INTRODUCTION
- Until the
God of vengeance shows up, the wicked may never give up!
- Remember
until God unleashed His vengeance upon Egypt, Pharaoh never gave up - Ex 11:1-7/Ex 12:12
- This is our year
of glory and we must rise up to destroy the bands of wickedness and undo the
heavy burden (Is 58:6)
- We must give
no place to the devil to corrupt our glorious destiny this year (Eph 4:27).
- Remember,
‘while men slept His enemy came and sowed tare’
- We must come awake from spiritual slumber and take full responsibility
for fulfillment of prophecies as individuals – Matt 13:24-28/Eph 5:14/ Is
52:1-2
- We must not
allow any devil bewitching our glorious destiny to survive – Exo 22:18
- We must
declare total war against the devil and his agents in taking full delivery of
our prophetic package for the year – 1Tim 1:18
- We cannot be
totally delivered from evil until judgment against the source is fully executed
– Ecc 8:11/Lk 11-2-4
- Execution of
vengeance is one major way to putting an
end to the wickedness of the wicked - Ps
7:9-13
- Until
Pharaoh and his army was drown in the Red Sea, the captivity of Israel was
going to continue –(Ex 14:14-19/20-31)
- We must
invoke capital judgment on all our assailant this month (Is 54:14-17/ Is
49:24-26)
- It’s high
time we declared total war against the wickedness of the wicked by engaging
spiritual weapons some of which we shall be exploring in our teaching series
this month – 2 Cor 10:3-5
STRIKING REVELATION OF OUR TRIUMPH IN CHRIST
- Darkness can
never resist the authority of light - Jn 1:1-5
- The
oppressor operates in the realm of darkness - Lk 22:43, Eph 6:1-12
- Christ
ceased all powers from the devil at the cross- Matt 28:18, Heb 2:14-15, Col
2:15 (Lk 10:19/11:21-22)
- Satan only
roars like a lion is not one - 1Pet 5:8,
- Having lost
all power, satan is only left with devices, wiles and deception - But now!
- But we have
been repositioned far above all principalities and power. Eph
2:5-6/1:20-21
- Col 1:13.
- All of the
above truth puts us at an advantage over the wicked one in battle.
WAYS TO ENGAGE IN VENGEANCE
1. VIOLENT
PRAYER AND FASTING
-
Importunity in prayer is a requirement for invoking vengeance - Lk 18:1-8
- Fasting is
a spiritual platform for loosing the bands of wickedness – Is 58:6
- Certain
wicked forces will not loose their grip except by prayer and fasting –
Matt17:21
- Jesus
returned in the power of the Spirit from the mountain of prayer and fasting –
Lk 4:14
- His words
were with power – Lk 4:32
- He was
empowered to destroy devils – Lk 4:36
- Prayer and
fasting changes the status of a believer spiritually
- Prayer
does not only change things, prayer actually changes people – Lk 9:28-35
· We can destroy the hold of devils through the
weapon of prayer and fasting.
2. VIOLENT FAITH
- Faith is a
weapon of victory over the forces of wickedness – Eph 6:16/ Heb 11:32-33
- Faith is
also a weapon of vengeance – Dan 6:23-24/ Dan 3:28-29
- This is
why our faith is the enemy’s target in battle – Lk 22:31-32
- When faith
graduates into trust, the arrows of the wicked are rendered powerless – Ps
125:1-3
- Violent
faith will always provoke vengeance – Esther 4:16/7:9-10
3. BOLD DECLARATION
- One cannot
be oppressed and be afflicted except with a closed mouth – Is 53:7-8 (Jn 18:6)
- When one’s
mouth is opened widely, his enemy will be subdued – Ps 81:10-14,
- Our mouth
is a spiritual weapon for conquest - Lk 21:15
- When we
speak boldly, God confirms violently – 2Kg 1:9-12, Act 14:3
- It’s time
to curse the fig tree mocking us – Mk 1:19-22, 2Kg 2:22,24
4. ENGAGING THE HOLY GHOST FIRE
- Recognize
that the mission of the Holy Ghost among others is to establish the fact that
“…..the prince of this world is judged” (Jn 16:9-11)
- Paul
declared judgment against Elymas the sorcery