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The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

THE DEVIL CANNOT PREVAIL AGAINST YOU

e have seen how the movie industry has glorified the devil and his demons. Theyve

portrayed the devil as some great mystic, supernatural power that is almost impossible to banish. Nothing could be farther from the truth!

At the same time, theyve portrayed God as a benign, grandfatherly fellow who smokes cigars. Or worse, they deny His existence altogether. Its a sad commentary on our society, yet sadder still is the fact that many Christians have been duped as well.

They give their lives to Jesus, but hold on with their fingernails while the devil beats their brains out. Ive heard many people talk about how bad the devil whipped them. If you listen carefully, youll hear their doctrine loud and clear. You never know what God is gonna do, Brother Jesse. It just depends on how He feels.

I want to tell you something. God isnt moved by feelings; He goes strictly by His Word. I dont care what anybody tells you. You dont need fourteen theologians explaining why it wont work. If Gods Word says it, its finished. If God says it, I believe it!

Thats why I want to put to rest all the myths about Satans power. Im going to prove to you from Gods Word that the devil cannot prevail against you.

Lets look at Matthew chapter sixteen, beginning at verse fifteen. He (Jesus) saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in Heaven.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:15-18

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

YOU ARE THE CHURCH


I was meditating on these scriptures one day when the Lord interrupted me. Jesse, who is the Church? What do you mean? I asked Where is My body, Jesse?

Well, in a lot of places. Its in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its in Tokyo, Japan. Its in Dallas, Texas. Its in Kenya, Africa and Toronto, Canada. The Body of Christ spans the world!

Didnt I say the gates of hell wouldnt prevail against it? Yeah Arent you a part of the body of Christ? Yeah Then how can the devil prevail against you, Boy?

No devil can hurt you or destroy you if you stand on My Word. You can walk out into the world and demons will tremble. Theyll know you have power of attorney to use My Name.

I want to tell you something. The Church isnt going down; its going up!

The Bible says that the gates of hell wont prevail against it, and I dont care what anybody else says. God built the Church on Jesus. If Jesus lives in you, then the devil cannot prevail against you!

But, listen, having your name on a church roster does not make you a member of the Church. You have to be born again. Nobody was saved until Jesus went to the cross, died, and was resurrected from the dead.

Until then, sin was under the blood of bulls, goats, and oxen. It was called atonement, which means to cover. But, you cant find the word atonement in the Greek New Testament. It isnt there.

Why? Because Jesus blood didnt cover your sin, it washed it away, never to be remembered against you anymore. Theres not even a record of your sin. But once you have that redemption, you become a Christian. That means the devil cant prevail against you.

Look again at Matthew 16:17, And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in Heaven.

The reason Jesus knew that His Father told Peter this information was because He knew that a carnal mind is enmity against God. The Bible says that the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14). In other words, youve got to be born again to understand the glory revealed in the Bible.

Thats why some people think youre nuts. They have to worry about things like recession. Well, arent you worried about the recession, Brother Jesse?

No! My God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, and He owns the hills! The Bible says He owns all the silver and gold in the world. God said that I was more than a conqueror. And Im just bold enough to believe every word that He said!

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THE CHURCH


God didnt hear my prayer, Brother Duplantis. Ive been praying for forty-four years, and He has never answered me once.

Hmmhave you been praying according to Gods Word?

Well, I dont know about that. I aint ever looked in the Word about prayer. Thats what I figured.

You see, the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church. So, it might be interesting to find out what instructions Jesus gave to the Church. Lets look at Mark chapter sixteen, beginning in verse fifteen.

And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Mark 16:15:18

He was talking to the Church! Thats you and me. He said, Go out into the world and lay hands on the sick and cast out devils in My Name. Jesus never meant for you to just lay hands on folks in the church.

He said, Go out! Out where? Out into the world. Go downtown! Go uptown! Go to the suburbs and out to the farms! Go out and lay hands on the sick! Well, we cant do that. Its not natural.

We are not natural people! We are born again, spirit filled believers. We are led by what Gods Word says. And it doesnt matter, because the devil cannot prevail against us.

That doesnt mean he wont attack you. But, he wont prevail if you do what the Word says. Submit yourself to God, resist the devil and hell flee. Thats all there is to it.

But he aint leaving, Brother Duplantis. Ive been praying, spitting, and hollering for years, and hes still here.

Then, just maybe, youve given him a place to sleep in your house.

Ive learned how to get the devil on the run. I get the Word of God and come after him with everything God has to say. I dont do it in my own ability or my own power. I know that Im the righteousness of God, and the devil is under my feet.

When the devil comes after my family, I know that hes already defeated, so I go after him. Stop right there! Im the Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against me! Now get your filthy hand off my family, in Jesus Name!

Ive heard people say, Well, I just dont believe that.

Thats why theyre sick all the time. Thats why theyre afflicted on every side. Theyre being destroyed because they wont use the rights theyve been given by God.

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

USE THE WEAPONRY OF GOD


See, your weapons are made from the same power as Gods. Theyre mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4). Dont try to fight the devil in your own senses. Use the weaponry of God. How did God do everything? With words.

Everything you see, even the chair youre sitting on right now, was made out of faith through words. They are vessels. They hold things. When you say, Lord, come into my life, the words are so powerful that they regenerate your inner man. The gates of hell wont prevail against faith-filled words.

It is writtenThus saith the Lord thy God Devil get behind meSatan, get thee hence Wordsnot just any words, but the spoken Words of God will get the devil running fast. You need to open your mouth and give old red pants a kick!

Were given a profound promise in Deuteronomy 28:7, The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Think about that. That is the power of Jesus. You and I are not the only ones whove found ourselves in a bind with enemies raised up against us. David found himself in quite a predicament. Remember, David was under the Old Covenant. He couldnt come boldly to the throne of grace. He had to have a high priest offer sacrifices for his sin once a year.

That wasnt his only limitation. He was nothing but a little ruddy, pimple-faced boy. But, God had spoken these words through his prophet, Youre going to be the next king.

A few years later, David was hiding in a cave with people chasing him and the king was trying to kill him.

Im pretty sure that David sat in that cave thinking, Lord, didnt You anoint me and call me Your anointed? I dont look anointed. Im stuck in a cave eating beans and berries. What happened? David was depressed. But, the Bible said that David meditated on Gods Word, and then he came out of that cave and kicked the Philistines in the head.

While he was sitting there in that cave, he realized something. He realized that he was the king because God said so. It didnt make any difference that he wasnt sitting on the throne or living in the palace. It didnt matter what Saul thought or said. David was going to sit on that throne because God said it.

Oh, dont forget that the devil did everything he could do to stop Gods plan. But lets face facts, the boy did become king. He did sit on the throne. God did establish him.

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

WE HAVE A BETTER COVENANT


Did you ever wonder why a man like David would have looked over the balcony at Bathsheba taking a bath? Why did he get embroiled in such a mess? I can explain it to you. He wasnt filled with the Holy Ghost. He didnt have someone on the inside convicting him.

He was still living under the Old Covenant. The Holy Spirit would come upon him, but he wasnt the temple of the Holy Ghost.

You and I have a better covenant than David did. Because of Jesus shed blood, we have the Spirit of Truth dwelling in us. We have better promises. Promises like, The gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church.

When Jesus died, He didnt go straight to Heaven. He first went to hell, blew the socks off the devil, and kicked the doors down. Then, Jesus began to preach a revival in hell. The Bible says that He set the captives free and paralyzed the demons and devils. He snatched the keys to death and the grave from Satan. Later, he beamed up to the throne room of God with a bucket of His own blood and threw it across the altar and said,

Man has become the righteousness of God! Father God looked at His Son and said, All legal claims against man have been satisfied. Any man can come boldly before the throne of Grace! Jesus was the reality of the New Covenant redemption.

Look with me at Ephesians 1:3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

Have you ever wondered what that means exactly? You and I have been blessed with spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. We start getting a deeper revelation of those heavenly places later in the same chapter, starting in verse seventeen:

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of the inheritance in the saints.

And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.

Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places.

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the Church.

Which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all. Ephesians 1:17-23

Now move down to Ephesians 2:6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:6-8

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

NOW WE ARE SEATED IN HEAVENLY PLACES


Are you beginning to see why the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church? God has seated us in heavenly places with Him! The devil would have to go to Heaven to prevail against the Church, and he got kicked out of Heaven centuries ago! There is no force in hell strong enough to prevail against the Church.

And there is nothing the devil can do that shall prevail against you and me! No wonder Jesus said, Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world (John 16:33).

Do you know what this means? It means that Jesse Duplantis is sitting in heavenly places with Jesus. Me! Im there with Jesus, because God said it. Just like He said David would be king! Do you know who else is sitting with Jesus in heavenly places? You!

That sounds good, Brother Jesse, but you havent been where Ive been. Thats true, but Jesus has. It sounds good, but it wont work. It wont? No. You just called God a liar. No, noI didnt call God a liar. Yes, you did. You just read what God said. Yeah, I read it, but you cant take it like that. Hmm, I wonder why God wrote it like that?

One man told me you should never read the book of Revelation because youll misunderstand it.

Misunderstand what? The Word of God? The Word of God is life! The devil tries to keep people from reading Revelation because the first chapter says that anyone who reads it will be blessed (Revelation 1:3).

The devil doesnt want you blessed. He doesnt want you to know that the gates of hell wont prevail against you because his only power is through deceiving you from knowing whats yours.

Instead of letting the devil beat your brains out, take your authority back and use it against him. Say to him, You cant touch me, because you cant touch Heaven. I am the body of Christ. I may be the toenail on the smallest toe, but that still makes me above your head.

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE ON EARTH: THE BODY OF CHRIST


Listen, the most powerful force on earth today is the body of Christ. When the Methodists, Baptists, Catholics, Assemblies of God, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians get together, well evangelize the world for Jesus. When we take our doctrines and set them aside and just preach Jesus, the world will get saved.

Do you know what will happen when we get in one accord? The Holy Spirit will get involved. One man told me, I dont like Billy Graham.

When you can pull a hundred thousand people into the Superdome, then talk to me about it. Hes getting people saved! Who cares about anything else? There are people going to hell every day!

Jesus died on the cross for you, and me, and all those people out there. He let people whip Him, and spit on Him, and pluck His beard out. Today, Hes standing in Heaven as the King of kings. Hes not beat up, and Hes not living in any shack, Bubba. He said that you and I are the body of Christ. He said that the Father is excited to see us.

So, get excited! When you go upthe devil will stay down!

You are seated in heavenly places and the gates of hell cannot prevail against you. So, why have you been walking around letting the devil beat you up? He has no legal right to do that, Jesus took care of that legality and gave you power to prevail over the devil.

The following article is taken from the June 2008 publication "Voice of the Covenant" - by Jesse Duplantis Ministries.

In my ever, ongoing task to GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

DONT ELEVATE THE DEVIL!


One day I thought, Im not going to pray today. Things are going good, so Ill just rest. Let me tell you from experience what will happen if you try not praying. While youre resting, the devil is going to plan the biggest offensive of your life. The Bible says that the devil is under your feet, so keep him there. That means dont lay down.

Its unfortunate that a lot of churches elevate the devil. They elevate him and call him god. Jesus said that He undid the works of Satan. Ive noticed something about sicknessJesus undid it. He didnt do it, He undid it.

Do you think that the Lord put cancer on you to teach you something? Teach you what? How to holler?

You learned that when they slapped you when you were born. Hes teaching you the same thing He taught all those people when He walked on the earth, that He came to heal the sick, raise the dead, and make the lame to walk.

Well, what about that lady we prayed for. She died. Let me tell you something. Your reputation is not on the line. There was a broken connection somewhere, and it wasnt on Gods part.

The devil thought he had the whole world wrapped up in a package back in the Garden of Eden. He couldnt figure out any way that God could get the world back from him. Hed destroyed the animal kingdom. Hed destroyed the vegetable kingdom. Hed destroyed the human kingdom.

But, God is an artist. He just started painting a picture right in front of the devils eyes. He looked at the serpent and said, Youre going to crawl on your belly and eat the dust of the fields all the days of your life.

Why did God say that to the snake? Because he yielded his vessel to Satan. Satan is not a snake. Satan is a fallen angel.

Then the Lord said, Im going to put enmity between you and Me; between your seed and the womans seed.

The devil was confused. Woman doesnt have any seed.

God just continued to paint. Through the ages, Satan tried to stop that seed from coming. He just never imagined that Jesus would be born of a virgin.

He knew he could destroy anything born of woman; he didnt realize that Jesus would be born of God.

After the crucifixion and resurrection, the devil said, If we had known, we would have never crucified Him. God is still painting that picture. Only now its you and me that Hes talking to. Youre seated in heavenly places with Jesus. Hes saying, The gates of hell cannot prevail against you. Youre My Church. You dont have a problem with the devil. The devil has a problem with you!

There is no force in hell strong enough to prevail against the Church. And there is

nothing the devil can do that shall prevail against you and me!

If you dont know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the greatest Friend youll ever have. As you say these words, if youll believe them with your heart, you will be born again (Romans 10:9-10).

Jesus, come into my life. Forgive me of all my sins. I ask You to cleanse my heart, and make me a new person in You right now. I believe that You are the Son of God and that You died on the cross for me. Jesus, I want to thank You for loving me enough to die for me. I accept all that Your shed blood bought for me on the cross, and I receive You as my Savior and Lord. In Your name I pray. Amen. If youve just prayed this prayer, congratulations! You are a new creature in Christ and, as 2 Corinthians 5:17 in the New Testament says, ...old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Friend, you have a whole new life with Jesus to look forward to, starting now. Your slate is clean before God. Your spirit has been reborn because of Christs great sacrifice and love for you. Please write and let me know of your decision to follow Christ and I will send you a free booklet to help you begin your new life as a believer. So, write today and remember, Christ is thinking about you and He only wants the best for your life. God bless you! Jesse Duplantis

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