We are in a war. The war is
in the spirit for the soul of man. In Acts chapter 2, the disciples began
to preach the gospel of Jesus in other languages after they received the Holy
Ghost. The Israelites who were from other nations were amazed. They realized that the
disciples were from Galilee but they were able to speak the native languages of
the visiting Jews because the Holy Ghost had given them the ability to do so.
As a result, about 3000 souls were
saved. This was the greatest offensive attack that the devil and the
kingdom of darkness had experienced. The
attack was so great that the devil had to completely change his strategy for
warfare against the people of God. Prior to Jesus’ arrival, Satan’s
opposition to God was to alter God’s creation or present the opposite of
everything that God is and represents. God performed miracles. Satan performed magic. God used prophets. Satan used psychics. Jehovah is the true God. Satan created false gods. God
used procreation to honor Him.
Satan used homosexuality to
direct worship to himself. Satan knew that Jesus was coming so he feigned
his own virgin births with Buddha and Maya as well as other false deities.
However, after the disciples were filled with the Holy Ghost and began to
assault his kingdom, the devil had to alter his strategy of total
opposition to incorporate mimicking
what God has given us.
God gave us His Holy Spirit to comfort us and guide us into all truth.
Satan has given the kundalini
spirit from yoga which causes people to pass out and lose consciousness and
make strange noises and bark like dogs. We have Christianity so that we can become Christ-like. Satan presented us with Catholicism which is a
merger of Christianity and pagan practices. Satan used men who were very
charismatic to deceive people. God used ordinary men to do His will. Since these men were willing to humble themselves and become obedient
to the will of God, God was able to use them to go on the offensive and shake
up the devil’s kingdom. They totally disturbed his organization.
In Acts chapter 3, we see Peter and
John going on the offensive once again. They were going to the temple to
pray: offensive action. They saw a lame man and used the power
given to them by Jesus to heal him: offensive action. When the
people in attendance who witnessed the miracle ran up to check out the miracle,
Peter preached the gospel of Jesus to them and as a result, 5000 men believed
in Jesus: really offensive action.
As soldiers in this army, God has
been preparing us to stand in the
midst of all kinds of adversity. Romans
8:28 says and we know that all
things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called
according to His purpose. But many times our interpretation of
this scripture is that everything is going to work out for us the way that we
desire it to. God expects us not to fold in uncomfortable situations.
He expects us to push on in spite of. Nothing takes the fight out
of an opponent like seeing their enemy continuing to push forward when they are
hitting them with all they got. Whenever you get discouraged, the
devil says, “Whew!” However,
when you go on the offensive and the
devil is doing his best to deter you and you keep coming, he has no idea what
to do from there. He has to go back to the drawing board to find out what
to attack us with. Our preparation is what pushes us to drive on in spite
of what comes our way.
