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The Basis Of Personal Spiritual Warfare:

(1) Understanding The Victory Of YESHUA.

o Colossians 2:13-15 declares: < When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. >

(2) The Witness of YESHUA is alive in us in Spirit, Water & Blood. This is the Witness of the Cross in YESHUA’s Victory.

o 1 John 5:10a, 7-8 (NKJV) reads: < He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself … . For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. >

o Revelation 3:14b (NASB) describes YESHUA’s Witness as: < … The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God … >

(3) Functioning in the Authority of YESHUA through His Witness in us.

o Matthew 28:18 reads: < And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” >

Functioning In Personal Spiritual Warfare:

(1) Praying by the HOLY SPIRIT through the Witness of YESHUA.

o Romans 8:1-2 (NKJV) reads: < There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. >

(2) Binding the strongman through YESHUA’s Witness, by the HOLY SPIRIT, unveils the Finger of GOD from our inward parts

o In Matthew 12:28 YESHUA declares: < … I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. >

o In Luke 11:20 YESHUA declares: < … I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. >

o In Matthew 12:29 YESHUA explains: < … How can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. >

(3) In the Shabbat-Shalom of YESHUA (see John 17:6a), actualized by the SPIRIT, in our heart, we ascertain that the stronghold(s) is (are) either partially or wholly broken (or, destroyed). [Every time we actualize peace its as if one aspect of satan’s hold over a person (or, an entity) is broken.]

o Hebrews 5:13-14 (NASB) reads: < For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their (inward spiritual) senses trained to discern good and evil. >

o Romans 16:20 (NASB) reads: <The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. >

o 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NASB) reads: < For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. >

Always remember that YESHUA came to destroy the works of the devil. Have a persevering faith because the victory has been won. GBU.

To fear GOD is to revere Him or, to reverence Him.

Scripture declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of Knowledge (Prov 1:7a) and the beginning of Wisdom (Prov 9:10a).

Psalm 103:11-18 declares, that the LORD opens His Heart to those who fear Him:
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer.
17 But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.

What does it mean to fear GOD?
o Deut 6:13 reads: < “You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name. >
o Deut 10:12-13 reads: < “Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? >
o Deut 10:20 reads: < “You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name. >
o Psalm 115:11 reads: < You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD …. >
o 2 Corinthians 7:1 reads: < Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. >

The Spirit of the fear of the LORD is an ingredient of the anointing that YESHUA perfected.

Isaiah 11:2-3a reads: < The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him (YESHUA), The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And He (YESHUA) will delight in the fear of the LORD ..>

Proverbs 9:1 reads: < Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars (this verse is talking about the seven pillars of the anointing). >

Seven prophetically symbolizes perfection, and the reality of us being perfected in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (1 Cor 15:45 + Phil 1:19c). We must pray by the SPIRIT that GOD will perfect us in the Spirit of the fear of the LORD. Amen!

Prayer: HOLY FATHER, in a world falling apart, we need Thee to invade our realities, our every situation and circumstance, our homes, our families, our work and business situations, our ministries. Dear LORD open the reality of Your Kingdom and its resources to our inward parts and, enable us to access your abundant provision by the HOLY SPIRIT. Give to us a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation, that we may actualize the fullness of JESUS CHRIST in Whom are hidden all the treasure of Wisdom and Knowledge. Amen.

Scripture references: Eph 1:17-19; Col 2:2-3.

We who are born of Water and the SPIRIT (John 3:5) can actually enter the Kingdom of GOD through the Witness of JESUS CHRIST alive in us (1 John 5:10a). We enter by faith – exercised in prayer – knowing that we are justified by the atoning power of the Blood of the LAMB (Rom 5:9). Understand that the Kingdom of GOD is within us (Luke 17:20-21, KJV).

As Deuteronomy 30:11-15 (NKJV) reads:
11 “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil

Understand that the Word of the Kingdom (Matt 13:19a) is in our mouth and in our heart through the Witness of JESUS CHRIST. We can activate this Witness by praying in the SPIRIT (Rom 8:2) and unveil the Mysteries of the Kingdom of GOD (Matt 13:11a, 16-17) from our inward parts.

Matthew 13:11a, 16-17 (NKJV) reads:
11 He answered and said to them, “… it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven …
16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Hebrews 12:22-24 (NASB) reads:
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Genesis 22:14 (NKJV) reads:
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”

Genesis 22:14 (KJV) reads:
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

May the resources of the Kingdom be opened through each one of us in the peculiar situations and circumstances of our personal lives, our families, our work places, our businesses and, in our ministries. Amen. GBU!

The GOD of the OT is exactly the same as the GOD of the NT. GOD is Immutable, He is Unchanging. GOD is also Holy.

And sin in all its forms is abhorrent to Him.

GOD is Jealous not in the sense of humans being jealous; but, GOD is Jealous in and for His Name that expresses WHO HE IS and all THAT HE IS.

In my article on Understanding Lawlessness And Its Consequences I speak of the origin and reality of sin – in the Mystery of Lawlessness. The evil that flows from sin and the death that manifests as a consequence of evil, is an expression of a spirituality called Lawlessness.

The history of man throughout the world is a blood bath of pain and suffering because of lawlessness: as a consequence of what we inflict on each other in every field of human endeavor.

GOD gave the Law to Moses to try and control the ‘progress of evil’ in the context of Israel. And, GOD did this because Adam had chosen to do his own thing: live as a law unto himself.

The Law GOD gave to Moses worked to some extent but Israel was unable to adhere to GOD’s Law on a sustainable basis.

In the NT GOD sends HIS WORD in human form (as JESUS CHRIST) to produce a Testament that is in fulfillment of the Law through the Cross.

JESUS overcame sin, evil and death testimonially.

In John 3:16-17 JESUS CHRIST declares the essential reality of grace: < “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” >

On the Cross we actually see the Nature and Character and Witness Of GOD, the reality of “I AM” devoid of His Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience and His Glory.

In Philippians 3:7 we read that the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the WORD of GOD emptied Himself (Greek: kenosis) to take human form and pay the price for our sin through the actual fulfillment of the Law.

GOD vindicated JESUS CHRIST by raising Him from the dead clearly demonstrating that the consequences of sin, evil and death had been overcome testimonially.

JESUS CHRIST is the spiritual blueprint for a new man for anyone willing to accept Him as LORD and Saviour.

As 2 Cor 5:17-18a reads: < Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ … >

Ephesians 2:10 reads: < For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. >

What GOD intended from the Beginning with Adam has been restored – by Promise, that we enter into by grace, through faith.

2 Cor 1:20 reads: < For as many as are the promises of God, in Him (in JESUS CHRIST) they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. >

There are many in todays world who say that GOD in the OT destroyed ‘innocent’ people. Through Law we understand that all have sinned and come short of the glory of GOD.

Many years ago while writing one of my books the HOLY SPIRIT asked me how much I know. Having spent much time in my studies, in engineering and international finance, and in the pursuit of my career goals, I said LORD I know a little bit.

The HOLY SPIRIT then asked me: Can you make me a ‘little’ mustard seed? I said no LORD, I can’t!

The HOLY SPIRIT continued: Assuming I can make a mustard seed for you, My son would you know how to make it grow and live? I said: No LORD, I cant.

The HOLY SPIRIT then continued: Now my son how much do you know? I replied: I know nothing LORD.

Why did I say this? Because GOD was talking of a knowledge form that no man has or knows. Our knowledge forms do not give life.

GOD is entirely unlike us and I am grateful that HE IS WHO HE IS and ALL THAT HE IS, entirely unlike us, so that I actually can have a future through Him.

Just as we would treat cancer by destroying it entirely, the cancer of sin has to be likewise treated. But GOD has opened an infallible treatment for the cancer of sin through the LORD JESUS CHRIST, by His grace and mercy, through the actual communication of the Testimony of JESUS – in the communicative medium of JESUS CHRIST’s Spirit and Life (see John 6:63) – into us.

Through the Testimony of JESUS, GOD subordinately and derivatively, communicates His Nature, His Character, His faith, His love, His Righteousness, His Holiness etc into us; and, this is salvation. It is not a philosophical cop-out; it is tried and tested reality of the Word of GOD that will stand forever.

In Jeremiah 1:12, YHWH (GOD) declares that HE is watching over His Word to perform it. May GOD bless us all by opening us to His Word with an understanding that derives wholly from Him. Amen.