FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN- PART 16: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE, 28TH MAY, 2023.
SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE
TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN- PART 16 (CASE STUDY OF JOSHUA (PART 3) – WHEN GOD TAKES OVER YOUR BATTLE)
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 28TH MAY 2023
BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 5: 13-15
Let Us Pray!
SONG
We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour
We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour
OPENING PRAYER
Almighty God, we give You all the Glory; Ancient of Days, we give You all the Glory; the One who has been before the Mountains were brought forth, we Worship You; the One who is the Light of the world – A Light that shines in Darkness and Darkness cannot overcome it, Glory be to Your Holy Name.
Thank You for the Salvation of our Souls, Thank You for the Preservation of our Souls, Thank You for Provisions, Thank You for Healings, Thank You for Health, Thank You for Miracles, Thank You for Signs and Wonders, Thank You Reversing the Irreversible, Thank You for doing the Impossible, Thank You for Proving again and again in our lives that You are the Almighty God, Thank You for the Tremendous Privilege of saying that God is our Daddy.
Father, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Thank You for all the battles that You have fought for us in the Past and Thank You for the Victories.
Thank You for the battles we are fighting now – Many battles that we are not even aware of until we heard of our Victories.
Thank You for the battles that You will fight for us in the Future.
Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Today as You send Your Words to us, Please continue to heal us, to deliver us, to Set Captives Free, to do Brand New Miracles.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Well, you may want to shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell them that God will take over your battle – Amen!
And then you may Please be seated!
We want to continue with our Series: “For Whom The Heavens Open – Part 16.
As we also take that same Bible Text: Joshua 5: 13-15.
Joshua 5:13-15:
- AND. it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
- ]And he said, Nay; but as Captain of the Host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the Earth, and did Worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his Servant?
- And the Captain of the LORD’S Host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the Place whereon thou standest is Holy. And Joshua did so.
We have been looking at this Particular Bible Text now closely for like two (2) weeks now.
After we have looked at the fact that the Angel have introduced himself as a Captain of the Host of the Lord – Which gave us the incline that Angels are in Categories: Seraphims, Cherubims, Arch Angels, Angels that can Stand in the Presence of God et cetera et cetera.
And then, we moved on to the Question that Joshua asked this Angel after he has said who are you – Are you for us or are you against us?
Please, it is informative that we said that as Mighty as Angels are, they are not to be Worshipped as they are our Servants.
We will need Probably to also take a little Note about the fact that Joshua saw a Man with a Sword in his hands and he Challenged him.
The Almighty God didn’t ask you to run from the Enemies!
Because by the time Joshua was approaching this Man, the Man already has a Sword in his hand drawn.
As a Good Soldier of Christ, you are not to run from the Enemies – You are to face the Enemies squarely.
We have done some Teachings on that before but I just feel a Leading of the Lord to mention it to you once again.
When the Almighty God says that you are to put on the Whole Armour of God; because you are not wrestling with Flesh and Blood; there was no Provisions made for your back.
In the Armour of God, there is something for your Head, something for your Chest, something for your Loins, something for your Feet. There is a Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God in your hands, Shield et cetera et cetera.
But there is no Armour for your back!
It is because you are not to turn your back to your Enemies.
The Elders has a Saying that: It is he who runs that will be Pursued!
Stop running – Stop even saying it with your mouth that Witches and Wizards are Pursuing you. It is an insult to God!
If you are truly Born Again, Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world – There is no Weapon formed against you that will Prosper!!
… Stop running!
What the Word of God says is that you are to resist the devil and not to run from the devil.
When you resist the devil, he will flee – That is what the Bible says.
The Almighty God has given you enough Assurances that you are going to win!
Whether the Enemies likes it or not; you will Laugh Last – Amen!
That is very Important!
It is important for someone in Particular today, it is important for everyone of us and those even reading now on the Label of DMC; concerning our Future: All those who are Pursuing us should be running from us. We are not to run but take your Stand or Stand firm.
The Bible says that having done all these things, Stand – Stand even in the evil days because all the battles that you are seeing now, they are going to end up in Testimonies (Amen).
And then we looked at the Question that Joshua asked – Are you for us or are you against to us?
And that Section opens our eyes to the fact that there are four (4) Possible ways that God could relate to us when we are fighting a war:
- God could be against us – If He is against us, we have lost without any doubt.
- God could be Neutral – If He is Neutral, if He leaves us alone; we will lose.
- God could be with us – If He is with us, we will win. We will fight but we will win because He will Supply the Strength.
- But that the best of all is that God could be for us – In that case, He will take over the fighting and then all we have to do is then Watch and see Enemies coming against us one way and fleeing seven ways.
Now, when He takes over the fight:
- You will win even when the battle is by the Land because the God you served is “The Original General”.
And I think that I must have told you before that one of the Greatest headache of all Generals is what to do with the Dead Bodies of their Enemies.
They don’t want to do the “Unpleasant Job” of burying their Enemies; they don’t want to waste time digging Graves to bury their Enemies – They simply want to Pursue the rest of the Enemies and wipe them out.
But if they leave these Dead Corpses all over the Place, they rot and that could then affect the Army; even of the Victorious General.
So, the General has an “Unpleasant Task” of making sure that anything that can boomerang against the Army is taken care of.
When it comes to God, if He is fighting your Enemies by Land, He does two (2) things at the same time – Not only to kill them but to bury them!
Numbers 16: 1-34; Moses was minding the business of God, God was Prospering His Works by Moses hands. And then some People decided to gang up against him – Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
And they said: Ha, Ha; what is wrong with this Moses? We were all there at the beginning. Is he the only one hearing from God? We hear from God too.
And they ganged up and they got some People to Support them.
It is interesting that you take Note of this Particular aspect of the Story because God said that sooner or later, People are going to gang up against you.
He said so in Isaiah 54: 15-end – He said: Surely. That means that without any doubt; they will gather against you.
If you are succeeding, they will gang up against you!
And it may Interest you – Some of them might even be your Relatives because the Word of God made it clear: A Man’s foes will be they of his Household.
But He said that they that gather together against you will fall for your sakes.
Meaning what? If you are in a Meeting where they are ganging up against a Man of God, run!
Run because God has Predicted it before you were born that they will gang up against you but that those who gang up against you He has decreed what will be their End.
Never, never join in a Plot against a Man of God!
Because these People (DMC NOTES: Korah, Dathan and Abiram) gang up against Moses – What have I done? How can you be angry with me because God is speaking to me?
And they say where I (Daddy GO) come from – How can you be angry against someone that God has Chosen to bless?
If you are upset because God is Prospering a Man, you are fighting against the One who is Prospering him and not him. And the One who has Called him will defend him.
When God decided to move, He just told Moses to Step aside – It is not your fight as it is mine and I will do it in my own way.
And God spoke to the Earth – Remember Psalms 24:1 says that: The Earth is the Lord and the Fullness thereof.
God spoke to the Earth – The Earth opened its mouth and swallowed all these Plotters (Korah, Dathan and Abiram).
Not only them, but their entire families, with all their friends and all those who joined in ganging up against Moses.
When God takes over the fighting, you will win on Land – Amen!
- You will win by Sea – Exodus 14: 1-end.
Again, you will see the way God shows that He is the “Original Admiral”.
This time around, not only did He wipe out all His Enemies, He did it in a Place where He won’t have to worry about burying them – The fishes were there to do the rest of the job for Him.
So, if the Enemies against you is “Mammy Water” – Enemies from the Sea; don’t worry yourself, God has enough fish to deal with them.
The Bible says in Mark 4: 35-41 – It says that the Wind and the Sea obeys Him. Because He made them.
When the Almighty God wanted to get the Children of Israel through the Red Sea; if the Red Sea refused to Part; the Ground under it will Shoot Up because the Ground will obey His Maker.
You go round the world, you will see some very beautiful Islands where People go on Holidays. Find out how are those Islands created? It is because there were eruptions almost every time. The Volcanoes of the Earth come out of the Sea and they become an Island.
If God wants to make a Way for you in the Sea, and the Sea says: No, I’m not giving way; the Ground under the Sea will Shoot Up.
- If the fight is by Air, you will win because your God and my God is the “Original Air Marshall”.
Psalms 2: 1-5 says: What is wrong with these People who are ganging up against the Anointed of God? Have they forgotten that there is Someone seated in the Heavens.
It says that the One seated in the Heavens shall Laugh – He will look at them and Laugh and says what is wrong with you?
You claimed to be the Power in the Air, don’t you know that there is Someone higher than the Highest?
In Joshua 10: 10-11; we see clearly that our God is the first one to throw bombs.
That when some People ganged up against Joshua – Not one King, not two; when they say that this boy is succeeding too much, he is making too much Progress, let us deal with him.
God said: Alright, let us see.
And the Bible tells us that God began to send some big stones, breaking their heads; that by the end of the Day, those whose heads were broken by the bombs that the Lord threw, were more than Joshua killed with the Sword.
So, who are Witches? Who are Wizards? Who are those People who fly at Night? In the Presence of the Most High God!
I’m sure that some of you will remember the Testimony of a Woman who came with her Husband to the Church.
They came to the Church, the Tides turned for them and suddenly we didn’t see the wife anymore.
What’s happening? We followed up and the Woman said: I’m not coming to your Church again because since I was coming, I could no longer fly at Night.
Well, I decree that just in case there is anyone that you are dealing with Witches and Wizards; they won’t fly again – Amen!
- When God takes over the battle, you will win by Land, by Sea, by Air and you will win Physically.
Joshua 5: 2-9 – It tells the Story of some People by the Pool of Bethesda waiting for the turning of the Pool once a Year. So, the first Fellow to jump in, will be healed.
There was a Man who has been there for thirty eight (38) years – When the Lord went to him and say: Will you be made Whole?
Pay attention to what he said – He said that I have been here for a long time; anytime the Angel came to stir the Pool, I will be on my way to the Pool but before I get there, Somebody would have been there before me.
What was he saying? I have tried for thirty eight (38) years, I have been defeated by someone else thirty eight (38) times.
But because on that Day, Heaven opens unto Him and the Original Physician came to visit him – There was no more defeat.
There were several other People who were sick there but the Heavens opened to only one Particular Person – He didn’t have to Struggle anymore.
Victory came to Him where he was.
My Prayer for Somebody listening to me today or reading now on the Label of DMC is that your Victory will come to you in your house today- Amen!
That Day, he won Physically hands down without having to fight!
- If God takes over your battle, you will win Materially.
2 Kings 4: 1-7 – It tells us the Story of the wife of one of the sons of the Prophet who was Destitute (Heavily in Debt).
The Creditors has come and they have said: You don’t Pay our Money, we will sell your Children.
And you need to read these Stories with Understanding – Try and see with the eyes of the Spirit what happens on that Day.
Those Creditors came Gluttony: You are finished Woman. Pay us or your children are gone.
DMC NOTES: Gluttony means Greedy or Excessive Indulgence or lack of Self Restraints.
They knew that she couldn’t Pay – It is like a Bank coming to say: Unless you Pay that debt, you are gone or that house you used as Collateral, will be gone.
And even as they are saying so, they are thinking of their friend to whom they will sell your house.
This Widow was fighting a battle that she couldn’t Possibly win but the Almighty God took over.
God must have said to her – My “Little Girl”, let’s surprise them. By the time they will come, we will be ready for them.
By the time they came back, she said: How much do you say I am owing?
Okay, this is your Money.
They must have wondered – Where do you get the Money from?
And the Bible tells us – Not only was the debt Paid, the Woman never has to borrow again.
I still don’t know how God will solve your Problems, but I Pray that the Heavens will open unto you and all your Needs will be more than met – Amen!
- When God takes over your battle, you will win Spiritually.
Because if it is a Demon that is bothering you:
I. He has taken care of a Demon before – Mark 4: 23-27.
He came into a Temple, and there was a Man there with an Unclean Spirit – God got rid of him.
Which incidentally, should remind you why you should not be ar home on Sunday but in the Church. So that when Jesus Christ comes in, any Unclean Spirit troubling you will just be sent out!
II. If the demons are more than one, if they are even seven (7) as in Luke 8: 1-3 – In the case of Mary Magdalene.
Just one word from Him and seven (7) of them were gone.
And you who has been a Chief among the Witches and Wizards will become a “Divine Treasurer”.
III. What if the demons are in Legions – You know the Story in Mark 5: 2-20.
There was a Man who has a Legion of demons.
But when the Lord of Host came, all He said was “Go” and all the demons were gone and this Man won.
So, if God takes over your battle, you will win by Land, win by Sea, win by Air, win Physically, win Materially and win Spiritually!
We will continue next time from here.
But I can assure you that when God is fighting for you, your Victory is sure!
ALTAR CALL
Cross Over to the Lord’s Side now – Join the Winning Side, give your Life to Jesus Christ, let the Lord of Host begin to fight your battle for you and you will be All-Round Winner.
Take the Right Decision today!
Just give the Lord a Sign now that: Lord, I am Surrendering my Life to You, I’m tired of fighting my own battle for myself.
I will Pray with you now, He will save your Soul and the battle will turn against the enemy and you will become a “Complete Winner”.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
And so my Father and my God, I want to Thank You one more time for Your Word.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for those who heard Your Words and have decided to Surrender to You.
Father, Please receive them, have Mercy on them, let Your Blood wash away their sins, save their Souls, receive them Oh Lord unto the Family of God and from now on, begin to fight their battles for them and make them Winners all the way.
And Please Lord God Almighty, all those who are Your Children, who are fighting any battle – Physically, Materially or Spiritually; this very Day Lord, give them Total Victory.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now, I rejoice with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ today. I want to assure you that by the Grace of God that from now on, I will be Praying for you.
So, Please contact me as quickly as Possible – Let me have your name, your Address and your Prayer Requests and I will be Praying for you.
And Please, locate the nearest The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you – Tell the Pastor there that you have given your Life to Jesus Christ and he will tell you what to do next.
God Bless You!
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!
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