In Stand Up and
Fight Back, Ken Abraham guides readers into fighting against the schemes of
the enemy and our adversary, satan and his demons. He pointed out that satan
isn’t going to bow down and get scared and leave us alone just because we articulate
him to back off. He publicized that Christians must reply fully on God’s
assistance and seek him first. Then we have to take our direct position and comprehend
our authority in the power and blood of Jesus Christ. Only then will the devil tremble
and flee. To try and conquer the devil without God’s presence, power, and strength
is one of the foolish things that we can do. One of the devil’s favorite schemes
is to deceive believers into sinning and eating the forbidden fruit. Because
once we eat the forbidden fruit this unlocks the opportunity for satan to advance
a stronghold over our lives.
One of my favorite quotes was, “Multitudes of Christians
admit to being in bondage to feelings, thoughts, and actions they know are
incompatible with their faith. They feel strongly, irresistibly drawn toward
evil, often compulsively repeating sins that repulse them, yet against which
they feel powerless. Often this bondage can be traced to one of two area:
sexual immorality or rebellion against spiritual authority (especially parental
authority). Frequently it involves both” (Page 7).
One of my favorite stories shared in this book was the
story about a young woman named Beth. At the young age of thirteen, she was the
kind of girl that was determined to have an active dating. Ultimately this lead
to her engaging in having multiple sexual partners. Next, she also became
addicted to drugs and drinking alcohol. When she turned sixteen, she was abused
sexually, physically, and verbally by a young man and he would repeatedly play
with her emotions and her mind. He would dump her one day and then be begging
her to take him back and she willingly would. Like most parents, watching their
beloved daughter being mistreated, they were beside themselves and confused on
how to handle the situation. They took advanced measures and grounded Beth but
she belligerently kept rebelling against her parent’s authority. She would
sneak out of the house and go to her boyfriend’s house and she would return
high and bruised. One day when her father was dropping her off at school, her
boyfriend and a gang of boys surrounded the vehicle and threaten to kill him if
he didn’t leave his daughter alone and let her live her own life. What happened
next was truly heartbreaking, one night after her boyfriend was extremely
wasted, he passed her around to his buddies and they all forcefully raped her.
In the early morning hours, they dropped her off at her house and drove off
laughing about what they had done to an innocent young girl. Her father was
furious and he ready to take action against the boys and call the police. But
Beth refused to press charges against the boys. She finally agreed to follow
her parent’s guidance and she talked with their minister, Pastor Reynolds. The
pastor had a vast knowledge in understanding spiritual warfare and demon
oppression. He claimed that Beth’s sexual immorality opened the door to
allowing demonic presences to gain a stronghold in her life. Pastor Reynolds
gathered a team of prayer warriors to assist in delivering Beth from the
demonic influencing in her life. Everyone was instructed to repent for their
actions and sins that they have committed and to ask for forgiveness and to
receive grace. They began to rebuke satan and his demons in the name of Jesus
and her facial expressions changed. Beth declared that they couldn’t have her
and the demons stated that they wouldn’t let go. As we all know that was a
demon uttering that he wasn’t leaving without a fight. They also found out she
was wearing a necklace and bracelet that her boyfriend gave her that had
demonic spirits living in it. The demons fought harder when she tried to remove
them. Finally, she was incredibly set free after she told the devil that she
didn’t want him, sex, drugs, or alcohol, and his evil ways. This is only one
amazingly story displayed in this book and there are many more shocking
examples of demonic forces in someone’s life. This story had me on the edge and
it made me realize that we must be extremely careful to not let satan set up a
stronghold in our lives.
I immensely loved how Ken Abraham reinforced that
believers should be aware of the devil and his army of demons, but it’s also
crucial to keep it in balance. Christians don’t have be looking for the devil
in every corner of the street and be obsessed that everything could be a symbol
of satan. I liked how he reminded readers to remember that the devil isn’t
omnipresent or omniscient. Lucifer is a fallen archangel and he isn’t God. Our
loving Creator is the only one who is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent.
It’s viral to recall that God is in complete control and He has the final authority
and He has the immeasurable power and He will one day defeat all the demons. Shout
unto God with a voice of triumph! Praise be to God!
I would recommend this life changing paperback book to
every single Christian professing believer. Be prepared that this book, as you
can tell, isn’t a nice light reading, it’s going to change your perception on
spiritual warfare. I encourage readers to mindfully read the pages of this book
and let the concepts of this book to impact how they fight against the demonic influences
that they encounter. I learnt numerous ways in which we allow the devil easy
access to gain a stronghold in our lives. It was very informative in how to
recognize the hidden effects sins can unknowably have on us and we could be opening
the door to demonic forces and inviting them into our lives freely. The predominant
area that caught be off guard was the massive effect that sexual immorality has
distorted and restructured our generations into believing that pornography, multiple
sex partners, affairs, homosexuality, rape, and premarital pregnancies aren’t
destructive. When we know in God’s written Word that sex is meant for marriage
and when we follow God’s instruction remarkable things occur. Ken Abraham cultivated
that sexual sins is the area that permits satan an easy admission into building
a stronghold in our lives. The book also taught me a prodigious deal about
cults, the occult, witchcraft, and satanic trinkets. I immeasurably appreciated
how Ken deliberated the background of Eve’s three mistakes in the Garden of
Eden and the six consequences of Adam’s and Eve’s sins had on our every person
since then. This book will greatly transform how you engage in spiritual
warfare and it will strengthen how you fight the demonic adversaries present in
your life!
“I received this book for free from The Booketeria/ Charisma
House for this review”.
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