AGENTS OF DARKNESS AND THEIR OPERATIONS 3

"FOR WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV)

• In the first and second articles on this topic, about how the devil operates through human beings to manipulate and intimidate the believers and Ministers who do exploits.
WE are still on what to do, how to handle the matter, If it occurs.

• Be sensitive to God’s leading in every step you want to take at the Time—the time of crisis.
• If you are not sensitive enough and do not handle the matter maturely, what you have laboured to build over a period of time may be scattered overnight.
• Do not use your brain to figure out what to do, or use the principle of another Church, or the doctrine of a particular denomination, or the idea you heard from a friend or someone else to tackle the problem, but allow God to lead you on what to do.
• Handle the matter as God would lead you, not what your brain tells you to do (Numbers 9:6-11).
• Wait on God long enough until you receive direction on what to do, do not react in the flesh (Leviticus 24:10-16).

1. "Then they put him [the blasphemer] in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown to them.
2. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying"
   Leviticus 24:12,13 (NKJV)

• Do not be hostile to the people concerned, show Love, but stand your ground on whatever God may want you to do about the matter.
• Also do not just apply what you read in a book to the situation on the ground in your ministry, without asking God in Prayer.
• The book you read is the experience of somebody AND what you read may not directly work or be related with what is going on in your ministry or church.
• The reason being that people differ, all the more so, the environments and cultures are not the same.
  THE idea that is used to solve such a problem in one country or continent might not be applicable to similar problem in another country or continent BECAUSE of the custom and tradition, the belief system or mentality of the people involved.
• Also you have to teach the people the word of God, not human philosophy, to dispel whatever the enemy is trying to build up in their hearts against the work you are doing (2 Corinthians 10:3-6).

• Some of them who are misbehaving do not understand what they are doing.
SOME Men were rope into the conspiracy of Absalom to overthrow his Father's, David's, government: "And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, AND THEY WENT ALONG INNOCENTLY AND DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING" (2 Samuel 15:11).
WHATEVER some of the people are doing, they are doing it in ignorance, and the devil thrive in ignorance—where knowledge is lacking (2 Corinthians 10:3-6).

• Let them know that if they sided with the adversary, the devil, it is to their destruction—detriment Or disadvantage.
• Pray at such a Time, without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17; Numbers 16:28-30).
• Put your calling on the line—talk to God based on the covenant He has made with you.
• Do not fight with the arms of flesh, do not take the matter personally, it is God’s work.
  LET Him do the fighting and you watch.

“FOR THEY DID NOT GAIN POSSESSION OF THE LAND BY THEIR OWN SWORD, NOR DID THERE OWN ARM SAVE THEM; but it was Your [God's] right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favoured them."
Psalm 44:3 (NKJV)

• Take note:

• When we talk about building and leading the people, humans in general, you need to be patience, wise, prayerful, and listen to God on every step you want to take.
• If you are not wise and patience enough, you may lose the fight, and the work you have taken years to build may be scattered.
• If you overcome, win the battle, you will move higher, and be promoted in the Kingdom work.
• Your work, the ministry, will be established and move forward

• The truth is: You should know that the devil is using the same old tricks or methods, he only changes his approach.

• This test usually comes at the time God wants to announce your ministry and move you to a higher level.
• May you not abort the plan of God for your life and ministry in Jesus' name.

• Importance of following His leadings or instructions

• When the church I was pastoring had crisis, on several occasions, I would want to take a step on certain issues, and God would say, No (Acts 16:6,7).
• I may see something that is not good enough which I think I should talk on, but God would say do not talk.
• I may want to correct something, He may say No!
• I may want to be angry on something, He may say No, I should not.
• I missed it in the place of hearing God and doing what He told me, When the first church we raised had crisis.
• If you missed it, you may have years of set back before God can give you another chance or opportunity.

• The truth is: If you did allow God and build a strong fellowship, intimacy, with Him, you will avoid a lot of heartaches.

• If you failed in the listening and obeying God when the devil begins to incite the people under your leadership against you, you may end up scattering what you have laboured to build over the years.
• May the Lord give you understanding.
• God usually permits such crisis or rebellion in order to build His Minister up spiritually, train him or her on patience and other fruits of the spirit which may be lacking in the Life of such, and for them to understand spiritual warfare.

1. "Now these are the nations which the LORD left, THAT HE MIGHT TEST ISRAEL BY THEM, that is, all who had not known [experienced] any of the wars in Canaan
2. (THIS WAS ONLY SO THAT THE GENERATIONS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MIGHT BE TAUGHT TO KNOW WAR, at least those who had not formerly known it),
3. And they were left, THAT HE MIGHT TEST ISRAEL BY THEM, TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WOULD OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses."
   Judges 3:1,2,4 (NKJV)

• The whole matter stands ON: “God, What do I do on this matter?”
IF you adopted this pattern, you will have peace and stability in the work of ministry.

• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
Peace.
TO BE CONTINUED