Episode 23: Satan's Trickery

In the name of the Glorious Trinity.

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world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten

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truth and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may

fulfill your Commandments at every hour.

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Jernard is a parish priest of the mud edit Parish of the

Assyrian Church of the East and Turlock.

California. Here's father.

Jernard full from the beginning of our existence.

We have polluted the honor of our freedom.

Through the seduction of our capita Satan and we have

oppressed The True Confessions Action of thy godhead by the

worship of that, which is not God.

The devil made me do it. Satan made me do it a way out or

a justification of our weakness, and foolishness, and sickness

and evil desires, Staton, our past Angel who rebelled when he

saw the honor and Glory of men humankind you.

And I, when men was created in Christ, a little lower than the

angels, as we read in Psalm chapter 8, Verses 4 to 8.

Psalms 8:4–8

What is man that you remember him?

And a son of man that you visit him you made him a little lower

than the Angels you have clothed him in honor and in glory you

have authorized him over the work of your hand and you have

set all under his feet, all sheep and oxen.

Also the animals of the Wilderness and the foul in the

sky and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the

Seas, he rebelled. Old, when he saw that man was

created in God's image and in God's likeness and that man was

made a little lower than him. That is the Angel being

Immortal, man, being mortal. One of the father's comments and

it's a church tradition and understanding that when God

created Adam, he commanded that the angels will worship.

Meaning, Revere worship is not only on your knees and bowing

before the one true God, who is only the only being.

That is worthy of that worship, but to Revere him, why?

Because he was only a little lower than Angel, and that the

Angels were made to administer to men.

And this is what he said as we read in Isaiah chapter 14 verses

Isaiah 14:13–15

13 to 15. This is what Satan or while he

was an angel said, you said in your heart I will go up to the

heavens above the stars of God. I will place my Throne on high,

I will sit on the mountain of the council in the fear, in the

far reaches of the north. I will go up above the peaks of

the clouds. I will make myself like the most

high but you are taken down. To show to the far, reaches of

the Abyss that I factor, I will do this.

I am free. I can make my own decisions.

I will live a life that I want. That's basically what Satan was

saying, as well. In verse 11 of that same chapter

we read. Your prompt is brought down to

sheol. That means the grave.

That is the kingdom. The Dominion of death with a

sound of your hearts, maggots are spread out as a bed under

you and worms. Cover you all over.

This was the outcome of Satan's pride and in Ezekiel chapter 28,

Ezekiel 28 · chapter mention

verses, 16 to 18, we read of his Fallen encourage you to read it.

So Satan rightly and befittingly receives his defeat along with

his Reign. He has no authority over the

living and the dead Saint. Peter writes in his first

epistle chapter 5, verse 8. All he does is this is that

Prowls about like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.

Deceitfully. We say in one of the prayers

trick with these trickeries indignantly hated Lee angrily.

He wants to take as many as possible with him ASAP as soon

as possible because time is running out for him.

Beloved in the Book of Revelations, chapter 12 verse

Revelation 12:12

12, we read There For Heaven's, celebrate, and those who dwell

in them, woe to the earth, and the Sea for the devil.

Who has great. Fury has descended to them, as

he knows that he has little time.

We say in a Syrian, hello Nat, sot dannika re-edit, the wedding

Feast of Satan or the devil is. Shortened is short.

But, you know, he does this, he prowls around, he roams the

world. As we read in the Holy

scriptures, looking to devour to, to bring down 2-2 draw away,

drawer fathers, who are need to God but he has no He does this

to no avail whatsoever, the best, he can do Beloved the

best. He can do is scheme and lay

snares and traps, which Target our weaknesses and evil desires.

You know, we give Satan the foot hole.

We make him to be something, great and powerful and, and and,

you know, fearful and we must always speak about Satan.

I remember many My brothers and sisters would constantly say

let's talk about Satan, let's study Satan.

I said why do you want to waste your time and spend your time?

Talking about Satan, let's talk about life.

Let's talk about the light of the world.

Jesus Christ, praises and glory to his name, who hammered Who

defeated Satan on the cross. Through his death, the best he

can do and Achieve is to tempt you.

And I and by tempting us, he has an overcome temptation is not a

sin and I always say when you are tempted, praise the Lord,

there is a reason but be careful that Temptation you don't fall

into it and fall for it. Because if temptation is a sin

then Have pity on me. Laura that.

I will say this, then Jesus seen because he was tempted, the best

Satan can do is shoot his flaming arrows.

At our weak spot in our Christian lives.

You know, the finger is pointed at us when we point the finger

at Satan and blame Satan and use him to justify our weaknesses,

those three fingers are pointing back at us.

And we must be always alert. And we must be always prepared

to fight the good fight against Satan in Ephesians chapter 6

Ephesians 6:16

verse 16 st. Paul writes and with these take

to you the shield of faith. If we have faith and we remain

steadfast in our faith, in Jesus Christ, who is the Conqueror on

death sin and Satan. And we remain in that faith.

That is the way we have the power to quench.

All of the Blazing arrows that are lusts of the evil one.

And why do I say that our desires st.

James writes, it beautifully. You know, any people say, God,

tempted me. God does not tempt in a Syrian

we say Alejandro audibly. Allah.

A job. God does not tempt.

God allows us to go to through Temptations Just as he Read

through a job, the righteous job.

God allows us go to go through, Temptations.

You know why? Let's read this verse a man

should not say when he is tempted.

I am tempted by God for God, is Not acquainted with evil.

And he does not tempt a man, but each man, listen to this and

woman. Obviously, each, man, stop

washing the dishes for these. Just one moment switch off the

vacuum cleaner. Continue driving, but just

Listen, each man is tempted from his own desires and he lusts and

he is seduced. So when God allows us to go

through Temptations, He wants to teach us a lesson.

He wants us to overcome those Temptations because if we give

up to Satan through our Temptations, through our lust

and desires, then we fall and when we fall and I heard like

the prodigal son, we get up again and remember the amazing

House of our father. We remember our heavenly father,

the gracious merciful loving kind Heavenly Father, we come

back one more time so that Temptation because of our lasts.

Has worked for our benefit, but woe to those who have no faith,

but have all these desires have lust and are seduced, but have

no relationship with Christ. These are the people we need to

pray for beloved. So Faith stand firm in faith.

He should his flaming arrows and he's Target is always our

weaknesses. And the the spot of the target,

the center of the target is our It's our thoughts, our desires,

our free will. Avoid Evil all together.

How do you avoid evil is to avoid evil.

People, Satan Works through people, Satan Works through

media, Satan Works through Hollywood, Satan Works through

social media, he has all these demons.

He's soldiers that are not particularly persons and living

beings, but they are other means avoid completely.

If we Don't avoid then when Satan tempts and we fault don't

blame Satan, blame your desire Ephesians 5:11.

Ephesians 5:11

Neither should you fellowship with the Servants of Darkness?

Because they have no fruit in them but you should rebuked them

again not necessarily just bad people.

Evil people, evil mediums Everything that portrays evil.

And we must be always alert and attentive not to listen to

Satan. Look at what he said to Eve in

the Garden of Eden. Surely you will not die.

This is one of the one of the the the trials or the one of the

purposes of Satan is to make out God to be a liar.

Have pity on me, Lord, for saying that has lie when we say

costly. It's a good word to use when you

want to when you want to Express your point, emphasize your point

and sometimes it becomes blasphemy, that's why we say,

fastly, you know, st. Paul says the same thing, he

says, God's foolishness has lie. Meaning have pity on me.

Lord, I don't mean to say that you are foolish, you know.

Putting it simply is more knowledgeable in that man's

Wisdom. So when we say, when you hear

the word costly and I say this, that means not have pity on me.

Only say this This to, to prove my point.

So Satan is aim is to make God to be a lighter.

I'll a liar. That's why he said to Eve.

Surely you will not die as though.

God doesn't know what he's talking about.

He's lying hits the it's a it's a threatening game.

It's fee factor and evil people, by any means, whether being

persons or mediums or whatever, it is are all intended to make

God out to be a liar. And I a proclaimed committed

Christian when I proclaimed Christian who is walking the

Walk of Life. We spoke about last episode

claims that he or she are walking the Walk of Life but a

living. Contrary to the life of Jesus

Christ. They are making out God and

Christ to be like as though. No, you're allowed to be and I'm

sorry to use this to you can be half naked and Look around.

You can show your your nudity. No, I'm a Christian, but I can

still do this. Well, we're making God out to be

a liar, when the scriptures and the Lord are all vocal about

morality. Romans chapter 3 verse 4, Paul

Romans 3:4

writes, God forbid, see there's that costly or have pity on me

but it's translated. God forbid for God is true.

And every person a liar just as that which is written about God,

you will be upright in your words and you will be victorious

when they judge you some 51. God is true.

So what do we do to avoid Satan? how do we overcome Satan is

trickeries his temptation now Before I go on.

We avoid Temptation and we ask God that he will not lead us

into temptation. You know.

Jesus didn't say you. Pray that God do not tempt us.

Know, do not lead us into temptation because we are weak.

We are weak, we are miserable. We don't want to challenge this

evil. But Lord, if it's your will that

we go through these Temptation in these trials.

You Deliver Us from the evil one that we may overcome through

you. Oh Jesus Christ.

How do we avoid Temptation or how do we continue persevere and

fight the good fight while being tempted?

Because being tempted is not a sin avoid completely beloved We

try to avoid, you know, I give this this example, let's say,

for example, we have an alcoholic who is in rehab and

this alcoholic is trying to overcome his.

You know, we call it addiction that I also go on to say he this

demon Now let's just imagine from the place of work to the

place of his residence. There is a path that takes 10

minutes to walk, but along that path.

There is a liquor store. There is a liquor store, there

is the source of Temptation, right?

But there is another way that will take 25 minutes or 30

minutes to walk. To avoid Temptation.

Beloved this alcoholic ex-alcoholic.

Rehabilitating alcoholic. Must go.

The 25 while you're out, so that he will not throw himself and

bring himself into that Temptation, many people who come

to Christ, read one or two chapters of the Gospel, or the

holy scriptures and want to preach the World.

By the way, think that once they've read a You chapters of

the scriptures and they understand the love.

And mercy of God, they think that they can now go out into

the world and live a world that is full of Temptations and

overcome and in, you know what happens, they go out there, they

take on Satan, they actually open them.

So make themselves prone to Temptation and they come back

with their tails between their legs.

Like the prodigal son at all times.

Beloved at all times. We must always.

Rebuke Satan in the name of Jesus Christ because remember he

is prowling. He will not stop.

He will not stop. And as I said, once to take as

many people to his destruction as possible and wants to do it

as soon as possible. I heard a story of A Gathering

of demons and the head Satan came out and said I need someone

one of you to go down to the Earth and to do something to

cause Going to end up where you and I are all going to end up.

So one of the Demons or the Satan baby, Satan, Papa Satan,

or whoever raises this. I know what I'm gonna go and I'm

going to tell everyone, I'm going to throw disc causing

them. I'm going to cause confusion and

hatred in them, and then they will hate each other and then

when the Lord returns to finally distract us and and can, you

know, finally We put us to in a fiery fiery debris on all these

people will be with us. He said no, that's not going to

help because that's going to only draw them close to God.

And then there was a silence for a good 15, 20 minutes someone

else's, you know, I'm gonna go and I'm going to cause diseases

and end and wars and disasters and I'm going to cause them to

to have them, you know, the most miserable of love life on Earth.

And that way, they will denounce guy said, no, actually, that

proves it that's been proven wrong.

Was when those who are truly faithful to Jesus Christ.

In God, they become closer to God when they are in misery and

suffering, then there was a silence for about an hour.

Finally, someone one of the demons and Satan raises the hen

says, you know, I'll go very humbly is what he's going to do.

He said I'm going to go tell them, you have plenty of time,

you have plenty of time, continue living and the chief

Satan says, yes, you go. Because you're going to cause

them to continue. You two just to focus on the

world and the life and then next thing you know, the trumpet will

sound and the Lord will return avoid Satan. if my beloved

brothers and sisters, if the internet causes you to engage in

sexual immorality, If a site specific site causes you to

engage in sexual immorality, don't surf the net, unless, you

know, that you are sure that you have so many protections on your

laptop and your computer that eat what you know.

Every time you could be you could be searching a Christian

site and you see sometimes what pops up.

Okay, avoid it, let's go back to reading hardcover, you know,

physical tangible books as opposed to Some of you may be

saying what planet is this priest from?

Who is this priest? What age is he living in?

I'm talking about the seriousness being diligent about

our faith beloved because that's where Satan and our desires and

our weaknesses, that's where he attacks.

And unfortunately, at times, he overcomes, but we have power to

overcome Satan. How these are Barcia.

Generals Health helpful tips, Matthew 17:21.

Matthew 17:21

When the disciples could not cast out a demon from the boy of

the the servant of the boy of the Centurion.

I believe it was or the father and they and Christ rebuked them

and and commanded that the evil spirit will come out.

The disciples asked, why could we not do this?

This is Jesus reply, Matthew 17:21, but this kind does not go

Matthew 17:21

out except by fasting and by prayer.

Now, some of the versions, unfortunately, some of the

English versions who are translated or written by

Christian claimed who do not value fasting, have deleted the

word fasting, no fasting and prayer Beloved, the intercessory

prayer of the Saints, praying with the saint praying, along

with the st. Mingling, our prayers with the

Saints, who are in the paradise, Who are before the Lord in the

presence of the Lord interceding not re-meet, you know, there's a

difference between intercessors and mediators will talk about

that once. The Saints are alive.

Today is the commemoration of the dormition of st.

Mary, the mother of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Our God Pray to Saint Pete. Pray with st.

Mary, besiege st. Mary, he was alive to mingle

your prayers with her prayers, who had so much Faith favor with

Jesus Christ. You read the scriptures.

There is not one that there are two instances where Jesus

slightly very humbly, respectfully rebukes his mother

because she had not still comprehended.

The greatness of her son and yet still he obeys.

Mother and turns wine into bread and leaves the house to go and

visit her and to meet her when she comes her and her, you know,

the Jesus cousins who come to see them.

Pray, the intercessory of the Saints, the Saints have reached

that Perfection that completion that Jesus has get has commanded

us to do and they are in heaven and I want to go in Paradise.

I don't want to go too much into that.

We'll talk about that one day and I'm sure someone's going to

post something before. You post your question?

Just, wait, do be patient. We'll talk about this in a new

can pose your question about the Saints when our talking about

Satan, right? Pray come to the church, take

the holy all, sanctifying precious body and blood of our

Lord, and our Savior, Jesus Christ to be empowered.

Continue in prayer and fasting. When prayer, you see that is not

so effective in your life, not because prayer has no effect

because of our weaknesses. Al you, no doubt have out

fasting where you mingle prayer and fasting.

Where you beseech? The Lord.

You you humble this? Most Dreadful body.

That Satan continuously attacks. During fasting Saint ephrem,

Ephraim says, when a Christian begins to fast, meaning he

actually quotes it as with holds bread from his mouth.

That means fasting Satan is alerted because he knows that

this person has got the armor now to complete to convey to

conquer to defeat Satan. Why?

So that we second Timothy. 2:26 so that 26 so that we will know

2 Timothy 2:26

the Ruth through prayer and fasting, we will know the truth.

We will be mindful of ourselves and break loose from the Trap Of

Satan by whom we are captured for his pleasure.

And he's will keep in mind, but keep in mind, the curtain has

come down on Satan. The curtain is coming down on

Satan, we give him the pleasure, we give him the time.

We give ourselves to him because of our evil desires and our

lusts. We will crush Satan under our

feet. Not only when the Lord returns

right now. All right.

Now beloved right now if you are struggling with a demon or a

Temptation or of weakness or an addiction, this is the time for

you to cry out to the Lord. Begin to pray.

Offer your fasting. Engaging to intercessory prayers

of the Saints. Attend church.

Partake in the Holy Eucharist and you will slowly.

You know, you're putting your foot on on Satan slowly you're

crushing and when you overcome this desire, you have crushed

Satan under your feet, Genesis 3:15.

Genesis 3:15

This is a promise of God. This is a prophecy of God, a

promise of God, and I shall put hatred between you, and The

woman there is Hatred between Satan.

And the woman. And between your seed and her

seed demons and us, he's talking about Jesus Christ.

He shall tread upon your head and you will strike him in his

Hill and is happen. Satan through his trickery

caused man, to be disobedient, death and to the world, and

Jesus had to die. That's when he he actually

strikes at Jesus Hill. But Jesus crushed him through

his death, those who have seen The Passion of The Passion of

The Passion of Christ, Mel Gibson's Gibson's The Passion of

Christ. Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus

is praying, when he's ready to be captured.

He stands up and he actually crashes the Serpent's head.

I love that I, you know, when he does that, I say to myself, I

have that power through. Jesus Christ, I'm empowered

through, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit who is in me which is

greater than what who's in the world, which is Satan, Romans

Romans 16:20

16:20, but the God of Peace shall soon.

See, there's a little time left so it shall soon Crush Satan

under your feet The grace of our Lord.

Jesus Christ be with you all. So yes, Satan is real.

Satan is prowling, roaming the world.

Satan is Conquering at times. Satan is victorious in the lives

of those who have no relationship with Jesus Christ.

That's why when we pray, we ask that the Lord will deliver those

who don't know, don't know his son from their hands and

trickery and the deception of Satan allow me to read continue

to read that. That prayer that I And the

program with is a snippet or a part of the prayer of the in

position in position or the laying on of the hands after a

child or an adult, he's baptized, they come to be

confirmed, the priest, recites this, listen to this, I won't

read all of it. But the part about the segment

about the Seton, great. Oh my Lord are the wonderful

acts of your dispensation and their history conquers.

The nationality of our Natures for from the beginning.

Of our existence existence. We have polluted the honor of

our freedom. The honor of our freedom.

Our free. Will we polluted it through

disobeying God. But who was the cause of it is

Satan through the seduction of our captor Satan.

And we have oppressed The True Confession of die guarded by the

worship of that, which is not God.

And today, beloved people are worshipping that which is not

God through the seduction of Satan yet thy Grace.

Did not leave us under the Perdition or the damnation of

which we were worthy by reason of our wickedness.

But by the Revelation, In the Flesh of the only begotten, from

the god, the word Jesus Christ, thou has turned us back towards

the and has made us worthy to know.

The and has raised the lowest state of our Nature by taking

our nature. Jesus Christ.

God God incarnate and has made. Us Heirs of the blessings to

come and which passes not away. Christ took our nature defeated

Satan and his trickeries and has also granted us the same

Victory. So, beloved, yes, we should take

it serious. We should not go up against

Satan unless we are empowered by that faith.

That unwavering Faith, but we should just not go up against

Satan. We should continue to pray and

They Lord Deliver Us from Evil, from Satan, from Evil, from evil

people, from Evil mediums, Deliver Us do not lead us in

that temptation, but if we do because of the the

circumstances, Lord Deliver Us from Evil, so that we may

glorify you at all times. And so that we may truly show

the enemy that we are your children.

We have that power through your son, our Lord Jesus Christ to

crush him and to destroy him and put him to Or not, may the

blessings of God, the father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit

be with you all, amen. One last thing.

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