MILITARISED FOR CHRIST
BY Pastor E. A. Adeboye
Memorize: Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty
in battle. Psalm
24: 8
Read: Psalm 24: 7-10
Bible in one year: 1 Corinthians 10-12.
Key point: Some are being calm about what they should take by force: they
are making requests instead of issuing orders.
If you have lost any good
thing at any point in time, you can cover it. God does not want you to just let
go. There is a fighting spirit within you that God wants you to engage by tapping
into His support in order to regain your loss. Any lost item you fail to tight
for may never be recovered. Exodus 15:3 says,
“LORD is a man of war: the LORD Is his name”.
A soldier who has been
well trained to fight happily looks forward to an opportunity to fight. In the
same vein, a sportsman who has spent months or years preparing for a tournament
looks forward with excitement to the competition. But how many believers truly
look forward to practicing what they have learnt? Why are you taking things
cool when you should take it hot with your spiritual enemies? Why are you
taking it easy with your flesh that is trying to derail you, and send you to
hell ? If the Lord is a man of war and you are His child, therefore you have
part of His fighting spirit inside of you.
Psalm 24:7-10 says the Lord Jesus is the
Commander-in-chief of the heavenly hosts. God has a highly disciplined army in
Heaven which follows Him wherever He goes according to Revelation 19:11-17. In
order to recover the earth from Satan, the Lord had to play by the rules by
becoming a human being. When He came, one of His major reasons was to destroy
the works of the devil hence, 1 John 3:8 says,
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose
the
Son of Cod was manifested, that he might
destroy
the works of the devil.”
That Lord heals, saves
souls/ and delivers are all geared towards destroying the works of the devil.
During His ministry here on earth, the Lord started an army. If you are
born-again, you are a part of that army. How militant are you? Members of God’s
army do not wrestle against the flesh and blood. Your fight is not against
human beings but against demonic spirits, the flesh and worldly systems that
are antichrist. As a part of this army, people must know what you like and what
you hate. They be able to predict the way you will handle situations and
circumstances. How militant are you towards the forces of darkness? While
physical kidnapping is allowed. You can arrest or kidnap the peace or joy of
your enemies.
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