Thank you, Father, for blessing us today, giving us wisdom, especially in the matter of warfare against enemies. Thank you, Father, for giving us the victory. It's already done in Jesus Name. We praise you for it and we thank you for wisdom today to help us to agree with You in this battle and win and be overcomers! Amen.

You know, the first thing you have to do in this warfare is to sanctify yourselves for the battle. We're told in 1Jn 3:21-22 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

So you need this boldness of heart or otherwise the devil will come and accuse you and you'll lose faith. We are told in 1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So then you can have boldness towards God if you do that honestly and believe the promise that He will cleanse you of all unrighteousness, then you can have that boldness towards God.

And we're told in Rom 6:11-14 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. This is where justification by faith comes from. Jesus took away your sins and so you can believe it and stand on it. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, If you don't believe it, you will not have victory over it. That you should obey the lust thereof. 13 Neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves unto God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. In other words, don't put yourself in a position to sin, don't willfully do that. 14For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace.

I'm sure you can do a lot more studying on this and especially justification by faith. The devil always comes to condemn you for things from your past, or he comes to condemn you for something he spoke into your mind. There's no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:1).

You put it under the blood by confessing it and being cleansed from all unrighteousness. And if he comes back, you have to do warfare against condemnation. Lots of people are dealing with this. The devil knows how to do this; he’s been doing it for a long, long time. My suggestion to you is that when he comes and it's something you've already confessed and already put under the blood, go on the attack against him, and run off condemnation, run off fear, run off doubt.

And one of your best weapons against him is to know that the victory is already accomplished. It says in Col 1:13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness and translated us into the Kingdom of the son of his love. We are not under the power of darkness. If you're walking according to your conscience, or even if you failed and confessed your sin and got back on track, you are not under the power of darkness, and you should act that way and speak that way and think that way or you'll lose the battle.

Joh 16:33 These things have I spoken unto you that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Well notice, we're to be happy because he's already overcome the world for us. We're entering into His works through faith, Paul said. So if you want to do His works, you must believe that your sins were taken away and that you've been given the victory. Also, Joh 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out. Well, was he cast out? He was cast out by faith. Faith at what happened at the cross. And we still claim it. He has no authority and no power. He's here to deceive people who don't believe the Gospel. They don't believe the Good News. He has no authority and no power. You need to exercise your authority over him. The promises are put there so we can use them as a two-edged sword.

Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said it is finished: and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. It is finished. He knew that He had overcome the world. He had conquered the enemy by that sacrifice and everybody who has faith in that sacrifice will have that victory. And also Luk 1:68-75 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.

For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people. It's done, 69 and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the House of his servant David 70 (And as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

71 Salvation, from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant. Yes, He made that covenant with Abraham and this covenant is still with us. The law did not supersede that covenant. It was a meantime thing until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, and that was Christ. And of course, everybody who is in Christ has this, if you abide in Him. 73 The oath which he swear unto Abraham, our father, 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of thy hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,… Notice this is a promise from a long time ago, and it's still true today. 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days. It's our right to walk in holiness and righteousness and overcome the enemies. It's already been accomplished for us. We're simply stepping into the works of God through faith in Jesus Christ, and His word.

Another thing you're going to want to do the whole time you're doing warfare against an enemy or want your victory over an enemy, and that is to pray always at all times. Ask for everything. God knows you're depending upon Him when you're asking Him. You're not depending upon yourself, your ingenuity, your strength, your money, whatever, and on and on.

1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing. Heb 4:16 And Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need. Go boldly before the throne and do it all the time. You can go boldly, you don't have to be ashamed to go and ask God. You shouldn't come up with cliches, “that God's too busy for this,” or whatever.

This is what He says, and we have to honor Him by what He says. He wants us to go boldly before the throne of grace so that we can receive mercy and find that grace and help in any time of need against an enemy that's already been conquered. It's good to remember the Good News, the Gospel! The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes it. (Rom 1:16) So that's what we're talking about today.

And of course, we always talk a lot about exercising your authority. If you don't, the devil will exercise his. Luk 10:17-19 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you. So we have this authority. If we exercise it, will it automatically come to pass? Why no, it won't. We have this authority, we are to exercise it over Satan and over all of his angels; all of his demons.

The demons are subject unto us, and Jesus said, I saw Satan falling from heaven; well, who was doing that? They were, and the Saints ultimately will figure this out, and they will do it. But we can do this anytime and should be all the time. It's our authority to cast down Satan and his angels. That means cast down their authority over us, their power. He's the prince of the power of the air, but he has no authority or power over us. So we should be exercising our authority over him.

And then and also says Rev 12:7-11, which is a principle that is true for now, but what he's talking about is this being manifested in the time when God's people get the revelation and start acting upon it. So since it's good for now, I'm going to share it with you. Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;

Remember, even before this the dragon was seeking to destroy the Man-child and failed. The Man-child was caught up to the throne, which is authority. He does not want that to happen. He doesn't want you to be caught up to the throne of authority. He doesn't mind lukewarm Christians because they are no problem to him. They are no threat to him. When you find out you have been sanctified through the work of Jesus Christ, delivered from sin, and capable of throwing him down, that's when he worries.

…Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon and the dragon warred with his angels. Notice the dragon who is said to be the devil, has angels. Some people say they're not angels; they are angels; the Bible says so. 8 and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; Everybody is deceived by him, except for those who get these revelations. he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven saying now has come the salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brethren is cast down,

He's the Accuser of our brethren. You know, there's a lot of little accusers out there that work for him and that's all they do is accuse others. I know you've seen this in the political realm, how the very left wing is accusing the people on the right, including Trump, of doing the very thing that they are doing. And they do it all the time. That's the devil in them, that is demon possession. That is what the devil does. He's always accusing the brethren.

Always! These are not like people that get offended with you and go away. No, they are demon possessed and that demon in them is wanting very badly to accuse you and to lie and to slander you and to bring you down. Don't you accept it in your mind. You're not supposed to accept his accusations against you. Don’t accept his slander against you in your mind, nor through other people. Don't accept it.

And he said …the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him... (Now this is the same way we're going to overcome.) because of the blood of the Lamb... (You see, Jesus took away our sins. We're delivered by the blood, we're washed and cleansed by the blood.) And because of the word of their testimony, (because they held fast their confession. We have to “hold fast the confession of our hope firm until the end.”) Hold fast, the word of their testimony and they love not their life, even unto death.

In other words, they were willing to give up the old life, the old man. Those that are not willing to give this up, they will be your enemy; they will fight against you. They will be on the side of the dragon. They will seek to devour you, so pity them. Don't worry about them but pity them and pray for them, that they will see through it and come through it but resist them and be honest with them just the way Paul and Peter and Jesus were. Tell them who they are so that they can repent; tell them where they are going to go if they don't repent.

That brings to mind that we're to wrestle with the demons and not the people. Eph 6:10-18 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. (Well, that's what we need right there. Now, how do you get that? Where is it?) 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. He's a deceiver and his people are deceivers. Notice the people who persecuted the Saints all the way through the Bible were people who called themselves Christians, but they were not. They were the devil's little accusers.

12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. So we're dealing with demons; these enemies that come against us. These are demon possessed people and that's what we deal with, it is the demons. They don't have the power to overcome them anymore because they lost their authority over them; they lost the knowledge of the Gospel. They lost everything they were taught and so they're totally given over to this and they think it's righteous and true.

Notice the left wing in the political side. We've noticed and been told by the Lord that the same thing is going on in the political side is going on in the spiritual side. There is a parallel, a perfect parallel.

So the demons through the left are constantly trying to drag Trump down. And the demons in the church are constantly trying to, first of all, drag the Man-child down, like the dragon in Revelation 12. But we know they fail. They failed because the Man-child is caught up to the throne. He exercises this authority, in other words, and we do too. We always have to exercise our authority over the wicked demons; we have authority over the demons in the people, that's how you deal with it.

So, he says, 13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, Hold on to the truth. See, the truth that we're talking about here will give you authority over the demons, and will give you authority over the wicked who are ruled by the demons. …and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.

So your heart, your innards are protected from the enemy’s arrows, spears, whatever, if you're walking righteously. How do you get there? We already spoke about that; you confess your sins and then confess your Savior. Once you've confessed your sins, He is faithful and just to forgive you. And then you confess your Savior.

And of course the devil is coming to condemn you. He does it through people. He does it through spirits. He speaks it in your ear. But don’t let him deceive you.

15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; The Good News of peace. Where do we find that? We just spoke about it; how that it was given to us by Jesus. He gave us peace from our enemies. He gave us deliverance from our enemies. Praise be to God! They'll never have peace. There is no peace to the wicked, says the Lord. They'll never have peace until they repent, but you can have peace.

16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one… Yes, you know the way to protect yourself is, don't let any of the fiery darts of the wicked one come into your heart or come into your mind. Because you have this shield of the knowledge that you were delivered; that you have authority over them; that you were saved, healed, whatever. Whatever it is you want from God, you know the promises are there.…Take up your shield of faith. He kills many people because they don't hold on to the faith in the promises of God. Many people's lives are shortened and they die before their time because they don't have the shield of faith.

…wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one; Yes, he's coming against you and making war against you. He speaks against the Word. If you need a healing, he speaks against it, constantly. If you need a resurrection, he speaks against it, constantly. And yes, well-meaning Christians around you will try to talk you out of it too. We were healed by His stripes, so we are healed.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, which is to protect your mind, because he comes against your mind. He wants to tell you that you are not sozo which is saved, or Soteria, which is salvation. Jesus saved you, but the devil wants to tell you don't have that. And he wants to put fear in you that you aren't saved from sin, sickness, the curse, etc. That you don't have any salvation from these things. But you have this helmet on, so cast it down. …and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: And you’ve got to swing it against the devil. He is a real enemy, but he can't do anything against the Sword of the Spirit.

18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons… There it is again praying at all seasons in the Spirit. You know, praying in the Spirit is so powerful, you will cast down the works of Satan by praying in the spirit. Keep it up. Don't give it up. Keep it up.

…Praying at all seasons in the spirit… You know, I will pray with the spirit and with my understanding also, Paul said. So praying with the Spirit is not praying with your understanding. It's praying in tongues. If you don't have that gift so that the Holy Spirit can pray through you according to the will of God and with faith, you're missing something very important. Go and ask God for this gift and receive it. Receive it by faith. Have people pray over you, whatever, but receive this gift; you need this when you're in war against the enemy.

…and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints… In other words, pray for you your brothers and sisters’ back; pray for your brother and sister in the Lord because God will bless you. Remember when Job prayed for his persecutors; the faction that was against him? God delivered him and gave him grace because he was giving grace. And while you're doing all this, be sure and do not trust in the strength of man because God's offended about that. His power is made perfect in our weakness.

Psa 44:3-7 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,… Now if you know and understand, and you've been studying with us a while, you know that the land is us, who drink the rain from heaven. We are God's tilled land, the Bible says. And if we bring forth thorns and thistles, we're nigh unto a curse. We are not to be bringing forth the curse. We're to be bringing forth the fruit of Jesus.

For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them. We want the favor of God. There's the grace that you can go boldly with to the throne for favor.

4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. 5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Notice there's lots of adversaries, not just the adversary called the devil. He's got lots of children out there to do his work. …Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. There it is. It's already done. Thou hast saved us from our adversaries. You have to have this knowledge. That's part of the Sword of the Spirit, …and hast put them to shame that hate us.

Psa 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. God has a vessel; President Trump is a vessel for instance. But you're not to put your trust in him or what he can do or what he can't do. You're to pray for him. Your trust is not in him. People can think that he is a very wise and very smart man. I'm not taking anything from him. He is all these things, but this does not give you victory over a spiritual enemy. It does not; it cannot. No amount of natural wisdom will conquer any of these spiritual enemies. It has to be God's wisdom and God's wisdom given to him and God's wisdom given to us who pray for him and others.

So, put not your trust in Princess, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. God is offended about this. He doesn't want this. If you want to see somebody fail, trust in them. God's not going to permit you to do that. And by the way, in the battle, fear not, as Jesus said.

Deu 20:1-4 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble,…

You remember Gideon's army? Anybody that was fearful was to go home because they weren't going to be anything but a weight for everybody else and could cause you to lose the battle. Notice when Jesus went to resurrect the dead, He took three of the most faithful disciples with Him in there. He didn't want any of the people that were crying, moaning and groaning. He only wanted faith in the room. Not saying that God can't do it; He does do it in front of people like the widow's son. But in general, He does it quite often when the fear and the unbelief are not in the room. …neither be ye affrighted at them; 4 for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

If He spoke it to them, He spoke it to us, we who are born from above. And you know, a great battle was fought. And God gave the victory to those that just praised Him.

2Ch 20:1-24 And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;

6 and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. Remember this, God is sovereign; He is over the enemy. When the enemy came against God's people, especially when they were in sin, God said that He sent them over and over, all through the scriptures. He is an authority. He can send them and He can send them against you so you can clobber them.

7 Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? (He gave you your land, for your spiritual man to live in and rule in. You need to conquer the old man, the Canaanite, to take away that land from him and live in his house!)

8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, (like the DS will bring against Apostate Christianity, and you will have to stand against this.) we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. Call upon the name of the Lord, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Amen.

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not; That's the Edomites, who are coming against their brother. These are factious people who are coming against Jacob.

11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly; 15 and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

It is God's battle. He's already told you what He's done. And you want to see Him move, so continue to believe what He has done concerning your enemies. 16 To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go out against them: for Jehovah is with you.

So you have to know that you have to believe that the Lord is with you, you're justified by faith. That means you're counted righteous by your faith that the Lord has taken away your sins. And of course, if you forgive, you're forgiven. So you can't take part in that unless you forgive.

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah. 19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice. 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto Jehovah, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto Jehovah; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

So Praise means bragging on God and this will give you victory over enemies, like in Psa 149:1-9 Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. (Lord, we praise You! We thank You for the absolute victory You've given us over the enemy, Lord in Jesus name. Hallelujah!) 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.

4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation. Notice salvation is salvation from enemies too. Some people narrow salvation down a lot. They don't see what it covers. It covers everything you need. Soteria means salvation from our enemies in every form and fashion, all our needs provided.

5 Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples; So they're executing this by coming against the very demons that are upholding these people; that's what we're doing, that is what we're told to do. You know in the Old Testament they did wrestle with flesh and blood, but it was a type of wrestling with principalities and powers and rulers of darkness. 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.

Why does He say, Praise ye the Lord? Because that's what you're doing. Praising God is binding their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron. You're scattering the enemy. You're turning what they sow back on top of them, so that they reap what they have sown.

2Co 2:14 But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, (What is triumph? Triumph is the celebration of the victory. You do this before you get in the battle.) …and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. So, believe and speak the end from the beginning. And of course, while you're doing it, be sure and forgive any who are against you.

Mar 11:23-25 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, (I believe He was talking about the Mount of Olives, or the “Mount of Corruption.” It represents a mountain by Jerusalem that is corrupt in its doctrine, and in its people. It represents corruption,) …say unto this mountain, be thou taken up and cast into the sea.

(A mountain is a kingdom.) …cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. 24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Let me say something about forgiveness. Personal forgiveness, you always owe to everybody, no matter what they've done. Governmental forgiveness is a different thing. The Bible says if he repent forgive him. That's talking about people in the body, people who are wanting to come back into the body like 1 Corinthians 5, Paul talked about casting somebody out of the body.

Later he asked him to bring him back because he had repented. He was exercising dominion over the wickedness in the body; this is necessary. Forgiveness can be governmental, or it can be personal. When it is personal, we always owe it. When it is governmental, we only owe it when a person repents; if he repents forgive him, that's what he said.

And Joseph said in Gen 50:20 And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good,… He believed in a sovereign God, so he was able to forgive his factious brothers who sent him into captivity and lied about him and the harlot also lied about him it represents the same parable. And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Notice you are to speak to the mountain. You are to believe you have received. We're supposed to speak the victory first. Which is what David did here in, 1Sa 17:44-47 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: (He saved with a little boy! LOL) for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.

He was showing them how to do it, I mean, they were all running away from the giant, but he was very bold and he spoke it ahead of time and it came to pass. I have this little saying I heard from many, many, many years ago, “Right song, wrong side.” The Israelites, celebrated after the Red Sea destruction of their enemies. And before they were anxious and troubled and fearful and spoke against God. But He saved them for His namesake. So I call it “Right song, Wrong side.” Exo 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Well, shouldn't they have been doing that on the other side? That's what the Lord has taught us. You're the mouthpiece of God. You speak for Him. He will bring down your enemies. You speak it, He will bring them down. And of course, the thing about bringing down enemies is if you bring down the demons that control them, they are then free. That is if God decides that these are the elect. Sometimes they're not the elect and they're going to their disaster. I mean it's forever; Hell is forever, as I told somebody just yesterday. We want to be sure that everyone makes it; that is, the elect of God. And otherwise, at least their demons are conquered, and they can do nothing to you.

Rev 19:1-2 After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: 2 for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

They're celebrating, but I want to tell you we are always being led in triumph, which is the celebration of the victory, we're doing that now. Notice the verse I just shared Exodus 15:1, notice, triumphed gloriously. So again right song, wrong side. Let's do it now. And another thing, while you're in the battle, you must be sure to obey your King and General.

Exo 23:20-23 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him. (In other words, He won't permit it. You can repent of anything and get forgiven. But he's not going to pardon you while you're in the midst of it. And that's why people got left in the hands of the devil.)

22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, (Notice, He said, “If thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice,” that's the Angel, “and do what I speak.” God speaks through angels. They are perfect prophets, because when they speak in the name of the Lord, they are speaking the Lord's word.) and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.

Those in the land that are the old man, and they are not the new man, they don't belong there. They were to continue walking through the whole land destroying these enemies. You are to do that too. We are doing it on a larger scale in the government we are doing it on a smaller scale in our individual lives because this land like Hebrew 6 says is us. The old man is not to rule this house; the spiritual man is to rule this house.

Num 14:41-43 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper? (You won't prosper if you're breaking the word of the Lord.) 42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. (Some people go up against their enemies and they're smitten down because they've sinned, and in this case they had.) 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you. (So if you're not following the Lord, don't think you're going to go up against the enemy and win against the enemy. You can go boldly before the enemy if your conscience is clear.)

2Ch 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

So we can't win against our enemies if we’ve forsaken the Lord. But if you confess your sins and you turn to the Lord and repent and then He delivers you of all unrighteousness, and then you're able to conquer the enemy.

Jos 6:2-5 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, (That's the beginning of their promised land. It was defended by the old man.) and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. (See remember it may not sound correct to you in your natural mind, but obey your General. Whatever He tells you to do. He told me today to talk on this. I asked Him very plainly and He told me very plainly. So I'm just obeying.) 4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.

And why a trumpet? You know, breath can be turned to intelligible, something heard. And a trumpet represents that, turning breath into something that is heard, something righteous that is heard. Like Gideon's army, they blew the trumpet and the enemy went all out to kill each other. So it's the voice of the Spirit because breath and spirit is the same word. The voice of Spirit spoken through the trumpet brought down the enemy. How awesome!

So thank you, Father, for this in Jesus name…

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