The invisible

WWW.TheDavidAlliance.com

7-12-19 Friday

 

Danny Sampson robbed a bank in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He used a hand-me-down Colt 45 and stole $6000. When the Royal Canadian Mounted Police caught him and confiscated the gun they sent the gun to the lab. The laboratory recognized the gun as a collector’s piece. It was worth over $100,000.

So this guy has a weapon that is far beyond the value he understands it to be… he just couldn’t see it.

 

TDAGiantslayer@gmail.com

 

1. There Is An Invisible World That Is Just As Real As The Visible World
We have 5 physical senses that tell us immediately about life…

Touch

Smell

Sight

Hearing

Taste

 

But did you know we also have 5 spiritual senses!

For him who has ears to hear  let him hear – spiritual ears

Smell – the gospel is a sweet aroma to some and a stench to others

Taste and see the lord is good

Touch – mark 5 the woman who wanted to touch Jesus- it was a spiritual thing

Matt 5:8, 7:5 spiritual sight

 

It is much like the world of germs… we don’t see them, so they must not exist.  

 

But if you ever check under a microscope you say GROSSSSS!  They are everywhere!

 

My son just told me that for  school they had to get samples of germs to see under the microscope… he swabbed a toilet and said it was disgusting.  So now he washes his hands more… 

 

But it can wear off if he is not careful to remember.

 

 

Do you have an issue in your life? Realize first it is a spiritual invisible issue. 

NO MATTER WHAT IT IS… EVEN IF YOU CAUSED IT… it is still a spiritual invisible issue.                                         

I think even those of us who are the most conservative believers tend to accept as reality only those things that we can see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. The Bible sitting at my desk is real, the clothes on my back are real, and the roast in the oven is real. I know that they are real, because I can experience them with the senses God has given me. But when we begin to talk about that which is invisible, those things that cannot be seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted, we tend to think that those things are not real, or somehow at a lesser level of reality than the visible world. Nothing could be further from the truth:

For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12

 

Check this out
While we exist in this present visible world, we also exist simultaneously in the unseen world that Paul describes here. The unseen world is described as the place where evil beings exist, but it is also the place Christ, and all believers exist.

Don’t believe me… what does scripture say
God...has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we belong to Christ. Ephesians 1:3b

This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms Ephesians 1:19b-20

For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms all because we are one with Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6

Beyond this world of our senses is the unseen world where all that is of a spiritual nature dwells -- both good and evil -- and it is in this invisible world that spiritual warfare takes place -- it is in this unseen world that we fight against the principalities and powers that seek to do us harm.

 

Do you remember Acts 19:15 

this is when the demons spoke to the seven sons of scheva. These priests were trying to cast out demons in Jesus name. And the demons said “Jesus I know, Paul I know… but who are you?” 

The demons knew the invisible world… They knew that was were the fight was handled

They even knew defeat at the hands of Jesus and Paul

 

So where am I going with this…

In todays world due to the internet we can see and know all these super powerful Christians. 

We see the fruits of these people as outward rather then inward.

What do I mean? We want to be super powerful Christians, we want Gods power, but we don’t want the battle to go for his nature and character. There is a battle to know Gods heart… it is an invisible battle that you must be willing to take on through Christ (ephesians 6) in order to walk in that power and authority.

 

Remember what I said at the top of this podcast: There Is An Invisible World That Is Just As Real As The Visible World
The most intimidating thing in your arsenal against the enemy should be your intimacy with God… but that comes through the unseen world not the outward world.

Outward - church attendance, giving, serving, reading your bible, not going to R rated movies, not drinking or smoking etc…

But intimacy comes from the unseen world - time alone in his presence, talking to him, listening to him, seeking him, obeying him.