 Good morning everyone and welcome to this session on believers Authority and deminology. We will pray and get started. I want to request one of our online students to pray You can unmute and and pray. We will be able to hear you All right Not sure if they are able to You know connect from where they are. So that's okay. We one of our On-campus students can lead them prayer Then can you pray thank you Jesus for this day and thank you for this time that we have to To come together and to know more about you and your word and Lord I pray Lord that we would learn More and go in wisdom and the knowledge of your word and thank you Jesus that you with the help fast and Nancy to Speak and to share what she has to share and that we would be able to understand and grasp it Thank you Jesus for everything Send everything into your hands. You name of pray amen Amen. Thank you so we had some really interesting questions in the last class and You know it made me think I went back and checked up many of the answers. So Like that whole incident where Jesus cast out the demon and the demons went into the pigs I think the best Answer that best answer in the sense the most convincing Answer it feels like what you said Nikhil that for one soul Riches are not comparable which is why you know God was okay to Have for people to have a loss of the temporal or the earthly riches for one soul And then you know all the other questions about the end and all but most importantly, you know what it helps us what? It tells us is that there are so many people who don't know God and If this is the reality that there is a heaven and a hell Then you know how much we must pray for them and how much we must you know ask God for his grace to Serve to take the word of the gospel out that becomes very important. Okay, so Good, let's keep learning more Good morning to all the online students. I can see your messages Okay, Nina has joined us online today. So that's nice. Nina is also in The our on-campus Nina is is online. Okay, fine So we were talking about the nature of Satan and his demons We've understood the personality of Satan and what he does. We also Talked a little bit about demonic spirits. So let me Go into the nature of demonic spirits today Demonic spirits just like Satan who has a personality and A focus in the activities does that he does like a deceiver or cues or tempter Even demonic spirits have a specific function. So based on their function They have a name or title. So there are spirits which are known as deaf and dumb spirit Why because they cause deafness and dumbness? Okay, so in that way, they are defined. There are there's an entire list in our notes I'll just read out some of the names spirit of antichrist Deceiving spirits doctrines of demons or in other words demons who give certain doctrines to people to confuse them Jealous spirit meaning there is a spirit of jealousy That can work in people. There can be a familiar spirit Okay, a familiar spirit blind spirit Spirit of infirmity Unclean spirit foul spirit spirit of disobedience Spirit of divination lying spirit Okay, and you know, it goes on. There are other references also spirit of heaviness Harlotry bondage fear error. So the way we understand this is they will do that work So if it's a spirit of fear, it will cause fear. Now, everything is not a spirit That we must recognize Let's say someone is feeling very fearful. Okay, and They feel fearful regarding You know certain certain decisions that they have to make and in that phase of their lives if they're being fearful Again and again, it can just be that person You understood it can just be Let's take for example, I'm in a in a time in my life where I have to make some important decisions and I'm getting scared It's just me fear is a normal emotion. Okay, however What we see is that at some point if I am not Overcoming that natural fear In in a godly way like use the godly principles take courage declare scriptures pray and all and make good choices Overcome the fear if I don't do that and if I keep opening myself up To the enemy then the next thing is There can be the influence of a spirit of fear that is different So everyone who is afraid we should not say you have a spirit of fear that wouldn't be right But at some point when there is the influence of that particular Spirit then we say the spirit of fear is at work similarly other things Disobedience for example if a little child is being disobedient Can a little can little children be disobedient? Yeah, they can be really naughty and they can they won't listen But that's not spirit of disobedience. That's just normal natural disobedience, but At some point, okay here it talks about people and when it says spirit of disobedience is working in the people of the world so spirit of disobedience is a Spiritual influence over the people so in the same way there are other things spirit of bondage spirit of error Spirit of heaviness. These are demonic spirits and Whenever we are aware that demonic spirits are involved. It's a task for You know Spiritual warfare where we cast them out or you know where we work in a way that we address the spirit Because when you when we know there is a spirit We can't Only you know sort of counsel the person talk to them it may help it may help we'll see later on how how to Help somebody who's influenced by demonic spirits will see that but ultimately what do we want when we know? There is a spirit involved. The best thing is to cast out that spirit So that's how we would work. So in other words, there are kinds of demonic spirits And they are very specialized in what they do. So when we read a name or While praying, you know, sometimes we can discern. Oh, this is the spirit which is working in this person Then the activities of that person will be along those lines. Let's say spirit of jealousy Then the behavior of the person the things the person does it's all You know jealousy jealousy jealousy, it's sort of in line with that. That's how we identified This is all just for our information So what are some other things we can understand about demonic spirits? We know that demonic spirits They believe and tremble You know when when before God they believe and they tremble before God in the book of James It says even demons spirits they believe in God and they tremble before God. So They know Next they have names because we call them by name. What is your name when Jesus asked what did the spirit say? Our name is Legion because we are many There is a name they generally tend to have a name that demons have degrees of wickedness As also degrees of power. You remember when Jesus cast out the demon What did we read in Matthew chapter 12 the demon came out and then it wandered and then it brought seven other spirits more wicked Than itself and try to occupy the place So do you see that there are levels of wickedness? What is the spirit trying to do? Bring other spirits of greater influence So in the kingdom of darkness or the demonic realm, there are hierarchies There is an hierarchy. So there are levels you we might see that There there is a sort of a darker influence, right that some other spirits also have and we must be aware of this Demons have a will Which means they can make decisions. So they decide, you know, what they want the pigs So they can think They can decide what they want to do because who are they actually who are these demons? Who are these demons? Fallen angels angels have a will They they can make choices and no wonder demons also can make choice. So they have a will Then demons know believers who walk authority In acts 19 we said that the demons Responded and said Jesus, we know Paul. We know who are you? So even demons know in the kingdom of God, you know, the people who are walking in authority in God So it it they should act I've told this earlier we Are aware about demons and that scares us Actually, they are aware of us and that truth scares them also So as you can notice, so, you know, we we can find some confidence in that that Oh, pray God because of the authority that we have in Christ Actually, the demons are aware of those who are walking in authority in Christ Demons are not dead people We've clarified that demons are not even, you know, some some random spirits They are not like that. They are fallen angels and we must be assured of we must be clear about it Because otherwise what happens in the last class we discussed people have stories Isn't it that somebody died and now they have become a spirit Now what is going to happen? But in the Bible you don't see all that Demons already exist. They are spirits of angels Sometimes the people say that they are offsprings offspring of angels and women in Noah's times Do you remember the was so Capte there was a lot of so there is some story there About the sons of God or the angels marrying the sons of marrying the daughters of men But you see even that particular incident We don't have more details only once it's mentioned but based on that People say many things like now they have become demons, but there's no basis for it in scripture So we wouldn't you know go into all that very little information the Bible about it Demons understand that I'm on the earth remember I think women shared it last time he said That when the demons said why have you come before our time? So, you know that we have a short time So when somebody has a short time and they want to cause maximum destruction will be active or inactive They'll be very active because they want to cause maximum damage Before they leave they are aware that their time is limited and it is shot Demons also know their final destination that they are created for Eternal, you know eternal condemnation separation from God. So in the last class all of you had questions about you know hell Hell Now people are going to hell then what will happen in the end? Will hell is already there where will Satan his demons everyone be thrown so in the Bible there are some terms Which describe hell and all you don't have to get into it, but for our understanding Bible says that in the end after all the final judgment Satan his demons and those who don't believe in God they will cast into the lake of fire Okay, so that is the ultimate sort of hell But now we just use the term hell a place of comment a place of separation from God to You talk about where people go if they if they don't believe in Jesus, okay, so and Hell or she told somebody mentioned that it's all the same thing. It's all the same thing and Hades Hades is a is a term Which is used? Hades is a term which is used to like in the times Before Jesus died They would use the term Hades to talk about hell, but there was also Abraham's bosom as a part of Hades Okay, now Abraham's bosom is not hell. It's that place called paradise But after I told you this after Jesus came and you know, he took the keys or the authority From Hades, he goes to Hades. He takes the the key after that paradise doesn't exist So in Hades, you have only hell you have paradise. You don't have heaven and hell. Okay, so that's how it works Yes, you have something Okay, so on and question is because demons have a will Is there a possibility them being forgiven? my answer would be No at this point Cuz Like I think the time is over. That's my understanding from what I see in the Bible. They also know now time is up I don't think there's any option for repentance anymore What about okay demon spirits? They are fallen angel Which are the spirits you're talking about? So what I'm in is asking is People say that when someone dies They will become a spirit and they will haunt the house You know, how much truth is there in that in the Bible? We know that People are spirits we we all as actually we are spirit, but we are living in our body When we die, that's what I'm saying every human being dies Goes either to heaven or to hell depending on the decision about Jesus. That's all there is no more Wondering on the haunting the house. It's not there in the Bible. I'm not able to hear you You're it So what I'm in the same is in some experiences We find that maybe the demon speaks and says I am spirit of soul and soul, you know such such things But we have understood right now that they are deceiving spirits. They lie They don't tell the truth many a time. So, you know, if you're sitting and listening to them a lot One or two things. Okay, it makes sense to ask and find out then, you know, how to minister to the person Beyond that listening to them is a waste of time because they may be lying to us See, there is one incident that says in When when Saul when Samuel eyes it tries to hear from God He does, you know some things which are displeasing God and then some like the image of Samuel comes to speak to him All that is demonic. It's not possible for the spirit of Samuel to come back We don't have any basis for that in the Bible But demon spirits can do all they can pretend like a human being and Get that personality appearance they can do it Human spirits. No, there is no possibility. Yes, 100% Yeah So, okay, so what you're asking is when people are demonized sometimes they talk and they give you some information See God is omniscient God knows everything God knows the past God knows the present God knows the future Every other creature like even us We don't know the future only through the gifts of the spirit or the wisdom of God we can Hear from God. What is going to happen when it comes to demons? They're also like a Sony. They know the past Because past has already taken place. They know many things. They know if they say something like oh your father's name is this and you live near this Banyan tree Everybody knows even the neighbors know there is a banyan tree near their house. So what happens is they just use the existing information to manipulate You got it so even if they say something like Future you are planning to go and study in this place See that is all leaked information Maybe that person or their family number had a conversation. They can over here. They can listen to everything They must have get gotten the information. That's why we read about like spying spirits Do they do they go and pick up information? They they watch out they get the information and just to deceive the people will tell them and people will be very Impressed and they oh my goodness. This knows everything. It's not like that. They are not omniscient, you know They know only the things which have happened which are happening Limited like us that sense. So it's all a lie Yeah, so we shouldn't go by the lies Okay Okay, Prabhu says students here can if you could please use Mike that would be helpful So next time if we are sharing then kindly use the mic. Yeah Sorry online students. Sometimes I I totally get into my mind is here. So I forget to remind Is question. Yeah, please go ahead ma'am As a human body one second, but who can you hear or others also? Okay. Yeah, he can hear. Yes, let's go I'm as a human body If we got fire, so it harms our body But in hell there is a fire, but there is a there is no body There's only the spirit so fire can harm a spirit also Okay, so my understanding I'll share with you see the spirit We will study about this In in a deep way when we do understanding the prophetic. So spirit man has senses We know of six senses which our normal, you know, body has like a hearing seeing taste touch right feeling all these things But the spirit man it's the same senses it could have more senses also We don't know so They can feel everything you remember Lazarus and the rich man When he's in hell, he's saying I'm thirsty. Give me a so what's the meaning of that? Spirit can feel it a Torment is very real spirit can feel the pain, but spirit can also experience the joy You know joy in the presence of God people who have died gone to heaven. They are feeling joy So spirit can feel everything Yeah Yes, yes Like how this Devils like they can now like these spirits the ones first they take the Like that they Do all in the humans for the need and so they go and do all human body Can the angels do the same? Can the angels do the same? Okay Can the angels go and occupy someone's body I Don't I mean I can't think of any reference where see we see that happening When we read about angels angels are by themselves like if you talk about you know Michael is that what a prince of Persian prince of these there's a war going on so angel Is the angel there as a spirit or Gabriel comes to bring a message Gabriel is Gabriel not in anyone's body Can they I don't know I Think it could be a matter of permission God's permission or something I feel because There it's not given in the Bible It's just my feeling that maybe there is a possibility, but because these are all good angels We also know That in the book of Psalms, it says that they do what God tells them to do the angels So they will not do anything which God is not telling them to do So they need God's permission, isn't it so because they don't have permission they will not enter a body Because we see like three men Coming to Abraham and he knew they were angels Okay, so that's why I'm asked Abraham so three men coming and they were angels So it doesn't say that the the spirit entered humans, you know but Angels and be seen like humans Does it doesn't make sense See if we say that I Have seen an angel That angel Has somehow physically appeared Okay, and we are pursuing that angel it doesn't mean the angel has entered somebody's body You got it. So when angels visited it simply means angels came and you could see them like in the physical form and there are you know incidents like that in the Bible where Angels came they warred came for war and all so It's possible that angels can take human for they can take human form There's a difference. They don't enter a human being but they can take human form They can't enter Why Okay, Mike is over here, but anyway, I'm in the same in angels cannot enter and he will explain why So he's talking about an experience where Someone was speaking like angels This is the human being speaking like angels Not possible. They are demon. See they could just be pretending It could be pretending all the no, yeah, please use the mic So try and complete this portion today and next class onwards. We start with chapter 4. Okay Yeah, if we talk where the hell is means can we can we can we tell that particular where the hell is When people used to say like there is an australian In general, they wrote like some scientist and dig into the earth and they heard some voices from and on the earth and they found this hotness. They calculated the hotness also and In another way, there are 12 students who who God them Underground and he showed everything How can consider those things? Yeah, so, you know when you have stories like this It's hard to believe Because we know that, you know, God created the heavens and the earth But in the earth God put hell The but doesn't say that no in the earth God has incorporated hell. We don't have any reference for that Now people hearing sounds of hell All that is possible because we are also human spirit and I told us that our spirit can sense Spiritual things from the spiritual kingdom. So Maybe they heard the sounds But is it coming from the earth? I don't think so See the exact spot the same question which you asked where where exactly is hell We can also ask heaven. No, we say God is in heaven God. Where is heaven? Tell me in the universe See the created universe. It's a you know, it's a created space. It's a created space But the place I got dwells we don't have any reference Which we can say that hey, it is connected to this known universe or it's not connected to the known universe But there are some terms which are used third heavens So when we talk about the place where God lives We say we can we can say third heaven We can use that word. Okay, so it's like that tell the spot It's it's not given so we can't tell Yeah Right Any any question? Okay, it's good. I mean, I think we're clarifying most of the Points here then as we go forward, it'll get easier. I can go faster Okay Yeah, so Please repeat that for the benefit of online In the Bible also their references like that that the devil's cast to the earth So the devil was cast on the earth it says The devil was not like hell is not on earth Right. So right now. Where is the devil? He's on the earth only and also It says in the one of the songs Like where David says I can't go from a spread where can I go for my presence if I go to the 739. Yeah Yeah And if I go into the No, I mean I'll go into the depths of See that all that is a Figure of speech Figure of speech It's raining cats and dogs. Is it really cats and dogs are far from the sky No, it's raining heavily. That's the meaning. It's the figure of speed the depths of hell It gives us a picture me, you know, like of course later on we know that Satan will be cast the abyss. It is a depth So with those kind of things in mind, they are writing what they are they are writing so For us to take it very literally may not be You know the exact thing to do And you were saying about the spirits Like for the fear spirit of all these other spirits so And uses it like the devil's our strategy and like if like they have part of the function that they have and so So we can say like whoever has a spirit of fear and they have That Yes, yes When they have The influence that in the next chapter we see that there are levels of influence Okay, so when you say spirit of fear Like especially for a believer, I don't want to confuse you now for an hour It's not always having the demon inside you. It's not always that Demon can be outside you and influence you also you can be bound you can be oppressed By the spirit of fear that doesn't mean that spirit is you know demonizing you also But there is an influence Yeah Yes And as I heard that hell is created for setup, right? So why he is still in this art why God didn't Came and throw him into the hell into hell. Yeah, so the answer for that Chirav It's not clear given in the Bible, but we know what God has done. Why not not very You know clear on that but what God has done is God has given a tight line That is why the demons also say that you have come before our time. So what basically it's like this God was in heaven with the angels then Lucifer and the angels sinned then once God, you know like Satan was cast down. Okay, then we know that he He was cast on on the earth. So the earth was created sin was cast over here now. He is here Emptying doing all his work Till one particular time only God knows which is that time at that time God is going to bind him Okay Even after that, there will be 10 there'll be thousand years rule. We call it millenium but towards the End I think of those thousand years rule. God is going again release Satan then he will continue his works, you know tempting people all that But after that will come the final judgment when the final judgment is done That is when we need that Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire And for Satan it is said that he'll be born into the depths of lake of fire So I think that spot is known something as the abyss Abyss so he'll go be thrown there and he'll be there forever That's how it works. Okay. So like when he did went against God Like my question is like when like why in that the moment God did throw Satan in the hell Yeah, so that's what I'm telling you the answer to that why God didn't do it We don't have the answer because the Bible doesn't talk about it Okay, but what has done it is there So as I said in last class my feeling is Maybe God gave some time for him to change But the time is up like completely he must have gone beyond repair And after that God just made this final judgment That's my feeling Yeah, right Got there Jonah to go Ninway, but he went but he what God did he he throw in the sea and one big fish came So it's kind of repentance time for to him So it's a movie like who can we consider Satan God give him chance once more if he will repent It's it's can I take it like this? Yeah, so see my feeling is before he got thrown out Maybe God would have given him that chance, but he must have crossed every limit That way finally Throw him out finished That could be the whole thing Okay. All right. So fine. We've understood a couple of things about demons They have a time on the earth. They have a final destination Some of The fallen angels held up in darkness. Okay, this also you need to know Okay, some of the fallen angels not all of them are on the earth some of them are in Hades Okay, so please make a note that there there is scripture references to that 2nd Peter chapter 2 verse 4 and Jude 1 verse 6 They are in a place called Tartarus, which is the deepest part of Hades. So that is where the these demons are now held as Captives then demons influence all spheres human existence. We talked about it earlier And Yeah, we will talk a little bit about ancient beings, but there's a question from Nina John Where do believers who passed on go? This would be in the spirit as bodies are yet to be resurrected absent from the body present with the Lord Would what would it mean? Okay. So yes Nina Believers who have passed on or who have Experienced physical death here. We need in you know the book of Thessalonians that They they are in heaven now So absent in the body present with the Lord simply means they are in heaven. So two of your questions there I've answered and In the book of Thessalonians, we see that they will come back Christ during the skin coming and The bodies will be resurrected Okay, and the Bible says the Bible teaches us that God is going to raise up the bodies of believers and they will put on They they will put on Corruptible we turn to incorruptible. So we refer to them as the glorious body or the resurrected body Yeah, so we have all of us believers We have the resurrected body and resurrected body to understand it You can think you can study about, you know, Jesus when he was resurrected How his body was What what are the things he did? He was still talking to people. He was still walking all So God's gonna give us those glorious bodies, Nina Now they are in the spiritual state. Yes. So currently Those who have passed away They are spirit man. The spirit man is with God in heaven Bodies are here Buried Whatever has happened to their bodies spirit is with God. So nothing has happened to that means spirit is not destroyed It's with God So it's a very comforting thought For especially when, you know, our loved ones Are not with us, but they are believers in the Lord Jesus We have the assurance that now they are in heaven with God Okay, sure. Thank you. Uh, so coming now to a little bit about angels questions. Uh, okay Okay, can I ask Ma'am God created certain It's very precious materials But in comparison of him we created by mud So God created us in his image so God have no image. God is is it being so how Okay Okay, so see When we say, uh, God created Satan with, uh, you know, precious materials Uh Precious is for it's a relative term meaning If something is precious for me, you need not be precious for you For example, if there is a mother And uh, I have uh her baby is with me And I have a thousand rupees Okay, and I tell that mother I will give you a thousand rupees, but I will not give you your baby Okay, you'll become rich or let's say one crore. Maybe it's more money So I'll give you one crore rupees. You become rich. No problem. But I'm going to keep you child What do you think the mother will say Keep your money. Give me more child because Precious is very like that person knows like what is precious. So in that sense I am sure that the way God made Satan was precious in its own way because all of God's creation is beautiful amazing So he made it in a precious way in a precious way He made man also in a precious way You know are what he wanted from angels and man is different So but he made us best If you made any he made best he made man best So there's no question of comparing who's better who okay, that is one point now Man made in the image of God when you study that word right those Hebrew words image doesn't mean picture photo idle Image is not that image is likeness You know sometimes we say like father like son Son is just like the father What do we mean? He may not look like the father face may be different from the father but behavior attitude You can when you see the son you Just like his father So that is the image likeness likeness in terms of you know Nature Or authority we talked about it. God gave authority to me and representative of God. That's how we understand Makes sense Okay Why didn't God take back, you know, uh make of his abilities Is what you're saying I don't think his abilities are the same anymore. No We've seen his nature now deceiver tempter accuser all those things Yes, he has certain powers But I don't think he has all the all the you know the the permissions And he's not like before He has lost some things But as I can see Yeah But all his privilege Being in heaven worshiping God and many other things. I'm sure a lot of privilege in heaven all that he doesn't have So there are changes Okay, sure. So I think we uh have completed This session also, uh, but no problem. We will go faster from the next class. We'll talk about angels and then Focus our folks Of this subject In a in a couple of chapters. We are going to learn about the cross Okay, so that is the most important thing that I want to discuss with all of us. Yes demons are trying to understand, but Let's not give too much too much time to demons. Let's give more time to You know the work of the cross, which is coming up soon. Okay, so let's pray and close Uh, can somebody who has not spoken in my pray today That's Francis Okay Hello father. Thank you for this time. Thank you for this class. You help dear man to Uh Talk the adult to cancel in the doubt. Thank you for your wisdom for that Thank you for being presence with us while we learn is it will be used going to useful to our daily life Being present with us being present with us in the name of Jesus. Amen Amen Thank you. Thank you Francis. Thank you everyone. God bless you Please go to the notes And have a wonderful Weekend we will connect again next week. God bless you. Bye for now