In the Old Covenant, the Lord spoke to the nation and promised them victory before they fought. Moses would wait for God to speak to Him about whether God would give them the victory or not, and then, God would speak to Moses and promise victory, and Moses would lead Israel. The Lord would speak to Joshua and tell him, “I have given them into your hands,” and Joshua would go for it, no matter how scary and risky it seemed. David would inquire of the Lord and if the Lord said, “Go, I’ve given them into your hands, He would step out in faith and fight!” Just because the Lord promised victory, didn’t mean they didn’t have to put up a fight. But, it did mean that if they would fight in faith, that God’s supernatural power would work for them and give them the victory.
When Jesus came, our battle was and is no longer against flesh and blood. Jesus never killed anybody. But, Jesus came to destroy the work of Satan. Before Jesus came, no one had the power the cast out demons with great authority and success. The only way to fight evil B.C. was through killing evil, demonized people off. But, when Jesus came, the way to defeat evil was getting to the root of evil, and casting out demons and breaking Satanic strongholds. Jesus spent his 3 years of ministry successfully fighting three things: sickness, sin, and Satan and his demons.
In the New Covenant, God tells us through His Word that there are three things we have victory over, He’s given them into our hands, and as Jesus was victory over those three things, so are we, as Jesus had authority over those three things, so do we. Now, it’s our responsibility to step out in faith and fight against those things without being intimidated. When the Israelites were intimidated and refused to fight for what God had promised them, they went without it.
Our weapons are not of this world. The way we fight against these things are with spiritual weapons such as: faith, prayer, worship, the Word of God, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Posted on March 17, 2010
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