Fight the spiritual battle
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #167 Welcome, Happy Morning (#157 in previous version)
Starting now, you must fight the spiritual battle full-scale. The forces of darkness are gathering their strength together as one and the church is not able to become one at all. Therefore, the culture has completely been taken away by the forces of darkness. How can we find the culture snatched away by Satan again, and restore the strength by which everyone for the sake of world evangelization can become one?
1. Three identities
For the sake of this, God has given us three identities (1 Peter 2:9). The identity of a king that binds Satan, the identity of a priest that wins against all curses, and the identity of a prophet that declares the light of Christ. The one who has come as the true king, true priest and true prophet of this world is Jesus Christ alone. We who have salvation can save the field with the authority and light of Christ.
2. The spiritual battle
We must win in the battle against ourselves. We are constantly being deceived by the scars of our past. We are deceived because answers do not come and deceived because of our problems and our environment. In the church, as people conflict among themselves and fight, they wander from this church to that church. We must unsheathe ourselves from this kind of conflict. Through the name of Jesus Christ, we must win in the fight against Satan. In front of the name of Jesus Christ, Satan has no choice but to flee. What is more important is that it is not about casting out Satan, but it is making it so that Satan flees away on his own.
3. The system for the spiritual fight
We are in the important system of the spiritual world. Every place that saved children of God go to, the amazing armies of heaven unseen to the eyes are mobilized. Even now, every time we pray, the angels of the Lord that worked upon King Hezekiah, Elisha, and the Early Church fulfills the Word of God. That is why we must systemize teams inside the church that grab hold of the pulpit message and receive answers. In addition, we must make the world system through the team formation that grabs hold of the Prayer Journal and receives guidance through the Word. The greatest answer in the world and our greatest weapon is the kingdom of God. Our greatest commission and the reason and purpose for which we study is the spiritual battle.
-Try meditating deeply upon the three identities given to me in Christ. In addition, grab hold of the Word for the sake of the spiritual battle towards world evangelization, make the team formation, and pray that the world system of the Remnants would be established.
Japan Remnant Conference Lecture 3 / 2011.3.31