16/08/2026
Sermon:Altar for Altar
Text: 1 Samuel 5:1-6. Judges 6:25–32.2 Kings 23:4–20
We have two kinds of altars: the altar of God and the altar of Satan. Some people are suffering because their name, family or church has some unresolved problems. If you cannot fight your battle, no one will defend or fight for you.
In the beginning, God made man in His own image and gave him dominion. But sin damaged the relationship between man and God until Jesus came to die and reconcile us. The duty of a spiritual father is to clear the ways for his children, not to allow them to suffer, but to clear their way by introducing them to God Almighty, not to other gods made by humans.
It pains me to see young men and women going back to idols, especially when they have been rejected by their parents without knowing that all powers belong to Jesus.
Colossians 2:10 says that we are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
The enemy wants to fight your children's future and bring them down. There are unseen altars fighting destinies, businesses, marriages and people's lives. The Bible says that those who do not know God will be destroyed. We have altars of premature death, stagnation, barrenness, frustration, the spirit of anger and rejection.
So many are not mindful of these altars and the effects they produce. Some of these altars are covenant altars spiritually raised by our fathers. Therefore, there is a need to understand them and fight them
WHAT DO WE DO TO DESTROY EVIL ALTARS?
1. PRESENT YOUR BODY TO GOD AS A LIVING SACRIFICE
Romans 12:1 – “Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Our lives must become an altar unto God. When we surrender ourselves completely to God, we stop giving ourselves as instruments to evil.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20.Galatians 2:20,Psalm 51:10
2. GIVE OFFERINGS AND SOW SEEDS THAT HONOUR GOD
Giving to God in obedience and with the right heart is an act of worship.Proverbs 3:9–10 “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.”2 Corinthians 9:6–8,Philippians 4:18–19.Malachi 3:10
Our giving must never be an attempt to buy God's power. It is an expression of honour, thanksgiving, obedience and faith.
3. FIGHT THE ALTARS WITH UNDERSTANDING, PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD
We must know the authority we have in Christ. Jesus has already defeated Satan and the powers of darkness.
Colossians 2:15 – Christ “spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”
Luke 10:19 – “Behold, I give unto you power... over all the power of the enemy.”
Therefore, do not live in fear. Stand in Christ, pray, fast when necessary, study the Word and reject every covenant that contradicts God's will.
4. RENOUNCE IDOLATRY AND EVERY EVIL COVENANT
1 Corinthians 10:20–21 teaches that believers must not participate in fellowship with demons.
If there are practices, objects, sacrifices, dedications or covenants connected with idols and contrary to Christ, they must be renounced.
Acts 19:18–20 gives us an example of people who came to Christ and publicly turned away from their former occult practices.
5. BUILD A NEW ALTAR UNTO GOD
You do not only destroy an evil altar; you must establish the altar of God in your life.
Romans 12:1,Hebrews 13:15,Psalm 43:4
Let prayer, worship, holiness, the Word of God and obedience become the daily altar of your life.
CONCLUSION
Every evil altar that has been speaking against your life must be silenced by the power of God. Every ungodly covenant must give way to the covenant of Christ. Every altar of stagnation, barrenness, premature death, frustration, rejection and affliction must bow before the authority of Jesus.
Build your life on God's altar. Let your home become an altar of prayer. Let your children know God. Let your family serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15:
“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
PRAYER:
Father, in the name of Jesus, I surrender my life and my family completely to You. Every evil altar speaking against my destiny, let its voice be silenced in the name of Jesus. Every ungodly covenant working against my life, let it be broken by the power of the blood of Jesus. I reject every form of idolatry and dedicate myself, my family and my future to God Almighty. Let the altar of God be established in my life, in my home and in my generation, in Jesus' mighty name. Amen.
Christ Restoration Assembly In't.