Pastor Rich's Blog

The spirit of anti-Christ:  1 John 2:18-29; 4:1-6; 2 John 7; 2 Thess. 2:1-17 The demon or spirit of anti-Christ is against Christ Jesus. It does not acknowledge that Jesus is the Messiah, that He is  the Son of God and that Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:14). This spirit was in the world when Jesus came, and still is. It's main "job"  is to deceive people into believing that Jesus is not Who He said He is: The Messiah (John 4:26). It is an anti-Messiah spirit. When the physical, Devil-possessed Anti-Christ is revealed in Revelation 13 (the Beast), he will declare  himself as God.    But the Anti-Christ cannot be revealed until the Church as been removed (the Rapture).While the Holy Spirit is moving in the Church, the Anti-Christ is constrained, restrained, held back and withheld from coming into power. The Holy Spirit is greater in power than the spirit of anti-Christ. The Holy Spirit is the 3rd Person of the Trinity. The anti-Christ spirit denies the Trinity. The

The Battle Belongs to the Lord:  1 Samuel 17:47 David fought Goliath in the Name of the Lord of Hosts. It wasn't just his sling shot. It was the power of God that slew Goliath. David confronted his enemy. He didn't complain to him, he slew him.  What "Goliath" is in your life? What giant are you facing? Are you facing giants of addictions, sickness, debt, enemies, etc? Come against them in Jesus' Name. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 states to cast down and demolish human reasonings and various opinions of man. Stand on God's Word and what He says. Christians are exposed to every sin that the world has access to. We may be exposed to sin, but are we opposed to it?  We have every sin at our disposal. God wants to expose sin in our lives, so we can dispose of it. Let me propose: God will expose, so we can oppose and then we can dispose. Our weapons are mighty through God. His armor is sufficient: Ephesians 6:10-18. We  are to bring into captivity everything that