I am a Soldier In The Army of the LORD!
For though I live in the flesh, I do not wage war according to the flesh. The weapons of my warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have Divine Power to demolish strongholds. I tear down arguments, and every presumption set up against the knowledge of YHVH; and I take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
My battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
I am a Soldier In The Army of the LORD!
Therefore, I am armored with TRUTH like a belt around my waist, and righteousness like armor on my chest, and my feet are shod with readiness to proclaim The Gospel of Peace.
In every situation I am shielded by faith, and with FAITH I will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
I am crowned with THE Helmet of Salvation and Empowered By THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT which is GOD’S WORD.
I am a Soldier In The Army of the LORD!
Although we fuss and fight, argue and disagree, at the end of the day, we are supposed to still love one another. At least that is how I feel about it.
No matter how you disrespect me, falsely accuse me, sabotage my career, alienate my child from me, rob me, torture me, scandalize my name and reputation, demonize my race and gender, assassinate my character and murder my posterity, at the end of the day, I am still supposed to LOVE you.
Regardless of how a brother or sister of the Ekklesia of YHVH may injure me and cause me great suffering, I am not supposed to seek their demise or glory in their rebuke or find pleasure in their sufferings and pains. Regardless of their transgressions against me, I am not supposed to seek retribution of any kind, especially not through engaging in the occult or practicing witchcraft, which is idolatry.
Forgiveness and LOVE is every Saint’s Obligation and Duty to Each Other. But we are only able to accomplish this divine feat through GOD’S LOVING HOLY SPIRIT – not by our own strength of character. In deed, we cannot.
It was never promised to be easy or pleasant or enjoyable. But it promises eternal life and it witnesses to and demonstrates what GREAT LOVE THE FATHER HAS FOR US through HIS SON. And as HIS Discipled Ones, we ought to have that same LOVE for ONE Another.
However, there are those who are not our brothers or sisters and do not belong to the Ekklesia of GOD. They may have looked like one of us but they went out from us, revealing that they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained in THE TRUTH and IN LOVE with us. But their departure from THE WAY made it clear that none of them belonged to YHVH. But we, however, have THE TRUE ANOINTING from the HOLY ONE, and we remain in HIS TRUTH and we know THE TRUTH.
There is a TRUTH that many have forgotten and that is that RIGHTEOUSNESS cannot have fellowship with unrighteousness and that LIGHT does not commune with darkness.
We may have to LOVE our Enemies, but we are not commanded to like or agree with our enemies.
We Are Soldiers In The Army Of The LORD. But We Aren’t COWARD SOLDIERS!
O.W. Prince
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