THE WORLD IS IN TRANSITION – PART 5
If I were to recapitulate what has been said by outlining the chapters of Ephesians in the context of “A manual for strategic training and preparation for Spiritual Warfare”, here is how I would put it:
Chapter 1 – KNOWING YOUR SAVIOR AND YOUR POSITION IN HIM. We are redeemed, and seated with Christ at the Right Hand of the Father in the heavenly places and empowered with the greatness of His power for His purposes – the redemption of the lost, the reclamation of the earth and victory over Satan and hell.
Chapter 2 – KNOWING YOUR SAVIOR AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP IN HIM. We are made alive in Christ and are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Chapter 3 – KNOWING HIS PURPOSE FOR YOU IN HIM. God’s Eternal purpose, which was carried out in Christ and is now entrusted to us to finish the Work which He has prepared ahead of time for us to walk in.
Chapter 4 – KNOWING HIS POWER IN AND THROUGH YOU. We have victory through Him as we unite ourselves in Him, as one. His power is released in and through our lives as we walk in the Spirit of God and deny ourselves every kind of impurity and greediness and rid ourselves of the “old self” and its lusts which are the obstacles to the wisdom, ability and strength of our calling.
Chapter 5 – KNOWING HIS IMAGE IMPRINTED IN YOU. We are to be imitators of Christ in our mind, attitude, heart, soul spirit and body, lest we fail to prevail.
Chapter 6 – KNOWING YOUR ABILITIES AND SPIRITUAL WEAPONRY IN HIM. Engaging the enemy of the world forces of darkness and the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places, with the spiritual weapons given us by God, and then standing fast!
It labors me to say that the church is, for the most part, not engaged in this Last Day scenario. We have drifted. We are “playing church”, entertaining ourselves, saying we are “doing the works of Christ”. But we have fallen under the trance of the evil one. We have succumbed to the great delusion God warned about.
God has said He will raise up His remnant, a remnant of the Last Days, and they will carry the fight to the enemy because they will not love their lives so much that they will fear death, and they will prevail by the word of their testimony and by the Blood of the Lamb! (also see A Holy Remnant is Born).
In conclusion, the time is short, the enemy is inside our gates. This is becoming hand-to-hand combat, and the battlefield is being soaked with the blood of saint and sinner alike.
In the not-too-distant future, however, the tide of this battle will turn and the blood of the enemy will run as deep as the horse’s bridle for hundreds of miles and the wild beasts and fouls of the air will feast on their carcasses of our enemies.
God will not endure the faint of heart, and He takes no pleasure in those who would shrink back. You and I must engage this fight today. The victory is won, the title is ours, but we must join fearlessly join Him today!
So, enough of the pandering! It is time to cast off the postmodern fashions of the harlot church, and by doing so, only those who remain will be considered the final and holy remnant.
Your Brother and Friend,
Mike Young
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