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Tabl
eofCont
ent
s
DEDI
CATI
ON
I
NTRODUCTI
ON
Chapt
erOne-
TAKEOWNERSHI
POFYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Chapt
erTwo-STEPSONHOW TOPOSSESSYOUR
POSSESSI
ON
Chapt
erThr
ee-DETERMI
NETOPOSSESSYOUR
POSSESSI
ON
Chapt
erFour
-NOW POSSESSYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Chapt
erFi
ve-NOW BEGI
NTOPOSSESSI
T
Chapt
erSi
x-DEFENDANDKEEPYOURPOSSESSI
ON
SALVATI
ONPRAYER
OTHERTI
TLESBYFELI
XABODUNDE
ABOUTTHEAUTHOR
ABOUTTHEOUTREACH
CONNECTWI
THFELI
XABODUNDE

3
 Dedi
cat
ion
Dedi
cat
edt
oOLUWATOSI
NELI
ZABETHABODUNDE.
.

4
 I
ntr
oduct
ion
Iti
salar mingt her ateatwhi chpeopl ear epr ayingt oGodt o
givethem whatt heyseem t obel ackingi ntheirlives.
Everywher eyougot hemammot hcrowdar easki ngor
prayi
ngpet i
ti
oningGodf orthemsel vesorf ort heirsibli
ngs
andnei ghbour s.Butt hi
si scont rar
yt otheposi ti
onoft he
NewTest amentwher ePaul saysallthingsar ey ours1Cor1:
31.Apost lesPet eral sosay sin2Pet er1: 3thatHi sdivi
ne
gracehasgi venunt ousev erythi
ngt hatpertainsunt o
godli
nessandl i
fe.ThebookofEphesi ansal socol laborat
ed
withwhatPet ersai dbysay i
ngt hatwear ealreadybl essed.I
f
thesebet ruewhi cht heyar et henwhyar eChr istiansso
engrossedwi thaski ngf orwhatt heyalreadyhad.
Ther ealissueisthatMostChrist
ianneverbeli
evesthatthey
hadany thing.TheylookeduntoGodashav i
ngallt
hings,al
l
powerandt heyhadt oappeal,
begandpl eadwithHimt o
renderthem somebenev ol
entacts.Somear eeventryi
ngto
worki toutinordertomer i
tthegraceofGod.
Godi snotwi t
hhol dingany t
hingfrom anyofus.Inf actGod
i
st ryi
ngt ogetthingst ousonadai l
ybasis.Thewr ong
teachinginChristianit
ywhi chsay syoucannotser veGod
andber i
chatthesamet imedoesnothol dwat er.Godisnot
punishinguswi thpov ertyandlackbutouri gnoranceon
way sandpr i
ncipleofpr osperit
yhaskeptmanyofusf rom
benefiti
ngfrom whatwear ealreadyinpossessionof .
Thisbookiswrit
tentopoi
ntChr
isti
ansbackt ot
heBi
bleand
ther
ebyshowt hem t
hatwearealr
eadyblessedandweonly
needtorecei
vewhatisalr
eadyours.
Backt
otop

5
 Chapt
erOne

TAKEOWNERSHI
POFYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Possessi onisdef i
nedbyt hedicti
onaryassomet hingthatis
owned.I tmeansowner ship;taki
ng,holding,keeping
somet hingasone' sown.Topossessi st ohav e;t
ohav e
owner shipofsomet hingorsomeone.E. g.wewi lltake
owner shipofwhatbel ongst ous.Wewi l
l seeanaccountof
howt heLor dHi msel ftookowner shi
pofwhatbel ongedt o
Him andwewi ll l
earnf r
om it.Thesameaccounti swr it
tenby
al
ltheev angel
ists.Mt21: 1-7, Mk11:1-6, Lk.19:29-35and
Jn12: 14.What everbelongst oyou,youshal ltakeowner shi
p
ofi
ttoday .Youshal lpossessy ourpossessi oninJesus
name.
Mar11: 1-6KJV 1Andwhent heycame
nigh to Jer usalem,unt o Bet hphageand
Bet hany,at t he mount of Ol i
ves,he
sendet hfortht woofhi sdi sci pl
es,2And
saith untot hem,Go y ourwayi ntot he
vil
lageoveragai nsty ou:andassoonasy e
beent eredi ntoi t,yeshal lf i
ndacol ttied,
wher eonnevermansat ;l oosehi m,and
bringhim.3Andi fanymansayunt oy ou,
Whydoy et his?sayy et hatt heLor dhat h
needofhi m;andst raightwayhewi llsend
him hither.4Andt heywentt heirway ,and
foundt hecol ttiedbyt hedoorwi thouti na
placewher etwoway smet ;andt heyl oose
him.5 And cer t
ai n oft hem t hatst ood
theresai dunt ot hem,Whatdoy e,l oosing
thecol t?6Andt heysai dunt ot hem even
asJesushadcommanded:andt heyl et
them go.
6
Thistexti swhatteachersoftheBibl
ecallthetri
umphant
entr
yint oJer usal
em.TheLordwasget ti
ngcl osetot
heend
ofHismi nist
ryonearthandHewasappr oachingJer
usalem.
Hewasatt heoutski
rtsofJerusal
em.Jerusalem was
i
mpor tanti nthehist
oryoftheLordJesus.Itwasaplaceof
desti
ny .ButHewasatt heoutskir
tsoft
hepl aceofdest
iny.
CanIprayf
orsomebody ,
whateveri
skeepi
ngyouout
side
yourpl
aceofdest
inyshal
lper
ishinJesusname.
Thepl aceofdest i
nycanbey ourmar ri
age, anewpl aceof
business,mi ni
stry
, gr
eatsuccess, itisapl aceofgl orywher e
yourpot enti
alwillbeshowf ort
h,whenGodwant st oshow
casey ou,wher eyourabi l
i
tyandpot enti
alwi l
lbemani fest
ed
tothewor l
dbutr i
ghtnowy ouar eatBet hphage,out sideyour
Jerusalem, youmayev enbest randedatBet hphage.Iam
prayingfory outhatthepowerofGodwi ll
locateyouwher e
youar epresently;i
twillcatapultyouf r
om wher ey ouar et
o
wher eyouar esupposedt obe.Itwillmov ey ou;i
twi l
l
accelerateyouinJesusname.
TheLordsenttwoofhisdisci
plesanddescri
bedapar
ti
cul
ar
pl
aceuntothem.Het ol
dthem thatther
eisanAssandaColt
ti
edataparti
cularj
unct
ion,hetol
dthem togoandl
ooseit
andbri
ngthem.
TheLordalsoanti
cipat
edthatt
heremaybechal l
engesor
opposit
ion,
soHet oldt
hem whattosay.Andhet ol
dthem i
f
theysaywhathehascommandedt hem t
osay,thosepeopl
e
will
lett
hem go.Theywerenottofi
ghtorquarr
el wi
ththe
peoplebuttosaywhatheaskedthem tosay.
Sowhent heygottot heplacet
heybegantountiet
heColt
andt heywerechal
lengedbysupposedkeepersorownersof
theAss.‘Whatdoy emeanbyi t’
?‘Doyoui
ntendtotakethe
coltaway’?‘
Whatbusi nessdoyouhavewi
thit’
?‘Whatri
ghts
havey outodoso’?‘Andwhatisyourendi
ni t
’?
Butt
heBibl
esaystheysai
dunt
othosepeopl
ewhatt
heLor
d
commandedthem t
osay.

7
Sowhatdi
dtheyr
eal
l
ysay
?
Markjustsai
d‘theysayunt
othem asJesuscommanded’.I
wantedtoknowwhatt heyact
ual
lysai
d.SoilookedatLuke
accountandisawt hi
s:
Luk19: 33-34KJV 33Andast heywere
l
oosingt hecolt
,theownersthereofsai
d
untothem,Whyl ooseyethecolt
?34And
theysai
d, TheLor
dhathneedofhim.

YouseeastheysaidwhattheLordcommandedthem t
osay
,
thosepeopl
elett
hem go.Theyobtai
nedt
hei
rdesir
eand
resul
t.
Ladiesandgent l
emen,whatwesayi npr
ayeri
sequally
i
mpor tantastheprayerweprayed.Whatmakesprayer
effect
iveisnothowlong.Jesushaswarnedaboutvain
repeti
ti
oninprayer.Whatmattersmosti
swhaty ousay.I
fit
i
st hewor dofthemaster,
heavenandearthwil
lobeyand
submit.
Sayi
ngthesamethingthemastersai
diswhattheycall
‘
homologi
a’i
nGreekandt hati
swhattheycal
lconfessi
onor
prof
essi
oninEngl
ish.
Homologeoorhomol
ogiameanstosaythesamet
hingas
anot
her,i
.e.t
oagr
eewit
h,assent
,toconcede.
Whenyousayyourownwor
dnobodypaysat
tent
ionbut
whenyouspeakthewor
dofthemast
er,
heav
en,eart
hand
hel
ll
ist
ens.
Mat8: 16KJVWhent heevenwascome,
theybr oughtunt
o him manyt hatwer e
possessedwi t
hdevi
ls:andhecastoutthe
spir
it
swi thhisword,andhealedallthat
weresick:

Eventheangel
stheyl
i
stent
othev
oiceofhi
scommand
Psal
m 103:20
8
 Psa103:20KJV Blesst heLORD,y ehi
s
angel
s,t
hatexcelinst
r ength,t
hatdohi
s
commandments, hearkening unto t
he
voi
ceofhisword.

Howdoyougivevoi
cetoHisword?I
tiswhenyouspeakHi
s
wor
doutofyourmouth,
theangel
shearandperf
orm.
TheAssi sneededtotranspor
tJesustot
heplaceofdest
iny
.
I
nt hosedaysAss,donkeysandhorsesweremeansof
tr
ansport
ationorburdenbearer
s.
Ther earemenandwomen, whoarev ehicles,bridgesand
connectingbridgesdesignedbyt heLordt ot akey outoyour
placeofdestiny.Withoutthem i
twi l
ltakey oul ongerandthe
j
our neybecomesf rustr
atingandstressful.Iprayf oryouthat
theyshallshowf ort
handmani f
estinJesusname.TheLor d
shallbri
ngthem acrossy ourpathinJesusname.
Notealsothatt
heAssdidnotcomet oJesusonitsown
eventhoughJesusownsthatass.Hehastosendf ori
t.
Somebodywi l
laskmehowcome?Howcant heassbelong
toJesus?HowdoIknowi tbel
ongstoJesus?
1.From thecommandtheLordgave.Hesaid,‘
l
ooseitand
bringitt
ome’.Youdon'
ttel
lpeopl
etobri
ngwhatisnot
yoursorhasbeenall
ott
edtoyou,whichwouldamountto
steali
ng.
2.I
thaslongbeenpr
edi
cted.Let
'sr
eadtheaccountof
Matthew,hesai
dsomet
hingaboutthat
:
Mat21: 4-
5KJV4Al lthi
swasdone,thatit
mi ghtbef ul
fi
ll
edwhichwasspokenbythe
prophet ,sayi
ng,5Tellyet
hedaughterof
Sion,Behol d,thyKi
ngcomethuntot hee,
meek,andsi tt
inguponanass,andacol t
thef oalofanass.

Mat
hewwasquot
ingt
hepr
ophecyofZechar
iah
9
 Zec9:9KJVRej oi
cegreat
ly,Odaught erof
Zion;shout,O daughterofJer usalem:
behold,t
hyKi ngcomethuntot hee:hei s
j
ust,andhavingsal
vati
on;l
owly,andr i
ding
uponanass, anduponacoltthefoalofan
ass.

Inotherwords,Zechar
iahhadprophesi
edthatJesusorthe
messi ahwouldri
deonAss.Andt heprophecywaslit
eral
ly
ful
fi
ll
ed.Therearemanyofuscar ry
ingpropheci
es.Thisi
s
theti
meandseasonoff ul
fi
ll
mentforyouinJesusname.I t
i
scomi ngtopassnow.Everypowerdelayi
ngyourprophecy
shal
l peri
shbyfir
einJesusname.
3.Marksaysnobodyhasev erri
ddenonthisAss.That
meansithasbeenpreservedandkeptforJesus.Itbel
ongs
toJesus.I
twasmeantf orJesus.I
twasexclusiv
elyreser
ved
andpreser
vedforhi
m.Ther earethi
ngsnobodyar oundyou
haseverdonebutyouwi l
lbethenumberoneper sonto
achi
eveiti
nJesusname.
I
twassupposedtobet
hemeansoftr
anspor
ti
nghi
mtohi
s
pl
aceofgl
orybuti
twasti
eddown,
itwashel
dup.
Therearethi
ngsthatbelongtoyou.Theyhavebeendest i
ned
foryou.Theyar
ey our
sf r
om ti
mei mmemor i
albuttheyare
notinyourhandnowt heyarehel
dupsomewher e.Aftert
his
pray
er,thepowerofGodi nyourmouthshall
looset hem.
Thisismyconcl usion,t
her earethingsy oumustlooseand
therearet hi
ngsy oumustbi nd.Mostoft het
imewef ocuson
bindingbutt her ecomesat i
mewheny ouneedt oloose.You
havet oloosey ourass,yourasscoul dbey ourmoney,andi f
yourmoneyi st ieddowny ouwi ll
bet i
eddownf inanci
all
ytoo.
I
tcoul dbei nt hear eaofbr eakthrough,promoti
onatwor k,
mar i
talblessings, andmi nister
ialsuccess.Youhav et
ol oose
them andsett hem f r
ee.
Mat16:
19KJVAndIwi l
lgiveuntothee
t
hekeysoftheki
ngdom ofheaven:and
10
 whatsoevert
houshal tbindoneart
hshall
beboundi nheaven:andwhatsoevert
hou
shal
tl ooseon earth shal
lbeloosed i
n
heaven.

Fewmont hsbackIr eadanaccountofadi scov ery

.They
weredredgingtheseaandthedr edgerfoundabot t
lewit
ha
pi
ctur
eofamanandwomant iedtogetherinside.Ther
ewas
al
soapadl ockthathadbeenr ecover
edf r
om t hesea.Ihave
al
sosharedt hestor
yoffourlectur
ersofUni versi
tyofLagos
whosedest i
nieswereti
edtoat ort
oiseinsi
deawel li
nthe
compoundt heyresi
des.
Idon'tknowwheretheyt
iedt
hingsthatbel
ongtoyouto,
but
Iknowt hepowerofGodshal
llocat
ethem andbri
ngthem
outinJesusname.
TheLordtoldthedi
scipl
estotel
lany
onethatwill
chal
lenge
them t
hattheMasterhastheneedoftheAss.Todayweare
themasters.Weareinthepl
aceofJesusbecausewear e
everuni
tedwithHim.Thisi
sNewTest amentreal
it
y.
1Cor6:17KJVButhethati
sjoi
nedunt
o
theLor
disonespi
ri
t.

TheLordsaidhowcany ouent
eri
ntoast
rongman'
shouse
andspoil
hisproper
ty?
Mar3: 27KJV Nomancanent erint
oa
str
ongman'shouse,andspoilhisgoods,
excepthewil
lfir
stbindthestrongman;
andthenhewil
lspoi
lhishouse.

I
tispr
act
ical
l
yimpossi
ble.
▪ Youwil
lhav
etogoi
nthenameandaut
hor
it
yoft
he
Lor
dJesus
▪ Youwi
l
lhav
etor
esi
stt
hedev
ilJam 4:
7
▪ Youwi
l
lgoi
nthepoweroft
heanoi
nti
ngoft
heHol
y
11
Ghost
Becausewear eintheplaceofthemasternow,wehav e
beenequippedwithalli
twill
taketopossessourpossessi
on.
Anoint
ingbreakstheyoke.
Saythi
s;Iam anoi
nted,t
heHolyGhosti
si nme,theabili
tyof
Godisworki
ngi nme.Iam amanoff ai
th.Iam f
ullofthe
HolyGhostl
ikeStephenandPhil
i
p.Thewor dofGodi sinmy
mouth
Howdi dJesusknowt heexactplacewher et
heassandcolt
weretied?I twasbyr evel
ati
onknowl edgeoftheHolyGhost.
Weneedt oknowwher eourbl essi
ngsandmi racl
esare,
wheret heyar elocat
ed.Pray,theLordsaysmysheephear s
myv oice.Idecr eeanddeclarethatmyey esareopen,I
r
eceivei nsightthi
snight,
ireceiverevel
ati
onknowledge,
vi
sions, andr ev
elati
ondreamsi nJesusname.
Whent heywer elosi
ngt hecol tthepeopleaskedt hem,
‘
looseningthecolt’
?Inor derwor ds‘whyar eyouunt y
ingit’
?
‘
Al l
owittoremai nundert heyoke’,‘l
etthestatusquor emain,
l
ethi mremaininoneposi ti
on, l
etitnotmov ebey ondt hat
area,l
ethismov ementber estri
cted,whydoy ouwantt oset
i
tf r
eenow? .Iprayagainstev eryyokeofl i
mitation,embar go
placedovermar ri
agesandbusi nessest obebr okeni nJesus
name.
Thediscipl
esdidnotarguewit
hthosepeople,t
heyjust
spokethesamewor dthatt
heLordgavethem andtheyl
et
them go;nowwewantt ocommandt heAsstobeloosed.
Loosey ourbusi
ness,l
ooseyourglor
y,l
ooseyourpromoti
on,
andloosey ourbl
essi
ngsnowi nJesusname.
Maybey ouhaveheardpeoplesaying,
‘l
oosey ourhol
dand
gri
p’.I
tisbecausetheypi
ctureSatanholdi
ngont o
somethingthatheneedstoletgo.Sotheycommandedhi m
tol
etgo.Say ,i
nthenameofJesus, Satanlooseyourgr
ip.
I
sam 52:2 KJV Shake t
hysel
ffr
om the
dust
;ar
ise,and sitdown,O Jer
usal
em:
12
 l
ooset hysel
ffrom thebandsoft hyneck,
OcaptivedaughterofZion.Loosey oursel
f,
isetmy sel
ffr
ee,irefusetobet i
eddown, i
ref
uset obelimited,iref
usetobepl aced
underanyembar goidecreeiam f ree,The
sonhassetmef r
ee,iam f r
eei nJesus
name.

EventhoughtheAssandt heColtor
igi
nall
ybelongedto
Jesustheydidnotautomati
call
ycomet oHim.Hehadt o
sendforthem.InMatthewtheLordactual
lysaid,
‘l
oose
them andbri
ngthem untome’.Whatanaudacity.
Mat21: 2KJVSayi
nguntot hem,Goi nt
o
the vill
age over agai
nst y ou, and
str
aight
wayyeshal
lfi
ndanasst i
ed,anda
col
twi t
hher:l
oosethem,andbringthem
untome.

Godsai
dinI
sai
ah:
IsaIsa43:5-6KJVFearnot :forIam with
thee:Iwillbri
ngt hyseedfrom theeast,
andgathertheefrom t
hewest ;Iwil
lsayto
thenorth,Giveup;andtothesout h,Keep
notback:bringmysonsf rom far,andmy
daughtersfr
om theendsoftheear t
h;

Angelsareminist
eri
ngspir
itsentf
ort
htomi
nist
ert
othose
thatwil
lbeheirofsal
vat
ion
Heb1:14KJVAr et heynotal
lmini
ster
ing
spi
ri
ts,
sentfor
thtomi ni
sterf
ort
hem who
shal
lbehei
rsofsalvati
on?

Thereareblessi
ngsandbreakt
hroughsandanswer
sinthe
east,
west,northandsout
h,cal
lthem f
ort
h,t
ellt
hem t
obri
ng
them nowinJesusname.
13
Bythisanoi
nti
ngIreceiveal
lthati
smine,
what ev
erhasbeen
stol
en,kept
,hi
dden,Irecei
vethem byt
hereasonof
anoi
nting.
Backt
otop

14
 Chapt
erTwo

STEPSONHOW TOPOSSESSYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Mar5: 25-34KJV25Andacer tainwoman,
whi chhadani ssueofbl oodt wel vey ears,
26Andhadsuf f
eredmanyt hingsofmany
phy sici
ans, andhadspental lthatshehad,
andwasnot hingbet tered,butr athergr ew
wor se,27Whenshehadhear dofJesus,
camei nt hepr essbehi nd,andt ouchedhi s
gar ment .28Forshesai d,IfImayt ouch
buthi sclothes,Ishal lbewhol e.29And
straightwayt hef ount ainofherbl oodwas
driedup;andshef elti nherbodyt hatshe
washeal edoft hatpl ague.30AndJesus,
i
mmedi atel
yknowi ngi nhi msel ft hatvi r
tue
hadgoneoutofhi m,t ur nedhi m abouti n
the pr ess,and sai d,Who t ouched my
clothes?31Andhi sdi sciplessai dunt o
him,Thouseestt hemul t
itudet hr onging
thee,andsay estt hou,Whot ouchedme?
32Andhel ookedr oundaboutt oseeher
thathad done t hist hing.33 Butt he
woman f earing and t rembl i
ng,knowi ng
whatwasdonei nher ,cameandf elldown
bef orehi m,andt oldhi m al lthet ruth.34
Andhesai dunt oher ,Daught er,t hyf ait
h
hat hmadet heewhol e; goi npeace, andbe
whol eoft hypl ague.

ThissameaccountisinMat
thew9:20,Luke8:43.TheBibl
e
tal
kedaboutacertai
nwoman.Thegospel wr
it
ersdidnotput
hername;possi
blyherpr
obl
em hadswallowedtheuseof
hername.Shewasknownandi dent
if
iedbypeopleasthe
15
womanwi
ththeissueofbl
ood.Thepeopl
eusehersi
ckness
t
oshameandreproachher
.
Ther ewereotherpeopleintheBibl
ethatwereaddressedby
theirinf
ir
miti
esli
keblindBar t
imaeusMt10:46,someev en
aftertheyhavebeencur ed,peopl
esti
ll
call
them bytheir
reproach.E.
g.Simont heleperMt26:6
I
tisthesamet hingtoday,peopl
euseadef ectorapar tof
thebodywher eonehassomechal l
engestocallandaddress
theperson.Theydescri
bepeoplebyonechal l
engeort he
otherei
therbodi
lychall
engeorsocialchal
lenge.ButcanI
prayforsomebody ?Whateverchall
engewithwhi chpeopl
e
havebeenusingt orepr
oachy ouistur
naroundf oryourgl
ory
i
nJesusname.
Thiswomanhadani ssueofbl oodfortwel
v ey ears.That
washerchal l
engei nli
fe.Shehadahemor rhagewhi chi s
fl
owingofbloodcont inuously
.Idon'tknowy ourowni ssue;
may beyouhav eissueswi t
hy ourhusbandorwi fe,your
l
andlords,y
ourf amily,i
ssueofmar ri
age,children,mi nist
ry,
church,asipraytodayt hepowerofGodi st urningt hem
aroundforyourgoodi nJesusname.
TheBibl
esay sthewomanhadsuf feredmanyt hi
ngsfrom
manydoctors;theyreferr
edherfr
om onepl acetoanother
andwerejustcollect
inghermoney.Shewasnotget ting
bet
terandhadspental l
shehadtot r
eatherself
.The
si
cknesswast edherandwast edherr esour
ces.I
twasan
i
ncurabl
esickness.
Thereareissuesinli
fet hatmanyar ef acingt hatarewaster
s.
Theywast etime,r
esour ces,eff
orts,producepsy chol
ogi
cal
tor
tureandcausesdepr essi
onbutasi praynowev er
y
wasterassignedtoyoushal lbewast edinJesusname.
Whateveriswastingy ourmoneyshal lperishinJesusname.
Moneyt hatthewomanoughtt ohaveusedt odosomet hing
goodinlif
ewaswast edf or12years.Ipr ayfory outhaty
ou
wil
lnotwast eyourmoneyagai ninJesus' name.That
negati
veissueshallbet erminatedtodayi nJesusname.
16
 Joe2:25KJVAndIwi l
lrest
oretoy outhe
yearst hatt he l
ocusthat h eaten,the
canker
wor m,andthecat er
pil
ler
,andt he
palmerwor m,mygr eatarmywhi chIsent
amongy ou.

Thegoodnewswast hatdespi
tethet wel
vey ear
sofwastage
thewomanencounteredJesuswhowasgoi ngtoJair
us'
houseandshewasheal ed.Weal
lknowt hest or
ybutIwant
tobri
ngoutsomelessonsonwhatt ranspi
redbetweenwhen
shewassickandwhenshegotheal ed.
Howwasshemadewhol e?Jesussai
ddaughteryourfait
h
hasmadeyouwhole.Itwasn’
tthefai
thofJesus.Iwil
lli
keto
drawourat
tenti
ontohowt hi
swomanusedherf ait
htodr aw
powerfr
om Jesusandchangedherstor
y.
1.Shehear dofJesus.Shehear dthingsconcerni
ngJesus,
Shehear daboutJesus.Shedi dn'thearaboutthePastoror
Prophetsoronepower fulmanofGod.Thati swhatwehear
today.Youshouldbeinapl acewher etheyaretal
kingof
Jesusandwher etheyar eproclaimingJesus,andnot
ascri
bingprai
setoonepower fulmanorwomanofGod.I t
shouldbeallaboutJesus.
Oneoft het hi
ngst hatbri
ngsol utionstopeopl e’sli
feiswhat
youhear .Thiswomanhear daboutJesusandwhatHewas
doingtopeopl e.Shegoti nformat ionevent houghshehad
notmetJesusbef or
e.Onet hingt hatbri
ngst ransformation
i
st heri
ghti nf
or mati
on.Thati nformat i
ont hatwillt
ransform
yourli
feshal lcomey ourwayi nJesusname.Someofusj ust
needapi eceofi nformati
ont hati sti
melyandt hatisall
we
needtogetmar r
ied,getagoodj ob,tr
avel outofthecount ry
andexcel inmi ni
stry,t
hatinfowi llnoteludey ouagainin
Jesusname.
2.WhathappenedtoherwhensheheardofJesus?She
recei
vedf
ait
h.Rom 10:
17saysfai
thcomethbyheari
ngand
heari
ngbythewordofGod.Payat
tenti
ont
owhaty ouare

17
hearing.Ifi
tisnotbui l
dingfaithiny ou,ceasefrom heari
ngit.
Iti
snotgoodnews.I fitproducesf earandpanict henitis
notar ightsour
ceofi nf or
mat i
on.Thi swomanhear dallthe
testi
moni esandf ait
hrosei nher .Whatshehear daff
ected
her.Thisisthereasonwhyy oushoul dnotmi ssBiblestudy,
readingtheBible,li
steningtot heBible,buyi
ngCDsand
readingbooks.Themor eyouheart hemor efai
this
establi
shed.Col.2;6-
7say s,letthewor dofGoddwel lr
ichlyi
n
you.
3.Shesawher selfdiff
erentl
y.Api ctureiswor that housand
words.Thewor dsshehear dpaintedanewpi ctureinher.
TheBiblesaysshesai dtoherselfificant oucht hehem of
hi
sgar mentishallbehealedormadewhol e.Mat hewsay s
shesaidwithi
nher .Sheimaginedher sel
frecov eri
ngf r
om
hersi
cknessandsawadi f
ferentpictureofher selfhealed
andmadewhol ecompl et
ely.Hermi ndsetchanged.
Unti
lyouseeyour
selfdi
ff
erent
lyf
rom thi
spresentposi
ti
on
orcondi
ti
on,y
oumaynev erexper
iencethet
ransformat
ion
andchangesyouneed.
Jer1:11KJV Moreovert
hewor dofthe
LORD came unt
o me,saying,Jer
emiah,
whatseestt
hou?AndIsai
d,Iseearodof
anal
mondt r
ee.

Youcannotr
iseabov
ewhaty
ouseeev
ery
day
4.Shegav eutt
erancet owhatshesawi nhermi ndand
heart.Thatplacewer eadsay s,"Shesaid..
...
.'
' Thereare
diff
erenttensesinGr eeksuchasaor ist,
per fect,imperfect
tensesandt heirvari
ant s.Theoneusedher eisani mper fect
tense.Ani mperfecttensei sanact i
onthatwedor epeatedly
orthingswesayt oour selvesandt ootherpeopl erepeatedly.
Iti
snotaone- t
imeaf fair.I
nor derwords,shewassay i
ngt he
samet hingthatificanj usttoucht hehem ofHi sgar menti
shallbemadewhol e.Shekeptr epeati
ngi tov erandov er
againunt i
lshegott hepi ct
ureandsawher selfinthatnew
18
condit
ionofhealth.2Cor4:13KJVWehavi ngt hesame
spir
itoffait
h,accordi
ngasi tiswri
tten,Ibel
ieved, and
theref
orehaveIspoken; wealsobeli
eve,andt herefore
speak;Ifyoureal
lybeliev
e,youwill
speakt oyour selfandto
otherpeople.Youwillannounceit
,shoutandpr oclaimi t
.
5.Sher efusedt obedi scour aged.Oneoft hethingsthat
keepusf rom qui cklyreceivingwhatbel ongst ousi st
hatwe
l
ist entovoicesofdi scour agement .Di
scour agementcomes
from peoplear oundus, spouses, thedev i
lhimsel fandour
ownmi nd.Oneoft hedi scour agement sthatthewoman
ov ercameist hesoci aldistancel aw.Manypeopl ewould
hav eadvisedhernott ot r
yi tatall.Theywoul dhav e
i
nf ormedheroft heconsequenceofherst eppingoutt o
touchJesus.Accor dingt ot hem shewoul ddef i
l
eJesusand
otherpeopl e.
Lev15:25-26KJVAndi fawomanhavean
i
ssueofherbl oodmanyday soutoft he
ti
meofhersepar ation,ori fitrunbey ond
thetimeofhersepar at i
on;allthedaysof
theissueofheruncl eannessshal lbeas
theday sofhersepar ati
on:sheshal lbe
unclean.26Everybedwher eonshel iet
hall
theday sofherissueshal lbeunt oheras
thebedofhersepar ati
on:andwhat soever
shesi t
tethuponshal lbeuncl ean,ast he
uncleanness ofhersepar ati
on.27 And
whosoevert oucheththoset hi
ngsshal lbe
unclean,andshal lwashhi scl ot
hes,and
bathehi mselfin wat er,and beuncl ean
unti
ltheeven.

Soci
alst
igmawast here,f
earoft
hescri
besandPhari
sees
wasther
e,theymustnotseeherbecauseshewil
lmake
peopl
etoounclean.Howabouthersmell
ybody?Butt
he
womanwasnotbot her
ed.
6.Sheact
edonherf
ait
h.Shebecamer
esol
ute,
conv
inced
19
andper suadedaboutherfait
h.Sheknewwhatsheneeded
wasnotf orJesust oprayorl
ayhandonher .Shesai
d,‘i
fi
can,theni shal
lbemadewhol e’
.Oneofthelawsoff ai
this
thatyoumustactonwhaty oubeli
eve.Despit
eallt
heodds
againsther,shesteppedouttoactonwhatshewassay i
ng.
Rom 10say s
Rom 10:10KJV Forwiththeheartman
bel
ievet
huntori
ght
eousness;andwi
ththe
mouthconfessi
oni
smadeunt osal
vat
ion.

I
tisnotenought
obelieve,i
tisokaybutitwil
lnotonit
sown
pr
oduceheali
nganddeliver
ance.TherearemanyChr i
sti
an
whobeli
eveandareverygoodinpr ayerbutmanyare
missi
ngiti
ntheareaofacti
ngt hei
rfait
h.
TheLordJesusbel
ievedthatthatAssbelongedtohi
m and
heal
sohadascr i
pturethatbackeditupbuthehadtoacton
i
t.Hesentsomeonef ori
t.Hedidn'
tjustsi
tther
eandthank
Godforgi
vingHim AssbutHewentf ori
t.
Jas2:17KJVEvensofai
th,i
fithat
hnot
works,i
sdead,
bei
ngal
one.

Thewor kJamesi stal

ki
ngaboutt herei
swhatwecallthe
corr
espondingactionoff
aith.Thatisdoi
ngthi
ngsthatare
consi
stentwit
hy ourconf
ession.Actasifyouhav
eal r
eady
gott
enit.Dothi
ngsasi fi
tisdoneal r
eady.
Thiswomanconf essedthewor dandatthesamet imeacted
onthewor d.Ifshehadsatathomeconf essingonl
y,the
heali
ngwoul dn'
thav emani f
est
ed.ManyChr ist
ianwantto
seebeforetheybelievebutthelawoffaithinMk11: 23,
beli
eveyour ecei
vet hem andyoushal
lfuturetensehave
them.
UnderNewTest
ament
.
Becausetheywereunderthel
aw,t
hewomanhadtohi
deto
comet oJesusandcreptbehi
ndHi
m.Inf
actsher
ecei
ved
20
herheali
ngoncr editbecauseJesushadnotrecei
vedt
he
str
ipesthatheal.Nowt hatJesushasaccompli
shedal
lthat
,
wear eatabetteradv ant
age.
Iti
salreadyadonedeal
andal
lthatisr
equi
redf
rom usi
sto
confessandactonwhatweconfess.
Col2:6KJVAsyehavether
efor
er ecei
ved
Chri
stJesust
heLor
d,sowalkyeinhim:

Howdi dwer eceiveJesus?Webel i

ev edwithourheartand
confessedwi thourmout hRom 10:9-10.Confessi
onisan
ascent,accord,agreement,sayi
ngthesamet hingasone.I
tooktimet oexplai
nwhatmadet hetwodi sci
plesJesussent
togetassf orhimt obesuccessful
.Itwasbecauset heysaid
whattheMast eraskedthem tosayandt hosepeoplelet
them.Nobodycoul dstopthem
Acthealednotchecki
ngwhethery
ouareheal
edornotbut
actheal
ed.Actri
ch,tal
kri
ch,
actmarr
ied,
actasablessed
person.
I
fIaskyounowhowdoyouactyourf
ait
h?Actont
hose
t
hingsasi
fyouhav
egot
tenthem.
Youarenotconf essi
ngoracti
ngt omakei thappen.LikeifI
sayitf
oral ongtimetheni
twillhappen.Thatisnottrue.You
areconfessingandacti
ngbecauseithashappened.Thati s
anacti
vef ai
th.I
thashappened.Soactasi fyoualreadyhav e
i
t.
Whatdoesact
ingourf
ait
hdo?
● I
tisev i
denceofy ourfai
th.Fait
hisanev i
denceof
thi
ngsnotseenHeb.11: 1Fait
histhet i
tl
edeed.Fait
hcanbe
seen.Itist angi
ble.Peoplethatbroughtthei
rfr
iendsthrough
theroof.Mar2: 5KJVWhenJesussawt hei
rfait
h,hesaid
untot hesickoft hepalsy,Son,thysinsbeforgiventhee.
What everi seeyoudo, tel
lsmeabouty ourfait
h.Iti
snoty our
prayerorf asti
ngnow, theyaregood; i
tisnotonlyyour
confessionnowbutact ingasifit’
sdone.
21
● Whatyouf ocusyourt
hought
sandactsonisquickl
y
attr
actedtoyou.Yourhearti
sli
keascanni
ngmachinethat
checkstheenv i
ronmentandbri
ngsevent
sorci
rcumstances
thatarerel
evanttoyou.HowcomeJesuspassedbyher
routeorhousethatday?HermindhadbeenonJesus.
● I
tprovokesheav enony ourbehalf
.Heav enwillhav
e
nochoicethant omakei thappen.Imaginesomebodyt al
king
ver
ywel laboutGeneral Over
seerthathewillgiveus
ref
reshmentaf t
erservice,
event houghG.O.doesnothav ei t
i
nt heplan,butbecausesomeonehassai dit
, G.O.wil
lhave
nochoicebutt odoit.Thatisprovocati
oninBi bl
ical
terms
andnott omakepeopl eangry.
● I
tisapr
ayeroni
tsown.
Myt esti
mony ;whenIwasseeki
ngadmissioni
ntothe
uni
ver si
ty.Iwil
ldr
essever
ymorningandactasifi
twas
al
readyi ntheschool
.Idi
ditf
or3-4monthsbef
oretheJamb
admi ssi
onl i
stcameout.
Isharedt hestoryofal adywhosedoctorsaidshecannot
havebabi esanyl onger.Shewenthomeandwr apped
cl
othest ogetherandputt hem i
nherdressandst art
ed
acti
ngl i
keapr egnantwoman, induci
ngv omitand
compl ai
ningofbackpai nandnotbeingabletosleeponher
back.Inlessthant hreemonths,thesamedoct or
pronouncedherpr egnant.
Aladyt hatwantedtoworkinabankaftergraduati
onbuthad
nowor kstarteddressi
ngl
ikeabankereverymor ni
ng,and
afteraboutthreemonths,
threebanksi
nLagosi nvi
tedher
foraninterv
iew
Youneedacar ,
actlikeacarowner,youneedahouse,st
art
talki
ngt
oarchit
ectsandestateagenciesf
orland,
drawyour
plan.Dr
essyourfai
th.
Backt
otop

22
 Chapt
erThr
ee

DETERMI
NETOPOSSESSYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Determinationi sthequalit
yofmi ndwhichreachesdef
ini
te
conclusions; deci
sionofcharacter;r
esolut
eness.I
tist
he
stat
eofdeci sion-ajudi
cialdeci
sion,orendi
ngof
contr
ov ersy.
Todet
erminet
henist
oresol
veon;t
ohaveafi
xedintent
ion
of
;al
so,t
ocausetocometoaconcl
usi
onordeci
sion;to
l
ead.
Therecomesati
mewheny oucannolongerbevaci
l
lat
ingor
beofdoubl
emind.Youhav
et omakeupy ourmi
ndandstep
out.
Jas1:7-
8KJV7Forl etnotthatmanthi
nk
thatheshal
lreceiveanythi
ngoftheLor
d.
8Adoubl emi ndedmani sunstabl
einall
hisways.

Mat9: 20-22KJV20And, behold,awoman,

which was di seased wi t
h an i ssue of
bloodt welveyear
s,camebehi ndhim,and
touchedt hehem ofhi sgar ment :21For
shesai dwi t
hinherself,IfImaybutt ouch
his garment ,Ishal lbe whol e.22 But
Jesust urnedhim about ,andwhenhesaw
her,hesai d,
Daughter,beofgoodcomf ort;
thyfaithhat hmadet heewhol e.Andt he
womanwasmadewhol ef rom thathour.

Thetextaboveisthestor
yofthewomanwi t
htheissueof
bl
oodf ort
welveyears.Twel
veyear
sshesoughtfora
sol
uti
onalltonoav ai
lbutwhensheencount
eredJesus,she

23
r
ecei
vedhermi
racl
e.
AsIstudiedherst
ory
,Ifoundoutthatitwasnoteasyto
comet oseeJesusbecauseofthelaw.ThelawinLev15
saysthatsuchwomenshouldnott ouchanyoneorthey
wouldbeunclean.
Lev15: 25- 27KJV25Andi fawomanhave
anissueofherbl oodmanyday soutoft he
ti
meofhersepar at
ion,orifitrunbey ond
thetimeofhersepar ati
on;allthedaysof
theissueofheruncl eannessshal lbeas
theday sofhersepar ati
on:sheshal lbe
unclean.26Ever ybedwher eonshel i
eth
allt
heday sofherissueshal lbeuntoher
as t he bed of her separ ati
on: and
what soever she si tt
eth upon shal lbe
unclean, as t he uncleanness of her
separ ation.27 And whosoevert oucheth
thoset hingsshallbeuncl ean,andshal l
wash hi s clot
hes,and bathe himselfi n
water ,andbeuncl eanuntilt
heeven.

Howwi l
lshegothr
oughthecrowdandshewi
llnott
ouch
peopl
e?Howwi l
lher‘
touch’
notdef
il
etheHol
yManofGod?
Butt
heBi bl
esay sthewomanwasnotbot her
edaboutthe
l
aw,theconsequenceofbr eaki
ngthelawandpossibl
e
har
assmentf r
om people.Shesteppedoutandrecei
vedher
mir
acle.Mayy ourecei
veyourstodayinJesusname.
Thephr ase‘Forshesaidwithi
nher self’
,means, shet hought
withinher self
,shereasonedthemat t
erinhermi nd,she
concludeduponi t,
andf i
rmlybeli
ev editbei
ngst r ongl
y
i
mpr essedandi nfl
uencedbyt heSpi r
itofGod, and
encour agedbyi nstancesofcuresshehadhear dwer e
performedbyper sonsonlytouchinghi m;Lu6:19.She
resolvedwi t
hinher
selfandcamet othefirm concl usi
onthat
shemustt ouchthehem ofJesus' garment.
24
Ladiesandgentl
emen,heali
ngandallot
herneedsinli
fe
mustber ecei
vedint
hemi ndbefor
eitcanbeareali
tyinthe
physical
.Mk11:23beli
evey our
eceiv
ethem anditshal
l
comet opass.
I
nLuket
heBi
blet
alksaboutamancal
l
edZacchaeus.
Luk.19:
2-3KJV2and, behol
d, t
herewasa
man named Zacchaeus,whi ch was the
chi
efamongt hepubli
cans,andhewas
ri
ch.3Andhesoughtt oseeJesuswhohe
was;andcouldnotforthepress,because
hewaslit
tleofst
atur
e.

Hewasapubl i
canortaxcol l
ect
orfortheRomansandwas
veryr
ich.Butyouseeinev erymant her
eisavacuum that
yourwork,busi
ness,mar r
iage,manorwomancannotf i
l
l.It
i
sonlyGodt hatcanfil
lthatvacuum.SoZacchaeouswas
l
ongingtoseeJesusbuthehadt womajorchal
lenges.
Numberonewast hathewasav eryshortmani
nst at
ure.He
waswhatt heycal
l ahei
ghtchallengetobepoli
ti
call
ycorrect.
Youseeinlif
etherearemanyf act
orsthatl
imitpeopl
e,
natur
all
y,i
twasnotZacchaeusf aul
tbutthatwashowhe
wasborn.Nowhi snatural
borndisadv
antageisli
miti
nghi
m
fr
om achievi
nghisgoal.HecouldnotseeJesus.
Secondly,ther
ewer emanypeopl ethatwerear oundJesus
soev enifhestret
chedhi sneckhewoul dsti
llbeunableto
seeJesus.Li f
eisfull
ofcompet it
ion.Manypeopl eare
desir
esandseeki ngfewt hi
ngs.Maygr acetakey ouhigher
thanthem inJesusname.Youseemanypeopl eattheplace
ofint
erview,inthemar ket
place,
atroadjuncti
ons.MayGod
singl
ey ououtinJesusname.
SohereisZacchaeus,r
ichandhadever
ythi
ngbuthewant
ed
toseeJesus.Unti
lyouseeJesusandhaveapersonal
rel
ati
onshi
pwithhim,yourli
fei
sshal
low.
Whatdi
dhedo?

25
 Luke 19:4-5 And he r an befor
e,and
cli
mbedupi ntoasy comor etreetosee
him:forhewast opasst hatway .5And
whenJesuscamet ot heplace,helooked
up,and saw him,and sai d unto him,
Zacchaeus,makehaste,andcomedown;
fortodayImustabi
deatt hyhouse.

TheBi bl
esayst hatZacchaeusr
anaheadandcl i
mbedt he
Sycamor etr
eeknowi ngfull
ywellThatJesuswil
lpass
throughthatroute.Andtruetof
act,Jesuswentthr
oughthat
placeandsawZacchaeus.Hewasatt heri
ghtpl
aceatthe
ri
ghttime.
Zacchaeushadtwomaj orchall
enges,natural
andsoci al
i
ssuesbuthedi dnotl
etthem hinderhimfrom achi
evinghis
goal.Whatareyougoingtodot oreachyourgoal?Ifwewer e
Zacchaeus,manyofuswoul dhav etur
nedbackandsai dwe
wil
ltrysomeotherti
me; butnotZacchaeushedi dnotallow
pri
de,hisst
atusandstaturetohinderhi
m.
I
nthebookofMat
hewt
heybr
oughtamansi
ckoft
hepal
sy
unt
oJesus.
Mar2: 3-
5KJV3andt heycomeunt ohim,
bri
ngingonesi ckoft hepalsy,whichwas
borneoff our.4Andwhent heycoul dnot
comeni ghunt ohi mf orthepr ess,they
uncovered the r
oofwher e he was:and
whent heyhadbr okenitup,theyletdown
thebedwher eint
hesi ckofthepalsylay.5
WhenJesussaw t heirfai
th,hesai dunto
the si
ckoft he palsy,Son,thysi ns be
for
giventhee.

Mar ktheword‘coul
dnot’.Hewasbroughttobehealedbut
hi
sf ri
endsmetamammot hcr
owdatt hedoor
.Therewasno
placeforthem andnobodywantedt
ogi vet
hem achanceor
spacet obri
ngthesickmaninbefor
eJesus.Yousee, ev
enin
26
theLordJesuscr usadepeoplearenotmer ci
fulorpit
iable
becauset heyallcamet ohearandbeheal edandev erybody
i
sself-
cent ered.Whatwi l
lthesemendo?May betheyshoul d
gobackhomeandcomebackl ater
.Butt heBiblesayst hey
cli
mbedt heroof,unti
tl
editandloweredt hemandown.
WhenJesussawt hei
rfai
thhehealedt hesickman.Fai this
tangi
ble.Itcanbeseen.I twast heacttheyper f
ormed.They
weredet erminedatal l
costtogettheirfr
iendt oJesus.
Whatisthebar
ri
erbet
weenyouandy ourmiracle?Thefai
th
ofthosemenwasifonl
ytheycoul
dgettheirfr
iendsbefore
Jesushewouldbeheal
edsotheydidalli
twaspossi bl
e
evenifi
tmeantbr
eaki
ngsomebodyelse'shouset heydi
dit.
Twobl
indmendet
ermi
nedt
orecei
vet
hei
rsi
ght
Mat9: 27- 30 KJV 27 And when Jesus
depart
edt hence,twobl i
ndmenf ol
lowed
him,cr
y ing,andsay i
ng,ThouSonofDavi d,
havemer cyonus.28Andwhenhewas
comei ntot hehouse,thebl i
ndmencame
tohim:andJesussai thuntot hem, Beli
eve
yethatIam abl etodot his?Theysai d
untohim,Yea,Lor d.29Thent ouchedhe
thei
rey es,say i
ng,Accordi
ngt oy ourfai
th
beitunt oy ou.30 And t heirey eswer e
opened;andJesusst r
ait
lychar gedt hem,
sayi
ng,Seet hatnomanknowi t
.

Twobli
ndmenwerecr
yingaft
erJesusbuttheBibl
edi
dn'
t
saywhytheLor
ddi
dnotstopandattendt
ot hem.
Theyhadfoll
owedhim, butthusfarhehadnotseemedt o
heedthei
rcri
es,andheent er
edthehouseasifhedidnot
i
ntendtoregardthem -pr
obablyforthet
ri
alofthei
rfai
th.
Sometimeswhenheavenissil
ent,
iti
satestoffait
h.Ar eyou
resol
uteanddet
ermi
ned?Hast heneedgottoapoi ntwhere
youcangiveupanyt
hingfori
t?Youcandoany t
hingt hat
fai
thasksfor
?Manywi l
lsayhaba,i
thasnotgott
ent ot hat
27
l
evel,i
can’
tdoallt
heset hi
ngsPastorist
alki
ngabout
.Many
Chri
sti
anaresel
f-
conscious.Butwhenamani sresol
ute,
he
doesn’
tcar
ewhoi slooki
ngormocki ng.
Thebli
ndmencamet ohim -Thati
s,t
heyfol
l
owedhimint
o
thehouse.Theyshowedadet er
minat
iont
opersev
ereunt
il
theyobtai
nedwhattheyasked.
‘
Believey et
hatIam abl
etodothi
s’?–i.
e.‘Toworksucha
miracle’
?Thoughtheyhadfol
lowedhim andcri
edafterhi
m,
yether equi
redoft
hem anopenprofessi
onoftheirf
ait
hin
r
egar dtohispower.
Thebi bl
esay st
hosemenf oll
owedJesusint
ot hehouse.
Whydi dn'tt
heygoback?Theyshouldhavesaidwhyar ewe
foll
owinghim?Ifhewantedt oheal
usheshoul dhave
attendedtousbuttheykeptfoll
owi
nghim.Ittakes
determinati
onandpersi
stencetobreakt
hroughobstaclesi
n
l
ife.
Whatoft
hebl
indBar
ti
maeus.
Mar10: 46-52KJV 46Andt heycamet o
Jeri
cho:and ashewentoutofJer i
cho
withhisdi sci
plesandagr eatnumberof
people,bl ind Bar t
imaeus,t he son of
Timaeus, satbyt hehighwaysi debegging.
47Andwhenhehear dthatitwasJesusof
Nazareth,hebegant ocr yout ,andsay ,
Jesus,thouSonofDavi d,havemer cyon
me.48 And manychar ged hi m thathe
shouldhol dhispeace:buthecr i
edt he
mor e a greatdeal ,Thou Son ofDavi d,
havemer cyonme.49AndJesusst ood
sti
ll
,and commanded hi m t o becalled.
Andt heycal lt
hebl i
ndman,say ingunt o
him,Beofgoodcomf or
t,rise;hecalleth
thee.50Andhe, casti
ngawayhi sgarment ,
rose,andcamet oJesus.51AndJesus
answered and sai d unto him,Whatwi lt
28
 thouthatIshoul
ddount othee?Thebl
ind
man said unto him,Lor d,thatImight
recei
vemysi ght
.52AndJesussai dunto
him,Got hyway;thyfait
hhat hmadethee
whole.Andi mmedi at
elyher ecei
vedhis
sight
,andfol
lowedJesusi ntheway.

Hekeptshouti
ngJesusofNazar eth,hav
emercyonme.
Jesuswasstil
lgoing,thecrowdaskedhi mtokeepquietand
shutupbuttheBiblerecordedthatheshout
edthemor e,he
cri
edoutthemoreunt ilJesusstoppedandsentforhi
m.
Thatwasdeterminati
on; nott
oletgo.
Itwast hesamepeopl et hatwer ediscouragi
nghimt hat
askedhi mtobecheer ful,thatJesuswascal l
i
nghim.The
Bibl
esay shedr oppedhisgar ment .Thatgarmentwasf or
i
dentif
icati
oni ntheeast.Peopl ewiththatkindofsickness
aregivensuchcl ot
hesf oreasyi denti
ficat
ionbutwhenhe
heardthatJesuswascal li
nghi m,het hrewitaway.Everyevi
l
garmentofi denti
fi
cati
ont hatthedev ilhasputonany one
shall
beconsumedbyf ireinJesusname.
Mayyoubecl
othedwi
thagar
mentofhonourand
cel
ebr
ati
oni
nJesusname.
Mat 15: 22-28 KJV 22 And,behol d,a
womanofCanaancameoutoft hesame
coasts,andcr i
edunt ohim,say i
ng,Have
mercyonme,OLor d,t
houSonofDavi d;
mydaught eri sgrievouslyvexed witha
devil
.23Butheanswer edhernotawor d.
Andhi sdiscipl
escameandbesoughthi m,
sayi
ng,Sendheraway ;forshecriet
haf t
er
us.24Butheanswer edandsai d,Iam not
sentbutunt ot helostsheepoft hehouse
of Israel. 25 Then came she and
worshippedhi m,say i
ng,Lord,helpme.26
Butheanswer edandsai d,I
tisnotmeett o
takethechi l
dren'sbread,andt ocastitto
29
 dogs.27Andshesai d,Truth,Lor
d:yetthe
dogseatoft hecrumbswhi chfal
lfrom
thei
r mast ers't abl
e. 28 Then Jesus
answered and sai d unt
o her,O woman,
greati
st hyf ait
h:bei tunt
ot heeevenas
thou wil
t.And herdaught erwas made
wholefrom thatveryhour.

InLuketheCanaani t
ewomanwaspl eadingwi thJesus
becauseofherdaught ert
hatwasv exedwi ththedevil
but
Jesuswasnotanswer i
ngherandthedisci pl
esdidnothelp
mat t
erstheyt
oldJesust osendheraway .Jesust ol
dher
thati
twasnotpr opertogivechi
ldr
enbr eadt othedogsbut
thewomandi dnotmi ndtheseeminglyinsulti
ngwor dsbut
answeredJesusbacki naffi
rmati
vethatthedogsdoeat
from cr
umbsthatf al
lfrom t
hechil
dren’
st able.
Yousee, manyChrist
ianstodaywouldbeangr yandleave.
Theywi l
lsayhowcanhei nsultme?Whodoeshet hinkhei s?
Isi
tt heonl
ychurchinthewor l
d?Iwon'tcomet othatchurch
again.Butthewomanwasper si
stentandJesustoldherthat
becauseofherfait
handhersay ingthatherdaughterwas
heal
ed.Shewoul dnottake‘no’forananswer.
Exampl
eoft
heLor
dJesus
Luk9: 51KJVandi tcamet opass,when
the time was come thathe shoul
d be
receivedup,hestedf
astl
ysethisfaceto
got oJerusal
em,

‘
Hest eadfastlysethi sface’-aHebr ai
sm, i
mpl y
ing
determi natefixedpur pose: I
sa50:7.Hewasdet er
minedto
got oJer usalem, orhesetoutr esol
utel
y.Togowher ehe
musthescour ged, andspitupon, andcruci
fied:
.Whenaman
goest owar danobj ect,
hemaybesai dtosethisfacetowar
d
i
t.Theexpr essionher emeansonl ythathe“resolv
ed”togo,
andi timpliest hathewasnotappal ledbythedangers-that
hewasdet er
mi nedtobr aveall
,andgoupi ntothemidstof
30
hisenemi es-todi e.Thati
s,af
terproperandmat ure
deli
berati
on, hechosenowt ogoupt oJerusalem,andf i
rmly
determinedt oaccompl i
shhisdesign.Li
teral
ly
, "
hehardened
hisface":thatis,heresol
vedwithhimselftodie,and
theref
orev entureduponhisjourneyandcastawayal lfearof
death,andwenton.
IfHehadnot,wewouldsti
l
lbeinoursinwi
thouthopeof
salv
ati
on.ThankGodthatt
heLorddetermi
nedandresol
ved
togotheredespi
tet
hedanger
.
Therearebar r
iersi
nlif
e,betweeny ouandy ourgoal i
nli
fe,
therewil
l beobstacl
es.Itcouldbeinherentbarri
ersor
natural
bar r
ier
s,soci
al,governmentlaworpr otocol,
economi calevenagecanbeabar r
ierinli
fe.Whatshouldwe
dowhenwecomebef oreobstacl
esinourpat htoourgoal?
1. Don' tgiveup.Qui t
ter
snev erwi nandwi nnersnev er
qui
t.Paul says,‘t
hisonet hi
ngIdo, Iforgett hethingsbehi nd
andIpr essont othehi ghgoalofpriceofJesus’ .Keepgoi ng
anddon' op.Phi3:
tst 13-14KJV13Br et hr
en, Icountnot
myselft ohaveappr ehended:butthisonet hingIdo,
for
gettingthoset hingswhicharebehi nd,andr eachingf ort
h
untothoset hingswhi charebefore,14Ipr esst owardthe
markf orthepr i
zeoft hehighcalli
ngofGodi nChr istJesus.
2. Ber esol
utelikeJacobGen32: 26KJVAndhesai d,
Letmego, forthedaybr eaketh.Andhesaid,Iwil
lnotlet
theego, exceptthoubl essme.anddet erminedli
keRachel
Gen30: 1KJVAndwhenRachelsawt hatshebareJacobno
chil
dren,Rachelenvi edhersister
;andsaiduntoJacob, Gi
ve
mechi ldren,orelseIdie.Weundert heNewCov enantare
notsupposedt oactlikethatbutweshouldimbibethat
atti
tude.Don’ttake‘no’forananswer
3. Don’tbedi
scour
agedduet
othedel
ayi
nget
ti
ngan
answer
.
4. Bel i
keElishadon’
tbedist
racted2Ki2:
10KJVAndhe
sai
d,Thouhastaskedahar dthi
ng:nevert
hel
ess,i
fthousee
mewhenIam t akenfrom t
hee,i
tshallbesountothee;
but
31
i
fnot
,itshal
lnotbeso.
5. Beamanofpat iencewi t
htheLord.Heb.10:36KJV
Foryehaveneedofpat ience, that,
afteryehavedonet hewill
ofGod,yemi ghtreceiv
et hepr omise.Youendureinsultsand
att
acksandy oudon’ tmi ndt hem todaymanypeopl eeasily
gi
veupt heycan'tenduref orlong.Heb.6:12KJVt hatyebe
notslot
hful
,butf ol
lower soft hem whothroughfaithand
pati
enceinheritt
hepr omi ses.
6. Lear ntoendureHeb.6:
15KJVandso, af
terhehad
pati
ent
lyendur
ed,heobt
ainedthepromise.Hegaveusan
exampl
eofAbraham.Theword‘endure’
meanslongspiri
ted.
7. Becheer ful
,theout
comei salr
eadydeter
mined.I
t
camesot hatitcancomet opass.1Jn4:4KJVYeareofGod,
l
itt
lechi
ldren,andhaveovercomet hem:becausegreat
eri
s
hethati
si nyou, t
hanhethatisi
nt heworl
d.
8. 1Cor13:10t hereisawayoutofever yt emptati
on.
Don'tsayyourownt oomuchot herwi
seitwillexcludeyou
from t
hesol uti
onalreadyprovi
ded.Seekthef aceofGodt o
askwhatshal lthi
smando, notwhymeGod?1Cor10: 13
KJVTher ehat hnotempt at
iontakenyoubutsuchasi s
commont oman:butGodi sfait
hful
,whowi l
lnotsuf f
eryou
tobet emptedabovet hatyeareable;butwil
lwi t
ht he
temptati
onal somakeawayt oescape, t
haty emaybeabl e
tobearit.
9. Decl ar
eyourf
ait
handbel
i
evey
our
ecei
veandy
ou
shal
lhav
ethem Mk11:23
10. Seekforcounsel
anddoi
tagai
n.Fai
l
urei
snotf
ail
ure
unt
ily
ougi
veup.
Backt
otop

32
 Chapt
erFour

NOW POSSESSYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Deut.2:24 KJV Ri se ye up,take your
j
ourney,and pass overt he ri
verArnon:
behol
d,Ihavegi venint
othinehandSihon
theAmor i
te,
kingofHeshbon, andhi
sland:
begi
ntopossessi t
,andcontendwithhim
i
nbattl
e.

Theeventr
ecordedi
nthet
extaboveactual
lytookpl
ace
dur
ingthej
ourneyoft
hechi
ldr
enofIsr
aeltotheCanaanl
and.
Num.21: 21-24 KJV 21 And I sraelsent
messenger s unt o Si hon ki ng of t he
Amor ites,say i
ng,22Letmepasst hrough
thyl and:wewi l
lnott ur
ni ntothef ields,or
i
nt ot hevi neyards;wewi l
lnotdr inkoft he
wat ersoft hewel l
:butwewi l
lgoal ongby
theki ng'shi ghway,unt i
lwebepastt hy
bor ders.23AndSi honwoul dnotsuf f
er
Israelt o pass t hr
ough hi s border :but
Sihon gat hered allhi s peopl et oget her,
and went out agai nst I sraeli ntot he
wilder ness:and hecamet o Jahaz,and
foughtagai nstIsrael.24AndI sraelsmot e
him wi t
ht he edge oft he swor d,and
possessed hi sl and f rom Ar non unt o
Jabbok,evenunt othechi ldrenofAmmon:
fort hebor deroft hechi ldrenofAmmon
wasst rong.

Thefi
ft
hbookofMosescall
edDeut
eronomywasmoreor
l
essasummaryorv
aledi
ctor
ymessageofMosest
othe
33
chil
drenofI sr
aelandini
tsomeelaborat
ethingswereadded
tomaj oreventsthatt
ookplaceal
ongthei
rjourney.
Additi
onal detai
l
sthatwerenotavai
l
ablei
nt herecor
ded
text
sar enowmadeav ai
labl
e.Thebookactsli
kea
comment aryonbooksofExodustoNumber s.
Itwascustomar yf ormessenger stobesentaheadt o
preparetheway .Itwasdonef orEdom andMoabev en
thoughtheydidnotper mitt hechil
drenofIsraeltopass
throughthei
rbor ders;
Godhadal readyfor
ewar nedthe
childr
enofIsraelthatHewi llnotgivethem t
hosepeople’s
l
andsi ncetheywer erelat
ivest oI
sraelNumber s20:21.
Thesameappr oachwasdonebysendi ngemissariesto
Sihontoallowthechil
drenofI sr
aelt
opassbutt heman
refused.Thoughhisl
andwasnoti ntheori
ginalplanofthe
l
andi nCanaancededt oIsraelbyGod,hebyhi srefusaldr
ew
thedoom oft heCanaanit
est ohimself
.
Inthi
saccountGodtoldMosessomespeci
fi
cinst
ruct
ions
onwhattodoandt hi
swi l
lser
veasacasest
udyonhowwe
aretopossessourpossessi
on.
Ri
sey
eup
Risey eupi sacall
toact i
on.Youseewhent heEdomi t
es
refusedthem topasst hrought heirl
andinNum.20: 21-22,
Goddi dnotallowthem tof ighttheEdomi t
esbutthechi l
dren
ofIsraelhadtoturnbackandci rclethel
andagain,itdelayed
them andi ncr
easedtheirnumberofday sinthewilderness.
Sot hi
stimear oundwhent heysentmessenger stoKing
Sihonandher ef
used,thesamet hingwouldhav erepeated
i
tself,t
hatmeanst heywoul dhav etotur
nbackandgoi na
cir
cleagain.Theysufferedr ej
ectionagain.
TherearemanyChr ist
iansthatthisistheirexperi
ence.
May beyouhaveattempt edathingorgonet oaplacef orjob
pl
acement ,
contr
acts,admi ssi
oni nt
oahi gherinstit
uti
onor
proposedmarri
ageandy ouhavebeent urneddownbot h
onceortwicebutithasbecomear egularfeat
ureand
patter
n.Ipr
ayforyour ightnowt hattheyokei sbrokenin
34
Jesus'name.Whereveryouhav er
ejectedt
heyshallsendfor
you.Gobacktothepl aceinasmuchasGodor dainedy our
steptothepl
aceinthef i
rstpl
ace,
insteadofr
eject
ing,you
shall
recei
veacceptanceinJesusname.
Thechi l
drenofIsraelweresuf feri
ngrefusalandr eject
ion
again.Actuall
yitwasagai nstther ul
eofdi pl
omat ic
rel
ationshipforSihontorefuset hechil
drenofI sr
ael
passage.ButGodsai d,
‘r
isey eup’.Ther easonwhyGod
call
edt hem i
ntoact i
onwast hatwhattheyhadpassed
thr
oughwi l
lnotrepeati
tself.Nahum say saffl
icti
onshal l
rise
thesecondt ime.
Ther earemanyChr i
sti
ant hatneedtoriseup.Riseupint hei
r
hear t
,ri
seuptodosomet hingabouttheiri
nheri
tance,ri
seup
totakeholdofwhatbel ongst othem.Sitti
ngdowni s
synony mouswithcompl acency,despondent,
laziness,
carefreeatt
it
ude,unconcernedat t
it
ude,nonchalantatt
it
ude,
andi nourownmoder nr el
igiousday,i
tistant
amountt o“ i
fit
bet hewill
ofGod”at t
it
ude.
Iti
stimet otakeact i
onagai nstall t
heev i
lschemesoft he
devil
,i
tistimenott or emaini noneposi ti
on,iti
stimenotto
all
owt heeventoft hepastt or epeatit
self.I
tisti
met obreak
theyokeofst agnationandl i
mi tati
oninlif
e.Godsay sriseye
up.Thatpopul arsongsay s" standupst andupf orJesusye
soldi
erofthecr oss"Thepr odigal sonsaysi wil
lari
seandgo
tomyf ather.SayIwi l
lari
se.
Isa60:1KJVAr i
se,shi
ne;f
orthyl
ightis
come,andt hegl
oryoftheLORDisrisen
uponthee.

Ther eason whymanyar enotr ising is

because pr obably they have been
defeatedbefore;t
heyhavebeenr ejected
beforelike t
heEdomi tesrefused Israel
,
somehaveexper i
encedfail
urebef oreso
theyar enotf i
ndi
ngi teasyt ori
se.But
35
 hearwhatMi
cahsay
s:

Mic7:8 KJV Rejoi

cenotagai nstme,O
mineenemy :whenIfal
l,
Ishal
larise;
when
Isi
tindarkness,t
heLORDshal lbeal i
ght
untome.

Pro24:16KJVForaj ustmanfal
let
hseven
ti
mes,andr iset
hupagain:butt
hewicked
shal
lfalli
ntomischi
ef.

TAKEYOURJOURNEY
Thesecondt hingGodtoldthem wast otaketheirj
ourney.
Goddoesnotwantt hem t
oj ustri
seupbutheaskedt hem t
o
setout,mov eoutandpullout.Thereisanadaget hatsays
thejourneyofonemi l
ebeginswi t
honest ep.Theycould
havestay edt her
eandbedel iber
ating,
meditati
ng,ponderi
ng,
consideri
ng; wonderi
nghow, whereandwhen, butGodsaid
takeyourj ourney.
Therear
emanyofust hatneedtosetoutandtakeour
j
ourney;
west ayf
ort
ool onginarri
vi
ngatadecisi
on.Many
arel
ikethepeopl
eofReubenite,
theyhadt
hisattr
ibut
e:
Jdg5: 16KJV Whyabodestt houamong
thesheepfol
ds,toheart hebleat
ingsof
theflocks?Forthedivisi
onsofReuben
ther
ewer egr
eatsear
chingsofheart
.

CanIdot hi
sornot ?Shoul dItraveloutorstayi
nNi geri
a?
ShouldImar ryhi
m orherorshoul dIwait
?CanIr ead
chemicalengineeri
ngoragr i
cult
uralengi
neeri
ng?CanIst ar
t
thatbusi
nessornot ?Whati f
,whatif.Godsaidtakey our
j
ourney.Youhav edeliberatedenought otakeacti
on.You
havebeenindoor sforalongt ime,setout.Therear
emanyof
youthathav ebeendel i
berati
ngonapar t
icul
arcourseof
acti
onforsomet i
menow.Youkeptpost poningthedayof
executi
on.Ifyouhav estarteditthr
eemont hsoray earnow,
36
youreconomyandli
fest
y l
ewoul
dhav echanged.I
tisti
met o
stepoutandnottobeafrai
doff
ail
ure.I
tispartofsuccess
processes.Pr
ocr
ast
inat
ionisat
hiefofti
me, r
iseyeupand
takeyourjour
ney
.
PASSOVERRI
VERARNON
Godt oldthem topassov erRiverArnonwhi chwasont he
borderofMoab, anddivi
dedbet weenMoabandt he
Amor it
es,Num.21: 13.Thesignifi
canceoft hatisthatift
hey
crossov erthatri
ver,
theywouldbecr ossingov erintothe
enemyt erri
tory,
areaandenv ir
onmentwhi chmeansi tis
ei
thertheyf i
ghtorperish,i
twon'tbeeasyf orthem tor un
back.TheRi verArnonseparatesorbor derstheAmor i
tes
l
andwhi chtheymustcr ossforthem togett helandof
Canaan.
Oneoft hethi
ngsweChr i
sti
ansneedt odoistocrossov
er
theriv
erofdoubtandf ear,i
nti
mi dati
onandharassment
from t
hedev i
l.Somanypeopl ear eafrai
dtoventur
eout.
Theydon'twanttoleavetheircomf ortzonei
ntounknown
terr
it
ory.Theysaidyoubetterstaywher eyouare.
Whatisyourownr i
verseparat
ingyouf
rom yourpr
omised
l
and?Crossit
,passov eri
t.Passoveri
ndeci
sionandunbel
ief
,
passoverdi
scouragementandf ear
.
Wheny oucr osst her i
ver,youar
ecr ossi
ngtheri
v erwit
h
determi nati
onnott ogiv euporgoback.Thebr i
dgehast obe
burntbehi ndyoul eavi
ngy ouwithnochoicethant owinor
j
ustper ishther e.Itwil
l beaboldstepoffait
htor i
seupand
crosst heriver.Fort hechildr
enofIsrael
,i
twaslikecrossing
theRubi con.Youmaynotgobackbecauset hebridgehas
beenbur nt;
ther ewon’ tbeopportuni
tytorunback.Christ
ian
hastomakeupt heirmindandcrosst heri
verof
compl acency .
ManyattimesChrist
ianareverypassi
veasr egardst
he
thi
ngsoftheLordandthet hi
ngsthatconcernthem.We
havethi
satti
tudet
hatifiti
sformei twil
lgettomeandi fi
t
i
sthewillofGod,i
twillbeso.Thi
shasmademanyChr i
sti
an
37
tobei dl
eandpassi veandnotr esisti
ngt hedevil
.Her ei
nthis
passageGodwast ell
i
ngt heChi ldr
enofI sraeltori
seupand
passov ertheriv
er.Itissomet i
mescomf ortabl
eont his
othersideofther i
ver;therewasnot hreattolif
eandpeace
rei
gnt here.Manytimeswedon’ twantt oleaveourcomf ort
zonef oranuncertainfuture.Wewi l
lratherstar
v ethan
ventureoutintounknownpl aces.Thi satti
tudehasmade
manyChr i
sti
anstobest agnantinl i
fe.Mayt hatyokebe
brokenov eryourli
feinJesusname.Weneedt or i
seupand
getmov ing.Wehav ehadenoughoft hesecompl acent
atti
tudes.
BEHOLD
Thenextt hingGodt oldt hem wast obehol d.Behol dwhat
now?Thewor d"behold"inHebr ewi s"raah"andi tmeans: t
o
see, l
ookat ,i
nspect,perceive,consi
der, havevision,t
ol ook
at,see,regard,l
ookaf ter,seeafter,
learnabout ,observe,
wat ch,l
ookupon, lookout , f
indout,observe,consider,l
ook
at,giveattenti
onto,discer n,andgazeat .
ManytimesGodcal l
edattenti
ontopeopl
eintheBibl
etosee.
Whataretheytoseeandwhyshoul dtheybecal
ledtosee?
Thereasonisnotbecausetheydon'
thaveeyesortheyare
bli
ndbutbecausemanonl yseesbysensorysi
ghtsenses.
MandoesnotseewhatGodseesorhowGodsees.SoGod
call
edtheatt
enti
onofmant oseewhatHeisseeing.
Godseesbet ter
,fartherandclearerthanus.Oursi ght
sare
l
imited,shor
tsightedorl ongsighted,thatiswhymanyofus
areusingeyeglasses.Act ual
lyourey esar enotmeantfor
seei
ng; t
heyarejustwi ndowsi nt
ot herealm ofthephysi
cal
thesamewayy ourmout hisnotmeantf oreati
ngonly
.GOD
l
ookandseebyf aith,seeingtheunseen
Rom 8:24-25KJV24Forwear esavedby
hope:buthopethatisseenisnothope:
forwhatamanseet h,whydothhey et
hopefor?25Buti fwehopef orthatwe
seenot,thendowewithpat
iencewaitf
or
38
 i
t.

Whatweseewi t
hourownhumaney esli
mi t
sus; li
mitswhat
wecandoandwhatGodcandof orus..Youwi ll
actbased
onwhaty oucansee.Ifyouhav esmal lmoneyi ny our
accountnow, youwi l
lact,
talkandconducty ourli
ferelat
ive
tothatamounty ouhav e.Youwi l
lrentasmal l
store,buy
smal lmateri
alsbecauseyouwantt obei ndebtandwantt o
foll
owt hatbadadaget hatsayscuty ourcoataccor dingto
yoursize.Iti
sanunbel i
efstatementt hatnegatesIs54: 2-
3
wher etheBibl
esay senlar
gey ourcoast ,spr
eadf ort
hy our
tents.
Isa54: 2-3KJV2Enl ar
get hepl aceofthy
tent,and l et t hem st r
etch f ort
h the
curtainsoft hinehabitati
ons:spar enot,
l
engt hen thy cor ds,and st r
engt hen t
hy
stakes;3Fort houshaltbreakf orthonthe
righthandandont hel eft
;andt hyseed
shalli nher
itt heGent i
les,and maket he
desolat eci
ti
est obeinhabit
ed.

Godisnotli
mitedHeseesbyfait
handHespeakswhatHe
seesbyfai
th.Wecanseebetterwit
hourheartt
hanwit
hour
eyes.Whenicl
osemyey es,
Iseewel l
thanwhenIopen
them.
WhenIwant edt obuyapi eceoflandIaskedmanypeopl et
o
helpmesear ch.Itol
doneofourbr other
sinthechurch.So
heaskedmewhatt ypeofl andIli
ke,isit100by100or100
by50?Isai dIwanthal fapl ot
,averysmal ll
and.Hesaid
somet hi
ngt hatshockedme.Hesai dwhatdoy ouwanttodo
withthatkindofl and?Icoul dn'
treply.WhenIgothomeI
start
edthinkingandIhadt orepent.Thereasonwas
becauseIhadl i
mi t
edmy selfwit
hmysmal lthi
nki
ngandwas
basedonmyi ncomeatt hatt i
me.Icoul donlyseemysmal l
salar
yandIwasact ingbasedont hat.Goddoesnotwant
that.
39
 Jer1:11-
12KJV11Mor eoverthewordof
theLORDcameuntome, sayi
ng,Jer
emiah,
whatseestt
hou?AndIsaid,Iseearodof
anal mondtr
ee.12Thensai dtheLORD
untome,Thouhastwel lseen:forIwill
hastenmywordtoper
formit.

Hesai dsee,
thi
siswhatyouareseei
ngbutseewhatIsee.
Cany ouseewhatIam seei
ng?Manyofusneedt ochange
thewaywesee.2Cor5: 7sayswewalknotbysightbutby
fai
th.Wedon'twalkbyappear
ancesbutbyf
ait
h.
WHATDOESGODWANTTOSEE?
“
Ihavegiveni
ntot
hinehandSi
hont
heAmor
it
e,ki
ngof
Heshbon,
andhisl
and”
Godsai dtheyshoul dbeholdt hatHehasgi vent heki ng
Sihonandhi slandunt othem.Butt hel asttimeIchecked,
Sihonwasst il
lthereandhi slandwasst il
lintacty etGodsai d
Ihavegivenit.ThisiswhatGodwant edt hem t osee.They
weret hi
nkingofget t
ingitbutGodsai ditwasal readyadone
deal.Ihavegiveni ti
ntoyourhand.I tisconcl uded.I tisa
donedeal .AsfarasGodwasconcer ned,Sihonandhi sland
havebecomebr eadandbut t
er .SoHeaskedt hem t osee
whatHewasseei ng.
Underthenewcov
enant
,wear
etoseeal
lthatGodbygr
ace
hasgiv
enuntous.
2Pet1: 3 KJV Accor
ding as his divine
powerhat hgi
venuntousal lthi
ngst hat
pert
ain unt
ol i
feand godli
ness,through
theknowledgeofhimt hathat
hcal l
edus
toglor
yandvirt
ue:.

Eph.1:3 KJV blessed be the God and

FatherofourLordJesusChr i
st,whohath
bl
esseduswi t
hal lspir
it
ualblessi
ngsin
heavenl
yplacesinChrist
:
40
AsfarasGodi sconcer
nedwear eal
readyhealed,bl
essed,
andfr
uit
ful,
glori
fi
edandhonouredRom 8:25-27.The
quest
ioniscanyouseey our
sel
fashav i
ngthem ornot?
Godt
oldJoshuai
nJosh6t
hatHehasgiv
enJeri
choandthe
ki
ngwit
hallt
hemight
ymenofval
ourt
herei
ntot
hei
rhand.
Jos6: 1-
2KJV1Now Jer ichowasst r
aitl
y
shutupbecauseoft hechildr
enofIsrael
:
nonewentout ,andnonecamei n.2And
theLORD sai duntoJoshua,See,Ihave
givenintot
hinehandJer
icho,andtheking
thereof,
andthemight
ymenofval our.

HeaskedJoshuat osee.Ev enthoughasattheti

meHewas
talkingt
oJoshua, Jer
ichowasshutdown.Al lborder
swer e
closed,thewallwasstandingtall
,Rachabhousestil
lontop
oft hewall
;yetGodsaid,seewhatIam seeing.Ihavegiv
en
them untoyou.
Godt
oldAbr
aham asi
mil
art
hingwhenLothadl
eft
:
Gen13: 14-15KJV14Andt heLORDsai d
untoAbr am,af t
erthatLotwassepar ated
from him,Li f
tupnowt hineey es,andl ook
from thepl acewheret houar tnorthwar d,
and sout hward, and east war
d, and
westwar d:15Foral lthel andwhi cht hou
seest,totheewi l
lIgiveit,andt othyseed
forever.

Whatcany ouseeorwhatar eyouseeing?Seewit

htheeyes
offai
thandyouwi llbeseei
ngthewayGodsees.Godsees
theenemydefeated, l
andconquer
ed,batt
lewon.Canyou
seeyoursel
fdi
fferentl
y?
Thi
sist
hewayGodworks.Hecal
l
edt
hoset
hingst
hatar
e
notast
hought
heywer
eRom 4:17
Heaskedt
hem t
oseet
hedef
eat
edki
ngandhi
sland.Can
41
theyseet hattheywer enowt heof fi
cialowneroft heland?
Oneoft hefactorsthatisv eryi
mpor tantinreceivi
ngour
i
nheritanceandpossessi oni sthatwemustseet hem as
ourswi ththeey esoffaith.Godi saf ait
hGodandwe
chil
drenmustbei mit
atorsoft hef at
herGod.Wemustsee
withtheey esoff ait
h.ManyChr isti
ansar emenofsenses
andcar nal.Theycanonl yr el
atet owhatt hei
rfivesenses
nudget hem todo.Buti nt hisaccountGodwant edthem to
seethatt heenemyhadbeendef eatedbyf ait
hev enbef or
e
theyev ergotintobattl
e.MayGodopeny oureyest osee.
Youmustseei tasanalreadydonedeal bef
oreitwill
mani fest
.Ifyouar ewishi
ngthatitwill
be, ortr
yingtobeli
eve
thatitwil
lbeorbeggi ngGodt oletitbet henyouhav e
missedagr eatstepoffait
h.Youhav et obeli
evebefor ey
ou
seeMk11: 23-
24.SomanyChr i
stiansar eli
keThomaswho
afterhewasdul yinf
ormedaboutt herisenLordi nsi
stedon
seeinghim phy sical
l
ybeforehecanbel ieve.
Joh 20: 25 KJV The ot her discipl
es
thereforesaiduntohim,Wehaveseent he
Lord.Buthesai duntothem,ExceptIshall
seei nhishandst hepri
ntofthenail
s,and
putmyf ingeri
ntothepri
ntoft henails,
andt hrustmyhandi ntohi
sside,Iwil
lnot
beli
eve.

Whenheev ent
ual
l
ysawJesus,
hewant
edt
obel
i
evebut
Jesushadanadmoni
ti
onforhi
m.
Joh 20:27-29 KJV 27 Then saith he to
Thomas,Reach hi t
her t
hy f i
nger,and
behold myhands;and r each hitherthy
hand,andthrustitint
omysi de:andbenot
fai
thl
ess,butbel ievi
ng.28And Thomas
answeredandsai dunt ohi
m,MyLor dand
myGod.29Jesussai t
huntohim, Thomas,
because thou hastseen me,t hou hast
42
 beli
eved:bl
essedaret heythathavenot
seen,andyethavebel
ieved.

TheLordsaid,‘
blessedar
ethosethathav
enotseenyet
bel
iev
ed’.Youshouldbeamongt hosepeopl
ethatt
heLord
setbl
essingson.
Backt
otop

43
 Chapt
erFi
ve

NOW BEGI
NTOPOSSESSI
T
Deu2:24KJVRi seyeup, t
akeyourjourney
,
andpassovert her i
verArnon:behold,I
have given i
ntot hine hand Si
hon t he
Amorit
e,kingofHeshbon,andhi sl and:
begi
nt opossessit,andcontendwithhim
i
nbattl
e.

Last
lyGodaskedt
hem tobegi
ntopossessi
t,andcont
end
wit
htheki
nginbatt
le.
Whywi l
lGodaskthem t
obegintopossessitwhenHejust
saidHehasgiveni
ttothem?Thefactisthatt
heyhav
et o
recei
vewhathasbeengivenunt
othem.
I
TISI
NTHESPI
RIT
Theyhav etopossessi t.TheHebr ewwor dusedf or
“possess”inthatpassagei s“ yâr ashyâr êsh”andit
means: toseize,dispossess, takepossessi onof f
, i
nher
it
,
disi
nheri
t,occupy ,
impov eri
sh, beanhei r
, t
ot akepossession
of,t
oinherit
.Thesear emi li
tarylanguagesandt ermsandi t
theref
oremeanst hatfort hechi l
drenofI sraeltopossessthe
l
andofSi hont heyhav et odisposeofi tfrom hi m.This
meanst heyhav etosei zei t
,takeov eritandi nheri
tit
.They
havetof i
ghtforit.
Actual
lytheBiblesay sthatSihonmobi l
izedhispeopl eto
fi
ghtagainstt
hechi ldrenofIsrael.Moses,howev er,i
nthe
fi
rsti
nstance,sentamessageofpeacet oSihon,proposi
ng
topassthroughhist erri
tor
yont hesamet ermsashehad
madewi ththeMoabi t
esandEdomi t
es,
traveli
ngbyt he
highway,andpay i
ngf orsuchpr ovisi
onsashi sfol
lowers
requi
red.Butthi
sSi honr ef
used, andcameoutagai nstI
srael
,
44
wit
hallhispeople,
tobatt
le.Theissuewast hathewas
utt
erl
ydiscomfit
ed;al
lhi
st ownswer ecaptured,
heandal
l
hi
speopl eut
terl
ydest
royed,andthecat t
leandspoi
lsoft
he
wholecountr
ytakenforbooty.I
sraelthusbecame
possessedofthatent
ir
eterri
tor
y.
Her eiswheremanypeopl emi ssedi t.EventhoughGodhas
givent hem t
heland,yetGodaskedt hem tobegint opossess
i
tandhowwi l
lthatbedone?Hesai dcont endwithhimi n
battle.Manypeoplethinkthatthet hi
ngsofGodj usthappen
l
iket hat.No,i
tdoesn'
tautomat icall
ycomet opass.Thef act
thatGodsai ditdoesnotmeany ouwi l
lgetitaut
omat i
cally
.
Theonl ywayt oseizehisland,di
spossesshi m andinher
it
thelandwast ocontendwi t
hhimi nbattle.Hereist
hegood
newsev ent houghtheywi l
lhavetocont endwi t
hhim and
fi
ghthim, t
heout comeoft hatbattl
ehasal r
eadybeen
determined.Theywer egoingtowi nbecauseGodhadsai d
Hehadal readygivent hem i
ntotheirhands.Forthem to
i
nher i
tthelandtheymustpossessi t.Her epeat
edthesame
Deu.2:
31KJVandt heLORDsaiduntome,
Behol
d,Ihavebegunt ogiveSi
honandhis
l
andbef orethee:begi
nt opossess,t
hat
thoumay esti
nher
ithi
sland.

TheHebr ewwor dusedf or“ havegi v

en”i s“ nât han”andit
means: togive,put,set,
togi v e,
best ow, grant,permit,
ascr i
be,empl oy,devote,consecr ate,dedi cate,paywages,
sell,exchange, l
end,commi t,entrust,giveov er,deli
verup,
yieldproduce, occasion,produce.I nor derwor dGodhad
best owedt hekingandhi sl andunt ot hechi ldr
enofI srael
.As
farasGodi sconcer neditwasaconcl udedmat ter
,an
alreadydonedeal .Thelandi smuchasI srael'
sown.
UNDERTHENEW COVENANT
Her
eist
hegoodnews, t
hatourbatt
leshavebeenfoughtand
wonbyt
heLordJesus.Hehaddefeatedthedevi
landgave
ust
hevi
ctor
y.Hesaid,
‘Ihav
eov er
comet heworl
d’Jn.16:
33.
45
Youdon'
tsayov
ercomei
fther
ewasnotaf
ight
.
AndwhenHedef eat
edthedev il
wedefeatedt hedev i
l
toget
her .Hediditonourbehalfanditi
si mputedunt ousas
i
fwedi di t
.Sowear enotl i
kethechi
ldr
enofI sraelwhohave
togot oaphy si
calbatt
letopossesstheirCanaanl and.We
havereceivedtheinher
itanceandthepromise.Al l
thingsar
e
oursthroughJesus.
Eph.1:11 KJV in whom al so we have
obtai
ned an inheri
tance, bei ng
predest
inat
edaccordingtothepurposeof
hi
m who wor ket
h al lthi
ngs afterthe
counselofhisownwill:

Somebodywil
lsay
,``
Wher
earethey
?‘Whyam Inot
exper
ienci
ngt
hem’?‘
Whyaret
heynotmyreal
i
ty’
?
Therearefewthi
ngst
hataChr
ist
ianneedst
odot
opossess
Hispossessi
on.
1.t
hrought
hei
nst
rument
ali
tyoft
hewor
d
Act 20:32 KJV and now,br ethren,I
commendy outoGod,andt othewor dof
hisgrace,whichi
sablet obui l
dy ouup,
andtogi veyouaninheri
tanceamongal l
them whichar
esanct
ifi
ed.

ThewordofGodwilldel
iv
eri
ntoy
ourhandwhati
salready
your
s.Thati
swhyy ouhavet
oesteem t
hewor
ds,confess
anddecl
arethem.
2.t
hroughknowl
edge
Pro11:9KJVAnhy pocri
tewit
hhismouth
dest
royeth hi
s neighbour:but thr
ough
knowledgeshal
lthejustbedel
iver
ed.

Thi
sist
hewayIquot
eitt
hatt
hrough
46
 knowledgeshalltheyj ustbedeli
veredi
nto
theiri
nheri
tance.Whaty oudon’
tknow is
affect
ingyounegat ively.Pet
ersaidGrace
andpeacebemul t
ipli
edunt oyouthrough
theknowledgeofGodandt heLordJesus.

3.Fi
ghtt
hegoodf
ight
1Tim 6:12 KJV Fightthe good fi
ghtof
fai
th,l
ayhol donet er
nall
ife,whereunt
o
thouartalsocal
led,andhastprofesseda
goodprofessi
onbef oremanywitnesses.

Whati
sthegoodf
ightoff
ait
h?
o Iti
safi
ghtthatisgoodbecausetheout
comei
s
known.Andhadalreadybeendet
ermined.Wehav
ewon
befor
ewestartf
ighti
ng.
o I
tiscompel
l
ingourr
ebell
i
oussit
uat
ionand
ci
rcumst
ancestol
ineupwi
ththewordofGod.
o I
tist
heposit
iveresponsetowhatChr
isthasdone
wher
ewewi l
lnott
ake'no'forananswer
o Iti
sresist
ingt
hedev
ilt
otakeof
fhi
shandf
rom God'
s
pr
oper
tyJam 4:7
3.Recei
vewhati
sour
s
1Cor4: 7 KJV Forwho maket hthee to
diff
erfrom anot her
?andwhathastt hou
thatthoudi dstnotr ecei
ve?now ifthou
didstrecei
vei t
,whydostt houglor
y,asif
thouhadstnotr ecei
vedit?

Hewasadmoni shi
ngthem fr
om vaingl
orybuti
fyoutur
nthe
stat
ementsar
ound,itmeansthatifyoudon'
thave,
iti
s
becausey
ouhav enotrecei
vedit
.
Thewor
drecei
vei
s"l
ambano"i
tmeanst
otake,
tot
akewi
th
47
thehand,layholdof,anyper
sonort hi
nginordertouseit,
to
takeupat hingtobecarri
ed,t
ot akeupononeself,
totakein
ordertocarryawayi.e.t
oremove, t
akeaway,totakewhatis
one'sown, t
ot aket
oone'sself
,tomakeone'sownandt o
clai
m,
Jas4:2-
3KJV2Yel ust
,andhavenot :ye
ki
ll
,anddesir
etohave,andcannotobtai
n:
yefi
ghtandwar,yetyehavenot,because
yeasknot.

1Jn3: 22KJVandwhatsoeverweask,we
recei
ve of him,because we keep his
commandment s,anddothosethi
ngsthat
arepleasi
nginhi
ssight
.

Undert heNewCov enant ,wear ethebenef i

ciari
esofallthat
Jesushaddonef orust hroughHi sdeath,burial
,resur
rection,
ascension,andHi ssi tt
ingatt heri
ghthandofGodwher eHe
everli
vest omakei ntercessionforus.Wehav ebeenheal ed
byHisst ri
pes1Pet2: 24,blessedbyHi sgrace2Cor8: 9,and
deli
veredCol .1:13-
14.Wehav ebeenr edeemedf r
om the
curseoft helawGal 3:13andsoonandsof or t
h.To
summar i
zet heblessingsPaul say
sall t
hingsarey our
sand
youareChr ist’s
1Cor3: 21-
23KJV21Ther ef
oreletnoman
gloryinmen.Foral lt
hingsar eyours;22
Whet herPaul,orApollos,orCephas,or
the wor l
d,orl i
fe,ordeat h,ort hings
present,orthi
ngstocome;al lar eyours;
23Andy eareChr
ist
's;
andChr isti
sGod's.

I
nor derwor d,
wehav ebeengiv
enallt
hingsandasPeterwi
ll
putit,
allthi
ngst hatper
tai
nstolif
eandgodli
nesshavebeen
(pasttense)giventousjustl
ikeGodtoldJoshua,
Ihave
giventhem int
oy ourhand.

48
 2Pet1: 3 KJV Accor
ding as his divine
powerhat hgi
venuntousal lthi
ngst hat
pert
ain unt
ol i
feand godli
ness,through
theknowledgeofhimt hathat
hcal l
edus
toglor
yandvirt
ue:

Itwasinthesamev
eint
hatPaul
wrot
etot
heEphesus
church:
Eph 1:3 KJV Blessed be the God and
FatherofourLordJesusChr ist
,whohath
bl
esseduswi t
hal lspir
it
ualblessi
ngsin
heavenl
yplacesinChrist
:

Wear ealreadyblessedandpr ov i
dedf or
.Andi ti
swi t
h
everythi
ngwecanev erthinkof .Wear enotthesickbegging
forheali
ngbuttheheal edoft heLor dthatthedevilwantsto
stealwhatbelongst ousJn.10: 10b.Soy ouarenotsi ck,
pleasestopcall
ingy ourself“sick”j ustbecausetheDoct or
wr ot
eonapi eceofpaperandsay shehasseensoandsoi n
yourbody .Hecan’tseewhoy ouar einthespiri
t.I
ny our
spiri
tyouarejustasChr ist;per fectandcompl eteandt here
i
snoonei otaofsicknessi ny ou.Youhav ebeenheal ed.
Wear etheblessedoftheLor dandnotthebeggars;weonl
y
needtogetridofourst i
nkingthi
nki
ng.Whenwet hi
nkri
ght
wewi l
ll
iveri
ght,forthejustshal
ll
ivebyfait
h.Thegraceof
Jesushasprov i
dedandmadeusr i
ch.Everbef
oretheneed
arosegracehasal r
eadysuppliedi
t.
2Cor8:9KJVf oryeknowthegraceofour
Lord JesusChr ist
,that
,though he was
ri
ch,yetfory oursakeshebecamepoor ,
thaty
et hroughhispover
tymightberi
ch.

Theaver
ageChri
sti
ani spreoccupi
edwithpleadi
ngwi
thGod
todowhatGodhasal r
eadydone.Manybel i
eveGodfor
somet
hingtheyf
eeltheylack.Thelet
terofPault
othe
49
Ephesuschurchwaswr i
ttenfrom adif
ferentperspect
ive.I
t
waswr i
ttentoshowthebeliever
swhathehasandal r
eady
possessed.Thesameletteriswrit
tentoust odaytoshowus
whowear e,
whatwealreadyhav e,wherewear eandwhat
wealreadypossess.
Backt
otop

50
 Chapt
erSi
x

DEFENDANDKEEPYOURPOSSESSI
ON
Todefendmeanssomanyt hi
ngsbutf orthesakeofthis
teachi
ngIhav ethesefewdict
ionarydefi
niti
ons:i
tmeans: To
wardoffattacksagainst
;tofi
ghttoprotect;t
oguard.It
meanst orepelanattackoratt
acker,t
opr event
,tokeep
(fr
om doingsomet hi
ng)andtoprohibi
tor, f
orbi
d.
ANDI
NSPORTS:
(Spor
ts)
;Tof
ocusone'senergi
esandtal
ent
sonprev
enti
ng
opponent
sfr
om scor
ing,asopposedt
ofocusi
ngonscor
ing.
(Sport
s);Toatt
empttoret
ainat
it
le,
orat
temptt
oreacht
he
samest ageinacompeti
ti
onasonedidi
nthepr
evi
ous
edit
ionofthatcompet
it
ion
I
nlaw,theatt
orneymaydef endhi
scl
i
entbyst
andi
ngupt
o
r
epresentt
heclient
’si
nter
est.
Jdg.11: 1-
33 KJV 1 Now Jepht hah t he
Gileadit
ewasami ghtymanofval our,and
hewast hesonofanhar lot:andGi lead
begatJepht hah.2AndGi lead'swi febar e
him sons; andhi swife'
ssonsgr ewup, and
theyt hrustoutJepht hah,andsai dunt o
him,Thoushal tnotinheri
ti nourf at
her '
s
house;f ort houar tthesonofast r
ange
woman.3 Then Jepht hah fled f rom hi s
brethren,anddwel ti
nt hel
andofTob:and
therewer egat heredvainment oJepht hah,
andwentoutwi thhim.4Andi tcamet o
passi npr ocessoft i
me,thatt hechi ldren
ofAmmonmadewaragai nstI srael.5And
i
twas so,t hatwhen t he chi ldren of
Ammon made war agai nst I sr
ael ,t he
51
eldersofGi leadwentt of et chJepht hah
outoft hel andofTob:6Andt heysai d
untoJepht hah,Come,andbeourcapt ain,
thatwe mayf i
ghtwi tht he chi l
dr en of
Ammon.7 And Jepht hah sai d unt ot he
eldersofGi l
ead,Di dnoty ehat eme,and
expelmeoutofmyf ather '
shouse?and
whyar ey ecomeunt omenow wheny e
areindi str
ess?8Andt heel der sofGi lead
said unt o Jepht hah,Ther efor e we t urn
againt ot heenow,t hatt houmay estgo
wi t
hus,andf ightagai nstt hechi ldrenof
Ammon,and be ourhead overal lt he
i
nhabi t
ant sofGi lead.9AndJepht hahsai d
untot heel der sofGi lead,I fy ebr ingme
homeagai nt of i
ghtagai nstt hechi l
dr enof
Ammon,and t he LORD del iver t hem
beforeme,shal lIbey ourhead?10And
theelder sofGi leadsai dunt oJepht hah,
TheLORDbewi t
nessbet weenus, ifwedo
notsoaccor dingt ot hywor ds.11Then
Jephthahwentwi tht heel der sofGi lead,
and t he peopl e made hi m head and
captainovert hem:andJepht hahut tered
allhiswor dsbef oret heLORDi nMi zpeh.
12AndJepht hahsentmessenger sunt o
thekingoft hechi l
dr enofAmmon,say ing,
Whathastt hout odowi thme,t hatt hou
artcomeagai nstmet of ighti nmyl and?
13Andt heki ngoft hechi l
drenofAmmon
answer ed unt o t he messenger s of
Jephthah,BecauseI sraelt ookawaymy
l
and,when t heycameup outofEgy pt,
from Ar nonevenunt oJabbok,andunt o
Jordan:nowt hereforer estor et hosel ands
again peaceabl y.14 And Jepht hah sent
messenger sagai n unt ot he ki ng oft he
52
childr
enofAmmon:15Andsai dunt ohi m,
Thussai thJepht hah,I sr aelt ooknotaway
the land ofMoab,nort he l and oft he
childr
enofAmmon:16 ButwhenI sr ael
cameupf rom Egy pt ,andwal kedt hrough
the wi lder ness unt ot he Red sea,and
came t o Kadesh;17 Then I sraelsent
messenger sunt ot heki ngofEdom, say ing,
Letme,Ipr aythee,passt hrought hyl and:
butt heki ngofEdom woul dnothear ken
thereto.Andi nlikemannert heysentunt o
the ki ng of Moab:buthe woul d not
consent :andI sraelabodei nKadesh.18
Then t hey went al ong t hrough t he
wilderness,and compassed t he l and of
Edom,andt hel andofMoab,andcameby
theeastsi deoft hel andofMoab,and
pit
chedont heot hersi deofAr non,but
camenotwi thint hebor derofMoab:f or
Arnonwast hebor derofMoab.19And
Isr
aelsentmessenger sunt oSi honki ngof
theAmor ites,t heki ngofHeshbon;and
Isr
aelsai dunt ohi m,Letuspass,wepr ay
thee,t hrought hyl andi ntomypl ace.20
But Si hon t rust ed not I sraelt o pass
throughhi scoast :butSi hongat heredal l
hispeopl et oget her ,andpi tchedi nJahaz,
and f oughtagai nstI sr ael .21 And t he
LORDGodofI sraeldel iver edSi honandal l
hispeopl ei ntothehandofI srael ,
andt hey
smot et hem:soI sr aelpossessedal lt he
l
andoft heAmor ites,t hei nhabi t
antsof
thatcount ry.22Andt heypossessedal l
thecoast soft heAmor i
tes,f r om Ar non
even unt o Jabbok, and f rom t he
wildernessevenunt oJor dan.23Sonow
theLORDGodofI sr aelhat hdispossessed
53
theAmor i
tesf rom bef or ehispeopl eI srael,
andshoul destt houpossessi t?24Wi l
tnot
thou possess t hatwhi ch Chemosh t hy
god gi veth t hee t o possess? So
whomsoevert heLORDourGodshal ldr i
ve
outf rom beforeus,t hem wi l
lwepossess.
25Andnowar tt houanyt hingbet t
ert han
Balakt hesonofZi ppor ,kingofMoab?di d
heeverst riveagai nstI srael,ordi dheever
fi
ghtagai nstthem, 26Whi l
eI sraeldwel tin
Heshbonandhert owns,andi nAr oerand
hert owns,and i n allt heci ti
est hatbe
along by t he coast s of Ar non,t hree
hundr edy ears?whyt herefor edidy enot
recover t hem wi t
hin t hat t i
me? 27
Wher eforeIhavenotsi nnedagai nstt hee,
butt houdoestmewr ongt owaragai nst
me:t heLORDt heJudgebej udget hi sday
between t he chi ldren ofI sr aeland t he
chil
dr enofAmmon.28Howbei tt heki ng
oft hechi l
drenofAmmonhear kenednot
untot hewor dsofJepht hahwhi chhesent
him.29Thent heSpi ri
toft heLORDcame
uponJepht hah, andhepassedoverGi l
ead,
andManasseh,andpassedoverMi zpeh
ofGi lead,andf rom Mi zpehofGi l
eadhe
passedoverunt ot hechi l
drenofAmmon.
30AndJepht hahvowedavow unt ot he
LORD,andsai d,I fthoushal twi thoutf ail
deli
vert hechi ldrenofAmmoni ntomi ne
hands, 31 Then i t shal l be, t hat
what soevercomet hf orthoft hedoor sof
myhouset omeetme,whenIr et urni n
peacef r
om t hechi l
drenofAmmon,shal l
surelybet heLORD' S,andIwi l
lofferi tup
for a bur ntof fering.32 So Jepht hah
passedoverunt ot hechi ldrenofAmmon
54
 tof i
ght agai nst them;and t he LORD
deli
veredt hem int
ohi shands.33Andhe
smotet hem f r
om Ar oer,even ti
llthou
comet oMi nnit
h,event wentycit
ies,and
untothepl ainofthevineyar
ds,wit
haver y
great slaughter.Thus t he chil
dren of
Ammonwer esubduedbef orethechil
dren
ofIsr
ael.

Jepht hahwast hesonofGi leadt heGi

leadit
e.Hewasa
might ymanofv alour.Howdidhebecomet hat?Hewasbor n
ofahar l
otev ent houghhisfatherhadotherwivesand
children.Hisbr othersandsistersdrov
ehi m outoft
hehouse
becauset heysai dhewasasonofahar lot
.Thewor d‘
harl
ot’
thereact uall
ymeansast r
angewoman, awomanf r
om a
foreigncount ryorsomebodywhoi snotproperlymarr
ied.
SoJephthahwasdr i
v enout,hewasr ej
ect edandpushedout .
TheBiblesay st hatv ainmengat heredt her etohim.These
werement hatwer epoor ,hadnohome, destit
uteandhe
becamet heircapt ai
n.Your emembert hest oryofDav i
dthat
whenher anf r om Saul ,cert
ainmenwer egat heredtohim;
thoseindebt s, desti
tute,andt hegoodnewswast hatthe
samemenl at erbecameDav id’smi ghtymenwer eadabout
l
ater.Godcant ransform anybody ,don’twr itethem off
.May
Godt r
ansformy ourlif
ei nJesus' name.
1Sam 22:2KJVAndever yonethatwasin
di
stress,andeveryonet hatwasi ndebt,
and every one thatwas di scont
ented,
gathered t
hemselves unto hi
m;and he
becameacapt ainovert hem:andt her
e
werewi t
hhim aboutf
ourhundredmen.

Int
heprocessoft
ime,
theAmmoni
temadewarwi
tht
he
chi
l
drenofIsr
ael
.
Jdg11:
4-5KJV4Andi
tcamet
opassi
n
55
 pr
ocess of t
ime,t hat t
he chi l
dren of
Ammonmadewaragai nstIsrael
.5Andi t
wasso,t
hatwhent hechil
drenofAmmon
made waragainstIsrael
,t he el
ders of
Gi
leadwenttofetchJephthahoutoft he
l
andofTob:

TheBiblesay sthattheGil
eadi
teswenttofetchJephthah
fr
om thelandofTob.Whywi ll
theydothat?Theyweret he
onethatrejectedJephthahanddrovehimfrom thehouse
butnowt heywer elooki
ngforhim andbeggi
nghi mtocome
tothei
raid.
Ladiesandgentl
emen, youmighthavebeenr ej
ect
edbyy our
familymembers,spouse,somebodythatpromisedtomar r
y
youbutsuddenlyturnsaroundandsaysnope, y
ourboss
mighthavesaidnot oyounotbecausey ouarearr
ogant,
proudorhaveatti
tudeproblemsbutjustfornocause,y
ou
havebeenturneddown.
Letmeannouncetoyouthati
nthepl
acewher
etheyhave
rej
ect
edyoutheywil
lcomebackfory
ouaft
ertheor
derof
Jepht
hahinJesusname.
Jepht hahbecameasoughtoutaf t
er.Ther eareproblems
thatwi l
l comeupandi tisy ouandonl yy outhatwi l
lbeable
tosol veit.Keepdev el
opi ngy our
self;don’tki
llyoursel
f
becauseofr ejecti
on.Jepht hahdev el
opedhi sskill
sofwar
andbecamei ndispensabl e.Hebecamer elevant,
usefuland
signifi
cant .Striveforexcel lencebrother,don’tbeamedi ocre
andj ustifyther easonsforr eject
ionbutpr ovey ouradversar
y
wr ongt haty ouhav eallitt akes.
Thegoodnewswast hatitwasJephthahthatwasnow
dict
atingthetermsofengagementnow.Hesai dhewi
llbe
thei
rleader.Theysai
dy es,comeandbeourl eader
.Maythe
Lordli
f ty
ouupandpr omot eyouinli
fe.MayHeexalty
ou
beyondy ourpeersi
nJesusname.
Af
tert
hepeopl
eagr
eed,
Jepht
hahdi
donet
hingt
hati
snot
56
commont
oday
.
Jdg.11:
11KJVThenJepht hahwentwit
h
theel
dersofGil
ead,andthepeoplemade
him head and captai
n overthem:and
Jepht
hahutter
edal lhi
swor dsbef
oret
he
LORDinMizpeh.

Inorderwordshepr esentedt
hemat t
eruntotheLor d.There
aremanyChr i
sti
anst odaywhodon' tdothiskindoft hi
ng.I
t
i
swr ong.Whenaguypr oposestoyoudon’ tgiveananswer
unti
lyouut t
eritbeforetheLordandseekt hefaceofGod.I t
doesn’tmatterhowj uicythecontr
actorwor kis,utt
erit
beforetheLord.Tell y
ourPastoraboutit.Somepeopl e
wouldhav eagreedwi ththepersonandt henlatercomet o
thepastor.Whatdoy ouwantthepast ortodonow?I sitf
or
himtosaynoorr ubberst ampedit?
Godmustbebr oughtinasapartytothi
stransacti
on;and
theref
oreJephthahutter
edallhi
swor dsbeforetheLord-t
he
termsmadewi t
ht heel
dersandthepeopleonwhi chhehad
acceptedthecommandoft hear
my ;and,beingsureofthe
Divi
neappr obat
ion,heenter
edonthewor kwi t
hconfi
dence
I
twasaf terJepht
hahknewt hatGodwasinthebusiness
befor
ehepr oceeded.Hesentmessengerst
othekingof
Ammont oarguehiscasethatthemanhadnorighttofi
ght
them orcomet otakethei
rpossessi
on.
Thear gumentofJepht hahwasaboutt heChi l
drenofI srael
try
ingt opasst hrought hehighwayi nEdom butt heEdomi t
es
refusedt hem passagei nNum.20: 21t heyhadt oturnaway
andt hatpr ol
ongedt heirj
ourney.Mayt hejourneytoyour
destinybenol ongerdelayedinJesusname.They
cir
cumv entEdom andar r
ivedatthebr otherofAmor i
tes,
wher eriverArnonf ormst heboundar ybetweenMoabi teand
Amor it
e.Theysentmessenger stoSi honki ngofHeshbont o
all
owt hem t opasst hroughthehighwaybuthet ooref used
andt omakemat tersworsehegat her edhisar mytofight
57
agai
nstIsr
aelandGodsaidfighthi
m andpossesshi
sland.
Deut
.2:24.Theyfoughthi
m andpossessedhi
sland.
I
twas300yearsafter
,thattheKingofAmmoncamesayi
ng
t
oJephthahandIsraelthatthel
andwhicht
hechi
l
drenof
I
srael
wasoccupyingbel ongtohim.
Thesubjectofthequar
relwasaclai
m ofr
ightadvancedby
theAmmoni temonarchtothel
andswhichtheIsr
aeli
tes
wereoccupying.
Jepht
hah'
srepl
ywascl
ear
,deci
siv
e,andunanswer
abl
e:
● Fi
rst
,thosel
andswerenotinthepossessi
onofthe
Ammoniteswhenhiscount
rymengotthem, andt
hatt
hey
hadbeenacquir
edbyri
ghtofconquestf
rom theAmori
tes
[
Jud11:21]
;
● Secondl
y,t
heIsrael
it
eshadnow, byal apseofthr
ee
hundredyearsofundisput
edpossession,establ
isheda
prescr
ipti
veri
ghttotheoccupat
ion[Jdg.11:22;Jdg.11:
23
● andthir
dly,havi
ngreceivedagrantofthem from the
Lord,hispeoplewereentit
ledtomaintai
nt hei
rrightonthe
samepr inci
plethatgui
dedt heAmmoni tesinreceivi
ng,
from
theirgodChemosh, theter
ritor
ytheynowoccupi ed[Jud
11:24].
Jephthahsai
d,‘
ourGodhasgi
venusthi
slandfori
nher
it
ance,
wil
lyounowcomeandt akewhatGodhasgivenunt
ous’?
Jdg11: 23-24KJV 23Sonow t heLORD
God of I sraelhat h dispossessed t he
Amoritesf rom before hispeopl eIsrael
,
andshouldestt houpossessit?24Wi ltnot
thou possess t hatwhich Chemosh t hy
god gi veth t hee to possess? So
whomsoevert heLORDourGodshal ldrive
outfr
om bef oreus,them wil
lwepossess.

I
twasal
egi
ti
mat
ewar
far
e.

58
Ladiesandgentlemenyoumustdef endwhatGodhasgiv
en
youotherwiseyoumaylosethem.Youmustbeabl eto
presentyourcasewhycert
ainthingsmustormustnot
happen.Jephthahknewthehistory.
Sowhatdi
dJepht
hahdot
odef
endI
srael
’
spossessi
on?
Jdg11:29KJVThentheSpi r
itoft
heLORD
cameuponJephthah,andhepassedover
Gil
ead,andManasseh,andpassedover
Mizpeh ofGil
ead,and from Mi zpeh of
Gil
eadhepassedoveruntothechi l
drenof
Ammon.

Jdg.11:32KJVSoJepht hahpassedover
untot he chi
ldr
en of Ammon t of i
ght
agai
nstt hem;and t he LORD del
ivered
them i
ntohishands.

TheSpi r
itoft
heLordcameuponhim, t
heSpiritofmight
.
Thiskindofbatt
lei
snotfoughtwi
thouttheaidoftheHoly
Spiri
t.I
twasthesamewayHecameonSamsoni nhisdays
thatHecameonus.Pr ai
seGod.Hedoesn'tjustcomeonus
butHel i
vesinuspermanent
ly.
Hedidnotwaitf
ort
hem tocomebuthecr ossedoverunt
o
them t
ofi
ghtt
hem andtheLorddel
iver
edthem int
ohis
hands.MayGoddel
iveryourenemi
esintoyourhandsi
n
Jesusname.
RememberwhatGodt oldt
hechil
drenofIsr
ael,Hesai
dt hey
shouldcrosstheRiverArnoni
ntotheAmor i
tester
ri
tory.I
tis
thesamet hi
ngher e.Jepht
hahcrossedover.Godwantsus
tolaunchanattackandnotwaitfortheenemybutr at
her
takethewartot hem.
Isa 28:
5-6 KJV 5 Int hatdayshal
lthe
LORDofhost sbef oracrownofgl
ory
,and
foradiadem ofbeauty,
untother
esi
dueof

59
 hi
speople,6Andf oraspiri
tofjudgment
tohimt hatsit
tet
hi njudgment
,andf or
str
engthtothem t
hattur
nthebattl
etothe
gate.

Thegateofhel
lshal
lnotpr
evai
lagai
nstt
headv
ancementof
thechur
chMat16:18
Mat16:18KJVAndIsayal sountothee,
ThatthouartPet
er,anduponthi
srockI
wil
lbuil
dmychurch;andthegat
esofhell
shal
lnotpr
evai
lagai
nsti
t.

Ladiesandgent l
ementhebestf
orm ofdefenseisof f
encein
warfare.Rathert
hanrepel
li
nganat
tackordef endingyour
groundaf t
ertheenemyhascome,thebestwayi st ogoaft
er
them,launchanat t
ackagai
nstt
hem inthei
rterri
tory.
HOW DEVI
LATTACK?
• Heat
tacksy
ourmi
ndwi
thdoubtandf
ear
.
• het
ell
syouthatGodwon’
tdoi
tfory
oubecausey
ou
di
dn'
tqual
i
fyfori
t
• Hemakesyoudoubtt
hewi
l
li
ngnessofGodt
ouseHi
s
powerony
ourbehal
f.
Heattackst
hemi ndf
ir
stbef
oreat
tacki
nganyot
hert
hing
l
ikebody,j
ob,et
c.
Whendoubtandf earcomesandevi
lsuggest
ionsf
rom t
he
devil
,cancel
orresi
stitwi
tht
hewordbecausehewantsto
stealt
hewor dandfai
thfr
om you
TheLordJesussai
dinJn.10:10thatt
hethi
efcomest
o
st
eal
,kill
anddestr
oy.Thedevil
steal
stwotypesof
i
nheri
tanceandpossessi
on:
- t
het
angi
blepossessi
onwehav
enow
- Andpossessi
ony
ouj
ustr
ecei
vedbyf
ait
h.

60
1. Thet angi
blepossessionincl
udesy
ourbody,
heal
th,
prosper
it
y,weal
th,
chil
dren,husbandandwif
e,l
andand
houses.
2. Whi lepossessi
onsbyfai
tharethi
ngsy oubeli
ev ed
andrecei
vedfrom t
heLordbuttheyar
ey ettocomei nto
physi
calmanif
estati
on.Thedev
ilcansti
l
l st
ealthem through
doubtandunbeli
ef.
ManyChr i
stiansdon’ tsharet hisvalue,theywai tuntilt
hey
aresickbef oredecl aringandpr ayi
ng, theywai tuntilt
hey
l
oset heirjoborbusi nessbef or epray i
ng.Somewai tuntil
ther
ei stroublei nthef ami lybeforet heystar
tr unningto
churcht oseet hepast or.Whati swr ongwi ththatki ndof
approachi sthaty ouwi llbefighti
ngwi t
happr ehension,fear
,
andf r
om apoi ntofdef eat.Butoneoft heway st omov e
from glorytogl oryandgr aceunt ogr aceistoant ici
pate
possibleattackandat tackbef oreyouar eattacked.
Howev er,i
ftheenemyhascomenow, def endy our
possession.Don’
tyiel
di tt
othedev i
l
.Itcostt heLordJesus
greatbeforeheprocuredourhealth,
pr osperit
yandpeace.I t
i
snotf ree.Hepaidforitandpleasedon’ tall
owt hedevil
to
i
ntimidateandstealyourjob,
health,business,progressin
l
if
e.
Thereasonwhythedev il
ishavingaf i
elddayisthatmany
peopl
edon’tv
aluewhatt heyhav e,t
heylookdownoni t.They
say“i
sitmethatwil
l bemanagi ngthissmallthi
ng”
Zechari
ahsay
s,‘whoar tthouthatdespisethedayofli
ttl
e
begi
nning.
’
?Thatthingthatyoucal lsmall
,somear edy
ingto
geti
tandthedevil
want st ot
akei tf
rom you.
Jas1:7KJVForletnott
hatmanthi
nkthat
heshallr
ecei
veanythi
ngoftheLor
d.

I
tisnotbecauseGodhasnotgi
venbuthefai
l
edt
orecei
ve
becauseheall
owedtheenemyt
osteali
tandsoi
tdi
dnot

61
mat
eri
ali
ze.
Thi
sist
headmoni
ti
onoft
heSpi
ri
tasr
ecor
dedbyJohn:
Rev 2:
25 KJV Butt hatwhi
ch y
e have
al
readyhol
dfastt
il
lIcome.

Hewast al
ki
ngt ot
hechurchofThyat i
raaboutthepur
e
doctr
ineoft
heGospel,hol
dfastti
l
l Icome- t
il
lIcomet
o
executet
hejudgment
swhi chIhavethreatened.
Rev3:11KJVBehold,Icomequi
ckl
y:hol
d
thatf
astwhich t
houhast ,t
hatno man
taket
hycrown.

Thesamei ssaiduntothechurchatPhi l
adelphiatoholdfast
eit
herhergr aceintheexerci
seofit,asherfaith,pat
ience,or
ratherthedoctri
nesoftheGospel ,andtheordinancesofi t
,
whi chshehadr ecei
ved,asdeli
veredbyChr i
standhi s
apost l
es:andwhichshehadhel dint hetr
uthandpur it
yof
them, andisnowexhor t
edt oholdthem fast
,
Paul
andJudeadmoni
shedust
oo
2Th2: 15KJV Therefore,br
ethren,st
and
fast,andholdthet
radit
ionswhichyehave
been t aught
,whetherby wor d,orour
epistl
e.

2Ti1:13KJVHoldf astthef
orm ofsound
words,whichthouhasthear dofme,i n
fai
thandlovewhichisinChr
istJesus.

Heb.10:23 KJV Letus holdfastthe

prof
essi
onofourf ai
thwit
houtwaver
ing;
(f
orheisfai
thf
ult
hatpromi
sed;
)

Jud 1:
3 KJV Bel
oved,when Igave al
l
di
li
gencet
owriteunt
oyouofthecommon
62
 sal
vation,itwasneedf ulformet owrit
e
untoy ou,andexhor ty outhatyeshoul
d
earnestl
ycont endforthefaithwhi
chwas
oncedel i
vereduntothesaints.

Somepeopl ehavebeenhealedbefor
eandsuddenl ythey
startnot
ici
ngthesymptomsofthatsicknessbutratherthan
fi
ghtitbackanddefendthei
rheali
ng,t
heygiveintowr ong
confessi
onandopent hedoorwideforthedevi
ltocomeand
steal.
CASESTUDYOFNABOTH
1Ki21: 2-
3KJV 2AndAhabspakeunt o
Naboth,sayi
ng,Givemet hyvineyard,that
Imay have i tf ora gar den ofher bs,
becausei ti
snearunt omyhouse:andI
willgi
vetheefori
tabet t
ervineyardthani t
;
or,ifi
tseem goodt othee,Iwi l
lgivet hee
thewor thofitinmoney .3AndNabot h
saidtoAhab,TheLORDf orbi
di tme,t hatI
shouldgivetheinheri
tanceofmyf athers
untothee.

Nabot hsaidoverhisdeadbodywi l
lhisf at
her’
sinheri
tance
begi v
ent oanotherper son.Hewasact ual
l
ytalki
ngtoKi ng
Ahab.Youcani maginet heaudaci t
y.Thatiswhati am
tal
kingaboutint hi
sbook, Defendwhathasbeengi venunto
youwi thevery
thinginy ourcapacity.IfNabothwasso
commi t
tedtohisfather’sinheri
tance,howmuchmor ewhat
Godhasgi v
ent ous?WasNabot hrightaboutnot
exchanginghisfather’
si nheri
tancef oranotherthi
ng?Yes,
ther
ewasanexi sti
ngl awt hatprohibitedtr
ansferoflandand
i
nher i
tance.
Num.36:7-9 KJV 7 So shallnotthe
i
nher
it
ance of the chil
dren of I
srael
r
emovefrom t
ri
betotr
ibe:f
orever
yoneof
63
 thechildrenofI sraelshallkeephimsel fto
theinheritanceoft het ri
beofhisf ather s.
8Andever ydaught er,t
hatpossesset han
i
nheritancei nanyt ri
beoft hechil
dr enof
Isr
ael,shallbewi feunt ooneoft hef ami ly
ofthet ri
beofherf ather,thatt
hechi ldren
of Israel may enj oy every man t he
i
nheritanceofhi sfathers.9Nei t
hershal l
theinheritancer emovef r
om onet ribet o
anothertribe;butever yoneofthetribesof
thechildrenofI sraelshallkeephimsel fto
hisowni nheritance.

Thiswastobet hegener alr

ulewhichgov er
nedallsuch
questi
ons.EveryIsr
aelit
ehadhi sownshar eint
he
i
nheri
tanceofhist r
ibe,andwiththathewast obecont ent
,
andnotseekt ointr
udeonot hertri
bes.Itwaswrongt henfor
AhabtodesirethelandofNabot handi twastheri
ghtt hi
ng
forNabothtosaynot othegreedykingAhab.
HOW DOYOUDEFENDANDKEEPYOURPOSSESSI
ON?
1. Commi titi
nt oGod’ shand.Act20: 32KJVandnow,
brethr
en, Icommendy out oGod, andt ot hewor dofhi s
grace,whi chisabl etobui l
dy ouup, andt ogi vey ouan
i
nher i
tanceamongal lthem whi char esanct i
fied.Thewor d
“commend”i s‘ paratit
hemi ’
.I nGr eek, itmeanst opl ace
alongside,thati s,present( food, trut h);byi mpl i
cat i
ont o
deposit(asat rustorf orpr otect ion) : -allege,commend,
commi t(t
hekeepi ngof ), putfort h, setbef ore.Ev erydayI
commi tmy selfandal lthatper tainsunt omei ntoHi shand.
2Ti1:12KJVFort hewhi chcauseIal sosuf fertheset hi
ngs:
neverthelessIam notashamed:f orIknowwhom Ihave
beli
eved, andam per suadedt hathei sabl etokeept hat
whichIhavecommi ttedunt ohi m agai nstt hatday .The
wor d“keep”i nGr eeki s“ phulassō”i tmeanst oguar d,t
o
watch, keepwat ch,toguar dorwat ch, hav eaney eupon: l
est
heescape, toguar daper son( ort hi ng)t hathemayr emain

64
safe,lesthesuf f
erv iol
ence,bedespoi l
ed, etc.topr otect,to
protectonef r
om aper sonort hi
ng,tokeepf rom bei ng
snatchedaway ,preservesafeanduni mpai red, t
oguar dfrom
beingl ostorperishi
ng, t
oguar done'ssel ffr
om at hing.
Wher et herei
snocommi tt
ingorcommendi ng, t
her eisno
keepingPsa.121: 4-5KJV4Behol d,het hatkeepet hIsrael
shallnei t
herslumbernorsl eep.5TheLORDi sthykeeper :
theLORDi st
hyshadeupont hyrighthand.Wher eitisnot
keptwi ththeLor d,
youcan'thol dHimr esponsi ble.
2. Resi stt
hedev i
l
.Jas4:7KJVSubmity
oursel
ves
ther
efor
etoGod.Resi
stthedevi
l
,andhewil
lfl
eefr
om you.
3. Fi ghtthegoodf i
ghtoff ai
th.Apartf
rom compel l
ing
ourrebelli
oussi t
uat i
ontolineupwi ththeword.Fighti
ngt he
goodf i
ghtoff aithalsomeansdef endi
ngwhaty ouhav ewi th
al
l y
ouhav e.1Ti6: 12KJVFi ghtthegoodf i
ghtoff ai
th,lay
holdonet ernallife,whereuntothouartalsocalled,andhast
professedagoodpr ofessionbeforemanywi tnesses.Thi s
meansmaki ngt hem toremai nconsist
entwiththewor dof
Godandt hisisdonebyconf essi
ngandusi ngthewor dof
Godov ery ourselfandallthatpertai
nstoyou.
4. Putont hewhol ear mourofGod.Eph.6: 12- 18KJV12
Forwewr estl
enotagai nstfleshandbl ood, butagai nst
principalit i
es,agai nstpower s,againstther uler soft he
dar knessoft hi swor ld, againstspi ri
tualwi ckednessi nhi gh
places.13Wher eforet akeunt oy outhewhol ear mourof
Godt haty emaybeabl et owi t
hstandi ntheevi lday , and
havi ngdoneal l,tostand.14St andtherefor e, havi ngy our
l
oinsgi rtaboutwi t
ht rut h,andhavi ngont hebr east plateof
ri
ght eousness; 15Andy ourf eetshodwi tht hepr epar at
ion
oft hegospelofpeace; 16Aboveal l
,taki
ngt heshi eldof
faith,wher ewithy eshal lbeabl etoquenchal lt hef ier ydart
s
oft hewi cked.17Andt aket hehel metofsal vat ion, andt he
swor doft heSpi ri
t,whi chi st hewor dofGod:18Pr ay ing
alway swi thallpr ayerandsuppl i
cati
oni nt heSpi rit
, and
wat chi ngt hereunt owi thal lper severanceandsuppl icat i
on
foral lsai nts;
Thear mourcompr i
sesbot hdef ensi v eand
65
offensiveweapons.Onl yoneisoffensiveandt hatisthe
wor dofGod.Rev1: 16KJVAndhehadi nhisrighthand
sevenst ars:andoutofhi smouthwentashar ptwoedged
swor d:andhi scount enancewasast hesunshi nethinhis
strength.Ibelievet hisissymboli
coft hewor dofGodwhi ch
i
sshar pert hant woedgedweapons.Heb.4: 12KJVFort he
wor dofGodi squi ck, andpowerful,andsharpert hanany
twoedgedswor d, pierci
ngeventot hedividi
ngasunderof
soulandspi ri
t,andoft hejoi
ntsandmar r
ow, andi sa
discerneroft het hought sandintentsofthehear t.
Ifyoudef endit
,itwil
llastforyouforav erylongt i
me.For
i
nst ancedefendy ourbodyy ouhav econtrolov eri
t,iti
sy our
vehicleorcanopyort ent.Don’tall
owanyencr oachmentof
sicknessanddi sease.Defendy ourmoney ,thedev ildel
ight
i
npov er
tyandpenur yandmakepeopl eli
vebel owwhatGod
hasdest i
nedthem t obe.Def endthatbusinessandj oby ou
hav e.I
tiswhaty ouhav ethatfrom thereGodwi l
ltakeyout o
greaterheight
.Yourper sonal mini
stryhol
dsi tfast.
Thei nheri
tancewehav eundert heNewTestamentwasnot
free.Jesuspaidf oreveryoneoft hem wi
thHislif
e.Hewas
smi tt
enwi t
hstripesforourheal i
ngandHethatwasr i
chwas
madepoorsot hatthr
oughHi spov er
tywemi ghtbemade
ri
ch.Hebor eoursinsinHi sownbodysot hatwecanbef r
ee
from theslaveryofsinf or
ever.Wemustnott akethegr
ace
ofGodi nv ainbutuset hem,defendandkeept hem f
or
furtherusagetopr omot ethekingdom.
Backt
otop

66
 Sal
vat
ionpr
ayer
Thegr eat estneedofmanki ndisar elationshi pwitht heir
maker .Ther eisav acuum inev er
ymant hatonlyGodcanf i
ll
.
Mat eri
al possessi on,fi
nancialbreakt hroughandgoodheal th
cannotbecompar edwi t
ht hejoyofbei ngsav ed.Thisi s
whatJesuscamet odoaboutt wot housandy earsago, t
o
reconcilemanki ndwi t
hGod.Thati stheobj ecti
veof
salvati
onJohn3: 16butsi nhassepar atedbet weenusand
ourGodsoHehast opayf oroursi nbydy ingont hecr oss.
Allthewr at
handj udgmentofGodconcer ningsinwer e
placedonHi m, Hebecamewhatwear esowecoul dbecome
whatHei s2Cor5: 19-21.Bybear ingoursi n, God’sjudgment
oversini sat onedf or;Godwi l
lnotpuni shusf orthesame
offenceHehaspuni shedHi sownSonf or.Whenwebel i
eve
thisgoodnewsandconf essJesusasourLor d,webecome
bornagai n2cor5: 17.Nowwear esonsofGod.Howdoy ou
receivet hegiftofsal vat
ion?Bybel i
ev i
ngi ny ourhear tthat
Godr aisedJesusf r
om thedeadandconf essingwit hy our
mout ht hatJesusi sLord,youwi l
l besav edRom 10: 9-10.I
believ
ey ouar eready ,pl
easesayt hispr ayerwi thme:
“FatherIcomet oyou,Iam sor r
yf ormy
sins,forgi
veme.IbelieveJesusdi edf or
mysi nandwasr ai
sedf ormyjust
if
ication.
IconfessJesusasmyLor dandSavi our.I
am saved,Iam bor n again.Thanky ou
Jesusf orsavi
ngme.”

PraiseGod,i
fyoumeanthatprayerf
rom yourhear
t,Ibel
i
eve
youar ebor
nagainandhavebecomepartakersofdivi
ne
nature.
Whatnext
?
Pl
easefindagoodBi blebelievi
ngchurcharoundyou,
i
ntr
oducey oursel
ftothePast orthaty
oujustrecei
vedJesus
i
ntoyourli
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l acceptyouandasy oustartl
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