1. Pastor Timothy Hinkle June 2, 2013

2. Luke 4:1-2 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

3. Luke 4:8 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

4. Luke 4:18-19 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

5. INCREASE!  If you want to increase in the life of God, then you must settle in your heart that you will at NO TIME RESIST THE HOLY SPIRIT! Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

6. THE HOLY GHOST AND FIRE!  The Holy Ghost and Fire—the Holy Ghost burning up EVERYTHING that would impoverish and destroy you!  When you are laid hold of by the Holy Ghost you have NO CHOICE—oh, you still have choice, but you won’t chose— God MUST choose FOR YOU!

7. Matthew 3:11 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

8. LOOKING TO JESUS  When Jesus contested the devil in the wilderness, all the demon powers, the wild beasts, and all that was in the wilderness had the vision of the most beautiful Man who ever lived.

9.  The devil always comes to try you in your weakness, but we should not forget that we are stronger in our weakness than in our strength if we dare to believe! LOOKING TO JESUS

10. 2 Corinthians 12:9 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

11. Remember JESUS Baptizes!  Remember, it is JESUS that baptizes in the Holy Ghost and with FIRE!

12. OPPOSITES CAN NEVER UNITE  There are “thoughts of evil” and “evil thoughts”  Spirit and flesh NEVER unite.  Holiness and Sin NEVER touch each other.  The man who hates sin is always in power!

13. WE ARE LIKE CHRIST!  Jesus had so much better than anything that the devil could offer Him.  Love NOT the WORLD

14.  If you find your mind once diverted from the mind of Christ, REPENT!  It is a clear principle that if you fall down, the Angel (Christ) will lift you up; if you throw yourself down, He won’t. WE ARE LIKE CHRIST!

15.  We are always to have the devil in check.  The best thing you could ever have is a time of great trial; it is your “ROBING TIME”—the coming into your inheritance! KEEP THE devil IN CHECK

16.  Voice your position in God and you will be surrounded by all the resources of God in the time of trial!  SHOUT, “Get thee behind me, Satan!” and you will have the best time on earth; whisper it, and you won’t.  We miss the grandeur because we lack audacity. KEEP THE devil IN CHECK

17. 1 John 4:4 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

18. VOICE GOD!  If you will voice God at any time, you will find that He will be greater than any power that is round about you.  Wise Believers always pray short prayers in a public meeting but a long time at home.

19. ALIVE IN PRAYER and TESTIMONY!  When the Church of God is alive in prayer and alive in testimony, the people will come a long way to hear that! With prayer, testimony and the blood of the Lamb, we put the devil in CHECK MATE!