Requirements For taking The Gates (2)
Recap; Holiness, Violence, Reconissance, Strategy
5.Sacrifice
2Kings 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
The power of the gate/Altar is the sacrifice behind it. Chicken/Goat/Cow/Human/pregnant woman
The true essence and power of warfare is sacrifice. Blood of Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice. Be prepared to do what God tells you no matter the cost.
The statement, OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE 1 Sam 15v22 means that obedience is the true sacrifice not what you or I want to offer God in our wisdom. Jesus won because of obedience. Heb 5v8
Power will cost you; sleep, relationship, food, persecution
6.Tenacity/Perseverance/Consistency
Possessing The Gate is a journey, not an event…..marathon not a dash
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6 no cover for the back. No retreat no surrender Esther If I perish I perish….Let your victory be complete.
George Mueller 50 years In November 1844, I began to pray for the conversion of five individuals. I prayed every day without a single intermission, whether sick or in health, on the land, on the sea, and whatever the pressure of my engagements might be. Eighteen months elapsed before the first of the five was converted. I thanked God and prayed on for the others. Five years elapsed, and then the second was converted. I thanked God for the second, and prayed on for the other three. Day by day, I continued to pray for them, and six years passed before the third was converted. I thanked God for the three, and went on praying for the other two. These two remained unconverted. Thirty-six years later he wrote that the other two, sons of one of Mueller’s friends, were still not converted. He wrote, “But I hope in God, I pray on, and look for the answer. They are not converted yet, but they will be.” In 1897, fifty-two years after he began to pray daily, without interruption, for these two men, they were finally converted—but after he died! Mueller understood what Luke meant when he introduced a parable Jesus told about prayer, saying, “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up” Lk 18v1
Breakthrough is consistency in applying force on the same spot till u get to he other side.
Many of life’s failures never knew how close they were to success when they gave up.
Dutch sheets-intercessory prayers,
Davids mighty men
2Sa 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
Sometimes God tests our resolve then wrought victory.
2Sa 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
The fringe you leave becomes the future enemy: Joshua
7. Capacity
Prov 24v10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
the size of the problem is not the reason for failure.
Gates are in Sizes energy is in levels. Picket fence. what is behind the Gate determines the fortification.
Dig a well before you are thirsty
Ways to build capacity,
Training (Knowledge must turn to action),
Life’s Experience (in war), NCC,IFES, Our experiences are connected, Life forward, understand backwards
David did not take on Goliath until he had taken the Lion and Bear
Private Battles are training Ground for Public Victories
1Sa 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
–Training for reigning. Reigned over Judah, then Israel. Capacity.
God’s blessings are dispensed according to Capacity.
Matt 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability (Capacity); and straightway took his journey.
Mostimes you take the Gates in stages. There is a war, within the war are battles.
Deut. 7v22/Ex 23v 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Personal, Corporate (Family, Extended fam, community, state, nations, continent, global)
Faithfulness in one will lead to promotion
.5 Smooth Stones
Conclusion
