Behind
The Scenes
Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. – II
Timothy 4: 2
The phrases ‘in season, out of season’ means for you to
be ready with the Word at all times, whether it is convenient or not. We are to reprove, rebuke, and exhort with
all patience and right doctrine – which is the Word of God rightly divided [see
II Timothy 2: 15] or see teaching “Study – Be
Diligent”. I purposely do not
put hyperlinks in most teachings so that you will not be distracted. Look highlighted teachings up after you have
read this teaching to keep things simple.
Now the following Scriptures along with II Timothy 4: 2
will set the stage for what is the true purpose and meaning of this teaching.
May be able to comprehend with
all saints what is the breadth,
and length, and depth, and height (of love). – Ephesians 3: 18
God is referring to knowing and practicing everything
that is available pertaining to the love of God in the renewed mind in
manifestation. We know from Corinthians
that without the love of God, we are nothing and we accomplish nothing. But you should know what is the most simplest,
easiest to understand, definition of the love of God and here it is:
For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous (oppressive). – I John 5: 3
So what is the love of God? It is keeping the commandments of God which are written in His
Word. That is why we must study and why
I said to look up II Timothy 2: 15.
This is why God says that we should be ready with the Word at all times
whether it is convenient or not. And
finally, we should study diligently I Corinthians Chapter 13 which gets into
details about the characteristics of the Love of God. This will allow you to look behind the scenes and know the score.
Now to the point of understanding the title of this
teaching. It says in the Bible that God
is a respecter of conditions and not persons.
You really should fulfill the conditions of this teaching up to this
point to be able to fully benefit from the remainder of what we will study.
To be ready with the Word, you must, of course, know the
Word and that requires study. To
receive any profit from anything, you must be manifesting the love of God in
your daily walk with God. Once you have
done these things, you can benefit from this teaching which will show you how
to destroy the works of the adversary in your life. You need to be able to master this teaching to understand how
your enemy works. You need to look
places where very few Christians look – BEHIND THE SCENES, to truly understand
what is happening spiritually.
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What is the secret to Satan’s success? The secrecy of his moves. Please understand and do not ever forget this. He operates in secret – he hides. He disguises himself as good when really his
end game is to steal, kill, and destroy.
Once Satan is exposed, he fails.
You must be able to expose him as he tries his best to destroy a
Christian’s life. Remember, we each
have a personal adversary. He knows everything about your old man and
he tries his best to use that against us.
Each believer has an Achilles heel and Satan will work on your weak
areas. We each have to bear this burden
on our own. When you learn to ‘look
behind the scenes’ you will be able to see Satan and will be able to counter
and avoid his moves. I will give you
examples of how you can recognize a counterfeit that appears absolutely
genuine. Spiritually, once you can look
behind the scenes, your overall quality of life with God on this earth will
greatly improve. Let’s get to it.
Ye are of God, little
children, and have overcome them:
because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. –
I John 4: 4
The Christ in you is greater than the devil and all his
methods and devices IF we renew our mind and APPLY God’s Word in our everyday
lives.
For instance, yesterday, I took the same walking route as
I did the day before to meet my wife as she came home from work. I told her I would do this in the morning
and the walk would not begin until 2:30 PM that afternoon. I usually do not do this until I am ready to
leave since I have about 4 or 5 different routes I can take to reach the same
destination. Maybe God let me do what I
did to teach me this principle once again, hopefully for the last time. There is one main way that Satan can make
your life miserable and that is to be PREDICTABLE. Always remember to keep variety in your life. Hopefully you will realize the serious
importance of that statement.
The Christ in you can work to tell you things that, by
your 5 senses, you can never know. I felt
uneasy about the walk right after I told my wife which way I would be
coming. The enemy had at least 4 hours
to do his dirty work. On the walk, I
noticed cars and trucks were swerving close to me for no reason – a bad sign
that walkers and runners also recognize quickly. But the main incident was the following:
I am walking up a sidewalk on a big hill in a fairly
attractive housing development – usually a quiet part of the walk. At the top of the hill, a young
African-American teenager is talking to some girl with his back to me. In an instant he turns around and starts
screaming to me in an obvious made-up language. It took me by surprise and I simply ignored him. But probably in time, he will have to be
dealt with and I will confront him to his face. A fearless believer can scare half the life out of someone, but
possibly this man is insane. I
mentioned in previous teachings that I worked in a large State Hospital at one
time. You don’t confront an insane
person. They cannot reason, lack simple
logic, and can very well be dangerous.
But what was all this that happened to me that day? WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? Here is man’s explanation:
MAN’S POINT OF VIEW:
Oh, you just had a bad day.
Those drivers were probably distracted for an instant and that was
surely just a coincidence. Oh, that
teenager was probably just a delinquent and was playing around. I’m sure he wasn’t just waiting for you. Have you ever heard people talk like
that? It’s sickening.
GOD’S POINT OF VIEW: [Behind the scenes] Satan’s ministry is to steal, kill, and
destroy. The ONLY way he can know what
you are thinking is IF YOU TELL HIM.
Didn’t I do that in the morning when I could have waited about 4 more
hours? Were those car and truck drivers
distracted? Yes, they were. Who distracted them? Distraction is a devil spirit. I mentioned I felt uneasy about the
walk. Was that just a feeling?! NO!!
It was God trying to tell me something.
Now, to the person that screamed at me.
Satan DID have him there waiting for me even though he didn’t know
that. That was a clear and obvious
devil spirit of INSANITY. How did I
know this? By word of knowledge, word
of wisdom, and discerning of spirits.
These are 3 of 9 manifestations of Holy Spirit known as the eyes and
ears of the church. A believer can
receive information from God via these manifestations that, with his 5 senses,
he could NEVER KNOW. God can work at
lightening speed and I instantly knew what to do. He looked foolish as I ignored him and I sensed some embarrassment
on his part. But then he appeared
normal. Why? Because my Advanced Bible studies taught me that a devil spirit
can enter and exit a man’s mind in seconds, if not less. If I did what man might do, I may have
called the police, but you see, by that
time, that devil spirit would be long gone.
In the mental health field, we called this activity “holding it
together”. The patient could be
completely insane one minute and then act normal the next minute.
All of this is tricky, I admit, but in time it does
become second nature. The young man was
possessed temporarily by a devil spirit of insanity. The problem here is that
all devil spirits are parasites.
They cannot come into manifestation unless they can possess a human
body. By his own free will, that man
allowed himself to be possessed. That
devil spirit knows it has an open door with that person and it will come
back. ESPECIALLY when a person attempts
to bring harm to a believer. Woe unto
him. He is going to wish he were never
born. Satan does not know what the word
‘mercy’ means. It is not in his
vocabulary.
Are you beginning to see the overall gist of this
teaching? There is man’s point of view
and there is the true God’s point of view – looking behind the obvious –
looking behind the scenes.
And in nothing terrified by
your adversaries: which is to them an
evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. –
Philippians 1: 28
There are many believers that do have some fear about
their adversary. But fear has 2
causes: ignorance or wrong
teaching. You are either unaware of
what the Word of God says due to a lack of study, or you have been taught
wrongly. God says we are never to be
afraid of our adversary which sends a message to him clearly of destruction – his
destruction. It also illustrates to him
your salvation or wholeness (body, soul, and spirit) which originates from God.
Let’s go to another example and remember the following
Scripture no matter what happens.
Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. – I
Corinthians 15: 58
When I first got involved in the Word of God, my
strongest point for God was witnessing.
God seemed to set up spiritual radar within me and I almost always
witnessed to someone interested in learning about God – almost. I was also a music teacher and taught
guitar. Many of my students were
children.
As I was attending fellowships and was heavily involved
in the movement of God’s Word, I sometimes ran ads in the newspaper for guitar
lessons. Well, by now the enemy did not
care for me and wanted to trip me up and he did. Why? Because I wasn’t
looking behind the scenes. Here’s what
happened.
I got a call from someone who wanted me to teach their
daughter how to play guitar. I tried to
discuss with this person that his daughter was quite young and may not be able
to reach many necessary keyboard positions.
Regardless, he sort of insisted and I set up an appointment in the
evening. Now pay attention.
When I entered the house, I immediately felt uneasy – not
a good sign at all. The house was eerie
and strange – depressing. I was new in
the Word and I wasn’t sure what was going on.
Finally, the girl’s father appeared with his daughter – he was a priest.
Although I tried everything I could with this little
girl, her hands were just too small. I
felt bad about the situation, but what could I do? I knew by her age this would probably happen. I had to sit down with her father and
explain this to him. He almost seemed
sarcastic about the situation – as if the fact that her fingers being too
small, was somewhat my fault!!!
Finally, he asked me more about myself and I told him how often I studied
the Bible. We got into discussions of
his beliefs while I quoted Scripture.
He twisted almost everything I said and was downright rude and
insulting. My sitting through a 36 hour
Bible class gave me 50 times more knowledge than he ever had about God’s
Word. It amazed me as to how little he
actually knew of the rightly divided Word of God. It was sickening to tell you the truth. I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible and I did feel
quite upset. When I walked out of that
house, I felt like I was exiting hell.
And I was.
The very next day, I still felt uneasy and surely wasn’t
myself. I went right to one of my
fellowship coordinators at his job and he looked at me and said “Ralphioso
what’s wrong?” He took a break from his
job and came to me with deep concern – with the love of God in the renewed mind
in manifestation beaming from his eyes.
I told him everything that happened the night before and how, for the
first time, the enemy had set a good trap for me and apparently I was right.
My brother in Christ immediately opened his Bible and
showed me this Scripture.
And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light. – II Corinthians 11: 14
What happened to me was a miracle. All the bad feelings and confusion just left
me. It was all gone. This simple act of love by my brother in
Christ healed me instantaneously by showing me God’s Word. He went on to explain to me how Satan hides
– oftentimes behind religious people.
There is 1000 times more of the rightly divided Word of God in this web
site than in any seminary in the world today.
Who did it? God did it – He
tells me what to write and teach. So
please give the glory to Him.
Ok, let’s analyze the above situation – let’s look behind
the scenes and see what really happened.
MAN’S POINT OF VIEW:
Oh, that man was simply concerned for his daughter and was simply
ignorant of her age and requirements.
He didn’t mean anything by it.
Also, some people just have gloomy houses – it was nothing. And he had every right to disagree with you
regarding your beliefs (they weren’t my beliefs – they were God’s
beliefs). It may seem like something
strange was happening , but it was surely just a coincidence. Priests are dedicated to their religion and
maybe you should have respected some of his beliefs. The only reason you were upset is because your pride was
hurt. Your friend was just consoling
you. He probably felt bad for you.
Now doesn’t that sound like something some so-called
‘normal’ person would say? It would
accomplish only the following: it would
cause you discouragement; make you doubt your belief in the true Word of God;
it would aggravate you and make you angry; it may result in a feeling of
worthlessness and cause you to condemn yourself; it would make you feel that
someone had pity (a counterfeit) on you instead of compassion (genuine). Now let’s look at what really happened:
GOD’S POINT OF VIEW: [Behind the scenes]
I was hot on the Word and was told by my leader that I
was going to turn on the whole city by myself.
Believe me, the adversary was plotting against me since I was a serious
threat to him. What’s the secret to his
success? You better know this. Because I never saw it coming.
The devil himself inspired this man to call me. You want to argue about it – argue with
God. Satan put me in a position where
he could manipulate one of his followers – yes, a priest who knew nothing about
the rightly divided Word of God. The
enemy used something I cared very much to do to set his trap. He knew I would never turn down a little
girl from a chance at becoming a musician.
The little girl was not capable of playing a guitar and Satan knew that
also. So he had his stage set just
right and the final performance was the conversation that I had with this
priest knowing that I would have a tendency to respect a person with such a
title. Confusion is not of God and I
was confused within minutes.
For God is not the author
[a God] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the
saints. -- I Corinthians 14: 33
The priest argued from a senses point of view with all I
said. I began to believe that he was
not even born again of God’s Spirit!
All of his arguments were based on the 5 senses and not on spiritual
matters and knowledge. You have got to
understand that I was new to the Word and even though I was totally dedicated,
I was not as spiritually mature as I eventually became. I was not ready for this type of
situation. Finally I got out of there
and the very next day, in the morning, I went to another believer for
help. This believer was not consoling
me or having pity on me. The true God
had him ready to help me before I even walked in his workplace. He knew exactly where to go in God’s
matchless Word to get the help for me that I seriously needed. I walked out of my dynamic brother’s place
of work totally healed. Now I knew that
Satan can be transformed into an angel of light and became much stronger in
this area of my renewed mind. What a
great brother to help me like he did.
We used to joke with each other because of my Italian last name. He called me Ralphioso and I called him
Larryioso. Brothers for all eternity
with strength and backbones fortified by God Almighty. Before he left our area, he met a beautiful
woman of God and when his year of service was over, they were married. That’s a reward for sure and Larry deserved
it along with his lovely wife.
I would like for you to be able to understand now what it
means to look “Behind The Scenes” regarding every situation in your life. God’s Word studied and applied will allow
you to separate truth from error. You
will understand what is truly going down and it will give you an advantage. It may take you a while to develop this
spiritual insight, but the end result will be more than worth it. Confusion will begin to disappear which will
help your mental outlook even to the point of improving your physical
health. The enemy causes much stress
with his lies and deception. You will
be able to recognize and avoid his tricks and greatly increase your ability to
manifest the more than abundant life that Jesus Christ promised in John 10:
10b. We were designed to live by the
commandments of God. His Word is our
blueprint for living.
Let us hear the conclusion of
the whole matter: Fear [respect] God, and keep his commandments: for this is the
whole duty of man. – Ecclesiastes 12: 13
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