14/10/2020
Sermon: Monday 12th October, 2020
Topic: WEAPONS OF WARFARE (Understanding Who You Are)
… 1 Peter 2:9-10 & Revelation 5:10
✓Introduction:
• • Until a believer comes the full knowledge and understanding of his position in Christ, he/she will still remain a tool in the hands of the devil. … Proverbs 21:16
• • Understanding makes a man to walk in boldness. … Proverbs 28:1b It gives one confidence and assurance to knock out the devil anytime and anywhere. Until you know who you are, you cannot gain command.
• • The Word of God is the mirror that brings the discovery of your identity in Christ. …John 1:19-23. It reveals your full identity to you and it enables you to have full dominion in Christ.
✓WHO ARE YOU?
1. YOU ARE A SPIRIT
- We are spirit in human form. John 3:6
- It is an insult for a Christian to belong to an occultic society.
2. YOU ARE A GOD …Exodus 7:1, John 10:34-35, Psalm 82:5-6
- God has given birth to smaller gods (us) and placed us in authority... 2 Peter 1:3-4
3. YOU ARE CHOSEN …Ephesians 1:4
- We have been chosen from the foundation of the world.
- God cannot chose you and later ignore/abandon you. 1 Peter 2:9
4. YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR …2 Corinthians 5:20a
- You are God’s representative here on earth.
5. YOU ARE A SON/DAUGHTER …John 1:12, 1 John 3:1, Luke 15:19
- Sons/Daughters don’t beg in their father’s house.
- As a son/daughter, you are entitled to divine privilege in the kingdom.
6. WE ARE JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST …Romans 8:17
- Whatsoever belongs to God is our inheritance as well.
7. YOU ARE A LION …Genesis 49:8-10, Revelation 5:5
- The lion is ordained to prevail no matter the heat of the battle.
… 1 Peter 5:8 & Job 22:28
8. YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN
…Ephesians 2:5-6 & Colossians 1:13
- By redemption, we are heavenly bodies on assignment here on earth.
9. YOU ARE A KING AND PRINCE …Revelation 5:10
- You're royalty. Exhibit good courtesy and furnished and exemplary lifestyle.
10. YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST
…1 Corinthians 2:16
- By redemption, we have the mind of Christ. ...John 1:3, Daniel 1:20
- You have access to the creative mind of God by the reason of your new birth.
11. YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
…Matthew 5:14 & John 1:5
12. YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE WORLD
…Matthew 5:13
13. YOU ARE A ROYAL PRIEST-HOOD
…1 Peter 2:9, John 3:8 & John 17:18
- New birth moves us into it. …Isaiah 8:18
14. YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
…John 3:15-16 & John 10:28
PRAYER:
1. Father, in the name of Jesus, give me the grace and understanding to walk in whom I am in you and take all the glory.
… Proverbs 21:16 & 1 Peter 2:9
2. Father, in the name of Jesus, because I have known who I am in you, no power will deceive me again in life.
… 2 Corinthians 4:4 & Genesis 3:3-5
3. Father, in the name of Jesus, as I pray now, all my blessings and inheritance that the enemies have collected from me when I have not come to a full understanding of whom I am, I recover them now by fire.
… Joel 2:25-26 & Mark 3:27
4. Father, in the name of Jesus, by the decree of your word, I tear any human opposition standing between me and my success in life.
… Job 22:28 & Exodus 7
As you make this declarations today, you shall be a terror to you enemies and a light to your generation, in the name of Jesus. Amen