We must know our enemy if we are going to pray against him, overcome him and cast him out of church and state on earth then in heaven.  There are a lot of verses throughout the Bible so to collapse complexity, let's see all the identifiers Jesus stated in His Gospel.  Then we will cover the ways to defeat Satan in the Bible and in personal experiences.  

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John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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That includes the ability of a person to be a child of the devil, of having lusts and doing lusts injected into you by the devil including murder, not staying in the truth, not having any truth, speaking on his own without God, and lying.   Notice Devil means doer of Evil, Evil means expression of a veil, something that hides the truth. Satan means he sat on God's throne and tried to rise above it.  Some details may be useful in precisely analyzing the truth of how this evil spirit is acting in each verse that names him.  Once one has learned the subtle behavior changes, one can identify them in situations where the evil is not named.  But there is also a requirement to get God's permission and cooperation to fight Satan.

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Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

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Since it's important to the whole picture, here is my story on the Rod of Iron.  I asked God in prayer to experience the rod of iron.  I was led into a process of writing a book that seemed important drawing from the best broadcasts and mixing their analysis with my Bible analysis, reworking it with advice from friends and sending it to a publisher.  Then I wanted Congress to read it, thinking it would help straighten them out.  So I wrote mine and was told they don't buy books like that, people give them.  I was angered by that, living in poverty and being told to give my work to the richest group on earth.  I targeted the Congressional Prayer Caucus and its Foundation, going down the list of Congress members by phone and getting only staff, no actual Congressmen and still no interest.  I got fully engaged in anger and prayed for God to shake up Washington DC.  He did and the epicenter pf the Virginia Earthquake was just outside Randy Forbes district who founded the Congressional Prayer Caucus, indicating the problem wasn't his but close.  Later I learned it was felt all along the East Coast from Canada to Florida.  This was the rod of iron, iron willed prayer capable of major national destruction.  Some Bible readers interpret the Rod of Iron if error saying only Jesus wields it or in terms like the kingdom of God because they have no experience which comes from asking God.  

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Rev. 12 says the man-child or new man is about to wield the rod of iron and then is taken up to heaven, then the angels (which humans are in heaven) war against Satan and his followers, casting them to earth.  Obviously that will take exercising the rod of iron to break up Satan's army and shake them out of heaven. So start getting ready, ask God to give you an experience of the rod of iron and help you be ready to wield it..

 

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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The blood of the Lamb represents Jesus' life giving Spirit, the word of truth itself can stop Satan, and after we get to heaven we are dead already so there is nothing preventing all out war to cast Satan out.  This must be in our prayers on earth to cast Satan out of Church ad State too.  The disappointing thing was there was no evident benefit from shaking up Washington,DC, it was quickly business as usual.  That's why we must focus on fully doing Jesus' will.

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My experience so far with casting Satan out of church and state has also met limited success.  That is why we need the new man, a team who is greater than the prayer warriors who attend denominations where prayer is the least attended meeting of the week, in spite of churches existing as houses of prayer to contact God.  It requires people who are very serious about God.  On Franklin Graham's Decision America website, most Christians are called "Casual Christians" in a poll.  I don't know about you, but I don't want to be called a casual Christian.  Since Paul is also a Christian maybe it's better to be a Jesusian.

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When young I was raised going to a religious establishment and saw my dad's spark of life within go out being replaced by the outard blessing of others when he was elected elder and soon after he died.  So I was shown spiritually there is something seriously wrong with that secular posiiton over God's spiritual people.  But then I hadn't read the Bible or been taught much.  I saw that wasn't really God's church so I prayed to start one.  I was given a vision of a kid glowing in a classroom and I was told in Spirit he would be in my church.  That was the big mistake but I didn't realize it, for the voice said it was my church not Jesus' church.  Eventually over the years I became so sensitive to the whore spirit which motivates people in Christianity that I agreed in prayer to not go to the Decision America stop in my state and that motivated Jesus to send an angel to rewire a couple of things spiritually so I could tolerate it for the sake of converting some people. So it always comes down to asking God for what is right.

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I was annoyed one morning after having done a full day's work to be sucked in to a lust for a woman when I hadn't even seen one in the past couple of days. I had no intentional interest but it was a strong feeling so I checked and it had nothing to do with my body so it was a spirit from Satan. (Remember the verse mentioning Satan's lusts).  Eventually I realized it wasn't God for Jesus said God tempts no man.  So it is definitely some evil spirit of Satan to cast out.  Amen, just writing that helped defeat it.  We need to exercise that much more to cast Satan out of everything.

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Have you forgotten anything?  Especially Jesus' words? That was Satan for Jesus said Satan takes the word out of your mind. Now let's take a look at some of Satan's human servants. 

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Genesis to Revelation Bible proof Elders are of Satan

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The first mention of elder in Genesis is one brother is elder than another - age is biological not spiritual. The second mention of elders in Genesis, the first mention as a position, is the elders of Egypt who were not of Israel and not saved so they were definitely Satanic leaders of the nation of slave drivers relative to Israel.

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Elders are Satanic slave drivers! Satan's carnal ambassadors ruling over God's spiritual people from the beginning. In Numbers God took of Moses' spirit and put it on them so they prophesied once but never again. The outward fading spirit of Moses evidently did not give them inner life to pursue God.

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Later on we see elders in Ezekiel. God tells the prophet He will not be inquired of by them. So eldership should have died out then but continued arising. Jesus never authorized or approved of elders in His church. Jesus directly forbade elders in Matthew 23:8 based on a televised report of Israel's Chief Archaeologist that Rabbi exactly equals elder.

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Least Christian ever Paul put elders in his Rev. 17:5 whores to obey Paul by teaching their own ministries instead of Jesus' pure Gospel, so they will be left behind and suffer the Great Tribulation. In Revelation the 24 elders who make it to heaven must throw down their crowns when they see people who lived the Gospel come as living creatures.

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Finally in Revelation 19:4 we see the last of elders as they must become equal with all saints under Jesus to participate in the marriage feast of the Lamb.

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So we see elders are Satan's servants ruling over God's spiritual people, both Jew and Christian. Most of Paul's denominations have elders all disobediant to Jesus and they control Jesus' believers in varying ways.  In some denominations they function as Pastors, controlling the meeting content as well as various promotions and demotions including excommunication.  In other denominations they function separate from the believers as members of a board of directors mainly exerting control over a Pastor, which is another of First Pope Paul's positions that destroy the equality of the believers under Jesus. 

 

If they wanted God, they would choose names Jesus gave such as Apostle, or Shepherd.  If they thought about it they would realize that greater obedience to Jesus would result in greater love and peace in their own hearts as well as those they meet.  But instead they look at Satan's example and say "elders are in the Bible, Paul taught the qualifications to be elder," and throw out the blessings of grace Jesus has prepared for those who love him.

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Now consider how Paul's elders have infested all of Western Civilization, church, state, and business.  We sometimes call our city council the city elders.  When businesses grow large they often get business advice from a board of directors.  And any Public Official ruling over a Christian to stop most any Christian activity is directly serving Satan, some under the guise of making others "comfortable."

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2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

 

Beware of false light - sometimes people will say something that sounds brilliant but does it obey Jesus Christ or Satan?  Some miracle workers seen on TV may convey Jesus' miracles and some may convey a spirit that agrees with speaking Gibberish which can in no way express the Spirit of Truth.  So as John said, test the spirits.  If they don't measure up, turn to Jesus and cast them out.

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You'll no doubt identify more of Satan's influences in your life and others - watch the news - virtually all of it can be prayed about to cast Satan out. Strengthen your spirit by both obeying Jesus and casting Satan out always until Satan is gone and only Jesus remains.          

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