February 17, 2009

• Battle between two kingdoms – by Callin

  Callin told us that God is preparing him for a door to open to ministry in jails.  He told us outlaws are not easy to convince.  Cal told us that he was not easy to convince.

  2 Corinthians 1:3-4  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

  Cal told us that we have a challenge on a daily basis, and to reverse the curse there are 2 worlds we deal with.

  1. The visible realm, our senses, appetites, emotions, we are programmed in that, and often our reactions are based on what we perceive in the visible realm.

  2. The invisible realm – we are Ambassadors of Christ.

  When we reach out to a person for Christ often the resistance we feel from the person is from the spirit that they have yielded themselves to.  Sometimes they can be obnoxious.  You can be born again, filled with the spirit, covered in the blood, and infused with the Word, or you can yield yourself to the spirit of the world.

  Paul had a war between the old man and the new man, and he spoke about how the good that he wanted to do, he did not do.  We see the two kingdoms in the Bible in many places, Joshua crossing over into the Promised Land is one example.

  Ephesians 6:10-13 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,^YouToMe