#Sunday Night, Aug-23-2020
God loves us on purpose and it’s an intentional love. Let me tell you something. I was going through very tough times; I had to go to preach and then go to court. The devil used to speak to my mind, but one day as we were going to Iganga for a Miracle Crusade, I heard a sound of a melody singing; “He loves me, Yes He does, He loves me” and it couldn’t leave me. It stayed with me for those five days of the crusade and when we returned to Kampala, the melody continued to resound. Then I told the choir, yeah this is it. Brothers and sisters, love is a weapon. Love is a way we fight and win. I hear the angels say, “He loves you.” When God loved the world, He gave us His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [John 3:16].
In the previous texts, I have been talking about preparing to fight, one of the seven joints in building your strategy. Just a recap of these joints; set your mind on the things above, build your life on precepts, learn from experiences (you must have an experience of Jesus at the cross and the baptism of the Holy Ghost), then create room for learning and learn how to fight.
Love is a weapon and there are different forms of love. The love of God is called agape love. Most times, we talk about love but we don’t know what love is. For example, the songs of love will attract you more than the songs of hatred, and the reason why you are attracted is because you’re a product of love. You can’t sing songs of hatred every day but the songs of love, you can sing them anytime.
Apostle Paul writes to the church in Ephesus telling them to put on the whole armour of God, that they may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil [Ephesians 6:11]. And in Revelation 2, God tells this same church that He has something against them because they had left their first love. Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love [Revelation 2:4].
Let us first look at the seven types of love. Eros – this is romantic and passionate love. Philia – this is intimate love between man and woman. Ludus – this is a playful love, you flatter. Storge – unconditional love and its family. Like you can love your uncle or aunt unconditional. Philautia – this is self-love. Pragma – committed love and lastly Agape which is the universal and selfless love. Without love, we are just religious people. Love is a sound and not noise. Noise is heard and people may not love but when sound is heard, people love. Every time you sound and the Holy Spirit comes, prepare to fight. Sound is what God created and it comes with melody. 1 Corinthians 13:1 says, Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
Love reveals the full armor of God and it represents a man standing. We use love to fight and the greatest fight is found in John 3:16. In Hebrew, love is written like this אהבה. Man stands on love; head, breastplate, truth and the gospel [Ephesians 6:13-15]. Man is a product of God’s love. In Greek, love is written as Αγάπη. In any way, love will make man to stand. We need to love our fellow men as we love ourselves [Mark 12:31]. Everything you do should be through love. Love is a seed. Through love, we conquer nations. Love forgives; you must forgive your enemy.
Ephesians 6:12 says, 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]. Apostle Paul identifies what we must fight, and in verse 13 & 14, he continues to say, Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness. Why the loins? These are the private parts (seed to man and field to a woman) and they must be protected by truth. Truth is your reproductive area. The truth is what sets you free. This is where you co-create. That part of the body needs truth. Your sexuality needs truth. Your private parts need truth and the truth will set you free. Jesus is the truth, the way and the life [John 14:6]
The head is protected by salvation. The breastplate is protected by righteousness, and the gospel is in the legs. Salvation is about fighting back. Salvation is what your head needs and that’s where Jesus died from (place of the skull). The breastplate of righteousness is where your vital organs; the lungs, heart, kidney are. We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Declare, I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus [2 Corinthians 5:21]. Allow God to make you because you’re His righteousness. You will live longer because of what Jesus did; He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed [Isaiah 53:5]. Salvation must give you a new life. Righteousness has to do with your health. May God touch your kidney, your lungs and intestines. Because of righteousness, Abraham became what he had to become. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham. You’re the righteousness of God. May your vital organs be protected by God. We fight when we put on the whole armor of God; salvation, righteousness, truth and the gospel.
Concerning the gospel, Jesus said in Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” When you preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, God empowers you. Preaching the gospel is fighting the devil. Jesus said, if you’re ashamed of me among the people, I will be ashamed of you before the Father [Luke 9:26]. This is the time to preach the gospel. Never be ashamed of your past to preach the gospel. Apostle Paul said in Romans 1:16, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek…to the Africans, Ugandans and Asians also. During my tough times, God told me 50 crusades, and towards the end of those crusades, He said 77 days of Glory. And on September 18th, we are celebrating the fourth anniversary. I don’t care what you call me or what you say about me, I am not ashamed of the gospel. In the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, the poor get the gospel preached to them and the widows get their husbands. We fight with salvation, righteousness, truth and gospel.
As I conclude: I’m not ashamed of the gospel because it silences the critics; wash away sins and wraps up problems. Remember, we fight back through these four gifts; salvation, righteousness, truth and the gospel. And if you have ever doubted the power of God, today put on the full armor of God.
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