This is the Mid Atlantic of the US this morning, farther north I think this storm is much more severe. Stay safe, Shabbat Shalom.

This is the Mid Atlantic of the US this morning, farther north I think this storm is much more severe. Stay safe, Shabbat Shalom.

Shalom to you all. Something that has been on my mind recently is the use of "Yeshua".
I'm not here to condemn, but merely give food for thought.
Yahushua said in John 5:43, "I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him."
Most in torah might think this is the name "Jesus". One thing that is similar between Yeshua and Jesus, is that they both share the "Ye".
Now, for those of you who know that our father's name is Yahuwah/Yahweh (whichever you use), you will note the "Yah" part. This can be found in all of Yah's prophets. They all mostly share his name, stating that they come in HIS name. Now, go back to John 5:43, where Yah's own son says that he comes in his father's name. Why would he not also bear the father's name?
Just a thought for the day.

HOW TO GAIN DELIVERANCE FROM DEMONIC INFLUENCE -- CONTINUE

WARFARE DELIVERANCE:

What do we do for those who have already given in, who are not fighting the battle and seem to be under the influence of the demonic already? There are many people, both believers and non-believers, who have been afflicted, attacked and appear to be living in defeat. There are 3 things we need to learn to be able deliver these people from bondage.

1 -- The cause of demonic influence:
The question with many is: Can a believer be possessed by a demon? The short answer is No, they cannot because true believers are already possessed by Ruach HaKodesh. But to take it a step further, the Bible never uses the word –possessed-- in relation to the demonic, even though our English translations do. The Bible literally talks about a person being –demonized-- with some being demonized to a greater extent than others; it is a matter of degree. In that sense, a believer can be demonized, in the sense of being highly influenced by the demonic if they allow themselves to be. But what causes a person to be demonized?

A -- Worshipping anything in place of YHVH: -- They sacrificed unto devils, not to Elohim; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. -- Deuteronomy 32:17

B -- Engaging in occult practices: -- There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. -- Deuteronomy 18:10-11.

C -- Continuous disobedience to YHVH’s rules and Torah: -- But the Spirit of Elohim departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Adonai troubled him. -- 1 Samuel 16:14.

D -- Unresolved anger and bitterness: -- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. -- Ephesians 4:26-27. This is to let yourself be caught up with the god of this world, rather than the YHVH who is our Father. It is when YHVH does not have first place in our lives that we are in danger.

2 -- The confirmation of demonic influence:
Someone could display some of the behaviours and not be under demonic influence. They could have a mental or emotional problem and / or a chemical imbalance or something along those lines; sometimes those things might even be caused by demonic attack, but not always, so be really careful with this. It is best to have a person diagnosed by a qualified professional before making any type of determination along these lines.

A -- Fits of rage: -- And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from Elohim came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. -- 1 Samuel 18:10

B -- Extreme physical strength: -- who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains. -- Mark 5:3

C -- Multiple personalities [[use caution]] -- But when he saw YeshuaJesus afar off, he ran and worshipped Him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, what have I to do with Thee, Yeshua, Thou Son of the Most High Elohim? I adjure Thee by YHVH, that Thou torment me not. -- Mark 5:6-7

D -- Occult powers: -- And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. -- Acts 16:16

E -- No control over temptation: -- but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. -- James 1:14-15 These are some of the things to look for in our own lives or in the lives of others we might encounter, but what are we supposed to do about it? Pray, resist.

3 -- The cure for demonic influence:
The long and short of it is this; the cure comes when we place ourselves under the Leadership of Adonai Yeshua Moshiach. The first step is accepting Moshiach as Adonai, redeemer, and Saviour of our lives. Until we do that there is nothing or no one that is going to help us out. If you are already a believer and you believe you are under demonic influence or you know someone who is, take these steps:

A -- Reclaim your position in Moshiach: --bFor whatsoever is born of YHVH overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. -- 1 John 5:4. You are a child of YHVH and there is no reason for you to live in defeat. Ask Moshiach to take the place of authority in your life and submit to His will.

B -- Confess all known sin: -- If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -- 1 John 1:9. Every sin that we have committed against YHVH, we must place under the Blood of His Son Yeshua Moshiach. We need to refuse to allow satan to dominate us in this area and claim the forgiveness that YHVH offers to us.

C -- Destroy any occult objects: -- And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. -- Acts 19:18-19. Do you have astrology charts, Ouija boards, books of the occult? Statues of other gods? Get rid of them!

D -- Trust in our Moshiach of the Cross to deliver you: -- blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. -- Colossians 2:14-15

E -- Engage in warfare prayer: -- praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. -- Ephesians 6:18

It is reported that Napoleon once looked at a map and said: -- If it were not for that one red dot, I could rule the world. -- That red dot was the British Empire, the one place on the map that Napoleon could not conquer. Satan is like Napoleon; he looks at the Cross and says, -- If it were not for that one red-stained Cross, I could have conquered humanity. -- If YHVH had not become a man and entered our world in the Person of Yeshua Moshiach, satan could have had his victory and he could have had us. But we escaped satan’s clutches because of that one red-stained Cross. What we need to do is stand on what Moshiach has done, protected from the enemy by the power of prayer.

HOW TO GAIN DELIVERANCE FROM DEMONIC INFLUENCE

A mental hospital wanted to evaluate patients for possible release, one of the tests they gave was to take the patient to a cleaner’s closet. There the patient found the water running and overflowing the sink because the sink plug was plugged in. The person was given a mop and told to clean up the mess. The staff wanted to see whether the patient would simply try to mop up the overflowing water or deal with the root problem by turning off the tap. The patient’s response told the staff whether the person was dealing with reality or not and therefore was or was not ready to be released. Anyone who is in touch with reality knows that you cannot mop up a mess when the source of the mess has not been dealt with.

The purpose is that you will not waste your time trying to mop up your circumstances, when YHVH has given you all the Spiritual Authority you need to address the root cause of the circumstances. If you want to change the fruit, you must first address the root. You have to turn off the running water in your own life and start getting things cleaned up. The weapons of your warfare are not going to do you any good if you do not know how to put them into action. Too many believers parade into church every service, then march home and the truth of YHVH never really gets into their lives. People like this are no threat to the devil because he knows they will never use their spiritual weapons against him; the weapons are for show and entertainment only.

There are six pieces of offensive and defensive weaponry YHVH has equipped us with. But Paul does not stop writing there, because in the very next verse he gives us the secret to using this great authority YHVH has made available to. We might say that after describing the believer’s battle dress, Paul tells us how to get dressed and how to access the authority we posses. -- Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. -- Ephesians 6:18. It is prayer that gains us access to the authority we need for victorious warfare. Prayer is the way we get dressed for battle.

WARFARE PRAYER:

Remember the story of the emperor who had no clothes? That is the way a lot of us go around spiritually; we are basically naked, unclothed, because PRAYER is not a dynamic, vital, potent, consistent, controlling, and all-encompassing reality in many believers’ faith lives. Because we do not have our spiritual clothes on, because we do not know how to put on our armour, we end up being spiritually embarrassed. And even worse than that, we are getting mopped up by satan when YHVH has given us everything we need to defeat our enemy; there are two things we need to know about warfare prayer:

1 -- Intercessory prayer is our most powerful and strategic weapon in Spiritual warfare:
Intercessory prayer means that we have to interceding on someone else’s behalf. We must
pray to YHVH for each other’s victory in the spiritual battle. Specially for each other here on TTN. We know that prayer has a direct impact on spiritual warfare. Once Yeshua’s disciples ran into a demon possessed boy that they could not heal, the boy’s father pleaded with Yeshua to help, and Yeshua delivered the boy from the demonic presence. Later Yeshua’s disciples asked Him why they did not have the ability to cast the demon out of this boy as they had done with others. Yeshua replied: -- This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. -- Mark 9:29. Prior to Yeshua’s predicting that Simon Peter would deny Him three times, He had this to say: -- Simon, Simon, behold, satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. -- Luke 22:31-32. The fact is that YHVH’s power becomes visible where prayer prevails. We could look at example after example in the Bible where intercessory prayer was used as a powerful and strategic weapon in spiritual warfare. The point is that we all need to be under a prayer covering from other believers in Moshiach; praying consistently for each other.

2 -- Prayer brings YHVH’s deliverance and power during Spiritual attack:
One of the first things a commander tries to do in warfare is establish superiority in the air; whoever controls the air usually wins the war. If you establish air superiority, you will suffer fewer casualties on the ground. One of our problems is that the church is suffering a lot of casualties on the ground because we have not established superiority in the air, in the heavenly realms where the real warfare is taking place. There is one big difference between an earthly army and the church, an earthly army must go out and win the air war to establish superiority, but Yeshua Moshiach has already won the spiritual war and established air superiority. Our task is to take the superiority we have and use it to win our battles. That is important, because it is possible to lose a battle, even when you have superior weapons, when you are not using those weapons to full advantage. So, what kind of prayer do we need to experience deliverance and power?

A -- Consistent Prayer:
praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit… -- Ephesians 6:18. Prayer is not some kind of an occasional hobby for the Moshiach follower. Prayer is our lifeblood; it is our duty and it is what is normal for us. We must not pray sometimes, we must pray at all the time, we must not pray only on special occasions, we must pray on every occasion, we must not pray in our own power, but in the power of Ruach HaKodesh. The fact is that either we or our friends in Moshiach are under attack constantly, so we must be constantly in prayer. Prayer is the atmosphere in which we fight, and it is the way we stay in vital daily conduct with our Commander. In other words, the way we activate and use the Armour we have been talking about is by consistently approaching our Spiritual Commander in Chief through prayer.

B -- Intense prayer:
… and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. -- Ephesians 6:18. One of the problems we have is that the devil has already taken back a lot of territory from some of the believers. He has taken back the territory of peace from some of us. From others, he has taken back the territory of our homes, our families, our marriages, our businesses. From still others, the devil has taken back the authoritative position that YHVH has given them. Satan is always looking to take back territory that Moshiach has won. If we are going to stand firm, we must know how to put our Armour on and how to use it and that authority is activated through intense prayer. The kind of prayer that Paul has in mind here is intense, fervent, knowledgeable prayer that enables us to reach into heaven and make withdrawals on our Spiritual Account. We are not praying as we fall asleep at night, we are fully alert to satan’s schemes and praying accordingly to defeat him.

C -- Strategic Prayer:
We are not just praying to pray; we are praying for specific people and circumstances. If we know that another believer is tempted in a certain area, we must intercede and pray for that one’s deliverance in that area. If you are in a leadership position preaching the Word, we must intercede and pray for that leader to withstand the enemy’s attack because we know that leaders deal with attacks constantly. When an army is in battle, they do not just start shooting randomly, they aim and fire directly at the place where they know their enemy is located. We need to do the same in prayer.

Yahweh desires all to be saved through His Son, Yeshua. The gospel went forth from Jerusalem after the wall of separation was torn down. Peter had to learn this lesson the hard way. Paul tells us explicitly over and over. Due to my faith in Yahweh and His Son, Yeshua, I am commanded to despise racism in any form. Yeshua died so that all who come to Him shall be saved. All means all.