Taking Back Control of Your Life — David Wilkerson

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Taking Back Control Through the Holy Ghost

Taking back control of your life now. I believe God fully intends that we have full control of our lives through the power and the might of the Holy Ghost. Not that we're in control, but the Holy Ghost in us helps us control our lives.

The Bible said our life is to be ordered by the Lord. David said those who trust in the Lord will not be confused. It won't be confounded. They won't live in confusion. Now your life is not under control if you're being victimized by a spirit of fear.

Or if you have a spirit of lust on you that's driving you if you are under despondency or depression. If you're under a stronghold of feeling worthless. Unwanted you're bombarded with thoughts of giving up and running from everything.

That means your life is not under control. I Pray this morning that the Holy Ghost will cause you your spirit. Your mind and your body everything in you to rise up this morning as you hear this word challenging your heart.

Elijah's Victory on Mount Carmel

I want to show you from one of the most. Show you how one of the most powerful godly man in all the Bible Lost control of his life for a season and I will show you how he got it back and in looking Elijah's life we're going to understand how we lose control and How we can gain back that control.

Hallelujah now, you know the story very well of Elijah on Mount Carmel. But let me give you just a little Thumbnail sketch of it just a little background for the message. You remember he called Ahab together the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah to the top of Mount Carmel and there was going to be a contest.

Now folks the contest on Mount Carmel never was between Elijah and Jezebel. Jezebel was full of the devil. Elijah was full of God. This battle always was and always will between God and the devil. That's what the battle was.

Who is worthy of worship. Who is going to be in control of mankind? This was the battle that was going to be staged. And you remember how the Holy Ghost came down the Spirit of God came down and consumed the sacrifice on Elijah's altar that he built and licked up the twelve barrels of water that a servant had set on it and Then as the people saw the fire fall they fell all those who were torn between two opinions between Baal and Asherah and Jehovah God they were torn between two opinions.

They've been told choose this day whom you will serve and now this awesomeness of God coming down. They fall on their face prostrate and they said Jehovah is God and in a rage for having been so fooled and and Exposed to this Idolatry that was worthless and it kept them there such bondage in captivity in a rage.

They went with Elijah to the brook Kidron and slew 850 all of them were slain and Then of course you remember the story of this powerful man of God going. He tells Ahab get ready for a rain. He goes up in the mountain and this man single-handedly prays down a mighty Thunderstorm.

The Spirit of God comes on him and he runs ahead of Ahab's chariot 16 miles. I don't know how an old man can run ahead of a horse running full speed. I don't know how any man could do that miss. The Spirit of God was on him.

Elijah's Vulnerability After Victory

He goes to Jezreel where Abbs palaces and Jezebel, of course is waiting and This man of God doesn't even go into Jezreel. He waits outside the gate and Ahab goes into the palace and he's saying Jezebel you have got to hear what happened today and She said well, I want to know because all my priest Bale and Asherah have followed you to that mountain what happened said they're all dead.

You should have seen that the fire came down right out of heaven. Consumed that man put 12 barrels of what he's explaining all this to Jezebel and up to this point Elijah is sitting outside The gate of Jezreel and I don't know what he's thinking.

Now we know he's a man of like passions according to James. He's a man who's subject to like passion just like you and I are so this man was not God. He was human that he represents where many of us are right now outside the gate of Jezreel in full control.

This man has called fire out of heaven. This man is holy. There's not an impure thought in his mind. This man is righteous. This man has prevailing power with God in prayer. This man is sitting there outside the gate With great expectation that God's going to finish the work that he'd begun that Idolatry is going to come down that finally God is going to prevail and God has used me.

God has used me because after all I'm the only one left in All of Israel that's jealous for God's glory. Everybody else has failed. I'm the only one left and he's sitting there thinking this and maybe just going over all the manifestations of God's power.

He's seen in his lifetime, but I think there's something else in his mind. He's sitting there to see he's curious How is God gonna finish the work how he's gonna fulfill what he promised me and he's sitting there saying I wonder if they're gonna Be riots on the streets.

He's waiting. I'm sure he sent his servant in a few times. Anybody making any noise anybody on the streets? Where are all these people who who killed the prophets and saw the fire of God? They're back.

Where are they? Why aren't they moving against the palace? Why aren't they throwing Jezebel out the window? He's waiting and There's no report. He's thinking well, they're gonna need me here. They're gonna need a prophetic voice as soon as this erupts.

I've got to be here. He's feeling very important that he's the only one Very very different estranged and powerful and mighty and God and you know, he's sitting there waiting for this Miracle to happen now folks.

I want to tell you your most vulnerable point in your life the most vulnerable time in our life is when right after we have experienced mighty victories in prayer in Riddling souls and being close to God feeling his presence and something mighty and beautiful has happened.

That's when you're most vulnerable to the enemy to come. I Want you to get that as your first lesson and get it good in your heart right now. I I know that many parts of the evangelist and many people in the pew that have been used of God have become smug.

Thinking they have finally come to a place in God that they're above being attacked that if it is an attack. They know how to handle it and everything is fine. There's a smugness and the enemy came in at that smug moment.

The enemy came in and many of them fell. Because they were not prepared. Nor was Elijah prepared at this time. And ain't an angry devil moved in at the first sign of smugness and he injected some kind of spiritual pride.

Elijah's Spiritual Pride and Personal Battle

That was in Elijah. He said God I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts for the children of Israel have forsaken the covenant. They've thrown down your altars. They've slain the prophets with the sword and I even I alone am Left and they seek my life to take it away.

He said I'm the only one left God and I'm here to see that you finish your job. And you do everything you promised me to bring down idolatry. You see the two battles in this story. There's a battle on Mount Carmel and There's a personal battle and it's the personal battle.

I want to focus on up on Mount Carmel. There's a battle between God and the church so to speak. That's the corporate body of the heavenly father that's the church and and this battle up there is The kind of battle that most of us are engaged in and it's an easier battle than the one Elijah's about to face.

You see that corporate battle is the battle of the devil against morals. It has to do with abortion. It has to do with taking God out of our schools out of our government it's Flaunted homosexuality and you know many are involved in that battle.

They like to see the fire come down and consume the enemy. They like it folks. There's nothing wrong with demonstrating. There's nothing wrong with petitioning. There's nothing wrong in prayer meetings and vigils and prayer vigils to bring down the strongholds and bring the fire of God down in the judgment of God against sin.

That's one battle and that's a corporate battle. That's fine. But there's another battle. That's when the devil does not come after the church, but he comes after you he comes after you as an individual because you have made an impact in the kingdom of God and you've made an impact and Shaken hell in here is Satan saying I may have lost the battle for the church.

But I'm going after God's man. I'm going after God's servant. And you're going to see as the story unfolds. That you can have great victories and be very effective against the powers of hell and then go home and face a mad devil.

Jezebel is a spirit. It's still at work in the world and especially in the Church of Jesus Christ in these last days. It's a spirit of seduction. Not just physical Seduction that's juvenile that the real seduction is to try to rob the church of the pure worship given to the father.

The Jezebel spirit is any spirit that comes to sidetrack people and get them involved in anything but true Holy worship and this is the battle that Elijah is about to face. You know who Jezebel is it's the devil in drag it's a man dressed as a woman a devil camouflaged.

Coming to distort and corrupt true worship. Now Elijah's personal battle begins right here at the gate. You see Jezebel doesn't repent because devils can't repent their reprobates. There are some people that can't repent because they've given sold themselves out to the devil.

She listens in her face turns red with anger and Suddenly the devil rises up in her and it's the devil speaking. And I know I I know what she's saying. I may have lost my priest and this is the devil thinking in her.

I Was put to an open shame. By the way, where did that happen before? I mean later at the cross of Jesus put to an open shame. It's a crippling blow to my plans to lose all these Priests, I may have lost the affection and worship of many of the people of God that I expected.

That battles ended. So I'm going now and focus all my attention on this man who's caused all this havoc in my kingdom. I'm going after Elijah. I don't care what else happens if anything else I'm going to get that man and Elijah sitting there.

This man's holy. He's pure. He's righteous. He's in control of his all of his sit you all of his Circumstances, he's in control of his emotions. He's high. He's exalting in the Lord. He just feels great.

God has done when the greatest things I've ever seen in my lifetime and suddenly he looks up and there's a messenger of Satan. Looking down at him with a frown. They have said Jezebel. You should have seen all the lives have done about how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

You know what that man that messenger Satan? Here's what it says. So let the gods do to me and more also if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow. At this time, here's here's the messenger of Satan saying you're a dead man.

You're marked from this time on you've done enough damage. You're a 24-hour sleep you're dead meat. You've had it now first of all. She swears by her gods that had just been exposed as useless, right?

So had nothing to fear about their gods. She is saying Look, and this is the devil speaking you. Holy man. You man who say you're sent from God? It's all right to stand up there. When I'm trying to destroy morals and I'm trying to get at the church, let's see how you stand when I come against you beloved.

The Devil Attacks Through Fear and Despair

God allowed this personal challenge this personal battle for a reason. It's the same reason that every godly dedicated believer goes through this same battle. It's one thing to stand against the workers of iniquity.

That's human beings. It's another thing to come face to face. With an angry devil who is out to try To get at you. You see when you when you hear about the wicked forces in the United States killing babies.

There's something tells you that the devil is working against the whole body of Christ. He's working against the morals of our young people when you hear of homosexuality being exalted and it's flaunted.

You know, the devil is trying to get the morals of our kids and you see that. That it's much different when the devil of focuses everything upon you with lies and fear. You see Elijah didn't stop to think that there are chariots of fire around about him.

He didn't stop to think that the same God who was on that mountain could help him through his personal battles. See the devil didn't want to kill Elijah that's sending them to heaven. Can you imagine the death you see we hear a lot of people Christians say the devil's out to kill me.

He's not out to kill you. Can you imagine the devil going to a Christian philosopher? How look another night sent to heaven. I don't want to kill any Christians. He don't want to affect your dying. He wants to get to your living.

He wants to make you miserable. He wants you to panic. He wants you to live in fear and bondage and depression. That's the only chance he has he knows for many of you can't get it your salvation. He can't touch your soul in your spirit.

Full of God and full of the Holy Ghost. So you're going to come and try to scare you with lies with image. He's gonna roar at you though. That roar is empty. This poor man. God bless him. He panics. You know, the devil knows that worshipers are in control.

And the only way you can spin your life out of control is to rob you of your worship to get you so downhearted. Get you feeling so empty so useless that you can't worship God anymore because you feel unworthy even to come into his presence and 24 hours later you find him my way out in the wilderness a day's journey and He's sitting on a juniper tree and he's saying That's enough.

I Have had it. Hmm get look at 19 verse 19. First Kings 19 chapter 19 verse 4 Speaking of Elijah. Well verse 3 and when he saw that or know when the messenger Satan delivered that message he arose and went for his Life they came to be or Sheba which belongs to Judah and left his servant there.

She said look I didn't want to be left alone. Have you ever said that I? Just want to be left alone. I'm going through a battle. Just leave me alone that's what he is saying here, but he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down on her juniper tree and Requested for himself that he might die.

Now. That's strange language for a man who's running for his life. This man's running for his life. The scripture says he's trying to save his life. But now he's out under juniper tree said Lord. I don't want to live anymore.

Strange talk. He requested for himself. He might die and he said it is enough now. Oh Lord take away my life for I'm not better than my father's. Have you been there look at me now. If you've been under that juniper tree suddenly the enemy came in and First of all, he wants you to think you were unholy now get this picture.

Please the devil attacks a holy man without anything in his life to touch. Only simply because he had a zeal for God and he brought down the strongholds of Satan himself. This man was effective powerful prevailing and yet he's being attacked by the devil personally attacked by Satan.

Next time the devil tries to tell you under attack because there's something deep in you that God's that the the devil sees. He's just calm attracted to that sin. That's in you. Remember this story. Remember it.

Jeremiah's Despair as a Parallel

Well Confusion has set in on this man. He's sitting on his new juniper tree and he said I've had enough. I can't take it anymore Lord I want to die. Now come on every one of you said that at one time or another I've had it.

Some of you said it yesterday some of you said it this morning. Don't look at me like that. You're standing there poor Elijah. No. All of these all of these Old Testament stories the scripture said are meant for our teaching.

Upon examples upon us upon whom the ends of the world have come. Even their blessings and all their trials are given to us so we can learn their lessons. Enough Lord, I'm gonna tell you again. The devil not trying to kill you each time make you miserable.

Now Jeremiah remember experienced the same great battle. Would you go to Jeremiah 20 whole hold first Kings 19 go to Jeremiah the 20th chapter. There's another great holy man of God a great prophet of God not an unclean thought in his life.

I mean this man is righteous before God start with verse 11. Jeremiah 20 are you there? If you dare say man, you know, then why all the rustling of the leaves here verse 11. But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one.

There's a man in control. It sounds like doesn't it? Therefore my persecutors shall stumble they shall not prevail. They should be greatly ashamed for they shall not prosper. Their everlasting confusion shall never be Forgotten now that sounds like a man.

He said I have a mighty terrible God with me. My persecutors my enemies are going to stumble. Well, look now at verse 14. Cursed would be the day. He's under the juniper tree. Cursed would be the day wherein I was born.

He man had just said the Lord terrible and mighty is with him. Let not the day wherein my mother bear me be the blessed. Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father saying a man child is born unto thee making him very glad.

Someone came out. Nurse said you got a boy. And Jeremiah said cursed is that man had told my father that I was a boy. Yeah, I was born curse the man who told my dad I was born. And let that man be is the cities which the Lord overthrew and repented not he's angry at that man for announcing his birth.

And let him hear the cry in the morning and the shouting at noontime. Because he slew me not from the womb. He met something he said that man should have come and told my dad's boy. He should take a knife and killed me.

Curse it is that man for not killing me. Or that my mother might have been my grave that my mother might have been my. I didn't see that before. He said I wish that had died in the womb was what he's saying and her womb to be always great with me.

In other Words, I wish that had never come out of the womb. Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to just see labor and sorrow that my day should be consumed with shame. Ha ha ha. Holy man of God. Why didn't they kill me when I was born?

Why didn't I stay in the womb? Hmm and then he goes on so Lord you've deceived me and I was deceived or fooled. You're stronger than I am and you prevailed. I'm in derision every day and everyone mocks me.

He said God I did I I have to do your will because you're stronger than I am. What am I going to do you tell me to prophesy and I prophesy and it doesn't happen. Everybody's mocking making fool of me.

God. I want to die. He was what kind of man was he? Holy Man, he's under attack of hell. No, I want to stop here and I want to from now on the rest of my message. I want to speak only to a specific group of people here this morning.

Speaking to Believers in a Season of Spiritual Attack

I want to speak to those who are walking in holiness and righteousness before the Lord. You're not perfect, but you're striving and you have a hunger for God, you know at the best of your ability. You're walking in and power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

You're full of the Holy Spirit. Let me tell you. It's possible for you to have a season when things go out of control spin out of control. So there comes a time right in the midst of all of that blessing.

The enemy will come at you for that very reason because of the blessing and the anointing and what you've done to his kingdom. Now we all know the drug addicts alcoholics. The wicked out in the streets.

We know their life is out of control. They live with restlessness. And these girls from Anna house can tell you what it was like before Jesus came in and many of you do it was out Of control completely out of control.

But there are many godly people Who are running from the devil they're not in control they're right now under guilt. Right now feeling down and depressed and worthless. Now folks, like I said, most of us don't need a message on how to stand up and not run.

There are many scriptures. The Bible said stand stand firm stand strong put on the whole armor of God withstand the enemy many of those. There are few of us here this morning could say as Nehemiah did should such a man as I run.

I'm a man of God and Mike gotta run. And not many Christians can say that because you already ran. You already have been under attack. You're where? Elijah and Jeremiah were. You did run you've said I want to die.

I've had enough. Now the issue I want to talk about is not how to stop how to quit from the starting to run. I want to show you how to stop running and how to get control back in your life. Now you can take control back from the devil.

You can take the ground again that you've lost and reclaim it and I want to show you how Elijah did it and I don't see any other way. Now folks listen to I am NOT teach. I'm not preaching theology this morning.

I I walked and prayed walked and prayed over every one of these Points that I'm going to bring everyone these teaching points. I want to bring to you now the next 15 minutes or so God worked them into my soul.

God said David, here's how you're going to take back all the ground. Here's how you're going to learn to stand. And the Holy Spirit birthed this in my heart and I want you to listen because I know God by his spirit speaking.

God's Provision in the Wilderness

There's so many here first of all. If you're going to take back control of your life, you must keep in mind That God is with you even in your running. He is with you all through the attack. He doesn't leave you.

He doesn't forsake you. You know what God did when this man is sitting on a juniper tree and he's sleeping because he's so numb. You know, you can be so numb under attack that you just want to sleep. You know God looks down at this running man this man who's in despondency and despair and feeling that well, why did I run?

He's having afterthoughts. I'm sure why did I run and he's sitting here in this despair and you know what God does he sends him an angelic chef and butler. You don't believe that. Well look at it that's right here.

Verse 5. And as he lay and slept under juniper tree behold, then an angel touched him and said unto him rise and eat. And he looked and behold there was a cake bacon on the coals and a cruise of water at his head.

The angel was a butler and a cook. He did eat and drink and he laid him down again. This man can't do anything but sleep. The age of the Lord came again the second time and touched him he said arise and eat.

There's another meal. Because the journey is too great for thee. If you ever had a neat meal so nutritious it lasted 40 days and 40 nights. Some cook. Some meal that was 40 days. He went in the strength of that meal.

The scripture says, you know, I believe I know what the Lord told the angel. The father took the angel aside. It was assigned to go to minister to Jeremiah. I know what he said. I think he said something like this now.

Be patient with him. He's hurting. Now listen folks. This is for you. He's hurting. He's confused. He's full of questions. He thinks he wants to die, but he really wants to live. He thinks he's failed me.

The devil's lying to him he's under attack. He's feeling guilty. He he feels useless. He's at the end of his rope, but I still love him. I've got much more kingdom work for him to do. I'm going to waken his spirit soon.

But meanwhile feed him good. Refresh him wake him up and walk him through the desert. Hallelujah. And tell Elijah the journey is too great for him. Well, I'm thank God the angel said that and that was God speaking folks because the journey is too great for any of us.

The journey is too much for you. You can't handle it. Why don't you learn it now and try it and quit trying to figure it all out? How am I going to make it? You can't make it unless the angel Lord camps around about you and God gives you strength and folks.

That's the Word of God. Here. It is go eat and drink and you'll find the strength you need through this trial. Here it is. This is better than an angel. This is the very word of his own heart. And he said this is the meat that you eat and this is the drink that you drink and it's the strength it doesn't last 40 days for me.

It's lasted. Mm-hmm years. I'm also walked right into that. You know what I did this past week. I Totally assured myself that no matter what I go through. That he's not going to forsake me that he's right there and He's ministering to me.

I may not be able to see it but all folks even in your hardest trial. You'll see little things that God does for you just little nice things that God does for you to refresh you. This message is one of those things.

He's not mad at you better than an angel bud said he made me higher than the angels. The word I am preaching it. Preaching my heart out. He's a preacher number two. Listen close. Taking back control requires dealing with the Lord still small voice.

Hearing and Answering God's Question

Asking you the same question. He asked Elijah What are you doing here hiding out? And what he's saying is like how long are you going to let the devil lie to you. How long do you let this go on? When do you wake up and say enough of this running enough of this foolishness?

What are you doing to yourself? Elijah wake up. It's time to take a stand. It's time to fight back. It's time to get control. What are you doing in this condition? That's what the still small voice of the Lord is saying to you right now.

What are you doing living with this kind of fear? What are you living with this sense of worthlessness? Why what are you doing hiding here? You're hiding out. Why? And he gives the Lord door to answer ask it two times the first time he said well Lord.

It's because they've killed all the prophets and slain him with the sword and I'm the only one left and they're trying to kill me. Don't you understand? He's saying to God and God didn't understand because he wasn't telling the whole truth.

And so he asked him again because he trying to get to the real issue. And it's the real issue that you have to deal with this morning and hear it in your spirit. Holy Ghost gave it to me. Listen. What God was trying to get him to say it all honesty is God you let the devil get to me and Harass me and take away my joy and my wrist rest and you let him put a fear on me.

And I didn't deserve that kind of treatment. I've been holy before you. I was obedient. I did everything you told me to do and you let Jezebel loose on me. All my praying my faith my preaching my obedience my devotion to you Lord and All I get out of it is the biggest battle in my life.

And he's paved. Struck my soul with a sword of love. He said that's you and that's my people. When you go about your way doing God's work. Giving your whole heart and energy and then you fall under attack.

It can be physical. Devil can rob you of peace. Rest it can just come and because there's something happening here in a spirit world and You run and you're in panic and you have all of these fears in your mind and the Lord comes to you and says Now let's talk sense.

Why are you so down? Why are you in panic? Why do you have this sense of being worthless to me and to anybody else what's the real problem behind it? It's God. I don't deserve an attack. The enemy when I was trying so hard to please you.

Now folks deal with it and your spirit right now. That's the only way you're going to take control again by the Holy Ghost is to see how little peeve you are. Or you're not mad at the majestic God you're mad at the personal God.

You're mad at the personal dealings with the Lord. Why Lord must I have this season of confusion? Why must I be dealt with in this manner when I have? Totally given my heart to you. My spirit is freeing you.

I'm not a liar. I'm not a cheat. I'm not an adulterer. Why? See he's standing on this issue. I'm holy. I'm the only one fighting for you and he didn't tell God to rest. Well God Did everything to be a servant to you and now look at you have allowed in My life and when you get that out of your system.

When you get that out and say yes, Lord I don't understand because this prophet standing is sitting in that cave his head between his knees and he said I don't understand. I do not understand this. I was so close to the answer.

It looked like total victory. And now I have this season of confusion that everything of hell coming at me. I don't understand it. God gets beyond me. You see you could be a housewife and you'd be sitting here this morning.

You're down and out and you say Lord all my life all my Christian walk. I've tried to do my best for you and my family I've raised my children the best I know how and I've tried to seek you and I love you though my heart I I tried to get to all the meetings and I read my Bible and and now Lord why do you allow the devil to come against me and try me so powerfully and There's my diligence and my love for you and my walk with you.

Does that not mean anything? Does that not? Merit you keeping me from such a battle hmm. Hallelujah, but you see God has. Here's the real bottom line there. I don't like that word that phrase bottom line.

Here's the real issue the heart of the issue. What we're saying in so many words is and listen, please give me your Holy Ghost attention. What we're saying in so many words is Lord. I'm not in this to learn more lessons.

I'm tired of learning lessons. I'm here on this earth simply to do your will win victories for you reach souls and go home to glory. You see that's that's but the whole thing we're tired of learning lessons.

I'm tired. I Saw no not another lesson God I'm Not gonna tell you again, but I'm at this time in my life this ain't in my life Lord is there never a time you just Sit back and the devil's defeated and you no more battles and you can just go to heaven singing.

Hallelujah God has a different idea and it's this when You learn how to resist the devil he'll flee from you. Because it Bible says resist the devil and he'll flee from you. You know what? Most people interpret that is they start railing against the devil, you know dirty devil.

And they try to curse the devil may yell at him. They scream at him and they shake people or suppose before the dump trying to shake the demons out. I've been in meetings in there. I heard one group. They were yelling the demons away.

They were screaming Hallelujah scare the devil's away. The devil's must get a laugh out of that. That is foolish. No, the the Lord is saying when you learn how to properly resist him so that he'll flee from you.

And you're not going to learn how to resist him till I let him come at you. The very fact the scripture says resist the enemy stand up against the many enemy. Suggests that an enemy is coming at you. For example those Medical snake canners that get the juice out of those rattlesnakes for medic medic medicine medicinal purposes.

You know how they're trained they go into the snake pit and they learn not to fear the snake and the only way they can get rid of the fear of the snake or the rattlers is to go in there and Learn how to operate and know their devices and their moves and they're trained not outside the pit looking in and say you see don't Touch that one over there.

No, they walk into the pit. God said I'm going to take you into the pit face-to-face with the devil. So you learn how to resist him so, you know that his war has no power. He's defeated. You know Michael the Archangel Says had to contend for the body of Moses the devil wanted when Moses died the devil came to claim it and you what he wanted to do he wanted to put inject in the thoughts of the leaders of Israel to build a great big tomb and build a monument and get all the people to worship the body of Moses and So God sent the Archangel nobody knows where the body was because Michael the Archangel took it away.

And the scripture said yet Michael the Archangel while contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses. But he dared not bring against Satan a rating accusation, but he said The Lord rebuke thee and you know what happened?