THE LAY OF THE LAND



Battlefield Earth

WHEN ADAM AND EVE SUCCUMBED TO SATAN’S TEMPTATION TO DISOBEY GOD (6,000 YEARS AGO IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN) A BATTLEFIELD ON EARTH WAS ESTABLISHED. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, DARKNESS AND LIGHT HAS ENSUED IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MEN AND WOMEN SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY. SATAN DESIRES COMPLETE AUTHORITY OVER THE EARTH AND HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO RULE AND REIGN IN THE PLACE OF GOD. LUKE 4:5-6 TELLS US THAT SATAN TEMPTED JESUS AND “SHOWED HIM IN AN INSTANT ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD” – ADDING THE CHILLING PHRASE…”FOR IT WAS GIVEN TO ME….”

THANKFULLY, CHRIST REJECTED SATAN’S OFFER AND CONTINUED ON TO HIS SACRIFICE OF THE CROSS. HE LEVELED OUT THE BATTLEFIELD BY RETAKING THE HIGH GROUND OF CONTROL OF MOTHER EARTH PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED BY SATAN AND HIS ANGELS WHO HAD FALLEN TO EARTH WITH HIM IN THE REBELLION AGAINST GOD IN HEAVEN (REV. 12:4)

MAN IS CONTINUALLY BEING TESTED, GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, TO SEPARATE THOSE WHO PROVE WORTHY BY FAITH FOR ADMISSION INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM.

JUST AS MILITARY SOLDIERS ARE CONTINUALLY TESTED IN TRAINING AND COMBAT, SO TOO ARE WE IN OUR DAILY LIVES. IF WE DESIRE SUCCESS IN THE DAILY BATTLES AND STRUGGLES OF LIFE, WE MUST BE DISCIPLINED IN GOD’S WAYS AS ARE THE MILITARY.

WE ARE ALL SINNERS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN OUR LIVES. ROMANS 3:23 TELLS US; “FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.”

THE SECRET OF RESTORATION IS:

1. TO IDENTIFY OUR SINS

2. TO CONFESS AND REPENT OF OUR SINS

3. TO TURN AND SIN NO MORE

IN THIS WE ACHIEVE BALANCE AND PEACE AND ARE RESTORED TO THE STATE WE WERE INTENDED. WE TAKE BACK THE GROUND TAKEN FROM US.

SATAN DESIRES US TO BE DYSFUNCTIONAL, CONFUSED, ADDICTED TO SUBSTANCES OR OTHER EVILS, AND FILLED WITH FEAR AND ANGER FOR THEN WE BECOME A PART OF HIS SIDE OF THE LINE OF BATTLE. IN 1 JOHN 3:8-9 (NKJV) IT IS WRITTEN, “HE WHO SINS IS OF THE DEVIL, FOR THE DEVIL HAS SINNED FROM THE BEGINNING.”

DEMONIZATION OCCURS NOT ONLY DUE TO SIN, BUT TO FAULTY FREEWILL CHOICES WE MAKE IN LIFE AND TO FALSE BELIEFS WE HOLD FROM TIMES OF TRAUMA AND INJURY. THESE INJURIES(PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL) CAUSE US TO BE TAKEN INTO EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPTIVITY AND KEPT FROM FREEDOM IN OUR LIFE.

THE GOAL OF OUR LIFE IS TO BE RETURNED TO THE “FRIENDLY LINES” WHERE GOD IS IN CHARGE.

THIS DEFINES OUR ENEMY

THIS DEFINES THE BATTLEFIELD

THIS IS THE TIME TO GET ON THE VICTORIOUS SIDE FOR GOD AND FOR YOU.

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