27 Oct 2014 by Reverend Dr Jai Kumar –
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
Satan’s first strategy is the tool of deception. Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter. Instead it’s a TRUTH ENCOUNTER. Satan is a deceiver and only the TRUTH of GOD ‘S WORD can neutralize and expose his lies. To ignore the TRUTH is to invite tragedy into our lives.
2 Cor.4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
TRUTH IS A BONDAGE BREAKER
Satan doesn’t want you to be free and he will do whatever it takes to keep you from knowing the truth. Although TRUTH is primarily the revelation of God’s word, it also demands truth in our inner self. When we can come to the moment of truth and honesty in ourselves God moves in to help us. As long as we go on covering up and misrepresenting ourselves we will be unable to move the hand of God on behalf of our situation.
Psalm 51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
You know what? When David lived a lie he found no peace with God. He only suffered greatly. When he finally found freedom by acknowledging the truth he said: ” How blessed is the man ….in whose spirit there is no deceit.”(Psalms 32:2)
It is an undeniable fact that choosing to live by the truth is difficult when you have been living a lie for many years. Deception is the most subtle of all satanic strongholds. Have you ever discovered that almost all those who suffer from addictive behavior lie to themselves and others constantly? Satan’s lies are at the heart of addictive behavior. The path of truth begins with the truth of God’s word. Lying is an evil defense prompted by satan the father of lies. (John 8:44)
The question I wish to challenge you today is that; is your life is full of INNER TURMOIL and CONFLICT? Are you suffering from PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL and MENTAL PAIN? Are you faced with constant fears, recurring nightmares, continued harassment from inner voices and obsessive FEAR of DEATH? Are you wondering despite the fact that you are a committed church-going Christian you seem to be finding no breakthrough from these bondages? I guess you may have attempted many ways in the past trying to resolve your problem but unfortunately it has only ended up in vain.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SICKNESS?
Sickness is the work of the evil one who comes ‘to steal, to kill and to destroy’ the blessings and goodness that God has bestowed upon each one of us. (John 10:10).
When you are not well the first thing you experience is you lose your strength and well being. You become demoralized therefore the enemy uses sickness to pull you down.
Many people say sickness is a blessing. That’s absolutely a wrong theology!! How in the world could anybody say that sickness is a blessing? You know what? We have got it all wrong! Many Christians have developed a wrong thinking about sickness. The fact of the matter is that nowhere in the Bible does God call sickness a blessing. He calls sickness ‘Oppression’ and ‘Bondage’ and ‘Destruction’ and ‘Curses’. Why does the Bible teach us to pray for the sick?
James 5:14
Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
Jesus himself went about healing the sick, the lame and the blind…
In Luke 4:18 our Lord said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.” The Lord has come to save us from all this sickness brought about by the evil one.
Psalm 107: 20 –
“He sent His Word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions.”
YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH YOUR PAST
The Lord calls all believers to ” come out from among them and be separate…..Do not touch what is unclean” (2 Cor.6:14-18)
You need to go back try and to recall if you have ever been involved in the past either knowingly or unknowingly with any religious groups, cults, idolatry, divination, ancestral worship or occultic practices.
Deut. 18:12
” For all those who do these things are an abomination to the Lord”
May I say to you, that if you have touched any one of these areas in the past you need to address these issues seriously by renouncing and rebuking them in the name of Jesus. Besides, not only you need to deal with it, you must come out of it completely clean. Please take note that this is the ground that opens a window for satan to infiltrate and hold you in bondage if this matter is not dealt with completely and drastically.
Here is something you need to be very clear about and make no mistake about it. The devil will always find you in your ignorance. So often we are led into sin because of a lack of knowledge of who we are in Christ.
If you touch any faith that denies Jesus Christ as the son of God and the only way of salvation I am afraid it is a misguided and counterfeit faith.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Note: Rev Dr Jai Kumar is an ordained & licensed minister of Covenant Ministries International N.J. USA. He is also the representative of Faith International Bible School for Malaysia & Singapore. He is the founder and senior pastor of Full Gospel Outreach Ministry KL, a member of ECCM, Spiritual Adviser & overseer of Capstone Ministries/Capstone Community Church -C3 (Bangalore); Co-founder and adviser of Kingdom Christian Fellowship, Subang Jaya, he is also the author of a book entitled, ‘God’s Time Clock.’
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