COUNTER STRATEGY FOR VOIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE!!

COUNTER STRATEGY FOR VOIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

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27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

28 And not in any way terrified by your adversaries,

which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

29 For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

INTRODUCTION: God is interested in your affairs and cares about your actions even in your marketplace. By the reason of your association with God and the gospel you will face some conflicts and opposition just like apostle Paul experienced. Sufferings and conflicts are part of the faith package so you must choose not to be demoralized or intimidated by them. Sometimes you may lose a juicy business deal as a reason of your association with God but be patient, the best is yet to come. When you walk worthy of the Lord, you will not misbehave.

COUNTER STRATEGY FOR VOIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE!!

• Let your conduct be worthy of the gospel – Eph 4:1-3

There is a nexus between your conduct and how your adversary is able to terrify and intimidate you. You should conduct yourself properly and let your lifestyle be worthy of the gospel of Christ. This is necessary so as not to be intimidated by the enemy when they try to scare or intimidate you to submission and demoralize.

TERMINOLOGY EXPLAINED

Vocation, Calling: Greek Klesis

• The state of having been called to a particular task and/or assignment —calling can mean your vocation, career, business pursuit or any opportunity to serve humanity in any capacity is a calling.
• Calling is also an invitation to an experience of special privilege, responsibility or call. You must discharge your duties in lowliness and oneness of heart.

BEZALEL WAS CALLED AND FILLED BY GOD FOR THE SPECIAL TASK

Exo 31:1-

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

3 and I have filled him with the spirit of god, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.

God is interested in the market place such that He equipped Bezalel to do the task He has ordained him to do in assisting Moses to build according to pattern. Bezalel’s account is the first place in the bible that God’s spirit filled a man to do work.  The spirit of God is resident in men in order to fulfill the calling in the various vocations known to man.

In Hebrews CALLED means QARA: To call a person to come into one’s presence and given a task. It means being called into one’s presence and given a responsibility or duty to fulfill.

Calling also means to urgently invite someone to accept responsibilities for a particular task, implying a new relationship to the one who does the calling. It could be being called to a position of privilege. God equips those He calls to serve. Paul was called in Rom 1:1

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called (Klesis) to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God.

To the Ephesians, apostle Paul wrote them from the prison in Rome in Eph 4:1-3 enjoining them to walk worthy of their calling or whatever vocational or business pursuit God had called them to. Thus even in our businesses God expects us to walk worthy of our calling.

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Whatever is your calling/vocation – your acknowledgement of the call and acceptance of the responsibility for that task is the trigger for the release of the infilling of the spirit of god in wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Whatever your task is, God has equipped you and filled you to discharge your duty accordingly. You must see your job as a holy calling and not as a cheap or inferior escape route from reality. Never feel inferior or despise your calling.

Many do not find fulfillment in their job or calling because they have not pressed the button for the release of the infilling of God in wisdom, knowledge and understanding hence, they operate below capacity.

APOSTLE PAUL EXPRESSED HIS MIND TO THE THESSALONIANS in

1 Thess 2:7-12.

7 But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8 So, affectionately longing for you, WE WERE WELL PLEASED TO IMPART TO YOU NOT ONLY THE GOSPEL OF GOD, BUT ALSO OUR OWN LIVES, because you had become dear to us. 9 For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

10 You are witnesses, and God also, HOW DEVOUTLY AND JUSTLY AND BLAMELESSLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES AMONG YOU WHO BELIEVE;

11 as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children,

12 that YOU WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD WHO CALLS YOU INTO HIS OWN KINGDOM AND GLORY.

Apostle Paul and his team through their lifestyle devoutly, justly and blamelessly behaved themselves among the believers. They were exemplary to them, they comforted, charged, exhorted and shared their lives with them while striving never to be a burden. They did all these to ensure that others walked worthy of the Lord who has called them to His marvelous light and also to preach Christ through their lifestyle. The bottom line and relevance of this scripture today is that as believers in Christ, God expects us to walk worthy of the calling in whatever field of endeavor we might find ourselves.

INGREDIENTS AND BENEFITS OF WALKING WORTHY OF THE LORD IN VOIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

The Colossians were a very vibrant church whose faith was noised abroad and they really displayed a great love for the saints. However, syncretism (mixture of heathenism, secular philosophy and religious relativism with Christ’s doctrine) by false teachers began to infiltrate the church, and the Apostle had to deal with it in his letter to them from the prison in Rome and tailored the content of his prayers for them. Apostle Paul had to write a letter to the Colossians whom he had never met. It was Epaphras who ministered Christ to them along with other disciples of Apostle Paul.

The following can be learnt from his prayers for them in Col 1:9-14

INGREDIENT 1: Being filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

• • • • • 1. A man may have faith in Christ and love the brethren and yet may not have knowledge of the will of God for his life.
          2. Secondly, it is possible to know the will of God, but not have spiritual understanding of its dimensions or a thorough understanding of God’s ways for him

1. PPAfan’s mission – raising sons … establishing the kingdom of god in the marketplaces of life.

• Highly skilled, spirit filled, (successful), world class service providers

It is possible to know the church’s mission statement at the surface level without a proper understanding of the meaning and implication. You need the spiritual dimension to be adequately able to decode and walk in accordance to the mission statement of the church to be able to locate your place in it.

Maturity is required to decode the things of the spirit. Jesus’ earthly parent were successful in their mission on earth by being able to discern and appropriately decode the mission and plan of God for the life of Jesus and his mission here on earth. A proper understanding of this fact gave them the leverage to help him grow from being a boy to a stage of maturity in order to fulfill destiny. You need to have a spiritual dimension of what God is saying to you in order to be able to fulfill purpose.

1. There is a right thing to do, a right way to do it, the right people with whom to do it, right time (when and how long) and the right process to adopt etc.

Rom 1:8-10

Desire to Visit Rome

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

10 making request if, by some means, NOW AT LAST I MAY FIND A WAY IN THE WILL OF GOD TO COME TO YOU.

In other words, you need to understand the strategic framework for the implementation of your life goal. It is possible to know the will of God but you need a proper understanding of the dimension (Length, width, breadth etc.)

10 That You May Walk Worthy of the Lord, Fully Pleasing Him

INGREDIENT 2: A life that is pleasing to God – Pro 16:7

• Being at peace can mean two things – When your ways please the Lord, he would either make the enemy’s snares and traps to catch he himself and his household or he will uproot and destroy the snares himself – Ps 9:15-16, 35:8, 141:1

Being fruitful in every good work –

INGREDIENT 3: Being fruitful in every good work

• If you will walk worthy of the Lord, Firstly, you will not be involved in dead or unfruitful works of darkness and you must run away from all appearances of evil. It is your duty to do only those things that are acceptable to the Lord Eph 5:8-11.
• Secondly learn to maintain good works – Tit 3:14

1. And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful and increasing in the knowledge of God.

BENEFIT 4: Increasing in the knowledge of God

• One of the biggest delusions of any believer is to try to predict what a preacher will say thereby tuning off from the message. When you have such posture, you cannot grow in the knowledge of God and the enemy can easily defeat you in psychological warfare.1 Cor 8:2 AMP. God’s ways are past finding out and you should gather more knowledge about the ways of God daily. Knowledge will expose all the darkness and hidden secrets – Dan 2:21-22. Light always reveal darkness and their secrets to those who walk worthy of the Lord (he is light!!) and you will not be intimidated – John 1:4. When you walk worthy of the gospel, every lies of the devil through propaganda shall be revealed to you, thus voiding and making of no effect every psychological war by the enemy against you.

1. Strengthened With All Might, According To His Glorious Power

BENEFIT 5: strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power. God is never prodigal with his power – Eph 3:16-19 AMP

When you walk worthy of the lord, you will be reinforced with mighty power in your inner man with which you can ward off the offensives of the enemy’s psychological warfare

For all patience and longsuffering with joy

INGREDIENT/BENEFIT 6: to exercise every kind of endurance and patience with joy

• When you are walking worthy of the Lord no matter the psychological warfare and propaganda machine the enemy may be unleashing on you, you will exercise the endurance and patience you need for that moment with joy.
• “Endurance” is “the capacity to continue to bear up under difficult circumstances or events of life”
• “Patience” is “a state of emotional calm in the face of provocation or misfortune and without complaining or irritation.”

• Giving thanks to the father

INGREDIENT 7: giving thanks to the father 1 Thess 5:18 AMP

• Giving thanks to the father is the lot of those walking worthy of the Lord. God qualifies those who walk worthy of Him to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. When you walk worthy of God in your conduct, living as citizens of heaven you will not be intimidated by the devil.

IN CONCLUSION:

Neh 4:23 

So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone took them off for washing.

Rev 19:6-8 – Fine linen signifies the righteousness (the upright, and godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints.

If clothes represent the righteous acts of the saints, godly living, deeds and conduct; then when Nehemiah and his team refused to take off their clothes, it means that they refused to misbehave, despite all the propaganda of the enemy. They refused to cast off their restraint and they rejected the “programmed misconduct” that the enemy set up for them and maintained their godliness and piety and were able to complete the wall project.