grateful the Lord told me hold on, that help 28:25 is on the way. Stand, if you're grateful, join me as we sing 28:30 - End - |
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