VICTORY
This was written some time ago by David Wilkerson but still very true and a very difficult lesson to learn for me. At near 86 I have been fighting gout in my right foot and ankle, very very painful at times. So still trying to learn how to rest in the LORD, cease from my own efforts and Trust HIM for the healing. But then it seems I have more faith for others than I have for my self. Perhaps that is why we need each other in HIS UNITY, like in: John 17:20-26 & Eph.4:11-16. (Please Read the Verses!!!)
Perhaps when we are fitly joined and compacted we get to see Jesus powerfully living among us… In John 17:22 the LORD gives us HIS glory (power) because we come into Unity in HIM. So OK, perhaps this is the way that it works. We get together with One Mind and One Spirit in HIS Truth and we then can experience Freedom from sin, sickness and death? No memberships, no pew polishing, no tithing, no denominations just giving out of vision and love. Leadership, of course, but there because we want to be there, where ever, house church or big box building with a steeple, no matter the place. The CHURCH is the people.
After all, There is but one Church of Christ Jesus and all who love HIM and obey HIM are members…. Right ??? So find a Jesus Church where Jesus is actually LORD, where HIS commandments are really honored and see where it goes.
Love in Jesus, Ken<><
No Hope of Victory in Our Own Strength
Even if you are saved — living under the covering of Christ’s blood and secured by faith in his work on the cross for you — you can still have ongoing battles raging inside you. Enemies of your soul seek to devour you and you are still engaged in a battle with satanic powers and strongholds. We are to claim the power that is available to us through God’s New Covenant, but that power comes only by faith.
The prophet Isaiah warned Israel that there was no possibility of victory for them if they attempted to fight their adversary in their own strength. Isaiah chapter 31 paints a perfect picture of the futility of trying to do battle with the enemy in our human ability. I believe this chapter is a type and shadow of the ineffectiveness of our attempts today to defeat lusts, bad habits, and besetting sins by relying on human ideas and aids.
This chapter is also an example to us of how sin will increase in the last days. Scripture says that society will wax worse and worse and the Church will be inundated with deceptions and doctrines of demons. I believe we are seeing that happen right now. Demonic hordes have infiltrated all media and every form of technology, flooding our culture with sensuality and perversions of all kinds.
If you are in the midst of an overwhelming struggle, you must learn the word God gave to Zechariah: “’Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6).
“For through the voice of the Lord, [the enemy] will be beaten down” (Isaiah 30:31). Isaiah is saying, “Your Lord promises to fight for you. He will make his voice known and it will put all your enemies to flight.”
Are you facing an enemy that is too powerful for you right now? If so, God asks simply that you lay down your sword and trust him to fight on your behalf.
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