Revival By Design: Spritual Warfare
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Key points:
Understanding the Battle
Binding the Strong Man
Demonic Influence MUST be destroyed, The Kingdom of God MUST be built
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
We were given dominion but sin perverted that dominion and left us dominated.
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
Two choices - serve God or satan.
You will be possessed by one of those spirits!
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
What is the battle?
Change of commanders.
From darkness to light
That is the job of the church!
AND IT IS A BATTLE!
Somewhere along the way we lost the significance of what we do!
Developed a live and let live attitude about this battle we fight.
Most churches today have struck deals with the devil...
If you leave me alone, I will leave you alone!
The concept of a spiritual battle is foreign.
Think is some type of Hollywood defined, Exorcist inspired event…
BUT it’s a fight we fight every day of our lives.
Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
You will never win by entering a treaty with Satan!
Satan is incapable of peace!
There will only be one period of peace in all man’s time on this earth as we know it - 1000 years in which satan is bound.
How is that peace destroyed? When he is released for a short time.
You choose to ignore this, he wins!
Parable of the rich father who gave his son his inheritance.
Large farm
Bandits
After a year the son gave up because the bandits harassed him, stole equipment and even murdered a servant.
Went home in defeat.
Father asked, why did you not deal with the bandits first?!
We have to many Apostolic’s who are trying to raise churches without dealing with the enemy FIRST!
First Key: Know who you are and what we have!
Ephesians 1:17–23 (KJV 1900)
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Spiritual Structure
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.
Remember Daniel - prayed and fasted for 21 days when an angel finally shows up and says that he has been trying to get to Daniel with the answer but was withstood by the Prince of Persia (not a physical prince but a spiritual one).
The spiritual prince was paralleled by a physical one.
What you see in the physical is a representation of what is happening in the Spirit.
What does the structure of Satan look like?
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Satan’s structure looks like God’s!
He is a mimicker!
God’s Heavenly Structure:
Head/Overseer: God
Right Hand (military): Michael
Left Hand (messenger/minister): Gabriel
24 Elders
Old testament:
Head/Overseer: Moses
Right Hand (military power): Joshua
Left Hand (priesthood/ministry): Aaron
70 Elders
12 Princes (head of every tribe)
Satan’s Hellish Structure:
Head: Satan - Anti-Christ
Right Hand: Fear - False Prophet
Left Hand: False Religion - The Whore
Elders: World Leaders (Eph. 6:12)
Princes of every nation (Daniel and the Prince of Persia)
Provinces/Regions/States (Satan rules within territories - this is what he tempted Jesus with)
Cities
Districts/neighborhoods
Circle back to antichrist
Current Global Structure:
Headship: Pride - Judaism, Germany
Right Hand: Fear - Islam, Middle East
Left Hand: Paganism/Idolatry - Rome
Second Key: Know your purpose!
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
HOW DO WE DO THAT!?
Satan MUST be bound
Demonic influence MUST be destroyed
God’s Kingdom MUST be built
Tactics
Signs and wonders
Time for the church to begin to see them again.
Why are Signs and Wonders so important?
So that people would believe the truth!
So that Satan’s kingdom is destroyed!
Acts 4:29–30 (KJV 1900)
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Acts 8:5–13 (KJV 1900)
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
And there was great joy in that city.
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Romans 15:18–19 (KJV 1900)
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
power = dunamis, miraculous power
Luke 10:1–2 (KJV 1900)
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
The greatest need in the church is labourers! HARVESTERS
Luke 10:17–20 (KJV 1900)
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us (before the the Holy Ghost) through thy name.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Behold, I give unto you power (authority) to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power (might or strength) of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Heaven in greek = sky
Satan fell from his seat of power, authority
It’s where his strongholds are build!
When we know our purpose, stronghold are destroyed, sick is healed and the damned are saved!
When we know our purpose, we understand that every place we walk belongs to us!
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
God reiterated his promise to Joshua from Moses, all through history to Jacob, Issac, Abraham, all the way back to Adam!
Question: If the promise of dominion went back that far, why would it not go forward this far?!!
Conclusion:
God promised your city to you!
Start acting like it!
Speak fear on your enemies!
When you walk in authority knowing who you are and why you are where you are - the spirits of your area must come and submit to you!