What’s Going On - August 28th 2022 - Living Water Church - Pastor Rick Saladon
What in World is happening in our world today?

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be [e]for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [f]bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread

In Genesis chapter 3 after Adam and Eve disobey God. War is declared on three areas. What are they?
War between the seed of Satan & the seed of Eve.
War between woman and man for dominance.
War with creation turning against mankind.

Who declared this war?
Satan
The Lord
What is the purpose for this war?
To give mankind something to do?
To defeat Satan.
For Jesus’ Church to manifest God’s Supremacy in all things.
What is Heaven’s plan to accomplish this victory over the kingdom of darkness?

God is going to use His angels.
God is going to do it Himself.
God is going to partner with mature Christians (The sons of God) to defeat Satan’s plan
Romans 8 :19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

DEFINITION OF SONS OF GOD…
MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE COMMITED THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS 100%!
These are people filled with God’s love, and His Spirit!
THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HAVE CONQUORED THE LOVE OF MONEY, QUIT THEIR LOVE AFFAIR WIITH THE WORLD,
These are people who have learned to CONTROL their hungers and THEIR EMOTIONS,

These people UNDERSNDERSTAND THAT THIS WORLD IS TEMPORARY…that we are just passing through! They HAVE THEIR EYE ON THE PRIZE, AND ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR ONE REWARD…HEAING WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT FROM THE MOUTH OF JESUS.

Never forget that sometimes it may look like the enemy is winning…But God is always in control!

What can one person do? It depends… Is that one person a son of God?
If that one person is King David…well he saved his nation from slavery to the philistines when he was a teenager.
If that one person is Gideon again he saved his nation from destruction.
If that one person is Moses he delivered a nation out of slavery
If that one person is Elijah he destroyed demon worship in Israel
If that one person is Easter she saved all the Jews from destruction
If that one person happens to be a team of three Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
well they got our God recognized as the only true God in a demon worshiping culture named Babylon.
If that one person is Joseph…well he saved the whole world!

Where do we fit in today…I described a war that God declared in Gen 3 what is our part?

When it comes to the first part the battle many people see it as political or even racial… but in reality it is a battle between the kingdom of darkness vs the kingdom of Light we already know that it is a spiritual war. It is not fought against flesh and blood and our weapons are not carnal but spiritual and mighty.

WE, the Sons of God…have the authority of God the anointing of Jesus and the Word of truth in our mouths… to deal with the darkness.

You see the devil uses perceived reality, or what we see and hear all around us on a daily basis… food and gas prices, crime, corruption, WHAT WE LISTEN TO ON THE NEWS, EVEN OUR ENTERTAINMENT…

The sons of God use… Divine reality, or true reality. DIVINE REALITY IS WHAT God says is truth.
In the book of Daniel the story of Shadrach, Meshack, and Abed-Nego illustrates Divine reality, in their response to the King.

Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

What about the aspect of war with woman against man?
A son of God knows who they are…there is no fighting for power in a relationship between a man and a women who know who they are in Christ. There is no confusion when we use the word of God to define reality. Again son ship destroys the power struggle between men and women.

AS for the third area of war Creation resisting humanity…In Romans 8 :19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. We know the earth was created and given to mankind as a gift and we were intended to be guardians of our earth to nurture it and to continue in its beautification. We have witnessed in the Bible Jesus exercising dominion over the storm by the words of His mouth! I believe it is an area that as we grow into our position as Son’s of God that we may be given greater authority and greater insight.
My gut feeling is this is one area that is not going to be solved by might nor by power but by God’s Spirit…I feel this area will require divine intervention by prayer to be finally brought into balance.

So at the moment we are right in the middle of a war that God Himself decreed In Genusis three…we are the son’s of God tasked with he honor of bringing order and balance to the world. What should we do? 1. Continue the assembling togerher. 2. Devote ourselves to the reading of the word and prayer. 3. Allow the Holy Spirit to guide us one decision at a time…and obey what He tells you!