Shall Not Prevail

The demon has made walls of violence, walls of religion; he has made doors around these walls that appear impenetrable, gates of skepticism, gates of doubt, gates of apathy. But Jesus is telling His church here that no door that the devil can create, no wall that he can fortify will prevail against His power and glory. Here Jesus is telling us that as His church we must be on the offensive, we can take the offensive confidently because we have trusted in His promises. We can attack confidently the walls of hell because there is nothing that will be able to prevail against the power of our God. The gates of religion can be knocked down, the walls of addiction can be crumbled, the walls of violence can be crumbled. Brethren, Christ has left us the power. He has given us a promise that nothing will prevail against His church. Now, with this I am not saying that it will be easy, I am not saying that it will be a walk in the park It won’t be easy because Satan and his army of demons have erected great walls and powerful gates through time. But I am saying that it does not matter how long he spent building them, it does not matter how long he spent fortifying them, the strength of the door that he may have placed at the entrance is of no concern; what I am saying is, or better said, what Christ is saying to us is that THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL!

To conclude. Here in the last two verses we see that Jesus said: "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ." Here we see that Jesus is giving the power to His church to defeat any opposition. Because here He is not just giving this power to only His apostles, but He is giving the power to all of His church. What this is saying to us is that we have the obligation to arduously attack in the name of Jesus until the walls fall down, until the doors of hell burst wide open. Yes brethren we can attack confidently, we have the power to bind and rebuke all the attacks of the enemy. To attack is simply to exercise the authority of the power of God here on earth.

How can we accomplish this? Easy, this is accomplished through prayer, this can be accomplished by congregating, praising and blessing His name. This is accomplished by bringing the light to the darkness, this is accomplished when we have a personal encounter with Him, when we have received a revelation from the Father of His power and glory. God has given us the power to bind and loosen but not to determine His will, but to assert and implemented here on earth. We also see here that Jesus also told them to reveal His true identity to the people, but this was only done because He had not accomplished His mission. But today I tell you that it is our obligation to reveal the world His identity, it is our obligation to bring the light to the darkness. It is time for the church of Christ to mount a rigorous attack against the walls of the enemy. Let’s not wait, we can’t fear, because I tell you that it does not matter impressive they may look, it does not matter how fortified they might be, Christ has told us and is telling us: "THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL!"

Preached: September 24, 2000

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