The Star Wars
I want to start by saying something quite
amazing. I know who you are. God says in his word that before He created you,
He says I knew you (Jeremiah 1:5). Friends, today I want to let you know that God
knows who you are and some of you in here may not know who you are.
In the book of Mark 1:23, 24, it says, “And there
was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out (that is
as Jesus was coming towards him), 24Saying, Let us alone;
what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy
us? I know thee who thou art”
Isn’t that interesting? The devil knew who Jesus
was. Now why did the devil know who Jesus was? Because Jesus knew who he was.
How many of you caught that just now. Jesus knew who he was. Jesus knew what
his mission was. And when he came face to face with the enemy of souls, He
said, “I know who you are”.
It’s interesting to read about the seven sons of
Skeva, who were trying to cast out a demon. What happens is, this demon is
active and when he hears the sons of Skeva attempting to cast him out, the
demon says something interesting, Acts 19:15, “And the evil spirit answered and
said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?”.
If that was me, I would have turned pale. Here I
am doing Lord’s work and the devil turns around and says who are you again? Now
that was a statement that the devil made in an attempt to intimidate.
I want to ask you a question my friends. Do you
know who you are?
I want to share something that is just amazing.
How many of you know of Star Wars? Do you realize that star wars is real?
Listen to what the Bible says in Revelation
12:4. In order to know who you are, you got to know the context
behind who you are. I want you to understand the context, because there is
something called the great controversy;
a war between good and evil; the forces of light vs. the forces of darkness.
And we are told that this conflict began in heaven with an angel called
Lucifer.
Revelation 12:4, “And his [dragons] tail drew the
third part of the stars of heaven ,
and he [dragon who is called the Devil] and his angels were cast out with
him.
Who are these stars that with Satan were cast to
the earth? They are angels. So in heaven there were angels who are also called
stars, and they engaged in a war (Rev 12:7) against God which let's us know that the first
and the original and genuine star war began in heaven.
In Isaiah 14:13, Lucifer says, “I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: I
will sit also upon the mount of the congregation”.
Who were the stars of God? Here we have Lucifer
gathering his stars to fight a war against the stars of God and we can come to
a conclusion that the first star wars was in heaven. Now you must know that
this star war spilled out and came to planet earth.
That’s why you find in Gen 15:5 that God calls
Abraham and says to him, Abraham, I want you to look up to the what? “the Stars” - so
shall your seed be like these stars. Why? Because there was a star war that began in heaven, and now that star war has
spilled out on to the earth, and Abraham, I am calling you and your seed to me
my star warriors. I know who you are. Do you know who you are?
My friends, if we follow this theme right through
out in Scriptures, in Daniel 8:10, we are introduced to a little horn and it says
that the little horn was to “cast down some of the host and of the stars to the
ground, and stamped upon them”. What it is talking about is that this power that
would rule during the dark ages would actually try
to destroy or war against the stars of God. So a star war that began in heaven
has spilled out of heaven and is taking place where? Earth!
What is even more interesting is that, when you
go to the book of Mathew 1, 2, you got three wise men coming because they have
seen a star. So Jesus Christ, “the bright and morning star (Rev 22:16) comes
upon the scene, and now Herod is searching for the star. Not only are the wise
men searching for the star, but Herod is searching for the star, and the devil
himself is searching for the star because they know the importance of this
Star, in the star war.
Then there was another side. Because over in the
book of Jude 1:13, we read about “wondering stars”. This is talking about the
wicked as a wondering star. As there are “stars” which represent the people of
God (Dan 12:3), there are stars that stand against God and these two parties
are at war with one another. We not only wrestle against the principalities and
powers (Ephesians 6:12), we also wrestle against demons who are inhabiting people.
Now that we understand the context, I want to
show you who you really are without a shadow of doubt.
What started a war in heaven? What really went
wrong in heaven?
Ezekiel 28:15, “Thou wast perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee”.
What started the war in heaven? When iniquity was
found in heaven. What is iniquity? It is sin. What is sin? “Sin is the transgression
of the law” (1 John 3:4), which lets us know that in heaven, there was law that was broken because there has to be a
law in order for there to be transgression. Does that make sense?
Here is the big question. Why didn’t God destroy
Lucifer then and there when he rebelled against God? Some of you already have an answer for this question.
If Lucifer began to say God is unjust and He is unfair and His law is unfair; and
beloved, that is what he was saying. Why didn’t God destroy and judge him right
there? Here is the reason:
In Deut 19:16,17, God commands Moses and
lays out these principles:
Deut 19:16, “If a false witness rise up against
any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17Then both the men,
between whom the controversy
is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall
be in those days".
What is the principle here? If a controversy
arose between two people, there had to be what, a third-party. There had to be
a third party to judge between the two. Amen.
Do you see that there? Why didn’t God judge
Lucifer when Lucifer rose to accuse God? How many parties were there in heaven
when this controversy arose? How many? 1) Lucifer and his angels. 2) God and his
angels. And so in all the universe, there was no third party.
Just imagine you and I had a conflict. I say to you, alright, I am going to see you in court. You say that’s right. I will see you in court too. And you come to court and guess who is sitting on the bench? Me? You are going to sweat really hard right? Because you know how this case will turn out.
Just imagine you and I had a conflict. I say to you, alright, I am going to see you in court. You say that’s right. I will see you in court too. And you come to court and guess who is sitting on the bench? Me? You are going to sweat really hard right? Because you know how this case will turn out.
Lucifer is accusing God and all heaven is
polarized into two sides. There was no third party.
Notice something in Ezekiel 28:17 that God tells to
Lucifer, which must have had Lucifer scratching his head.
Ezekiel 28:17, “Thine heart was lifted up because
of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I
will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
And Lucifer is going what? Lay me before who?
Don’t you know that heaven is polarized into two sides?
Lay me before kings – this term is symbolic of judgment. Do you remember when that woman who was caught in adultery was brought before Jesus (John 8:3), what did they do? They threw her before the feet of Jesus, so that Jesus could do what? Judge her.
Lay me before kings – this term is symbolic of judgment. Do you remember when that woman who was caught in adultery was brought before Jesus (John 8:3), what did they do? They threw her before the feet of Jesus, so that Jesus could do what? Judge her.
God is telling Lucifer, I am going to throw you
or lay you before kings that they may judge you. And Lucifer is scratching his
head saying who are these kings?
Who are these kings that are supposed to judge
me? Everyone in the universe has taken two sides, what are you going to do
God?
Who are these kings that God will take Lucifer
and lay before them?
Revelation 1: 5,6 “Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father”
Has made us what? Kings.
In Revelation 20:4, it speaks about this
great resurrection that takes place, and it says the judgment was given unto
those, who followed Jesus fully.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat
upon them, and judgment was given unto them:
Then in 1 Cor 6:3 Know you not that we shall judge angels
Do you realize who you are?
In fact my friends, when God created mankind,
they were to serve as the jury. So when God made mankind, they were to serve
as that third party who would judge between God and Lucifer.
Isn’t that a high, awesome, incredible, calling?
One day the saints will say, "True and righteous are all thy judgements" (Rev 16:7). The devil knows who you are and that’s why when Adam and Eve was created, devil
said, are these the ones that are going to rule over me? Are these the
ones that are going to judge me? Is this to be the jury? Hmm. If you were a
criminal and you had an opportunity to get to the jury, what would you do?
Bribe the jury. Isn’t that what a criminal would do?
You would attempt to bribe the jury. You would
attempt to disqualify the jury because if there is no jury, there is no third
party, and then there can be no judgment.
So now what happens is that Satan comes to Adam
and Eve in the garden, and says, did God say you can’t eat of this tree. Don’t
listen to God. If you eat of this, Gen 3:5, “For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods
[judges], knowing good and evil”.
Now the Hebrew word for 'gods' is actually translated
into judges.
You can be as judges determining right and wrong
for yourself. You don’t need to follow God’s word to determine what is right
and wrong; you can be judges for yourself. You don’t have to listen to the Bible.
And it is amazing as Eve took of that fruit and ate, guess what she lost? She
lost her ability to discern between right and wrong.
Then the devil says, God, are these the ones that
are supposed to judge me? And you know what, God didn’t say yeah, you are
right, I am going to create a whole new people. He says, no! I am going to
redeem them. I am going to bring back sound judgment to them so that they will
indeed judge you. He comes with the Gospel my friends and we understand that the
entire purpose of the gospel is to reinstate in us sound judgment so that we
can enter the supreme court. God has called you to be jurors – you shall judge
angels!
Do you know that there are three conditions for a
juror?
1) A juror is chosen first because he has limited
or no knowledge of the case.
Now who was there when Satan
sinned? Nobody. Mankind was not there. So God created us outside of the crisis.
2) A juror must be an outstanding citizen of the country which he represents.
And so my friends, this is the
reason why devil tries so hard to disqualify your citizenship
Only an outstanding law abiding citizen who
has been transformed by the grace of Christ enters heaven (John 3:3).
3) A juror must have sound judgement.
Are you accepting who you are in Christ?3) A juror must have sound judgement.
This is why in
the last days, we are talking about a star war. If we are to go through this
war, we got to learn how to fight as Christians. This is why in the last days; the
Bible speaks of babylon who makes the world drunk with her wine. What does wine
do? Its impairs the senses so that you cannot discern between right and
wrong. What does Babylon mean? Confusion. Do you know what confusion is?
Confusion is the opposite of truth. Well the very philosophies that are out there
today; well there is no such thing as absolute truth; do you know what you are
doing when you say that in God’s hearing? God is saying, man, if I let you in,
you will be saying what was the matter with the devil first up? God hold on a
second and you’ll become the devil's advocate. Truth is truth!
A good juror must understand why he is what he
is. Why he believes what he believes. He must be able to look at all the evidence
and come to the conclusion that truth is truth.
Dan 12:3 gives a beautiful promise:
“And they that be wise (they that be what? Let's
put another word there; they that be jurors/judges) shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the
stars for ever and ever”.
Now beloved, you and I are a star. Not the kind
of star you find in the world. A different kind. We are stars not because of popularity;
if I was never known by anyone in this world, I will still be a star in God’s
eyes. A true star is not one that is popular in the eyes of man, but God. I
know who you are. Now I don’t know if you know who you are. But I know who you
are!