Territorial Enemy

MILITANT EVANGELISM

 

INTRODUCTION

Every believer who has a revelation of the authority he has in Jesus Christ will on the cutting edge of miracle evangelism. He will boldly bombard the gates of hell, setting people free from the control of Satan. The end-time army will overcome demons powers and gather the precious end-time harvest into the hands of God.

Floods of Demons

There will be floods of demons trying to block the way to this harvest, to overthrow God's plan to raise up a mature and glorious Church destined to win the nations with the good news of Jesus Christ.

Raising A Standard

Satan has his plans, but God has an Eternal plan.  Isaiah wrote that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Lord will raise up a standard against him. We are to be that standard. Isaiah 59:19

Regional Spirits

There are: spirits over nations, spirits over regions, spirits over districts, spirits over families

The demon Prince of Persia is an example of this.  We are told that the ruling principality of Persia withstood the Angel of the Lord from bringing the answers to Daniel's prayer.  Later the Archangel Michael was sent to assist him in the battle. Daniel 10:13 

     "But the prince of the  Persian Kingdom resisted me 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with king of persia"  

Warfare In Evangelism

When we begin to evangelize we are coming against the strongholds of the devil.  We must operate in our God-given rights of binding and loosing so the captives can go free. We should expect to come into direct confrontation with principle rulers. It is important that we:

- Know about the strong man; Exercise our authority; Possess the occupied lands

Hindering Spirits

There are unseen spiritual forces in Satan's army whose primary job is to hinder the expansion of the gospel. Through lack of knowledge as intercessors, we often fail to directly attack the unseen forces of darkness. 1 Thessalonians 2:18

          

                                 "For we wanted to come to you -----certainly I, paul did again and again, but satan                                                          blocked our way. "

Spiritual Blindness

Satan has blinded the hearts of the unbelievers from receiving the gospel. 2 Corinthians 4:4

We as believers must break this spiritual blindness by binding the demons which are ruling their lives. We must also loose the light of the gospel to shine on them.

 

Binding Strong Man

Jesus taught us that we must first bind the strong man which are the principalities and powers which are ruling in territories, nations, regions, areas, families and individuals. Matthew 12:29, 18:18

Opening Blind Eyes

Intercessory prayer should be directed to the throne of God so the blindness of the hearts of men may be removed. We are to come against the spiritual darkness which blinds unbelievers. 2 Cor 4:3-6

We have the authority to strip the veil and let the light of the gospel shine.

Tearing Down Strongholds

God desires to build a praying army which uses intercessory prayer to pull down the strongholds of the devil.  He desires an army which will bind the demon spirits that hinder the harvest and loose the Holy Spirit to draw the lost to Christ. Isaiah 43:5-7

Spiritual Wrestling

Spiritual warfare often involves persistent wrestling in the spirit realm.  The answers to our needs and prayers are not always easily attained. These times are when we must endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul wrote Ephesians 6:12

David wrote words of encouragement for the times of wrestling. Psalms 9:11, 13

Travailing In Prayer

Just as it is sometimes necessary to wrestle against the forces of darkness, it is sometimes necessary to travail in prayer to gain the victory. The Holy Spirit helps us in intercessory prayer. Rom 8:26-27

Effective intercessors are bold in their prayers of faith which are based on an absolute confidence that we will win. Jesus has given us the keys of the kingdom and He expects us to violently take our cities and nations from the enemy by binding the strong man over the region. This is done only through intercessory prayer. Prayer is the language of war!

Prayer and Evangelism

When we pray for the harvest, we are to pray for the nations of the world and their leaders.  We are to pray for a peaceful environment for miracle evangelism. 1 Timothy 2:1-4

Ministering Angels

A mighty army of angels is available to enter into the warfare together with us. Notice that Jesus could pray to the Father and the Father would send the angels. Matthew 26:53

The angels want to be sent into warfare as ministering spirits on our behalf. Hebrews 1:14

As we speak the Word, angels respond to the spoken Word of God and move into action on our behalf. Psalms 103:20

Reaping The Harvest

Having won the war in the spirit world, over each territory, we must then move in with the gospel and through miracle evangelism reap a harvest of souls.

Ps. Jithro Alesna

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