Exposing and Destroying the Antichrist Spirit

104 Pages·2008·0.32 MB·English

Don’t Get
Bit
by the
Viper

Exposing and Destroying the
Antichrist Spirit

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Foreword

We are living in a day and age where the antichrist spirit has blocked the flow of
the power of God in many Christian’s lives. In this book, Don’t Get Bit by the Viper,
Thomas Terry shows us, through the Word of God, the tactics of the antichrist spirit, and
how it has cunningly made its way into the church world through many different avenues.
You will see how the enemy has worked against the church through religious traditions,
doctrines of men, and doctrines of demons.
In this bold, eye-opening, vital message, you will be given the opportunity to
examine yourself, and ask, “Have I been influenced by an antichrist spirit?” Allow the
words on these pages to get down in your heart and set you free from the holds the enemy
may have in your life. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, I believe this book has the
ability to set multitudes free from the strongholds of the enemy. For the past 8 years I
have had the privilege of having Thomas Terry as my pastor, and have been taught these
truths through the years. I pray that as you read on with an open heart and allow the Holy
Spirit to reveal His Truth to you that you will be as blessed as I have been.
Melissa Kornowski
Faith Alive Fellowship

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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the Lord, and all who helped at Faith Alive Fellowship for
helping complete this book, as well as Dr. Mark Barclay, whose writings inspired this
particular book.

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Introduction
In this book, I would like to do a thorough study on the antichrist spirit. We will,
with God’s help, to go into some detail about what the antichrist spirit is, as well as how
it will try to operate against God’s church. Please understand that when we refer to the
antichrist spirit, we are really referring to all demonic powers.
It’s important to understand that all believers will have to deal with antichrist
spirits. Many Christians may even be influenced by these spirits at different levels.
However, just because a Christian can be influenced by an antichrist spirit, does not mean
that they themselves are antichrists.
Please keep that in mind as you read this book. The point of this book is to set
believers free from the influence of these spirits and to expose and destroy these
strongholds in the Body of Christ. People bound up by the influence of these sinister
spirits need our prayers and intercession, not our judgment.

In Christ’s Love,
Thomas Terry

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CHAPTER ONE
GOING FROM MILK TO MEAT
1 John 2:18-27
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they
would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made
manifest that they were not all of us.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know
it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that
denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth
the Son hath the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that
which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue
in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not
that any man teach you: but as the same anointing
1 John 4:1-8
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ
is come in the flesh is of God:
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3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of
God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world.
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.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth
them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not
us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is
born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 2:4-18
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby
know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment
which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have
heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in
you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until
now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of
stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and
knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's
sake.
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13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto
you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the
beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word
of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of
God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
It’s interesting in 1 John 2:18 that John states that it is the last time. The Greek
words here mean, “the conclusion of this age, the last season of God’s plan of salvation,
the time of God’s judgments to draw near, the short, last season or few hours in God’s
New Covenant dealings with man.”
Think about this; if it was close to the end of all things when John wrote this, how
much more today? And if there were many antichrists in John’s time, how many more
must there be today as we live in the last of the last days? I want you to notice also, there
will be one major antichrist, but there are also many antichrist spirits operating in this
world. And in 1 John 4:3, the scripture says there are many spirits that are antichrist
spirits. And in 1 John 4:1, we are to try them and not believe or trust them.
1 John 4:3
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of
God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world.

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1 John 4:1
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Now to totally understand this, we must understand that there are several realms
of spirits that the antichrist spirit can manifest in.
The first would be the realm of demonic spirits. This would include all demons
and/or fallen angels. So an antichrist spirit may simply be a demon or devil, or may pose
as an angel of light.
Ephesians 6:12
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places.
2 Corinthians 11:13-14
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the
apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
An antichrist spirit can be a demonic spirit, or a demonic spirit that appears as an
angel, but in reality is not. An antichrist spirit may also operate in a man or woman, for
we are spirits also.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
It’s important to understand that an antichrist spirit will try to influence a man or
woman so it can use someone to peddle its most destructive doctrine, philosophy and
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influence. In extreme cases, the antichrist spirit can possess someone or influence them
to literally become an antichrist. It does this in many ways.
The church of the Lord Jesus Christ has not done a very good job, in many circles,
of explaining or defining the many activities or influences of this most diabolical,
demonic seduction. Therefore, it’s vital in these last days that we in the Body of Christ
teach on these things to the point to where all believers can most easily discern the
activities of the antichrist spirit.
There has been much written over the years about the activities of the antichrist
and antichrists that have influenced people. Most folks would agree that false religions,
cults and some extreme religious groups are antichrists. Most of this teaching centers
around those who put out false doctrines that deny the deity of Christ or the precious
blood of Jesus and focus on the antichrist spirits; false religions as Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism, the New-Age movement, occultism and the like.
Most assuredly we agree that this is the work of the antichrist spirit and would
applaud the efforts of those who expose these and other false antichrist religions and
doctrines that have risen to prominence in the world over the years.
Many times good men have pointed out that the Mormons and Jehovah’s
Witnesses and other cultic groups are influenced by the antichrist spirit and rightly that
many of their leaders are antichrists, false prophets, apostles or false teachers.
But quite frankly, this type of understanding has been taught in the church to such
an extent that the vast majority of believers understand the dangers of these weird, cultic
religions or groups. There has also been much written about how the antichrist spirit
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works through the world to influence people into sin, bondage and un-Godly lifestyles
and ideas.
Unfortunately, there has been far too little understanding in the church world
today about what I believe to be the most dangerous and subtle work of the antichrist
spirit and that is his work to try to influence, hinder, and stop God’s precious people from
reaching their full potential in Christ. I know that in many circles today, because of the
influence and doctrines that the antichrist spirit has infiltrated into the church world over
the years, the church is weak in many ways and limited in its influence and abilities to
really change the world.
The good news is that there is a mighty, awesome, Spirit-filled remnant of people,
who are rising up into their unlimited potential in Christ, preaching, teaching and
publishing the uncompromising truth. And as this God-anointed army rises to the
forefront of God’s church in these last days, we shall see the rise of the glorious, last days
church talked about in scripture.
It’s vital that we dig deeper into this subject to do this. The Church, for the most
part, has understood milk on the subject of the antichrist spirit. We, for the most part,
have been babies in our understanding about this. I will present, in the next chapters,
some meat on this subject. Let us eat, be nourished, understand and defeat the activities
of these foul devils, and rise up and be victorious as God has called us to be.

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