DRAW YOUR STRENGTH from Him (Ref. 42) 4 January 2018 (From the pen of Celia Joy Martins)
Eph. 6:10 "In CONCLUSION, be STRONG in YAHWEH [be EMPOWERED THROUGH your UNION with Him]; DRAW your STRENGTH from Him [that STRENGTH which His BOUNDLESS MIGHT PROVIDES]. PUT ON YAH'S WHOLE ARMOR [the ARMOR OF A HEAVILY ARMED SOLDIER which YAH SUPPLIES], that you MAY be ABLE SUCCESSFULLY to STAND UP AGAINST [ALL] the STRATEGIES and the DECEITS of the DEVIL."
BE STRONG in YHWH - DRAW YOUR STRENGTH from HIM:
Before any of us can think of DEFENDING OURSELVES from the ONSLAUGHT of the ENEMY - we MUST FIRST be STRONG in YHWH - AND be STRONG in the POWER of HIS MIGHT.
What does it mean to be STRONG IN YHWH and in HIS POWER?
We CANNOT WIN the BATTLES of LIFE on our OWN - It is ONLY YHWH HIMSELF Who holds ALL the POWER to FIGHT AND to WIN.
It is IN HIM that our STRENGTH lies - we MUST KNOW Him and RECOGNIZE WHO HE is. WE MUST WALK in an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with Him - OBEYING Him - OBEYING HIS COMMANDS.
Messiah Himself TAUGHT the PRINCIPLES and the TEACHINGS of the OLD TESTAMENT in the Bible. There was NO NEW TESTAMENT, the New Testament was still in the making.
For THREE YEARS the DISCIPLES/APOSTLES of MESSIAH had the PRIVILEGE to LEARN from Him, WALK with Him, TALK with Him - SPENT TIME with Him. And after His resurrection there were another 40 days in which Messiah taught them and DISCLOSED to them many HEAVENLY MYSTERIES. These things were IMPARTED INTO the apostle Paul by Messiah Himself and through His Holy Spirit. Many heavenly things were DISCLOSED to PAUL - the same way that it is still being disclosed to:
THOSE WHO LOVE YHWH WHOLEHEARTEDLY -
THOSE WHO FOLLOW MESSIAH WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THOSE WHO TRUST HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY -
THOSE WHO LEAN ON HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY -
THOSE WHO ARE OBEDIENT to HIS WORD AND HIS COMMANMENTS -
THOSE WHO ARE THE "BRIDE".
MESSIAH CAME TO BRING SALVATION by DESTROYING the WORKS of the DEVIL:
Messiah's MAIN PURPOSE was to BRING SALVATION for the LOST by completely UNDOING [DESTROYING - LOOSING and DISSOLVING] the WORKS the DEVIL HAS DONE.
In 1 John 3:8 the apostle John clearly states that the person who COMMITS SIN, practices EVILDOING and is OF the DEVIL by taking HIS CHARACTER from the EVIL ONE. For the DEVIL HAS SINNED from the BEGINNING by VIOLATING (DISTURBING, INTRUDING, INVADING, TRESPASSING, BREACHING) the LAW of YHWH. THAT, says the apostle John was the REASON MESSIAH CAME - to MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN - to MAKE HIMSELF VISIBLE in ORDER to COMPLETELY UNDO - DESTROY, LOOSE and DISSOLVE the EVILNESS - the WORKS the DEVIL has DONE.
THE BATTLE BELONGS to YHWH:
The ENEMY of our SOULS KNOWS OUR WEAKNESSES and WILL SEEK ANYTHING MAKING USE OF IT (EXPLOITING it) to MAKE US FALL.
We are GIVEN the SPIRITUAL WEAPONS in Ephesians 6:13-18 - but the POWER OF IT COMES FROM YHWH.
We can PUT ON the COMPLETE ARMOR of the HEAVILY ARMED SOLDIER - but - IF WE DO NOT KNOW our ABBA - REALLY REALLY KNOW HIM - WALKING IN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM - FOLLOWING HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY - LOVING HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY - KNOWING HIS WORD - it will be of NO USE.
2 Cor. 10:4 says "For the WEAPONS of our WARFARE ARE NOT OF THE FLESH but HAVE DIVINE POWER to DESTROY STRONGHOLDS".
HIS WORD IS MESSIAH and MESSIAH IS HIS WORD:
OUR ULTIMATE WEAPON is THE WORD OF YHWH. HIS WORD - together with the AUTHORITY that MESSIAH GAVE US - THROUGH HIS BLOOD AND IN HIS NAME - is OUR VICTORY.
IN MESSIAH'S OWN WORDS:
Luke 10:19 "Behold! I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER to TRAMPLE UPON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS (ENEMIES) and [PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH AND ABILITY] OVER ALL the POWER THAT THE ENEMY POSSESSES; and NOTHING shall in ANY WAY HARM you.
REJOICE for YOUR NAMES ARE ENROLLED IN HEAVEN:
:20 Nevertheless, DO NOT REJOICE AT THIS, that the SPIRITS ARE SUBJECT to you, but REJOICE that YOUR NAMES ARE ENROLLED IN HEAVEN."
THE MORE OF HIM IN US - (the MORE OF HIS WORD IN US) IS our SPIRITUAL WEAPON - our POWER TO DESTROY ALL AND EVERYTHING that COMES AGAINST US.
ABBA - thank YOU FOR DISCLOSING YOURSELF to US through the PAGES OF YOUR WORD. FOR TELLING US HOW TO LIVE our LIVES - how to WALK our WALK and to TALK our TALK. Thank You for YOUR SON that CAME TO SET US FREE from the DESTRUCTION BROUGHT by the ENEMY. KEEP US SAFE O ABBA - in YOUR SECRET PLACE where NOTHING can in ANY WAY HARM US. Thank YOU FOR YOUR ARMOR you GAVE TO US FREELY. Thank YOU THAT WE CAN USE THIS ARMOR with YOUR WORD FIRMLY PLANTED AND WRITTEN IN OUR SPIRITS. In Yahshua's name. Amen.