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THE BATTLE OF THE KINGDOMS (transcript)

Texts: Deuteronomy 3:22 & 1 Timothy 2:12
God is a fighter.
When God has to fight to defend what He loves He will do so.
May God fight for you!
Gentleness is one of the fruits of the Spirit, and we should be gentle just like the lamb of God was. Jesus was the lamb of God who remained gentle unto obedience, even the obedience of the cross, but at the same time He is the lion of the tribe of Judah who fights for His people.
Spiritual warfare exists. Colosians 2:15, 2 Timothy 4:18
What we commonly call spiritual warfare is actually a battle between two kingdoms.

There are three major kingdoms the Bible identifies:
1) The Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 4:20)
2) The Kingdom of Satan (Matthew 12:26)
3) The Kingdom of this world (Revelation 11:15)
The Kingdom of this world is the Kingdom God gave to man which Adam lost to Satan's control
(Psalm 115:16, Genesis 1:26-31)

The battle is largely between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. Satan's kingdom is a kingdom of darkness. Colossians 1:13 and 1 Peter 2:9
Unfortunately, the kingdom of this world is stuck in between the battle going on with the kingdom of Satan and the kingdom of God. Revelation 12:12
Man is caught in between in the battle between light and darkness, good and evil, God's side and Satan's side. Revelation 12:9
Man is caught in this battle because God loves man and anything God loves attracts Satan and his kingdom. Satan cannot touch God, but he can touch man.
To hurt God, he fights man, and the kingdom God has given man- the world/earth in an attempt to hurt God.
The battle of the Kingdoms is a battle that has affected all men and the Kingdom God has given to man. The kingdom God gave man is called earth, and Satan hijacked it by deception.
The intention behind this is to hurt God through His creation
Genesis 3:4-11
Deception is still Satan's biggest weapon in this battle of the Kingdoms
 2 Corinthians 11:3
Satan's aim of continuing to deceive humanity is to hurt God by afflicting the human race who God loves and created in His own image.

Satan recruits his agents by deception- John 8:44, Revelation 12:9
God recruits his agents by election and love. Titus 1:1, Romans 8:33, 1 John 3:1

This battle between Satan's kingdom and God's kingdom spills over into every area of man's existence. So man finds himself battling on all sides.
Jude 1:3-21 shows us the many sides of man's battles:
1) We battle to maintain our faith or the originality of our faith
2) We battle not to fall victim to false teachers.
3) We battle to remain faithful to God.
4) We battle fallen angels: the fallen angels that crossed their boundaries during the days of Noah were put in chains of darkness by God. 2 Peter 2:4,5
5) We battle sexual immorality and the perversions of the world through the flesh.
6) We battle rebellion in different ways and places.
7) We battle the temptation of false profit.
8) We battle not to fall victim to false prophets.
The list goes on
The reason we find it easier to sin than obey God is because of this battle of the kingdoms!

Delivered at THE LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST ASSEMBLY by Teacher-Pastor Olutosin Ogunkolade

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