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OUR MISSION IN
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
PART 7C: WALKING IN
OBEDIENCE
John S. Torell
August 31, 2003
The message from God given to me at this
time, is a somber, soul searching, fearful one, that can be likened to a roaring
forest fire, that when it is hot and the wind is blowing hard and it becomes
clear that no man can outrun this red-hot roaring hell fire. The
Rise of the Antichrist is near AND TIME SHALL SOON BE NO MORE FOR THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST AS AN ORGANIZED FIGHTING UNIT AGAINST THE FORCES OF THE SATANIC
KINGDOM!
- A BACKSLIDDEN CHRISTIAN WILL FIRST
START TO LIE TO HIMSELF!
- THEN HE WILL START LYING TO OTHERS!
- THEN HE WILL START LYING TO GOD!
A backslidden Christian does not want
to attend prayer meetings! Neither does he want to read the Bible, pray for
himself or witness to others about Christ. He will lose the joy of the Lord,
become angry, cranky, miserable, irritated and heaping criticism on those who
are still walking with Christ! Eventually he will drop out of church completely,
citing his great excuse: I CANNOT STAND ALL THESE HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH, NOT
REALIZING THAT HE IS THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE OF THEM ALL!
James 3:8-18
This
condition brings great joy to the Devil and all his fallen angels and grief to
our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost!
THE SPIRIT OF
ERROR
I
John 4:6
This is a powerful class of
demons, and are extremely difficult to detect. They work in secrecy, using a
number of other classes of demons to cover them, and making it almost impossible
to detect them. "Flying cover" for these evil spirits are religious
spirits, spirits of sentimentality, spirits of guilt, spirits of offense,
spirits of approval, and spirits of recognition.
OVERCOMING AN ATTITUDE
Before the Army of God can
attack the evil forces of the Devil, God’s soldiers must be "cleansed and
healed" from their infirmities. This is a mission that Jesus came to start.
Luke 4:28-44
If a person does not know
that he has a problem, there will be no solutions for him.
Luke 4:18-21
OUR
ASSETS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD
The power of God on this
earth has not decreased -
Hebrews
13:5-9; Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 1:5
And it will not change, even during the time of tribulation -
II Thessalonians 2:1-8
The Word of God will stand until the end of this earth!
Matthew 5:17-19
On the contrary- the power of
God shall increase toward the end times -
Joel 2:28-32
WALKING IN OBEDIENCE
Every human being has a
weakness, which is exploited by Satan and his demons. Human EMOTIONS are the
GATEWAY to the soul of a human being!
Evil spirits have three
approaches to alter the emotions of a person:
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Entice the person into
rebellion against God
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Upsetting a person by events,
insults, offense, accident, disaster or any other kind of injury, like unkind
treatment from someone or unfair behavior, etc.
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The third approach is through
alcohol or other drugs:
Proverbs
23:29-35; Revelation 18:23
WALKING IN OBEDIENCE - 3
ROOTING OUT
HIDDEN ANGER!
The apostles Paul and
Barnabas had been together for many years, when they became so angry with one
another, that they parted as enemies -
Acts 15:36-41
The Bible does not tell us
how God dealt with Barnabas, but it is recorded the price that Paul had to pay : Acts 16:16-28
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My Prophetic
Dream:
Our church was on a picnic. I was
playing some kind of ball game with three of the young people in our
church. Jordan and Wesley played against Joshua and I. Jordan and Wesley
outplayed us, and I became angry. I looked around and found a large
watermelon. I picked it up and aimed for Jordan’s head, and the watermelon
hit him hard on his head, and I saw Jordan fall to the ground in great
pain. It looked like his skull had been cracked. Being the pastor, I am
not supposed to become angry. First I tried to put a spin on the
situation, saying that it was an accident. I knew I had to pray for Jordan
to be healed, people expected that from the pastor, but inside I knew I
was phony and that I had done this on purpose. Emotions were running high
inside me, and I knew that I was guilty of hurting one of my members in
the church. Finally, I had to confess my wickedness to the congregation so
I could pray for Jordan. This dream was repeated as I woke up, and God
made it clear to me, to go over it in my mind so that I would not forget
the details as I was waking up, since He wanted this message to be
preached this Sunday.
I received this dream on the
morning of August 30, 2003
During the many picnics and games
over the years, I have never become angry or had feelings like this. |
Jesus set up his own standard
of laws, to make it possible for a man to control the Gateway to his emotions:
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Meet injustice with love
and meekness -
Matthew 5:38-48
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Live in forgiveness day and
night -
Matthew 18:21-35
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Remember, you own nothing
on this earth. It all belongs to God. Naked you came into this world, and
naked shall you leave. You and I are managers and Jesus very clearly told his
apostles how they should act as managers -
John 13:1-17
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The apostle Peter passed on
the teaching of Jesus -
I Peter
2:11-23
These four points are known
as a spiritual law: DYING TO SELF!
Galatians 2:16-21
Remember this: If you are not
receiving proper sleep, or if your body is physically out of balance, it will
affect your emotions and weaken your will-power. Once your will-power is
weakened, you have lost control of your emotions.
James 1:6-8
Coming to the point of
deliverance from evil spirits is hard, but for the believers in Christ to stay
clean and maintain the deliverance is a long hard road that will last, until the
day Jesus takes you home to heaven.
Ephesians 6:10-18
God has made it possible for
us to stand, and having stood, to stand until our mission is finished on this
earth!
Hebrews 11:32-40; 12:1-4
To him that has
an ear, let him hear!
To be continued...
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