Pastor Joel Laswell

Demon possession doesn't mean that you no longer have a will, or the freedom to choose. It means that your will is taken captive and caged, then beaten down and thus so weakened that it cannot but make the wrong choices--this is where sin leads. But it is possible that Jesus can be seen through the bars of the cage and set the captive free!

It seems like anywhere you go in the world, in just about anybody's life, at some point there are these minions of darkness that scare us. Now, with that kind of commonality there has to be some sort of truth associated with it, and there is. The Bible doesn't call him the bogeyman. It has another name. They're known as demons, devils, or evil spirits. And you'd be surprised how much the word of God has to say about demons, devils, and evil spirits and how to defeat these creatures. And defeating them is what is really important for us to know and understand--especially as we are living in the last days when such manifestations are going to increase and we will be confronted more and more by them. In this series of studies concerning spiritual possession we will be looking at the powers involved in spiritual possession, we are going to define some terms, look at examples of possession and how one grieves the Holy Spirit and then how to cast out demons.

We need to be cognizant of the fact that there’s another realm, another dimension that we cannot see with our physical sight, and yet it’s just as real as the world we’re living in right now with the things we see all around us. The apostle Paul spoke of these things in 2 Corinthians 4:18 when he said, “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

As we have learned in all our studies of Revelation 13 and 14, very soon--with blinding force, there is going to be a national Sunday law. With that law will come the restrictions of the mark and then eventually a death decree for all who refuse it.

In light of the unprecedented event concerning this Jesuit Pope that addressed the US Congress, I think it would be a good idea for us to review what inspiration says will be the order of events regarding the coming Sunday Law and how we should react to these events as they unfold.

I want to spend some time with you again talking about the future. Not the future battle with the beast and His image. Not the future time of trouble. I want to go beyond that for we need to be reminded that there are better things in store for us. I want to take a look at a whole new world--a world much different than the one we live in today. I want you to see that this future home now being prepared for us will actually fulfill God's original plan for man's perfect happiness.

The message of the third angel concerns the beast, his image, and his mark. Let us see just what this warning entails...Go here for the study tract: www.3asdchurch.org/biblestudy.htm

One of the most theologically confused subjects in the Bible is that of hell. It has been fumbled by the clergy and distorted by the laity until the word has become best known as a common curse word. Everywhere people are asking the same questions: What and where is hell? What is the fate of the wicked? Will a God of love torture people throughout eternity? Will the fire of hell ever burn the wickedness out of sinners? These are questions, which deserve sound Bible answers, and the controversy surrounding the subject should not discourage us from exposing all the truth as it is in Christ.

Last time we learned that Revelation 14 describes three angels with messages for the world. It was to separate the church of Christ from the corrupting influence of the world that the first angel's message was given. Did the first message do its work? Yes! There was indeed a separation that took place and the second angel now makes a solemn proclamation that goes along with the first angel's message. Let’s see what that second message is and discover what it means. Go here for the study tract: www.3asdchurch.org/biblestudy.htm

Revelation speaks of three unclean spirits, the dragon, the beast and the false prophet that battle against the forces of good in a last attempt to win the world. Who are these forces and who are the 3 angels that battle against them?