 When Solomon became a king the enemy got terrified When Solomon became a king the enemy became scared Solomon was young and inexperienced Solomon when he became a king The enemy one of the enemies that he had was Joep Joep was actually David's relative a Joep was David's commander for a very long time and the Joep was extremely skilled in the ways of war Joep he was a man that was extremely experienced in warfare He was so brave and so brutal that when David would be with with him and the other men They were afraid of what David and his men were able to do. Joep was the man you don't want to mess with and long time ago he was David's friend But because of turn of events he became he defected To Adonijah and he killed Abner and he killed Amasa one of the two generals that Israel had in a time of peace Joep is symbolic of the devil He used to be with God But he defected and Today he kills giants Today he attacks God's children and today he's experienced in the area of cunning deception and hurting people Devil has more experience than than we can even fathom and here he is left To deal with Solomon and Solomon has no more father because his father died and Joep is so Experienced and so advanced. He's so crafty and so cunning and he's so good at what he does and Solomon has no experience in war Solomon is very fragile But there's one thing Solomon has that Joep doesn't Solomon has authority and Joep doesn't and Solomon being young inexperienced did not back away or Shot himself down or got intimidated Or got pressured by the great experience and the power of Joep He went after Joep Joep took his hands in the altar in the temple and says you're not gonna touch me here and Solomon says watch me He sent the one brave man and he struck him there and Joep was no more I want to tell each one of us here today Satan is smarter Greater than you You are inexperienced. You and I are like Solomon. We don't have experience. We don't beat Satan without experience We don't beat Satan with the fact we've been Christians for 20 years We don't beat Satan with the fact that we can chant the name of Jesus 300 miles per hour We don't beat Satan with the fact that we know the tree John 3 16 And we don't be Satan because somehow the religious heritage that we have we only can beat Satan with one thing The authority of the name of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit He might be old and experienced. He might be Asian, but he is defeated under your authority I want to tell you something today. You might have actually demonic attack on your own life You may feel like Solomon that this job has been a family friend for so long This job has been attacking your life and you feel prey. You are a victim. You may feel like I don't have anything I cannot even resist this sin no more I cannot resist the sickness this job has killed this person and this person in my family with cancer And I am so weak you might be weak, but you are a king Satan is not Satan has been thrown down and Jesus says I saw him fall like a lightning He wasn't going up. He was going down and he's not stopping on this earth The Bible says an angel will come bind him with the chain and throw him even deeper into the lower parts of the earth Satan a dull experience and Asian He is a defeated foe and he is terrified if you know who you are even if that sickness has killed great men in your family You have to understand you have authority and He is terrified when he knows you know what you got Because you have authority that did not make the devil and sickness and disease and his works completely vanish But that authority makes put fear inside of him because we have law enforcement in tri-cities when when a law enforcement officer gets sworn in all the criminals do not disappear from tri-cities But when a law enforcement walks on the street if you are a true criminal your heart beats faster You even know that when you're not a criminal you're just speeding and you the fear of God hits you like crazy And you right away. You don't even know how to pray like Santa Maria precious Jesus. I mean anybody there help me out Lord Why because because of the authority now a guy may be behind you who is shorter than you You might whip him in a in in a wrestling match, but that doesn't matter He might be less educated than you he might have less money than you But see the problem is when you are on the road what puts fear inside of your trembling heart is the fact He has authority and you don't You must understand that Satan doesn't have a badge you do This is not his earth the Bible says the earth God has given to the sons of men God is the owner but he delegated to us when a devil roams around the earth when he comes and attacks He is an ancient dragon. He is a job that sometimes clings to different things And you have to be bold even when you are insecure or feel unworthy to know your authority cannot be tampered with