#Sunday E-service, Aug-23-2020
We are still continuing with our study on strategy, and I already shared with you some of the joints for building your own strategy; set your mind on the things above, build your life on precepts (layers), learn from experiences; Moses didn’t go to Pharaoh by faith, but because he had an experience with God. Therefore, allow God to give you an experience of resurrection and life. Another joint is to create room for learning. The fifth joint is prepare to fight.
Recently, God gave me this powerful revelation about Adam. Remember, He operates in the trinity of man. “The first Adam was the image of God” according to Genesis 1:26 (not the son), and when he fell, God promised to send the seed of a woman to bruise the serpent’s head [Genesis 3:15]. “Jesus came as the second Adam and He is the Son of God” (God in the flesh). The blood of the second Adam was sprinkled at calvary and in the holy of holies. His blood becomes alive when it’s applied now because Faith is now. Without you in the picture, Jesus would be like any other man that ever lived. And the moment you believe that He came and died at calvary, the same power that raised Him will come and work in you because the third Adam is you and you’re a child of God [John 1:12]. There’s power in the blood of the Lamb of God, and that blood is a weapon we use in our warfare [Revelation 12:11].
The bible tells in Ephesians 6:11 to Put on the whole armor of God that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Apostle Paul begins this text [from verse 1] by telling children that have spiritual fathers to obey them, and on the other hand, Jesus warned us not to call anyone father [Matt 23:9]. We are allowed to call anyone mother because they care. God was the Father of Jesus and not Joseph. Paul uses the word “obey” because, “If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land” [Isaiah 1:19]. Honoring your father and mother is one of the commandments in [Exodus 20:12].
So, by the time Paul wrote to the Ephesians, slavery was at its highest in Rome, and people were being hanged. He tells children to obey their parents, and servants to obey their masters. In fighting, physical fights always end with one party dying and the other wounded. Whereas in spiritual fights, you must do as Paul states in Ephesians 6. You must obey. In Philippians 2:12, he also writes and says, Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. When you are obedient [a doer of what you are told to do] to your master, you capture his heart, and that is what Joseph did [Genesis 39:2-6].
We fight to win and not to be wounded. Paul tells the Ephesians to take the fight to another level. Through obedience, you get to understand God. You must obey your parents and masters because that’s how we win, not that we are stupid. If you’re to be a good fighter, you must understand the environment you’re in. Moses was obedient to his father-in-law; seven girls were brought to him to choose a wife from, and being a descendant of Jacob, he knew that once he goes for the young one, he would end up marrying seven of them, hence he chose the first daughter, and he disarmed his father-in-law. His father-in-law handed him the flock to tend which led him to the burning bush [Exodus 2:16-21].
Ephesians 6:5 reads, Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Paul tells servants to obey their masters with singleness of heart. Joseph disarmed Potiphar by winning his heart and he handled him everything in his house. When you’re fighting, know where you are putting your weapons. Don’t use a big weapon in small fights. Paul was writing to the Jewish Christians in Ephesus who had been taken into slavery telling them to put on the full armor of God.
In Revelation 2:1-5, God tells John the revelator to write to the church in Ephesus who had forsaken their first love. The first love is to love God with all your heart, and to love your fellow man. Love gives and John 3:16 states, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. We need to love people and show them love. Everything must come out of love. Your love is measured out by what you do, what you say, what you don’t do and what you don’t say. Love wins, love overcomes. Love doesn’t break things but builds. Love moves people from one level to another. You cannot fight and win without love. You cannot rescue without love. Love is powerful than a sharp sword. God came through love and He wants us to love our fellow men [1 John 4:20].
As a country, if we are gonna win AIDS, COVID-19 and Ebola, love must come first. Through love we deal with every man. Forgiveness and love is what is going to sustain us during this period of time, and as we draw towards the campaigns, let’s treat each other with respect. If we can love strangers, we can love each other. God speaks to the church in Ephesus; I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary, but He tells them, I have one thing against you and I am about to blow out your candle; “you have left your first love” [Revelation 2:2-4]. I don’t want your candle stick and mine to be taken way.
In Ephesians 6:11 he says, Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Every armor is designed to protect the vital organs the brain and the eyes. The helmet is of salvation, the breastplate is for righteousness and is what keeps the virtual organs. Around your waist, you put there truth. Truth sets people free [John 8:32]. In your waist is where your seed and the field are [Ephesians 6:11-17].
The bible says, no weapon formed against you shall prosper [Isaiah 54:17]. As a fighter in the Lord, the devil will keep on bringing weaponry against you but they shall not prevail because God will keep and protect you. The battle is not yours but the LORD’s [2 Chronicles 20:15]. Therefore, put on the full armor of God. And if you don’t have a full armor of the Lord, you must purchase it. You need the helmet for salvation to protect your brain, eyes, nose, mouth and ears. The armor will keep you from the enemy. The feet is for the preparation of the gospel of peace. The whole Armor of God is what we call the love of God.
And as I conclude, Colossians 2:15 says, Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
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