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KNOCKING OUT OUR ENEMIES, Part 4
Today we discover four more personal enemies that we must CONFRONT, CHALLENGE, and SLAY!4. STATUS QUO
Maintaining the existing condition or state of affairs. Comfortable with things as they are.
Resisting change. Accepting the current ungodly trends and character of society. Not willing to fight for a revolution. No miracles. No power. No holiness.
THE CHURCH WAS BORN AT PENTECOST TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN!
We have been born again to ROCK THE BOAT! To eradicate the status quo.
We must resist enemy occupation. We are resistance fighters.
Question: What are you doing?
5. NEUTRALITY
Neutrality does not want to participate in war. It does not want to take either side in a matter under dispute. Neutrality will not engage the enemy.
Neutrality has no place in spiritual revolution.
If your car is in neutral, guess what? You are going nowhere. If you remain in neutral, you will get run over.
We cannot be neutral in this fight with the kingdom of darkness.
In Judges 5:15-17 (NLT) Deborah challenges the tribes who would not come to fight the battle for their people: “But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision. Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision. Gilead remained east of the Jordan. And why did Dan stay home? Asher sat unmoved at the seashore, remaining in his harbors.”
BUT verse 18: “But Zebulun risked his life, as did Naphtali, on the heights of the battlefield.”
Jeremiah 48:10: “Cursed is he that keepeth back his sword from blood.”
To which company do you belong?
6. PASSIVITY
Passivity is acceptance without objection or resistance to enemy attack. It is reluctance to take action.
It has no place in spiritual revolution.
The church today is crippled and paralyzed because we have been robbed and cheated out of the true power of God. Where are the signs and wonders? Where is the fire of God in our lives?
In Luke 12:49, 50 (NLT) Jesus said: “I HAVE COME TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE, and I wish it were already burning! I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.”
7. NORMALCY
Normalcy is the accepted standard. Conformity to average lifestyle and mindset. Normalcy can be brought about by the fear of being different to popular opinion, fear of being seen as a fanatic or unbalanced.
It also has no place in spiritual revival.
Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone,
Dare to have a purpose firm
And dare to make it known!
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
