What lies behind the sins that are destroying our world? Revelation 9:20-21 tells us that even after the terrible plagues of the sixth trumpet, the rest of mankind still did not repent of worshipping demons and idols, or of their murders, sorceries, sexual immorality, and thefts.
In this message from our series Revelation: Jesus Revealed – The View Behind The Veil, we look at the unseen spiritual forces behind five sins: false worship, murder, sorcery (including drug abuse), sexual immorality, and theft. An idol is anything you love more, serve more, or value more than God – and we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
We also consider the difference between demonic oppression and demonic possession, and the weapons God gives us to pull down strongholds – His Word, which is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. The warning is plain: if people do not repent of sin, they perish.
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Revelation 9:20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues,
did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons,
Revelation 9:21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or
their sexual immorality or their thefts.
1. THE SIN OF FALSE WORSHIP.
Revelation 9:20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues,
did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons,
and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor
hear nor walk.
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and
showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Matthew 4:9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall
down and worship me.”
An idol is anything you love more, serve more, or value more than God.
1 John 5:21 ‘”Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”
2. THE SIN OF MURDER.
Revelation 9: 21 And they did not repent of their murders
John 8:44 “… He [Satan] was a murderer from the beginning, and does not
stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie,
he ‘speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
1 John 3:12 “… Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And
why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
Matthew 4:24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought
to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and
torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics;
and He healed them.
Matthew 17:14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him,
kneeling down to Him and saying,
Matthew 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers
severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
Matthew 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the
child was cured from that very hour.
3. THE SIN OF SORCERY. (AKA DRUG ABUSE)
Revelation 9: 21 And they did not repent of … their sorceries
A former President who declared a war on drugs, said “This is a battle that must
be fought, but I must warn you it is a battle that will not be won until Jesus comes
again.”
4. THE SIN OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY.
Revelation 9:21 And they did not repent of … their sexual ‘immorality…”
5. THE SIN OF THEFTS.
Revelation 9:21 And they did not repent of … their thefts.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way
of death.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto
all good works.
Scripture is profitable for doctrine; it will tell you what is right.
Scripture is profitable for reproof; it will tell you what is not right.
Scripture is profitable for correction; it will tell how to get right.
Scripture is profitable for instruction; it will tell you how to stay right.
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Every person is in one of three spiritual conditions
Inhabited by demons, uninhabited, or inhabited by the Holy Spirit of God
Demonic oppression is an external spiritual attack that causes severe
pressure and temptation while the person keeps full self-control,
Demonic possession is an internal takeover where a spirit lives inside and
controls a person’s body and mind
Satan possessed Judas to betray Christ
Satan oppressed Peter to deny Christ
Acts 5:3 Why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?
2 Corinthians 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in
God for pulling down strongholds,
2 Corinthians 10:5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts
itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ,
Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not
understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown
in his heart.
Revelation 9:20 “… But the rest of mankind, … did not repent
Revelation 9:21 And they did not repent ….
If people don’t repent of sin, they perish.
