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Christian Leadership and a Homily on Spiritual Warfare.


Christ is greater.


Our church has gone through a period of dryness but we have been faithful and have emerged into a great period of harvest. But, along with that harvest, comes an enemy that does not wish for us to succeed in winning the lost for Christ and the Kingdom of God. Over the last few weeks at our services, at the main campus and our extension services, the leaders have spoken on spiritual warfare and how we can defeat the enemy and be victorious. Here is my take on the subject;


No homily on the subject can forget Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

And of course there is  2Cor 10: 3-5 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

 The devil try's to tell us that as Christian leaders we are somehow lacking or inadequate in our leadership or ministries. He attacks us in the following areas;

He attacks our attitude; Doubt is one of his biggest tools. He has used it from the beginning of time. "God has not called you, God has not blessed you". "Did God really say that" as was the case of Adam and Eve in the garden.

He attacks our authority; "You are not a leader, you do not inspire rather people are distrustful of you. Jesus was our example when he was in the desert the devil came to him and said If you are the son of God throw yourself down from this place. Jesus rebuked him. In Matthew 28 Jesus says to his disciples that all authority has been given to him. Therefore go into the world and make disciples.

He attacks our ambition; The devil loves to tell you that you can't do something or achieve something. But Phil 4:13 Tells me that I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

He attacks our aptitude; This is our natural abilities to achieve based on nurture and our nature. But the bible tells me that when I gave my life to Christ all the old things passed away and that I am a new creature a new creation. Therefore my new nature and my desire to be nurtured into HIS image is what counts in this instance.

Let us remember that the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God can defeat the devil at every turn. Let us stand our ground and as Paul puts it in Gal 5:1 It is for Freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. The devil wants us to be slaves to his will and our imperfect nature but in Christ we are free and victors because he was victorious.

Christian Leader be encouraged God does not choose losers.

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