THE DEVIL EXPOSED!--The Gen Story, Part 10       DO 1454  4/75

(After Faithy's session with Gen:)

         1. THE DEVIL IS NOT LIKE GOD, HE DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING! He only knows what God's already said & already done. He knows what God has publicly predicted that He's going to do, like the prophecies, etc., so he knows the course of history & what's going to happen. But we can read it too, so we know as much as he does about that! But he does not know God's every move & what God's going to do next!
         2. IT'S JUST LIKE TWO GENERALS AT WAR! God is the One Who usually takes the initiative--the Devil can't act until after God's already acted, because he doesn't know what God's going to do! Once in awhile he tries to pull a fast one & act first, but usually whenever he does he makes the wrong step, he does the wrong thing, which literally hangs himself, trips him & exposes him!
         3. SO THE DEVIL, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT FAITHY WAS GOING TO DO, THE MINUTE SHE WALKED IN HE MADE THE BABY THROW A FIT, ABOUT THE WORST SHE'S EVER SEEN! It was as though the Devil was trying to pin it on her, that SHE'S the one that upset the baby, & SHE'S the one that caused all the trouble!--As though to give Gen an excuse to say, "It's THEIR fault, not MY fault!"
         4. BUT WHAT HE DID WAS EXPOSE HIMSELF! He showed that he was still a real problem & causing lots of trouble, which is what they needed to know today because they had just gotten slothful in saying, "Well, the baby's all right!" Eman even said, "My wife's healed now & everything's fine, no problems, everybody's happy!" But to prepare them for the news they got tonight they had to know that things were NOT just fine & the baby was in BAD shape! So the minute Faithy walked in, boy, the Devil was mad!
         5. TILL FINALLY SHE REALLY GOT MAD AT THE DEVIL & WALKED OVER & LAID HANDS ON THE BABY & CUSSED THE DEVIL OUT & REBUKED HIM, really in righteous anger, & the baby pulled out of it just like that & was totally calm for the whole rest of the conference!--Showing it was absolutely the Devil! She didn't weakly pray for it, "Lord, please heal it, please bless the baby, blah, blah, blah." Those little namby-pamby prayers aren't going to do a bit of good in a case where you're dealing with evil spirits! You've got to address the Old Boy himself & rebuke him, call him by name if you can! You don't necessarily have to scream for God to hear you, or the Devil either, but it is a manifestation of the righteous anger of God! God is angry with the Enemy!
         6. SHE GOT MAD & REBUKED THE DEVIL, SHE CALLED HIM THE DEVOURER! That's the way the Lord reveals those things, that's probably his name. Of course, that's the DEVIL'S name. (See 1Pet. 5:8) Let me tell you, THAT spirit COULD be, because this is pretty important business & we're pretty important people on this Island! It could be that, just like Judas, the Devil's not leaving his business to any second lieutenant! She called him the Devourer! That's interesting, the Old Boy himself is giving us his personal attention, how about that! She jumped up & laid her hands on the baby & rebuked the Devil & the baby pulled out of it just like that! Gen probably saw that your magic was bigger than her magic & began to behave herself--she didn't want to lose her magic altogether!
         7. THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL THE ANOINTING OF THE SPIRIT, HONEY! You suddenly got the anointing & you no doubt called him by the right name! It was the Old Boy himself! That's the way it came on me that time I prayed for that girl in Oakland. It was totally unexpected, I hadn't the faintest idea God was going to use me to do that! It was just like an outburst of the Holy Spirit, the anointing just suddenly hits you! I just SUDDENLY felt led to stretch out my hands on that girl's head & just rebuked the Devil & the spirit of fear in the Name of Jesus & socked it to her--& him--& she snapped out of it just like that! TTL!
         8. IT'S GOT TO BE GOD'S TIMING, GOD'S OPPORTUNE MOMENT, GOD'S SET-UP! Just like when the time comes for the final confrontation with the Old Boy himself in her, you'll know. God will anoint you the same way, you'll know just when it's supposed to happen. God will say, "Now!" Boom! Just like the General in command says, "Don't fire until I tell you!"--And all of a sudden comes the order: "FIRE!"
         9. GOD'S TIMING IS IMPORTANT! YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE RED OF HIS EYES! The Devil could feel in your attitude that there was something big coming & he figured he'd attack first before you got it across--but that's where he stuck his neck out & really blew it, because by attacking, he exposed himself.
         10. SINCE THE ENEMY DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT, HE TRIES TO OUTGUESS THE LORD! It looked like maybe Faith was coming in there to have the final big confrontation & really attack Gen or something, it looked that sober & serious, so when Faith walked in, the baby threw a big fit!--Like, "See, it's not Gen, it's Faith! It's not us, it's these people that just came in!" But the fact of the matter was, she was not there to do that at all--although the Lord gave her an opportunity to challenge the Devil & she won! By sticking his neck out, he hung himself! Because she was there to tell them something else just as sobering if not more sobering!
         11. The Devil really thought that he was going to get attacked there for sure, & maybe this was going to be the big confrontation, so he pulled out his big guns & began firing away too soon! Instead of that, by cutting loose like that he betrayed his real position & exposed himself to all of them & showed what it really was. Because then the Lord had to prove it WASN'T Faithy & us causing it, 'cause she stood up then & rebuked the Devil & got an immediate victory!--Which showed it wasn't HER & it wasn't US, so it must be somebody ELSE (Gen) who is denying it & still had the attitude all the time, like, "It's not my fault, I can't help it!" The Devil can really play it innocent sometimes!
         12. SO THAT'S THE WAY IT OFTEN HAPPENS, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS! You don't always know exactly when or how to do it, but the thing to do is just wait for the commanding order, that's all, & when the time comes, you'll know when to attack! There's a lot in God's timing, WHEN to do it & the right TIME. In fact, that's what we were having our conference about today, Beloved.
         13. That's what we were discussing today, WHEN to make this attack, what would be the best TIME, best PLACE & safest situation under which to do it. And that was the decision we made today, thanks to the Lord, that we were going to have to give her a chance. We had to deliver our souls & wash our hands of her blood, we were going to have to give her her chance, & we are still convinced of that.
         14. When Faith rebuked the Devil & instantly got the victory, they could see who was who! After all, she rebuked the Devil by name & rebuked the Devourer & he immediately stopped! That proved on the spot it was the Devil, because they'd been trying everything else to get the child to shut up! It proved on the spot that Faithy was on GOD'S side & that GOD was stronger than the Devil, amen?
         15. SO THE DEVIL DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING & HE CAN'T OUTSMART THE LORD & he frequently makes some sad mismoves, misjudging God's moves, which does nothing but hang himself like he did today! In trying to prove it was Faithy, he showed his ugly head & exposed himself instead of winning the victory. So praise the Lord! TYL!
         16. THANK YOU LORD FOR THE VICTORY! TYJ! You get all the credit & all the glory! It's all Your power & all Your doing, Lord. It's Your Name that did it, Your Spirit that did it, Your Power that did it, Lord! We thank You! We just thank You for letting Faithy know when to attack. She didn't have to premeditate it or think about it because she didn't even know it was going to happen.
         17. SHE DIDN'T PLAN WHEN & WHERE SHE WAS GOING TO DO IT OR HOW, but the moment the time came & You gave the signal to attack, she just instantly attacked & did it! She obeyed Your voice, got Your signal & she leaped to the attack & hit the Old Boy where it hurts & won the victory, & he had to turn tail & run again! So it was plain to everybody who was in the wrong & who was exposed & who was to blame, who was on the Lord's side & why it was necessary for Faith to tell them what she had to tell them. You took the weak thing to confound the mighty! Because when we're weak, then we're strong, for Thy strength is made perfect in our weakness.--1Cor.1:27; 2Cor.12:9,10. So in her weakness, Lord, of her flesh, You were able to manifest Thy mighty power & Thy strength to overcome the power of the Enemy! Thank You Jesus for it! TYL!
         18. HELP EVERYONE HERE TO SEE THAT THE DEVIL TREMBLES WHEN HE SEES THE WEAKEST SAINT UPON HIS KNEES! He might not tremble so much, Lord, if it's one of these people who thinks they're a stronger saint, because he knows that's in itself a spiritual weakness, to think they're strong & to think they can do it & to feel self-confident. So thank You for using Faithy today, thank You for EXPOSING the Enemy, thank You for DEFEATING him & thank You for the victory! PYJ! TYL!


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