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Satan Desires To Have Us... George Floyd
https://billrandles.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/satan-desires-to-have-us-the-george-floyd-slaying/ ^ | May 30 2020 | Bill Randles

Posted on 05/30/2020 4:33:20 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles

And the Lord said, 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)

I have no doubt that the warning Jesus gave to Peter is applicable to us here in America. in light of the recent slaying of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department. “Satan desires to have you, that he may sift you as wheat…” .

The traumatic events playing out in America, will definitely have this effect, they will force out into the open, things we have hidden in our heart, for all to see, whether they be good or evil.

First of all Satan is definitely in this.

Of course, Satan didn’t directly kill George Floyd, the Minneapolis Police department did, particularly officer Chauvin, when He pinned the handcuffed man to the sidewalk, putting his knees on the helpless man’s neck, as Floyd begged and pleaded for his life, as did the people passing by the scene of horror. Floyd died under Chauvin’s knee.

That same Police department (Minneapolis) fast tracked a Somali immigrant, so that they could showcase “Diversity” , but failed to vet him. ( Diversity is one of the highest ideals of the New Religion).

Early in his career, This newly minted Somali Muslim Police officer shot to death an Australian lady who was merely trying to report a crime.

There were no riots, or race based condemnations of entire people groups. Neither was the media dominated by reports and condemnations of the nation. The Somali and Muslim communities were not harassed and hounded, for everyone understood that they didn’t do the crime. The Officer did.

Not everything That happens is about race, until the leftists try to make it about race in order to divide and conquer us.

Satan doesn’t directly kill people, what He does is harden their hearts, and sows hatred and prejudice into men’s hearts, (of all hues), and sets up situations for them to hate and kill each other. He sends out a flood of Words and images, non stop propaganda of hate, prejudice, corporate guilt, to build up pressure, creating a tense and explosive environment.

The nightmare video of the atrocity, shocked and outraged ALL Americans, at least any one at all of decency, good will, and a sense of humanity. There has been a national sense of outrage over this, it is not limited to the socially “woke” people of the left, but all of mainstream America is shocked and disgusted at this turn of events.

Here is Where Satan has jumped in to test us all, The Question is, ‘What evil lies in our hearts, that this nightmare exposes’?

The Prophet Jeremiah warns us all…

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.( Jeremiah 17:9-10)

All of the Racism, self Righteousness, violence, avarice and greed, rebellion, self pity (victim status), and a host of other sordid vices hidden in our hearts as individuals is being forced out into the open. This test is designed to reveal all of it, in everybody.

Satan has been cultivating hatred and bias very carefully in this nation for a long time. He has conditioned many of us to think only in terms of identity blocks, and not of each of us as individuals.

Satan has concocted a new civil religion in America, in which there is no individual sin, only group sin. He has divided humanity into different groups, warring against each other. Some of those groups are virtuous, and others are guilty just by virtue of being in the group, and partaking of the group ‘privileges’. Satan’s control of the media and education has helped to foster and entrench this new religion.

According to the tenants of the new religion America itself is guilty, She is systemically “racist”, and there can be no forgiveness, only constant repayment for the past transgressions of the ‘privileged group’.

The only ones who for the most part are truly exempt from this new civil religion, are those who recognize it as a counterfeit Christianity. We have an account of the Fall of man, and it didn’t happen in 1619, it happened in the beginning, in Genesis 3. The fall is universal, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God”, it doesn’t just apply to the one group, and not the others.

Furthermore, in Christ we have forgiveness of our sins, we cannot be shamefaced or controlled therefore by tyrants who selectively apply history to our situation. The Truth sets us free.

But as the Bible says, not all men have faith. That very faithlessness is being revealed on many levels now.

It is going to be revealed when people attempt to justify or mitigate what appears to be a murder on a public street, as well as when people attempt to pin blame and fault on an entire group of people or a nation, for what what single man did. Anyone who hates Blacks or whites is demonic by definition.

The burning of property, assault and looting reveals the greed and lust in the hearts of many, who would make use of this tragedy, to commit mayhem. What hate, Lust, and murder is being revealed in this day! We remember what the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Immanuel onse said about leftist approach to tragedy, ” we never let a crisis go to waste”.

There are some at the very top of the society, who are truly doing Satan’s work to further an Agenda. If only we would quit looking at the Red cape and instead see these ‘matadors’ who seek to destroy what is left of western civilization, by magnifying and exploiting our historic faults.

Sheer godless, demonic rebellion is on display also, as for example the current Mayor of Chicago disparaged President Trump in the vilest of terms. Hate is now out in the open, violence and even murder cannot be too much further away now.

Things are going to get ugly now, as the hearts of men are revealed. Only Christ can save us, the religion of Jesus is the only way men can love each other and live together in peace.

Like so many others, I am horrified and grieved by what happened to George Floyd. It doesn’t matter what color he was, murder is murder, the man carried the Image of God, and that image was destroyed right there! He was and is a Father, and a Christian minister. He left people behind, brokenhearted and grieving.

The only silver lining I see in this test, is that perhaps people will come to see their need of Jesus Christ, his forgiveness and the transformation which He can make in the heart of any who open up to him. Remember the last phrase of the verse I opened with, where Jesus tells us, “...But I have prayed for you that your faith not fail…”. Love and Grace, Pas Bill


TOPICS: Charismatic Christian; Evangelical Christian; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: jesus; mayhem; murder; riots

1 posted on 05/30/2020 4:33:20 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles
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To: pastorbillrandles

Satan’s children want us too


2 posted on 05/30/2020 4:34:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: pastorbillrandles
That's a great post / sermon. My wife won't be watching our church service tomorrow. While it is a conservative church when it comes to Biblical stuff, it is going a bit too far in her opinion when it comes to the “racial reconciliation” stuff.

Along with the covid, loss of work, and being a Christian and conservative minority in a liberal part of the country, she has had it.

3 posted on 05/30/2020 4:44:50 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
"Satan’s children want us too"


4 posted on 05/30/2020 4:46:29 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: 21twelve

I hope she finds another streaming service... we all need church


5 posted on 05/30/2020 4:51:14 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles (ore and rebuild Jerusale)
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To: pastorbillrandles

As all physical battles are reflections of those being fought first in the spiritual realm, in the unseen world, we must now take hold of the promises given to the followers of Jesus Christ when He returned to Heaven.

At this time, O Lord, I pray for many things. I ask that Christians everywhere become Bereans, searching Your word in the Bible every day to see what things, including those discussed in this prayer, be so.

I now claim the promises given by Jesus in Matthew 16:19, and Matthew 18:18, and Luke 10:19:

“19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

“18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

“19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

” And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. “

Lord God, You said these things to us in Your word, and You do not lie.

I - and any here reading these words who desire to do the same by saying these things out loud - now commence to bind, in the Name of Jesus, the strongman over all the evil spirit powers attempting to destroy this country, and request that you loose (send, release) Your heavenly warrior angels to guard and protect us and our country and attack the evil spirit powers working to destroy us, our country, our people, our economy, Your churches and people, and everything good.

Send us the “rough men ready to do violence on our behalf”, the violence of Your heavenly hosts, and the men of God who have not bowed their knee to Baal.

Let us all stand up and say “Enough!, you children of satan, STOP NOW!” and back it up with giant hoses of water to put out the fires they are setting, to stop them from looting and destroying.

Hedge the White House with giant warrior angels. Hedge all armed forces, law enforcement, fire stations and personnel with the same. Protect us and let us all stand up and defend our country from those demon-infested and directed persons determined to destroy what they cannot completely control.

in Jesus’ Name, amen.


6 posted on 05/30/2020 4:52:30 PM PDT by Norski
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To: 21twelve

Difficult to back the “protests,” especially when the MSM and even pastors add guilt trips. Our particular church has Democrat voters, (all those of color that attend) which I cannot reconcile with being Christian.

Our denomination, although conservative in most ways, has been helping the illegals out as they travel to the U.S. We just found out and are NOT happy about that...to put it mildly. We are all for helping the poor and helpless, but our support should be for Americans who are hurting badly.


7 posted on 05/30/2020 4:58:53 PM PDT by madison10
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To: pastorbillrandles

Who is George Lloyd?


8 posted on 05/30/2020 4:59:34 PM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10

Excuse me, I was reffering to Geoge Floyd...sorry everybody!


9 posted on 05/30/2020 5:34:21 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles (ore and rebuild Jerusale)
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To: 21twelve

That is so true!

I am staying home tomorrow. I am done with being lectured to about race. Done with being shamed because of my skin color.

As far as I am concerned, the rioters and domestic terrorists have lost the black people as victims narrative. I don’t care what they say or my pastor says, who reached out to a black woman on fakebook who is invested in victimhood. All white people bad! I have nothing to apologize for and I am absolutely disgusted with what is going on.

I understand the desire to reach out and minister to someone, but I have no desire to be lectured to about race by my pastor. In the church service. It has happened before.

I have no patience for this anymore.


10 posted on 05/30/2020 5:35:26 PM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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To: pastorbillrandles

I wrote an essay on almost the exact same topic. Switching individual sin, repentance and responsibility for this guilt/ victimhood by association. It is extremely unbiblical.

I cannot by guilty of something simply because of the color of my skin, just as blacks cannot be either. The cop did something evil, he must repent and pay the price. It has absolutely nothing to do with me.

Just as a black man in the neighborhood of another black man is not guilty of the same crime just because his skin color matches. If someone is racist in their heart or unkind, God will judge. If they abuse, do violence or kill, the law and God will judge. But another person is not guilty just because their skin has the same amount or lack of melanin.


11 posted on 05/30/2020 8:19:12 PM PDT by boxlunch (The US Pravda ( MSM), social media, leftists, Chicomms, Soros. All in this together.)
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