Put on god's armor in the evil day
15 October 2023
Pastor Lawrence
When fills with worry, stress => turn my eyes away from challenges of my life and turn my eyes on Jesus
He is altogether lovely
Isaiah 53:2-3
2 He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Why was He despise?
Because He became sin for me
Jesus was a man anointed oil of gladness above His companions at the cross He became sin for me
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
He was crucified at the cross
Isaiah 53:4-5
4 Surely He has borne our griefsAnd carried our sorrows;Yet we esteemed Him stricken,Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,He was bruised for our iniquities;The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,And by His stripes we are healed.
Remember Jesus, come boldly to throne of grace, come and receive
He can never be against me, he paid for the price for me
God's will for me to be heal, absolutely without a shadow of doubt
An honour and privilege I get to give for the one who first gave to me, He gave His only darling Son
Pastor Prince
Everything is orchestrated by Lord
Let Him have His way
Book of Acts : Everything about church and Holy Spirit
He send them off for mission
Peter - Jewish
Paul - Gentiles
Acts 13:2
As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
It is Holy Spirit who give the gifts
Joy and peace
Let the Lord by His spirit love on His church
When I am surrounded by emery or outnumbered by enemy, give thanks to the Lord, His love endures forevermore
John 10:10a
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
The Lord will fight my battle while I praise Him
King Jehoshaphat sang song, they sending worshippers infront
2 Chronicles 20:21-23
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:
“Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever.”
22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.
23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Song: Praise the Lord for He is so good, and His love endures forevermore
Singing this song, enemy fighting among themselves
Fear not, the battle is the Lord's
Let Lord arise and His enemy scattered
God will defeat my enemy
Lord is all seeing, all knowing and all providing Lord
Testify, that is how I keep the healing
God stills heals and delivers
Restoration coming my way
Matthew 24:3-8
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Jesus loves to spend time at Mount Olives
2 questions: when will these things be? what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?
Matthew 24:1-2
1 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
Emperor of Rome said: Do not destroy the temple
Son of God: not one stone will be left
Matthew 23:37
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Jesus was rejected
He will return for them Matthew 23:39
For I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Lord can force love but He can't force His blessings on me
Love cannot force people, can't force people to do what they don't want to do
Jesus loves Bethany. He is always welcome there, Mary, Lazarus and Martha is Bethany
He ascended from Bethany in Book of Luke, the place that He love, the place that He talks about world event before His coming
wars and rumours of wars is happening now,
war threat of China - Taiwan, Russia - Ukraine, Israel pathetic time clock
As believers, He wants everyone to be saved, souls to be saved
No matter who you are, God wants you saved
Matthew 24 - 2 folds
1) Far fulfilment - when will be the sign of Your coming?
2) Immediate fulfilment - AD70
40years numbers of trial/ judgement into Jubilee
AD70 Romans came in, Israel scattered till 1948 came back as nation
Jesus said that this generation will not pass till fulfilment fulfilled
Matthew 24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
Don't give credit to the one who pray for me, there's only one Christ
Don't give glory to man, give glory to the Lord
man branch, vine that is growing
glory should go to the vine
Christ, the anointed one
when hear of all this things (wars and rumour of wars) , Jesus said in Matthew 24:6 "See that you are not troubled"
Don't be frighten
See that I be not alarm, not frighten and not troubled
people absorb the news and be troubled
Don't lose that consciousness
My mind need to be on Christ
everything so perfect, beautiful while I live on earth
Don't fall to vanity line, ugliness, depress, evil, obsess with what is evil and wrong, feel weight
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things arelovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
If there be any praise, virtue, think of this things
truth and not virtue to think about
Keep my mind => Jesus sit at Father's right hand right now
Enthrone above all
King overall
As He is so am I in this world 1 John 4:17
He above all principalities and power so am I in this world
My God and Saviour
see that I am not troubled
the end => right at the end He comes back for Israel
There is 7 years of tribulation
happening now => prelude seems to point towards, not Ezekiel 38 yet
In Luke account => great earthquake, more than 7
1900-2000 earthquakes were spread out
Matthew 24:8 "sorrow" => woman's birth pangs
signs back to back, all coming together => beginning of birth pangs
first natural than the spiritual
Good in my armour, standing now in evil days => enemies trying to steal, children's mind being attack, rob of God's word
God's word around long before we were
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
love children, don't spoil them
to spoil a child, is to kill a child
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Hebrews 12:6
For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”
don't reason with small child
God is greater than their wisdom
Exercise God's wisdom, greatest than them
know that I am in a battle, the battle is the Lord's
In bondage, don't know how to get out, spiritual warfare
all addictions need help, spirit around us give us the pain, depress and sickness, they rob from us
devil steal first before they can destroy and kill
the devil come to steal the word
Don't lose the word of God
children influence by friends, the word have been stolen, don't feel discourage
God can give me influence and favour like the friends never can
The more I am practising believer, I am Holy, righteous and good
My word carries weight
1 Samuel 3:19
So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
I can tell my children: I don't agree with that, that person trying to be proud, taking authority of God's word, I am standing by God's word
Ecclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king is, there is power;
Ask God for favor
God is watching me
Don't feel condemn
Romans 8:1a
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus
even great parents lose the child for awhile
Proverbs 22:6 God's promise
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prophet Samuel have children went astray, David (a man of God's heart) too
Beside health, devil want to steal my influence, lie, laugh at dirty jokes, compromise and don't shine
Beauty of Jesus, among the leper, cleansing them, there is power, dignity and love, presence of the Lord
dignity => the world wants to see someone different
Don't compromise, I am the salt of the earth
Salt is refrigerator in the past
Salt is valuable in those days
Romans pay soldier with salt
He worth his grain of salt
Salt => Salary
in those days, salt loses saltiness and flavour when in touch with the ground
touch ground, lose its value
therefore good for nothing, thrown out in the street
lose saltiness, thrown in the street, man tremble it
God knows everything
unsalted salt can't throw into field, will cause infertility for the harvest, rob the harvest
threw at ground where man walk all over, step on them
Christian try to be like world, world wins over them
Christian stand in ground, shine forth with glory of the Lord
even the world come close, they want to know how I do it, strength to overcome the trial
God made us, He knows how I am created
Sex is God's idea
God use it to multiply, replenish the earth. God knows how the earth works
Make sure I have armor of God on
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 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.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
"be strong in the Lord" => conscious of Him, I am in Him, in Him I am strong
my problem is not spouse, child, boss. Is spiritual behind it
Christian posture => don't hate them, pray for them
pain in bone => hong (Hokkien), wind and spirit
in greek => pneuma
in Hebrew => ruach
battle it => speak to it
declare => pain lose my body and let it go in the name of Jesus
Speak, don't doubt. Doesn't happen, speak again. My word have spirit
I am armor of God
we don't fight like running
me => stand, ground is mine
stand my ground
field of lentils (Dahl)
Healthy eating Dahl everyday
2 Samuel 23:8-39 enemy came, David might men said => you are not taking my field
He stand his ground
=> stand on the ground that its already belongs to me
salt and clay became one
he stood, last man standing, enemies fall
=> stand on my ground and let enemy fall
I am the heal => By Your stripes I am healed
devil wants me to have mentality that I am not heal
Gospel truth, true righteousness
Armor of God
1) girded your waist
2) breastplate of righteousness
3) gospel of peace
4) shield of faith
5) helmet of salvation
6) sword of the Spirit
7) praying in Spirit
=> protect my heart
belt of truth => comfortable Ephesians 4:21-24
21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
=> pray into the enemy territory , distract enemy plan
praying in spirit => Praying in tongues
spend time with the truth => person of Jesus Christ
everything I see, exact like
when enemy stolen word, no more revelation, mind dull
I want that revelation, excited to see the word
Successful => ability to concentrate/ focus, at one thing at a time
we are so easily distracted. eg: enjoying good food, but thinking of problem
devil rob the word, John 10:10
Truth => Lord knows my body than anybody else
Lord knows exactly what I have
Luke 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
If a son ask you for an egg, you won't give him a bad thing to your son
Jesus says egg are good thing
Ephesians 4:21-24
"put off" the former conduct of old man, not me all this years energise by flesh old man
how to put off? "be renewed in the spirit of mind" what am I thinking of myself (not I am still my old man)
"put on" the new man
I need a strong belt
I am not my flesh, I am new creation in Christ
Be aware => when God looks at me, God sees me true righteousness and holiness because I am the righteousness of God in Christ
When I am born again I am born righteous
get mix out, come back to basic
How am I born a female? born
I am born a female
I am righteous born righteousness
Born of God righteous
who I am is born righteous and holy, I am partaker of His divine nature is in me now
teach me to be humble always
New creation
I am righteousness of God in Christ => start confessing
true desire, think of smoking, yucks => that's deliverance
put off the old man
put on realised I am the righteousness of God in Christ (especially when I do wrong- this is not who I am)
what I did, do not proceed who I am
sin that dwells in me did it
renew my mind => I am the righteousness of God in Christ
Don't attack the person, not saying you but saying what he did (you are much better)
See darkness, don't curse, just on the light
darkness in room, switch on light
Don't be conscious of darkness, conscious of the light- Lord
Don't curse the light, just switch on
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and I shall be saved
Jesus ruler over all
All my sins are totally forgiven
Filled me with Holy Spirit
Child of most high God
I belongs to His kingdom
Don't be conscious of demon
Let God arise, enemy scattered
Thank you Jesus
Amen