The Church At War

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

(Romans 7:14-25) (14) "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin." (15) "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I." (16) "If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good." (17) "Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me." (18) "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not." (19) "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do." (20) "Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me." (21) "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me." (22) "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:" (23) "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." (24) "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (25) "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."

(1 Peter 5:8-9) (8) "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" (9) "Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."

(2 Corinthians 10:3-5) (3) "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:" (4) "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;" (5) "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

(Ephesians 6:10-12) (10) "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might." (11) "Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (12) "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

(James 4:7) "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

PREFACE SUMMARY

Church, as I look at the influence that the church has in the world today, I seem to be left with some very important questions which I really do not know if people will agree on the answers however there is some hope found in the words of Jesus in (Matthew 16:18) which states that the Lord will build his church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Beloved, this means that Christ who is the head of the church will build his church on top of the false, the hurting, the broken dreams and broken hearts including divorce and worldly views, yes beloved, the true church of Jesus Christ, is not and will not be a weak church.

1. What happened that people can sit comfortable in some churches today and feel comfortable in their sin?

2. Have church leaders and Christians forgotten why they were saved?

Dear Saints of God, I think you can agree with me when I say that we are living in the age where we desperately need a spiritual house cleaning to get rid of the confessed sin and ungodliness in Christian leaders.

Saints, I believe that the living God is getting an army together that have been through the storms of life and have been conditioned to meet the enemy on every front.

Beloved, you will be surprised to find that many of these powerful soldiers of the cross are not very well known by the religious hierarchy of our day because God has had them in seclusion waiting on the right time to bring them forth.

Church, because of their past mistakes, these men and women have had to fight for every inch of ground gained because they have not had anything given to them but they have qualified for it through their training in the field which makes them able to stand in the face of diversity and Yes beloved, our undesirables who make up the forgotten church of the hedge will be the worship leaders and the leaders of clergy in this last push by the Spirit of God to rescue as many as possible from Satan’s rebellion.