 Good morning everyone hope you're all doing well doing good yes no okay that's good that's good and also the online students are good to have you here in today's session let's pray and we will get started. Heavenly Father we thank you for equipping us with the truth of your word Lord we pray that Father we will grow in our spiritual authority that God we will walk in victory Father and Lord we thank you that you've already defeated the enemy Father and Lord we praise you Lord today as we take time Lord in the word Holy Spirit we ask that you will help this word Father become a revelation to us so that Lord we can grow up in you and Lord be stronger in Jesus name we pray amen okay so we were talking about Satan and you know how he came into the picture and we said that the origins of Satan we don't have too many passages to give us all the details so the question some of you asked that why did God send Satan to the earth why didn't he send them anywhere else or there was the other question why didn't God punish him immediately so I was just trying to research all this but even other commentators and authors say that it seemed obviously that it you know Satan and his story is not the main story whenever we see a play or a drama there is a main story and then there are all these side stories isn't it so since Satan is not the focus of what God is trying to do we don't have much which is spoken about Satan and God thought it's not important also to tell us you know all those details and therefore the answers to these questions there are commentators who say we don't know we don't know why God sent Satan to earth why not to another planet or somewhere in the universe we don't know or why didn't God punish Satan immediately they also say we don't know and there are certain things that we should be okay with not knowing you know fully like what exactly happened but having said that we could we use the term speculate or based on what we know we we try to reason things out so I feel that because God is you know a God of redemption maybe he wanted to there was something before Satan shows up in in the book of Genesis that is it that God gave him some chance to change or show some repentance I don't know maybe God wanted all that before he could directly send Satan to hell is my guess okay but it's a speculative thought there is no basis for this in scripture so we could only we can only speculate okay so yeah we leave it at that because there's no point trying to find answers to these things which have no answers in the Bible and it's not the main story okay right so let's move on we are talking about the demon spirits so Satan we have an idea where did he come from and you know who he is his nature some understanding we have so demon spirits and even Satan we will see you know what what again what is their nature origin we've understood but what is their nature what did they do because whenever we go into battle you must have noticed this that nations have their armies and they have their military force and they study other neighboring nations other nations closely like what weapons are they using you know how do they attack why because it's a protective it's a defense mechanism when you understand the enemy what are you trying to do you're trying to protect yourself you're trying to be ready to overcome the enemy so that is the intention so why are we trying to understand the nature of Satan he is not the main person in in God's story but he's very important remember we said you shouldn't take Satan lightly Jude 1 9 and so many other things because he is a very real being who is influencing mankind at this time and we must understand how he functions and how his his set of angels remember we said one third of the angels they were also banished from heaven along with him so what do they do how do they work how do they affect mankind these are important questions we have to understand them so we usually call those spirits or angels who were thrown out with Satan as demons so demons are not people demons are not some new creation that got created people get scared oh demon they are those fallen angels we call them as demons now these demons can also be understood as what we know call as disembodied spirits okay disembodied spirits I'm in chapter 3 of your notes we call them that because they don't have a body disembodied spirits they don't have a body Jesus in Matthew chapter 12 verses 43 and 45 had something something to say about them can somebody read that text Matthew 12 verses 43 and 45 to 45 verse 45 can stop till okay so we saw in this passage that after a spirit has been cast out what is it to it goes and it wanders in like arid spaces arid land is what Jesus said what is the spirit trying to do it's trying to find another body so these spirits need a body okay to do what they want to do and we also see that they go and find seven other wicked spirits so that they can come back and try getting in into the place from where they were cast out so what are they trying constantly they're trying to find a space to live in or a body to live in so they are disembodied spirits they don't have a body but they look for a body so where do they live what kind of bodies human bodies of course that is why demons were cast out of people they also lived among animals okay or they can occupy animals you remember when Jesus cast out demons Legion the spirits what did they say permit us to go into the pigs so animals they can even live in animals we see that in Genesis you remember the serpent came and spoke to Eve serpent got created no it's an animal or creature but Satan was working through the serpent do you understand so what's happening demons fallen angels they can occupy creatures animals okay and when Paul writes to the Corinthians I think we have looked at this passage he says when people worship you know they sacrifice to idols it said right so he's saying what are they doing they're actually sacrificing to the spirits that are empowering these idols so and inanimate objects they don't have life something that is a substance it doesn't have life but Paul is saying that there can be that spiritual influence on those inanimate objects so even things material can be influenced by spirits we see in Deuteronomy the book of Deuteronomy as well remember we said that some of those particles God God said things of worship you don't bring it back with you because they had that influence of the demonic spirits so there can be material objects that also have carry demonic presence so this is where demons Deuteronomy chapter 7 verses 25 26 so are we clear about demons they are spirits who are looking for bodies and they can live in human beings animals and also things now what else about demons can we understand from the Bible we see that they are organized and structured okay they have a system in other words in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12 when Paul writes to the Ephesian church he says we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities powers rulers of darkness spirits of wickedness so what is he listing out he is listing out what we call as an hierarchy hierarchy means simply means you know a sort of a you know a structure in which maybe you know you you can say something like the king his ministers and some other subordinates and then some other subordinates so there is a structure even within the kingdom of the kingdom of darkness or Satan's kingdom so we see these titles principalities principalities principalities refers to chief rulers so there are demonic powers which are the key in charge their chief rulers okay they are known as principalities there are powers powers are demonic authorities they carry you know some kind of authority delegated power which is given to them to do certain tasks so there are powers in the demonic kingdom there are rulers of darkness rulers of darkness could also be understood like rulers over specific regions rulers over specific areas okay so in that way some have been delegated or assigned there are spirits of wickedness they promote wickedness basically see based on their names they have their responsibility so I mean I don't know how Satan has come up with order and structure but there is order and structure even in the demonic realm so we can again ask the question how did he come up with this why did he come up with this but our speculation is that you see usually a copy it's an imitation of what exists in God's kingdom so that's the best that Satan can do so when he sees order in the world that God created he's just trying to copy and you know make use of all these things so there is a structure we also notice that demons have a personality okay personality is you know when you look at somebody who's kind you say oh this person is so kind or you look at somebody who is wise you say oh this person walks with wisdom we attribute to their personality they're so compassionate they're so generous or they are so rude is something we we know how the person functions and so we attribute these you know qualities to them so when we look at demon spirits they have personalities we can tell how they will come across or what they are going to do so we see that there are names given to demon spirits even at the time when Jesus was ministering unclean spirit have you read that so why is it called an unclean spirit because there's something that the spirit does you know that has to do with uncleanness or deaf and mute spirit why that name because there is a personality something that the spirit does that has to do with making people deaf mute blind spirit of fear you see that so there are names attributed because with those names we can understand what those spirits are doing and we can go against that now we can also say that in a way we can say that these spirits are specialized so if there is a spirit of fear that spirit may not actually be involved in other activities like you know causing sickness in in somebody's life like spirit of infirmity is generally a spirit that causes sickness okay so you go by the name because they are mainly doing that bringing fear or you know bringing in that uncleanness or infirmity sickness upon that person or blindness or muteness or whatever so they are specialized according to their name they tend to function and we also observe that spirits can be territorial and they can have a set of spirits that are under them and so a whole bunch of spirits can be assigned to a particular region so you know sometimes we say things like of course you know Prince of Persia Prince of Greece that itself shows us that there are certain spirits assigned to that place and they are working in that place and they do some particular activities in that place and even in our experience we observe that you know in some areas there might be alcoholism I mentioned this earlier or mob violence or a lot of corruption which may not be just human actions but it is empowered by demonic spirits okay so spirits can be territorial now if you go out of that region to another region you may not experience what was going on in that place why is that corruption happening it has come to a play level where now it is being empowered by demonic spirits so it has to be broken through prayer through you know spiritual means only then we are going to see a freedom only doing things in the natural realm is not going to resolve it anymore okay so that's how these spirits work they are specialized they have a personality they can also be territorial okay now let's look at the attributes or the character of Satan last time one of you asked you know devil what does that mean so devil is adversary slanderer it says slanderer simply means somebody who speaks behind we say right speaking behind someone's back or putting someone down so Satan has that or devil he has this attribute this quality of putting down or speaking ill of people or God whom he has created why do you think he is trying to do all this I had too many voices okay I'm not giving you name go ahead yeah you can to separate us from God okay fine to separate us from God one more answer same answer oh you have to repeat the question okay women you have any answer why is Satan doing all this speaking ill of us putting us down okay we are taking his place meaning in God's site know God values us he's created us in his own image obviously Satan doesn't like it oh okay so he is jealous of us and he wants us to be with him in hell correct because because he yeah he hates God yeah okay that could be another reason why he's doing all these things okay so no comments here so these are all some of the reasons why Satan is against mankind because obviously what he thought out of his pride and deception is I'll become greater than God but where is he now he's nowhere and he noticed that God has given human beings his love and authority dominion and he doesn't like it okay so he's become our enemy and that's why he's engaging in all these things so he's a slanderer Satan okay another way to to describe him is accuser accuser he accuses us okay he puts us down he says all kinds of lies about us he opposes us so that is his way of standing against mankind standing in the way between God and us so try to understand all this because you see even in our own lives we see Satan tries to attack us like this trying to put us down speaking lies into our mind accusing us and saying oh you're not worthy you can't go before God then you immediately we can understand who is this we know oh accuser because that is his character that is that is his nature Satan has other titles in the Bible you know he is called as the old serpent and dragon okay the old serpent is because because of deceiving Eve in the garden maybe that's the reason why he's called as serpent so what is the character he's a deceiver he'll show things in a grand way right and say hey if you do this you'll get that and all but actually you'll get nothing so that is deception where he'll say one thing he told Adam and Eve you'll become wise like God this and that and poor people you know they went and they did it and they got nothing they sin came into the world and things only got worse so he's a deceiver he lies okay he tries to show us things in a grand way while actually those that is the wrong path to walk in so he's a deceiver he's also known as adversary no adversary is enemy he's our enemy he's known as roaring lion okay roaring lion why because he tries to look dangerous so everyone's scared oh Satan because that's what he's trying to do he's like a roaring lion the Bible says okay like a roaring lion but we know the reality he's already defeated he's a defeated enemy and we should never forget that so other names are tempter tempter because that's his job he'll try to give us a better option hey you know try all these other things forget about what God's word says let me tell you what to do but if we give our attention to Satan then we're in trouble because that's what he did she got tempted she looked at the fruit it looks so amazing so Satan gave her that option wow try this and she tried it and alas you know the results were terrible so he's a tempter he is also known as God of this world he rules right in the worldliness that he promotes in this world so God of this world but please note whenever we write God of this world we use small g okay we never use the big g so God of this world he's also known as Prince of the air Prince of the air because he is the ruler of the demonic spirits and where are all these spirits functioning you know in a in a way we say like you know people use the term second heavens they work from the second heavens and so the Prince of the air so he is the boss to all these demonic spirits that function in their various capacities so Prince of the air is another term to describe him angel of light oh that is so opposite to what he does but he has that name he can appear as the angel of light but don't believe him because he's a deceiver okay but there is a title like that if he wants he can try and make himself look so you know pious so righteous I'm the angel of light okay but we have to be careful then Beelzebub it Beelzebub is another name I don't know how you pronounce that but what does it mean Lord of the dung okay Lord of the dung or Lord of the filth garbage he's the Lord of the filth that's who he is or it has another meaning Lord of the flies Lord of the flies so one way of understanding somebody once said you know whenever you have a plate of food and you leave there are leftovers on the food if you clean it up it's great but if you don't clean it up what happens flies will come right so that's how Satan likes to enter he wants something you know sin works of the flesh when we keep those things in our lives he can try to come in and you know the Lord of the flies he knows how to come and you know how to sneak his way into our circumstances and cause trouble so that is why we keep saying walk righteous before God and be righteous you know in in front of the Lord he is Beelzebub the Lord of the flies the Lord of filth Belial is another name which is given to him which means worthless okay without profit very sad all these names I don't know it's terrible to even look at these names then it says evil one wicked one you know the evil one the wicked one these are also terms and you know it's understood what the evil one and wicked one mean there are few more terms the thief remember Jesus said the thief comes to steal kill and destroy so he's also thief it's so sad that all the bad things everything has been sort of put together and you're describing someone but what to do if the person is having this kind of a nature we are just trying to understand it and you know term him with all these are attitudes so he's a thief he if we give him place in our lives he'll steal okay then other names are murderer murderer then liar father of lies these are all the names given to Satan so with the names itself we can understand what he does now coming to his to tell me satan have like lot of demons within so God didn't create any demons and the other thing in like as we in I don't know Jesus before that so we used to talk like if someone dies it becomes boot like that so devil himself created demons or how demons exist yeah so God did not create demons I I just shared that one third of the angels in heaven they were part of the rebellion okay they were with Satan so Satan is there and one third of the angels are also there who are against God now what God did he threw Satan along with these angels he threw them out so when he threw them out they also you know started functioning the way Satan was functioning instead of calling them angels anymore we are simply calling them demons you understood they're actually angels but because now they are against God we are calling them demons so when people die you know when people die I know that in some cultures they think oh they become demons and they will come and haunt us but as far as the Bible is concerned Jesus talked about it you know he said heaven and hell heaven and hell he always spoke about that so if you are born again when somebody who's born again dies they go to heaven okay because remember Paul said to be absent in the body is to be present with the Lord where is the Lord he is in heaven so a believer whenever a believer dies we know that the believer goes to heaven okay if an unbeliever dies yeah as far as what yes yeah that judgment time is there but then as far as what the Bible says that's what happens you remember that story of Lazarus Lazarus and the rich man okay so the experience of the rich man you know he's he's in torment he's requesting he's pleading and he's saying you know give me a drink of water go and tell the people what's happening where is he gone you know he's gone to that place hell so that that's what the Bible says little babies okay so see there are some of these questions we always go by the fact that the gospel is the main thing okay if we don't believe in Jesus we cannot go to heaven which simply means that those who don't believe in Jesus go to hell okay it's a very painful reality but that's what the Bible says but there are some of these questions you know like a little child like stillbirth or just born dies what happens I think we don't have answers in the Bible for these questions so let God make the decision he's a righteous God so yeah we let him make the decision yeah yes one second I'll just go here to make no problem you tell me your class is becoming very difficult for me because your questions are so difficult no he's saying he's saying when Jesus gave permission for the demons which were cast out of that man to go into pigs okay they the people who own the pigs the pigs died no and so they had a loss so he's saying if God is compassionate if Jesus is compassionate why did he cause a loss for the people who own the pigs cost or the cost of the pigs anybody anybody has their answer for this question okay Prince is saying maybe later God gave them double portion we don't know about that okay what do you think very nice see you already have the answer and you're asking me the question okay so I'll just translate otherwise online students are none so Nikhil is saying that Jesus is compassionate so to say one soul he didn't mind sending them into you know many pigs so we see God's compassion right there that even for one soul he did this so that that's his point yeah but they asked Jesus no send us into those pigs so he said okay see no see Jesus main thing is to set the people free so he cast out the demons okay you're saying what's your question exactly yeah so see at that point those demons they they you know they respond to Jesus and say why have you come before our time see because that is about the final judgment okay till such time Satan and his demons they are if you want to say they are allowed here on the earth okay so that is what it's referring to it's not referring to the time in somebody's body now is the time to cast out a devil always if you see someone who is oppressed now is the time to cast them out but that before the time is referring to sending them into you know banishing them into hell so that's what it is but I wanted to say some point like Nikhil about this know about compassion of Jesus see Jesus is wise that much we know yes the demons said send us into pigs we don't know why he said yes but I have I have a feeling there must be a reason why he said yes to it and what he did would have been a very you know the wisest choice now we don't know if he sent out so many demons was there a possibility of you know some people being affected by we don't know right all those things so definitely there was it was a wise choice that much I can tell you but exactly why Jesus did it you know again we don't have that exact answer okay yeah maybe maybe so everything we say will be maybe maybe so there's really no point animals have souls no no okay technically you mean okay they don't have spirits that's my point I was making but yeah they they do have feelings you can say that yeah yeah so a paradise okay paradise or yeah paradise see paradise just to tell us in a very simple way before Jesus died rose again I think in Ephesians chapter 4 you have a you have a description of him going down to the depths you know he goes to Hades he takes the keys yeah he does all that till that time paradise existed after that it doesn't exist see because it was like a it was like a standby sort of a space because people were not allowed to enter into heaven without the work of Jesus his salvation his work of redemption which he did on the cross but once he did it there is no more need for paradise once you believe in Jesus you go straight to heaven she all is hell it's hell yeah yeah no see Satan yes like there is gonna be those stages right because we know that he's now here on the earth but after that he will be bound he will be bound he will be let loose during the millennium but ultimately there's gonna be his judgment and he's gonna be thrown into you know the lake of fire so things like that so all these classifications there's only one hell so at least my understanding is that much yeah yeah see there will be a judgment okay there's white throne judgment and all there are judgments you can read in the Bible this when one dies okay it's based on whether we believe in Jesus or not but later on you know our lives will be judged like our entire lives will also be that account will be taken you get it so that's how it is but when one dies and they don't believe in the Lord Jesus from what we can see there is no in between place there's no intermediate place one was you know to hell yeah yeah paradise is not there only when till Jesus did that redemptive work paradise was there and it was also called as Abraham's bosom you see because that Lazarus he went to Abraham's bosom what is Abraham bosom it was paradise but you don't see any reference to that afterwards because it doesn't exist anymore anymore no there will be we have to give account for our lives see when Jesus sorry yeah so for our actions we have to give an account and if you study more about judgments okay I'm not very detailed in that so that's why I'm not giving you scripture and verse but I'll just share how much I know there are there is more information about this in I think when pastor teaches the third year course on revelation revelation book of Daniel there in detail he talks about all these judgments so when in the second coming you know Jesus comes and he take like when he comes all those who are in Christ even the dead in Christ and those who are alive we will be raptured right so then we'll go to heaven isn't it so at that time there is you know there is there is a if you want to call it like a judgment on our works so there will be crowns given to people based on their faithfulness and the works that they have done for God and so there are all these different judgments which will take place so my point is that yes our life account will be taken taken and we will be rewarded for the good that we have done and of course because we are in Christ Jesus now even later when we are judged and the wrong things which we may have done it will be seen in the light of Jesus's sacrifice so obviously you know we receive forgiveness and God leads us back into heaven or you know heaven is our final destination yeah okay yeah so that's what we're saying we are saved by faith by grace through faith in Jesus Christ so anyone who believes we can have salvation no no no we can continue what we'll do is I will wrap up the class because we have finished okay offline we'll take the questions is that okay everybody all right so women can you pray just pray thank you Jesus thank you for today's class lot thank you for your word you are teaching us Lord Jesus thank you for Nancy ma'am and thank you for everything Lord Jesus Lord all glory belongs to you Lord Jesus your name be glorified in Jesus name we pray amen amen yeah so thank you everyone thank you for connecting on this class we will continue regarding you know the nature of Satan and demons in the next class and take it from there so thank you God bless you have a wonderful day