Sunday Service 1-24-10

Living the Victorious Life - Part 10

Prepare for Battle - Part 3

NOTES FROM SERMON HEARD AT:
Spirit of Fire Evangelistic Ministries
Pastor Jerry Begin
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Psa 119:18-20
(18) Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
(19) I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
(20) My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

It is time Christianity stands up and shows the world the true Kingdom.
Our job is to bring forth the Kingdom of God.
Torah- beyond human bounds.
Show me things beyond human bounds- the wisdom that invents, brings peace, healing, deliverance, and order.
We don’t know the truth-
The Word of God needs to be meditated.

that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law
There are answers to every situation in our lives. The answer is in the Word.
The Sword is the Word of God- Shield is faith. We need to take the Word and strike the enemy.

To be a good soldier you need to prepare- we need to know the art of war. Joshua was told to prepare for war.

Jos 18:3
(3) And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

Nothing in the world can stop you.
We need to do battle for our children, families, community, and even for ourselves.

We don’t study the Word of God. We don’t know where we stand. We are so vague. When we walk into a building…

Dan 11:32b
The people who know their God shall prove themselves strong, and stand firm, and do exploits.

READ Eph 2

Eph 2:1-7
(1) And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
(2) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
(3) Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
(4) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
(5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
(6) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
(7) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Paul reveals that we are very aware of the world- more than we are conscious of the Kingdom of God. It is for that reason that it is important to meditate day and night.

There are devils working. We need to know how to conquer them.
We need to know the Word of God and that there is a world out there that we have absorbed ourselves in.

Disobedience- we are disobedient to God’s Word because we don’t even know what to obey.

Flesh-

God has saved your spirit

We are aware of our flesh, the world
Our job is to restore the Kingdom of God here on earth. Go first to Jerusalem, Samaria, and all the parts of the world-to restore the Kingdom of the world.

Our job is to bring the Kingdom of God-
There are 2 things going on-
the warring of the soul and spirit- the old nature has a hard time
Our soul has been saved by Jesus, a free gift. We are saved but there is more.
We are as those who return to Egypt, to the world, sin, serving demons. Why go back to drugs, alcohol, poverty, when we have been set free?

Deu 15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

Exo 20:2
(2) I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Saved- your spirit is so free that you don’t have to do a thing. Doing good has nothing to do with a thing.

To be redeemed- to be taken out of the marketplace- you are not to be sold to slavery. God has taken you out of the market. We belong to Him.

We cannot sell ourselves.

Our efforts is to put on the whole amour, possess the land,

We are free, saved, no longer a slave.
Why are we fearful? Demons tells us what to do and we jump. Some of us are in disobedience and rebellion against God. Some are just walking this world and trying to see what is pleasure.
Don’t try working to save your soul, but you need to try working to possess the land.

Jesus came to save you because He loves you. It is time to remove ourselves from sin, to posses the land.

Jos 1:7-9
(7) Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
(8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
(9) Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

The devil is trying to steal my freedom from me. I am free, but I have never seen it.
We can take our lives and our country back.

Until we set ourselves free from disobedience and pleasures of the flesh, we will not be aware of our freedom.

Take care of self (home, Jerusalem), Samaria (family), and the uttermost part of the world.