Sharon Knott examines spiritual warfare, media influence, biblical morality and the Christian call to shine light in a darkening culture. Listen now.
On this edition of Sound of Faith, Sharon Knott presents a message titled “The Prince of the Power of the Air.”
Drawing from Scripture, Sharon describes the spiritual forces she believes are influencing modern culture, particularly through media, technology and prevailing social values.
She connects the biblical description of Satan as the “prince of the power of the air” with the modern communications environment of radio, television, social media and the Internet, arguing that Christians must recognize the spiritual battle
00:00:05 The prince of the power of the air and calling evil good
00:26:42 Prayer for repentance and boldness to shine
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Praise the Lord. Welcome to the Sound of Faith. I’m Sharon Nott thanking you for joining us today because we know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Today’s message is a panoramic view of the evil influences and supernatural authorities driving our current chaotic culture, especially the anti-Christian America media, the prince of the power of the air. Same-sex marriage now is a good thing. You know, it’s the same with all things Wi-Fi. You know, because everyone has the right to be with the one they love. If you put it that way… To transmit signals between the devices, the computers, or whatever it may be. Nearly everyone has a right to be with the one they love. How many here have a computer in your home? So when you put it that way, it’s a good thing. It’s just about everybody. And you know, based on that, if you don’t have a computer in your home, how many at least have a smartphone? All the ladies they love. Then in a manner of speaking, you have a computer. They want to be able to marry all the ladies they love. Amen. Oh, yes. You know our lives revolve around them. Let’s face it. Now they do. You’re always checking this or that or the other on your device or you’re doing something yourself on your device. I mean, come on now. At least one patient. There may be more than one. It might be a couple. They go online. They’re petitioning the courts. Let’s say Walmart website. To be able for a mother to marry her son. A, B, C, D. And then they… They say that they promise they won’t bring groceries out to them. Or you order and take out food. Well, that would just be a mess. We’re all doing things like this all the time. There’s no guarantee it won’t happen. We probably do it so much that we don’t even think about it. But that’s beside the point. What would happen if all of a sudden we could do that? The point is when you start calling evil and sin good. Most people, not everyone, but many people, at least anybody, I would say 50 and younger, definitely 40 and younger, have a social media account of some kind. But these are the two big issues. They’re on Facebook or some sort of thing. They all play. They all say. And you know what? The good and wonderful thing about this is that it gives us the wonderful ability to program Christian messages, songs and such on social media. Be down. I mean, think about what happened when all of their teenage years training, whether it’s the one track or whatever it is, hoping to get a scholarship to college. Amen. But now they’re coming back so far. They should have come in one, two, and three. And what a blessing it was. To be able to get church online. Now, you know, some of you remember that prior to that, we kept telling you all, we’re going to do live streaming soon. Pretty soon we’re going to do live streaming. But first we’ve got to paint the ceiling and we’ve got to do this and we’ve got to do that. The federal government’s already on board. Our president is already on board with it. He said it’s good. It’s a good thing. So now the states are going to have to do it. Amen. Because there are some places where the states have their own authority. Now, it remains to be seen whether or not somebody is going to take it to the courts of the federal government and who knows where it will end up at. And let me tell you, it will end up in the Supreme Court and who knows by then we might have so many judges on the Supreme Court. We were using my laptop. in the air and see what comes out. The only problem is, is it started getting hot. Some of you don’t like it, do you? After all that time. And when it started getting hot, it started going out. And here I am preaching at the table, and Benny’s walking over to the refrigerator and getting ice out of the freezer and putting it under my computer. They’re trying to keep it cool. So I can finish the message. Even if they haven’t had sex change surgery. Even if there’s still a lot of things with the lighting and with the sound and all kinds of stuff. It was crazy. But what a wonderful privilege that we were still able to preach and be in contact with Faith Tabernacle. Amen. God forbid that we would cause them psychological harm by making them go in the men’s bathroom. But what about the psychological harm to little girls? Let me tell you, when we finally realized we’re going to have to get some better equipment to a seven-year-old girl going in there seeing a man in the bathroom and to some women who may be afraid to go in that stall and know whether or not she’s going to be in there by herself, come on now. People don’t even have common sense. He’d go on here, sold But this is what happens when you call evil jumping in. When you call evil good, all of this is a product of that. And now, you know, many churches are saying, like we did, even when we go back to church, we’re going to stay online for those people who really can’t come to church. There are people who just can’t. They’re in nursing homes, or maybe they are home, but they’re immobile. And so we’re going to continue to minister to them. Amen? And so then by all of this has been a tremendous, tremendous blessing. We all agree. It’s a great blessing. Good is evil. And you know, even you, when you go home today, maybe there’s another preacher that you like, you know, they like to watch. And when you go home, this is the stage we’re in America today. You know, like I like Brother Stottlemyre. The Bible and this new morality does not mix. He reminds me of Brother Hardy when he was young. They clash. Oh, dude, they clash. He’s like a young Brother Hardy going way back. And sometimes when they clash, you and I are in the middle. I’m sure you all have ones you love. Amen. They are diametrically opposed. There are many well-known preachers online. Not only pastors, but teachers. And evangelists and prophets. And they all have something to share with the body of Christ. And I tell you what, the devil doesn’t like it. Amen. The prince of the power of the air is not cool. With all of these preachers of this new worldly system. We’ve got some of our own ministers in the church that have their own evil good and good evil. Amen. And I know you all know who they are and you probably follow them. Amen. And they put light for darkness. See, what he hates is he hates the truth. And he hates the gospel. And he’s operating through the media. Darkness is the realm of the prince of the power of the air. To censor or to silence if possible. Verse 11. The messengers and the message. Amen. And have no fellowship. google with the unfruitful works of darkness youtube but all of these outlets are censoring ministries we’re given two things here now members might say well i can do their content real easy i’ll stay away from them i won’t go with them i won’t come out and share i’ll keep distance from them you know i don’t mean that you don’t speak to What it preaches, if they get on issues like abortion or homosexuality and same-sex marriage, they are censoring them. And the unfruitful works means they don’t have the full righteousness. They’re not supposed to. But when it comes to the second part, but rather reprove that, God didn’t call me to preach. But they’re doing it. Amen. Amen. And often when they’re doing it, people don’t even know that it’s being done. The Greek word means to refute, to find fault with, to correct, and convict. Of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. If you are light and I am light. That is what we will do. It trumps the constitution. Amen. Those rights. That is if we’re letting our light shine. Above and before. And not like the little song we teach the Sunday school kids. Don’t hide it under a bushel. Of religion. Don’t put a bushel basket over top of your candle. And it goes out. The new morality. Amen. Look at verse 12. Look at verse 12. For it is a shame. Amen. Even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret and or silent. A shame. Now let me give you a case in point. Shame is a very recent case in point. The Greek word ice cross means filthy of this year. It is filthy. A very prominent messianic rabbi who’s the best author. Don’t even talk about a Christian TV speaker and a pastor of a large congregation. Because in doing it, you get it in your spirit. He felt led of the Lord. It’s all over the TV. It’s all over the internet. It’s all in the music. Word to the new administration. And to post it on. I’m not going to be too specific here, but let’s just say that I was seeing all these people going on and on about a song that won the best song of the year. And that there was so much controversy over it. The next day, he had one million views. And then they couldn’t get over that song. They had never in anything he had ever, ever posted had read those words. I could not believe those words. They were so filthy, so vile. If you Googled, nobody was in the room but me. And I was embarrassed. No results came up. It was just, well, it was terrible. And to think that that song won that person a Grammy. It was more than that. It was as if it was never posted in the first place. And then at the Grammy, they put the person on TV singing that video. And only some copies could be found by Facebook members who have reposted it on their page. And so they being very low level did not catch the attention of the censors. Or they would have been taken off there too. And only in the case where, you know, some ordinary Christian out there. And they are doing his will. Some of them were still online. Yeah, they’re getting well paid for it too. They’re getting millions and millions of dollars. But you couldn’t find it. And they’re getting millions and millions of fans. If you tried to Google for it, you would have to know how to go to it. Or go to payday if they don’t get right with God. It was apparent that it was being suppressed. The wages of sin is death. Sin has a paycheck. Oh yes it does. Somebody wrote on Facebook that if you got your wages of sin each day that you did on media. Each one of these different types of accounts that I’ve already mentioned. If you got paid right away for your wages of sin, and sometimes it doesn’t come for a lifetime, because if your vote didn’t come out of heaven and strike you down, doesn’t mean you’re getting by. because of the way that it’s being done. Doesn’t mean you’re getting away. Amen. Amen. So when social media powers want to ban a message or ban a post or even ban a site, they do it in such a way that often the poster doesn’t even know that their message is censored or outright silenced and banned. And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Amen. There you have it. These are forces that are being manipulated by the ministers of the gospel who are preaching the truth. They hate us because we are light and light exposes digital persecution. Amen. Those who preach a biblical message that conflicts with the present progressive culture, a.k.a. the counterculture. And these forces are being driven by the prince of the power of the air. And when he would go to church, she and her girlfriends would go to the nightclub. And folks, this censorship, this silency, and this persecution of Christians in this way, real Christians. And so they had this one particular nightclub that they went to a lot. And one night, I forget what it was, but she left something in the nightclub. And so the next day during the day, she went back to get it. And when she walked in there, without all those lights that they had, these Christians are uneducated and ignorant. Excuse me? seductive and sensual and, you know, when she went there in the daytime and saw that she was shot. It was filthy. It was dirty. It was unclean. It looked like it had been clean in a long time. But at night with all the colored lights and all that sort of thing, it looked beautiful. So now let’s answer that question. How did we arrive at this place? Let’s go back to Isaiah chapter 5. And that’s why these people don’t want to be around you and me. Because in the light of day, their sins and their filthiness. Do I look dangerous? Well, you know what? In a way I am dangerous. What does the light do? Any spirit-filled child of God is dangerous. It says here we read. But things that are reproved are made manifest by the light. It’s the same word I read to you a moment ago in Ephesians. Amen. In that respect, we are dangerous. It condemns you. It finds fault with you. Isaiah chapter 5 verse 18. Amen. That’s what the light does. Woe unto them. Amen. So we’re called to be light. And when we are called to be light, let’s just get ready. We’ll face pushback. I know in the King James Version, that sounds like a word. And we’re going to face persecution. Okay, let me explain it to you. It’s a picture of someone who is eagerly drawing sin to themselves with ropes of lies and deceits. That’s what the devil will tell you. Like cattle would pull a wagon. With ropes. He wants you to. So the picture. The idea is. These are people that are. Don’t let him tell you. You’re not supposed to make sinners feel bad about their sin. Well if they don’t feel bad about their sin. They’re never going to repent. And if they never repent. Draw sin to themselves like they are a magnet in damnation. That is what it’s saying. Amen. So let your light shine. Let your light shine is what Jesus said in Matthew 5.16. And by the way, it’s a command. Let your light shine. He’s commanding us. So now let’s go to John. John 3.19. And this is the condemnation that light is coming to the world and men long to sin. Rather than light. They’re weak. They can’t say no. Because. They’re weak without the power of the new birth. Without the power of the spirit of God. For everyone that does evil. Hates the light. And neither comes to the light. They’re too weak. I love the scripture. There’s that word. That’s the third time I’ve heard that word in this sermon. Christ died for us. Amen. When we were too weak to say no. We wanted to do good. So light is coming to the world. How? How did light come? Not talking about these folks. In their weakness, they fall into sin. But he’s talking about sinners who in their arrogance and in their presumption, they draw sin to themselves. You are the light of the world. That’s what this verse is saying. Amen. They defiantly challenged God. And now that he’s ascended back to the father, he said, you are the light of the world. Amen. So who do they hate when they hate the light? They hate Jesus. They hate me.
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And if you’re a light, they hate you.
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It’s just let God make speed and hasten his work. And they’re not going to come to the light because they don’t want their deeds to be reproved. So what does the light do? It reproves evil. Now, when you understand what they’re doing here, it makes you want to say, whoa. And 11. Now let’s look at verse 21. But he that does truth comes to the light. They’re mocking the idea that God would judge their sin. That’s what’s happening here. Amen. In other words, they’re saying, oh really, let him come and do it so we can see it. Bring it on. Those who are truly in God. And even when they say the Holy One of Israel, they’re saying it with scorn. And they’re playing on the words and the prayers of true prophets of God. That in their messages they would say the Holy One of Israel. And number two, but they’re taking it and saying it scornfully. Well, let the Holy One of Israel. It reveals the righteous thing. They’re saying, come on, do your worst to us. Amen. Give us your best shot. So what is our takeaway this morning? And let us see it. That we’re called to be light. We’re ready. We’re up to it. The darkness is increasing because more and more people are yielding to the darkness. There’s a verse in Jeremiah 17, 15 that says, behold, they say unto me, God speaking, behold, they say unto me, where is the word of the Lord? So let it come now. All the warnings that God was giving Israel through Jeremiah. And this was right before they were going. They were going to captivity, but he was sending one more prophet. it does one more profit and i don’t say that anymore like flint like amen and said get out there boy and don’t worry about them get out there and deliver what i’m being shocked because i understand back to god the prince oh yeah where is your word is increasing amen Satan knows it’s wind up time. If anybody recognizes the signs of this time, it’s Satan. He knows his time is short because we are seeing and hearing many, many ministers are constantly as many souls as he can. But the impact and the import of verse 20 is more powerful when you read 18 and 19. And we’re the children of the day. And we’ve got to let our light shine like And the condition of the hearts of these people. Now, verse 20. You know, going back to what we spoke about the 1950s when I was growing up as a child. You know, there were many lights in America. There were many Christians in Christian homes and Christian families in America. And there were many lights. But now today, there are as many lights. But there is one thing that can be said about that. We stand out more. Because they don’t want to do right. We stand out more. They don’t want to do right, so they have to excuse their sin. You have to excuse it, so they’ve got to blur the lines of morality. And there were many Christian friendly shows on radio and TV. And of course it was before the birth of the internet. Because that allows them to keep living. And their sin changed everything. Without any conviction. Exponentially by the Holy Spirit. Amen. Or condemnation by the word of God. The only way they can continue to live in their sin. And not get under conviction in spite of the darkness. Is to call it good. God has children of light. And we stand out more than ever. And of course we understand. We can give this, you know. And Satan is going to try to work on some of them. And we’ve seen it. Our hearts are broken. We see well-known ministers. Because they want to do it. And yet somehow they want to throw off the voice of conviction. And silence their conscience. They have to call it good. And this has spawned all of the mantras that we’re hearing of tolerance today. Abortion. Abortion is a good thing. You know because it protects a woman’s rights. And we want to support women, don’t we? If there’s someone you watch on TV that you just love them and they just bless your heart, you need to pray for them. I guarantee you Satan’s going to come after them. He’s going to try to get them to fall into sex or greed. It’s usually sex or greed, one or the other. It’s something in any way to go against women’s rights. But we’re going to let our light shine, are we not? Come on, let’s stand together this morning. They’re afraid to be pegged as someone who did not stand up for women’s rights. Jesus didn’t give me a little light. They know abortion is wrong. He gave me a bright light. They know that it’s murder. And I’m going to let it shine. They know it’s infanticide. But nevertheless, I won’t let Satan put it out. No. You don’t respect women. I’m going to let it shine. Many of them have changed horses. Let your light shine. Yes, you’re going to get pushed back. Yes, people will speak evil of you. And now they call themselves pro-choice. They’ll talk about you. Pro-choice is a euphemism for pro-death. They’ll be out there in the hallway whispering. And when you walk in, all of a sudden, and I’m not going to preach a long time there, but I’m trying to show you that now they call it good. It’s good because it helps women. Don’t let it bother you. Don’t let it hurt your feelings. You’re not wrestling against people. It’s the spirit of the age. Amen. All the more you need to be kind and gracious in order to heal because they just said something bad about you. You’re not going to be able to succeed. You’re not going to be able to advance if you’re tied down with some kid. That you don’t want. Next day you come and you bring them some homemade cookies that you made. Or whatever. Same sex marriage. Now is a good thing. That’s what we have to do. That’s how we let our light shine. Sometimes we have to open our mouth and say what we love. But other times we let our light shine. We don’t apologize for the truth. We never apologize for the gospel. It sounds like a good thing. If we do, it’s all over. It is the power of God under salvation under everyone that believes. And the moment you dim it down, dumb it down, and apologize for it, your gospel has been done. All the ladies they love, they want to be able to marry all the ladies they love. Even now, God wants to save. Amen. And there may be some of you watching today and the Holy Spirit is dealing with your heart. You’ve allowed yourself to come under the influence of the prince of the power of the air. And you never ever even thought about it. It never crossed your mind before now. But now your eyes are being opened to the truth and you see it. And maybe you thought you were doing a good thing. They’re petitioning the courts to be able for a mother to marry her son. You feel like you’re helping the person who’s oppressed. They say that they promise they won’t procreate and have children. They’re oppressed by the lies. Because, of course, then you have all kinds of birth defects. Well, that would just be a mess. But there’s no guarantee it won’t happen. But that’s beside the point. The point is when you start calling evil and sin good, this is what happens. died from an amen and of course we could go on and on about all the things but these are the two big issues deceived her amen amen and now she’s become a victim of it the idea is it’s a good thing and passing quickly just some of you that are watching today maybe you’ve had an abortion we’re not trying to make you feel awful with biological women in all women’s sports and where they’re allowed to do it the women are getting beat down sinners And abortion is not the unpardonable sin. God will forgive you training, whether it’s to one track or whatever it is, hoping to get a scholarship to college. You have to acknowledge that it was wrong. And that you’re sorry. And ask for forgiveness and cleansing. And he’ll forgive you. And he’ll even take that burden off of you. That guilt that plagues you. And the girls are getting pushed down too low to get scholarships. And you think about it. Amen. And sometimes you wonder to yourself. It’s happening. Some states, thank you, are stepping out. Some states are abolishing it in their state. Maybe he would be like my grandson. The federal government’s already on board. Our president is already on board with it. And your mind is plagued with that guilt. It’s a good thing. You’ve got to stop beating yourself up about it. So now the states are going to have to do it. Amen. It’s done. Because there are some places where the states have their own authority. Now, it remains to be seen whether or not somebody’s going to take it to the courts of the federal government and you will feel that burden of guilt lift off of you. And who knows by then we might have so many judges on the Supreme Court. You just take a bag and throw it up near and see what comes out. Maybe it’s the first time you’ve been pregnant. Maybe it’s more than once. I told you up front. You’ve been pregnant and you say I just can’t do this again because I don’t know one day I might be censored and silenced and shut down. Don’t let Satan trick you. Jesus said he’s the thief that’s come to kill the bathroom of their preference. Which, by the way, happens to be the women’s bathroom. Even if they haven’t had sex change surgery. And you might have it more abundantly. And if you really and truly cannot take care of a baby, there are many wonderful people that would love to take your baby and raise that child. And in some cases, you can have open adoptions where you can still follow that child through his or her life and be a part of his or her life by making them go in the men’s bathroom to making that terrible mistake. But what about the psychological harm to little girls? Because you will regret it. I know that. You say, how do you know that? To a seven-year-old girl going in there seeing a man in the bathroom. And to some women who may be afraid to go in that stall and know whether or not she’s going to be in there by herself. Come on now. People don’t even have common sense. But this is what happens when you call evil good. But that’s not you. That’s not who you are. And you know it’s not who you are. All of this is a product of that. Don’t do it. Bring it to Jesus and he will help you. And if you need to know how you can get help, you can get in contact with this ministry at info at sound of faith dot org. And I will put you in touch with someone who can then put you in touch with help. That’s all you have to do. But let’s pray today. And if you’re watching today and you’ve allowed Satan to put you in that sin of homosexuality and you say, I just can’t get free. The devil is a liar. He lied to you when he told you God made you that way. He lied to you when he told you that you’ll never be able to change. Those are all lies. And he’s putting them out there. The prince of the power of the air is putting them out there. In the media. Because that’s what he has control over. But he’s a liar and a thief and a murderer. God did not make you that way, and he can set you free if you want to be free. So let’s pray today. Father, we come to you in Jesus’ name. We bring all of these issues before the throne of grace. We ask you by your Holy Spirit that you would confirm with hearts of those that are watching us today. And by your Holy Spirit, you’re convicting them, not because you’re against them, not because you hate them, but because you love them. And you want to set them free. And you want to deliver them. And cleanse them from their sin. And wash them. And bring them into fellowship with you. That’s why you send your word today. To convict them. And so we pray right now. And I pray they would say this prayer. Father. In Jesus name. I ask you to forgive me. Of all my sins. Amen. Wash me today in the blood of Jesus and cleanse me from all my unrighteousness. Give me your spirit and I will serve you and I will follow you by your grace all the days of my life in Jesus name. Amen. And now I want to speak to Christians. And I want to say to all of you. We are the light of the world. Jesus said. He commanded. Let your light shine. It’s too weak in the English. It’s much more powerful in the Greek. Let your light shine. It’s a command. Don’t let Satan dim your light. Because you get intimidated. When you try to let your light shine. And some of those things. Sinners who are scorners and mockers, which the Bible tells us through Jesus, through Peter, through Jude, that would be in the last days that you get intimidated and you shut down. You don’t have to shut down. You have the Holy Spirit. He’s a spirit of boldness. He’s a spirit of conviction. And if you will trust him and ask him, he will give you the words to say that you can speak the truth in love. Not truth or love, but truth in love. Amen? That’s what he’ll enable you to do so that you can let your light shine. And you will be a witness for the Lord in this very evil and wicked time. So, Father, I pray for all of those who have a problem. They get intimidated easily. And they back off and they don’t know how to let their light shine. It’s not that they don’t want to. But they always feel less than. And they always feel that others overpower them. But help them that they can take authority in the name of Jesus. In the spiritual realm. Not against the people. Not unloading against the vessels. But in the spirit realm. Take authority over the powers of the enemy that’s driving these people. You have that ability. You have that delegated authority to say I bind you Satan I bind every lie that you tell this person I bind every word of excuse that you give them I bind them so they cannot say those things Take the blinders off their mind and let the light of the truth shine on them. If you will do that, if you will believe that, if you will go to God about that, he will do it for you and you will see. A remarkable transformation in your ability to be a light for the Lord. Father, we ask you today, let us be lights for you. And bring into faith tabernacle. Bring in those who want to be a light. Bring in those who want to hear the truth. Bring in those, Lord, who believe your word. And they don’t want it dumbed down or watered down. They want the word of truth rightly divided. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. What an eye-opening word of the Lord, the prince of the power of the air. The course of this world is being controlled by Satan, who is the prince of the power of the air. Our culture and media are fulfilling his evil anti-God agenda. Paul said we’re in a cosmic wrestling match against principalities, authorities, the rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies. This refers to the second heavens where Satan rules and to the atmosphere where radio waves, satellites beam down on the earth, generating radio, TV and Internet. The spirit of Satan is operating through much of the media, which has become increasingly hostile towards Christians and biblical morals, calling evil good and good evil. Darkness is increasing as Satan exerts his authority over the media. The Prince of the Power of the Air can be ordered on CD for a love gift of $10 or more for the radio ministry. Request SK219. Mail to Sound of Faith, P.O. Box 1744, Baltimore, Maryland, 21203. Or go online to our e-store, soundoffaith.org, where MP3s are available. But to order by mail, send your minimum love gift of $10 to P.O. Box 1744. If you enjoy these messages by my father, Brother Hardy, and myself, please consider tucking in an extra love gift for our radio airtime. We would appreciate your including the call letters of this radio station. Until next time, this is Sharon Knott singing Maranatha.
