This is War

Pastor Sam welcoming you to victory today. I'm going to share with you a message that operates recently. I predict it will be a blessing to get more information, you can always go to our website.

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Let's coordinate service right now where God is moving by his spirit that nobody wants, especially the warrior, but I believe that as long as there is evil in this world. Good people will be called upon to stand up against in Ephesians 6 tells us that as believers we are in a war of good and evil and we are at war with Satan.

By the way, how we do know that the devil is real.

Somebody told me the other day said Satan is a myth. Can you believe that I said your mistaken, surreal them because it was a real devil but tempted Adam and Eve, and it was a real devil tempted Jesus and it will be a real devil that is cast in to the lake of fire. Old glory hallelujah not in Ephesians are displayed in the book of Ephesians and you go back to that first chapter you will find that there are three principles or three steps that you can take to not only defend yourself against the onslaught of the devil, because remember Jesus that he comes to steal, kill and destroy. But you can defeat the devil by using these principles and taking these three steps number one recognize your righteousness. The Bible says that you are the righteousness of God number two rely on your resources and number three rest in your relationship and by the way those first eight verses in Ephesians chapter 1 give us these principles and I will take the time to read that passage, but I hope that you will sometime today.

Number one. Recognize your righteousness.

Did you know that the Bible says our righteousness is as filthy rags.

Nothing I could do another words to redeem myself. The Bible says the soul would soon if it shall die. The wages of sin is death. The righteous demands of a just God had to be met. I couldn't do it and you couldn't do it. The Bible says in Galatians the third chapter and ask this question.

How can God who is just and righteous. How can I just God justify sinners.

The answers mountain verse 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse course was written, cursed is everyone that hang on a tree in second grade is 1/5 chapter and verse 17, it talks about how that if anyone is in Christ, that person becomes a new creation.

Old things are passed away and all things are new. But if you go down to verse 21. It tells us how it's accomplished. It says that he who knew no sin. Hallelujah, he knew no sin was to fit in all points like as we yet without sin who knew no sin. Jesus Christ the righteous one became sin for that we might be made the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Somebody say, praise the Lord.

I'm sure that there are times when we all go to God in prayer and try to remind them of something that we've done in the past. Lord, I'm so sorry. I know I ask you to forgive me years ago and I believe you did but I'm so sorry. I feel bad. I'm so sorry that I did that. I'm sure that in heaven God is saying what you're talking about why because in Micah it says in the last chapter about the next to the last verse that God had compassion upon us and subdued our iniquities and cast our Syrians into the depths of the city hallelujah I Syrians have not only been forgiven by God, but they help and forgot… I know you first on one another and says if we confess our Syrians, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Did you know the Bible says in Romans 51 therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Did you know it says in chapter 8 verse one there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. Did you know it says in Ephesians 289 for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast.

But in Titus chapter 2 it says the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to us that God through his grace and through his mercy has cleansed us and washed, and now we are pure ESI come to tell you that I was playing that day is the blood of Jesus can't make me. I am very righteousness of God. There are some things are hard for us to say some things that are hard for women to say, get into that today because it could cause me some problems later on. But have you noticed and I don't have to say it very often because it's not often that they are wrong, but it's tough for you ladies to admit you're wrong, little girl said a man you know I'm telling the truth. The first argument. My wife and I had. We were just newlyweds and we had moved into a very spacious home that cost is $85 a month. It had outdoor carpet only inside we didn't have any furniture at all you know we started out with nothing and we still have most of an Creek were so poor that we had to go down to KFC and lick other people's fingers are killed every week for groceries. Now listen to this. This is incredible $12 a week and we were struggling with and she told me she informed me she said you know what you will have to change your lifestyle.

No more cokes for you. I settle really, she said yeah I make ice tea, and I make it for just so many cents. Ever the picture picture is like five cents in every one of those cokes that did not Romans quarters. I said no way.

She said way as in the whole immensely pulled the Bible out and used it like so you men do as a club. I said no woman. The Bible says that your old you got old pay Mesa when you come back from the grocery store, you better have cokes I won't drink me a Coke. When you get I went upstairs below prayer room and got you are such a jerk, a human doing. You just got married, don't you have any sense. I think he reprimanded that felt so bad she came home I said honey I will take some.

I was really sorry. I'm sorry, but because I was really wrong about what I see and she said well you know I got admit I had a little bit of an attitude as well. I just want you said really don't get messages that make you wrong. She said I told you that you were right. You better take what you can get. So if you live ever tells you you were right take you to be happy because it's hard for them to say, it's hard for me to say I love you.

You just say that when you will some you all the say it when you get up in the morning and you look over there, on the other side of the bed and she looks like something out of a science-fiction movie and she got that stuff over basin and Harold sticking up just a baby.

I still love don't say did not go to save your caller home from work honey I love you. It's hard for some, it's hard for us to say certain things is now, here's what's really difficult for all of us to say now. Bear with me. Everybody say after me. I'm doing this because of the word of God say I am the righteousness of God after deliberately I am the righteousness of God. I could never say that I remember sorry what did you case you can say what God says and the reason many of us are defeated. The reason the devil beats us up all week instead of coming here. Victoire's you come in here your shield Dragon on the ground and you lost your breastplate of righteousness and work your helmets cricket okay you don't know what happened did you sort out just got beat up this week because Udall's poop you are giving us that dad would say I want you could never be the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ covered it up out of grace go on a regular secondly you ready for this.

The second thing is you got to learn to rely on your resources in verse three of this vision is what it says.

Blessed be the godfather of our Lord Jesus Christ. You have blessed us with all spiritual blessings never loaned up. I just thought he meant what I would just like to know the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Something spiritual. What he sings in all the blessings that come from the Lord, or spiritual. Did you know your money or spiritual. That's why you all the time, your money, or spiritual supply came by and I said I want you to pray that I'll win the lottery. It was like $60 million.

I said we don't gamble up in here they civilize can give it all to the church.

I said let's anoint this thing with a loyalist taking this thick because I can sanctify that in a hurry you want to give me $65 million. I'll show you how to select the possible money right now but everything I got is is God's ever. That's why Peter said that according his divine powers given us all things that pertain to life and godliness so your blessings come from the Lord and they meet your spiritual, emotional, physical, financial and material needs. These are your resources you need to stay connected to your source every good and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father wife, with whom is no verbal is neither shadow of turning.

I have somebody of the Natomas that I don't get so blessed that I forget about… You're special, stupid, not intelligent but that was what I was thinking, why would you get away from your source.

If God is your source any keys blessing you walk away God just talk. Don't leave your source yeah I have everything you listen when you discover that God is all you do all you got to the weasel, because everything you need. All you need whatever you'd be is still spell J yes you tell some us of his war now want to watch this fell about 16 years old, 67 major rehearsal by the name of David was called upon to be a giant 10 feet tall and all he had was a slingshot I will go into the whole story because of high priest a lot, you know it can be hilarious when you just break it all down, but what happened is that he just used what God had given him cannot tell you that whatever God gives you is enough. I mean, if he gives it to remember when he fed the hungry multitude, and has 5000 people out there. Jesus just turns around. He's got little boys box lunch. It was a little boy not a lumberjack. He just got a few sardines in a couple of red roles and in Jesus that will help will give you just a chrome and here is the picture this little starting knuckle for 50 people, you go for 50 people in the company think that tomorrow and I look the ground look to Jesus is like what were looked down at the hands only got is just this is in the palm of her hand and I got up without taste of God gives it to you if got it got called to do it you know it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens make your dream is not something bigger then you can do all it did not come from God. If you got a wagon and you got it all figured out. You'll never convince me that that's a dream from God what God gives us a drink. Always something bigger that we can accomplish all know they would them picked up Bob's postal put a middle path walked out there and the devil said to him you will destroy you. I want to stop him but holding your mother put you behind your ears even sell that we should you know and and David said well you come against me with a sword and shield. But I come against you with the secret weapon. I have already been practiced in it.

I know it works now you're about to go down and he takes this rock and puts it in the sling so I said well I guess even though he was bold and courageous. He didn't have much faith. If you read the Bible.

There were four more Johnson FM he's got five stones is got one and giant has his own stone.

I'm taken them all out on clean out old message. I if I have to.

Your first big boy and he puts it stone and I sleep and around and around the ghost and he lets 20 minutes prep go you know, and man is the first guided missile Holy Ghost is right on top of that smooth so should burn in and get some rot in the hip kills him. He cut his head off. You know the story cannot tell you something when God gets in the arrangements. Little is always much. Don't whine and gripe and complain. I wish we had this. I wish we had that I wish we had more money I do to. Sometimes we support Octavian change my mind sometimes come one Lord, why didn't you just give me $10 billion and then we could just start writing checks for everything God said no you don't live by faith. But really, here's a promise he gave me my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

When I'm willing to test his resources and I step out by faith concept. I'll make sure that you always succeed somebody sacred.

Thanks be to God calls us always to trample. Here's the last thing and that is rest in your relationship. How many of you know the Lord. How many of you know who you are. Are you a child of God. Touch your neighbor so you don't know who I am, child of God.

He came into his own his own received or not, but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name relationship before beginning verse four. But in the fullness of the top gossip what the sun made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that run of the law that we might receive the adoption of sons and because your sons constant for the spirit of his son in your heart right Abba father work without no more certain about his son, then an heir of God through Christ, you are a child of the living God.

Now don't look much, much, maybe.

Do you but if you were to take my blood of some of my blood put it.under with a call that little thing that the microscope and you put a normal one of those slides and you look at it. It looks like everybody else's blood is either but guess what you what it is I have flowing through my veins, the blood of the key term royalty will you case it would break from my shoulders is a robe of righteousness, size 44 regular perched on my Brown is a crown of righteousness that God gave to make my right hand is a scepter of divine authority in Jesus that whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Have a relationship with the key God, Jesus Christ, not to I am silent child of God want to till Monday Jesus is that good Shepherd John Tierney set up put my seatbelt. I go before the cold by name. This the devil will call you by Dorsey and a drunkard. Hey, don't better call you by your sin. I had over but Jesus always calls you by.

Good night, now, and he said when I put my ship out gall before their peace at associate will follow me. They will follow anybody else because they know me and I know them, but when I put them out: Bonnie Comeau Fritchman Comeau Philip Hughes come on, brother Irby Kaman, Charles generally realize how much you and Eric look like aren't you from South Carolina, North Carolina, okay, you might want to check that out. God knows you by your name even choose you because he wanted somebody look like you, he knew you Comeau now he knew. Glory be to God, you have a relationship with him. You can and you can't trust anybody don't have a relationship you can't believe it, but you don't have a relationship we've all been burned like that him and politicians don't tell you how you could be so happy Avenue car in a new home. You will have to pay taxes anymore. Always they tell you stuff all the time so I said what you believe politicians listen if you do I've got some land for sale down in Florida it's under a foot of water, but they say you got to realize in order to trust somebody really trust somebody.

You gotta know that's one in little while to give you an opportunity to unite with the church must a lot already a member the church of the firstborn. Him and I realize that and I know that and spiritually change her spiritual DNA to join this church.

But the Bible says you need to link nobles who labor among you, and just like I committed to you and loved you and said I'm an open book.

You can trust me. Get to know me, you'll find out. I won't lie to you.

If you find out I will abandon you. I will run away because I'm not a Harley. I love you. I'm committed to you and I want to be your pastor. By the same token, I need to know that you love the church that you love this ministry and that you will be faithful is a two-way street.

A man you can live with somebody you can get married to Beth. The difference between saying I don't believe in church membership.

I'm as churchy as Noel was archaeologically graveyard a band member church.

It will save you. But once you say you should find a chart on this are because you're not happened yet you're still only a unique apostles and prophets of birds was pastors and teachers were the work of the ministry to find the body of Christ and the perfecting of the site you need to use the gifts and talents that God is depositing your life and together we can do that anybody could do on his own and so the Bible says that you are to rest in the relationship that you have with God began with a special prayer for you. I pray today that God will bless you and encourage you and that what you heard today will stay with you and you'll be able to walk out your thank you so much for being a part of victory today. More information I want you to go for a website that's victory tab.border policy or at 804-744-8881. Thank you for listening. God bless you to see you next time. All victory today