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The Making of Every Soldier
God is raising the church as His army that will become the answer to the problem of the world; the church must ascend to be able to help the world because it is only from the ‘realm above’ that we can influence happenings on the earth. (Rom. 8:22)
It is only upon one that has been built that authority can rest. Thus, authority cannot rest when we do not grow. God desires the church to rest in a place where authority can be conferred on us. There is a need for us to race into God’s thoughts/intentions.
The focus of the armies of the Living God should be on the formation of image; these are men and women who have heard and trapped Everlasting life. They are statures of Everlasting life.
Men and women in the army of the Living God are meek and lowly; they have learnt righteousness and been framed by it to make war by righteousness to stop the devil from dealing mercilessly with them.
We must overcome iniquity and unrighteousness to get Life. These armies do not trivialise their training but are highly regimented. They follow orders and anyone that cannot obey orders will cause trouble for the company.
These armies are trained with the doctrine of obedience to Christ. They move by order and instruction and anyone who doesn't align will be thrust out of their company.
A soldier must be fit both physically and mentally but beyond that, they are built with wisdom. Wars are not won by recruits because they lack wisdom. But generals may not go to the field to combat but win the war using the strategies of war or wisdom.
As soldiers, we must be built and the beginning of our building is the revelation of Christ, who must be evidently set before us. We must receive the revelation of Christ to overcome the laws of sin and death. (Rom. 8:1, Gal. 3:1)
The foundation of the army is the formation of Christ, who has been evidently laid before them. The foundation must be strong for a man to stand firm and strong and also connect to the next allocation. (Eph. 6:11, Gal. 3:1)
We are not wrestling against flesh and blood but against spirits of lawlessness, who were wisdom beings that corrupted their wisdom. We will need the original wisdom which is of God to fight these spirits. (Eph. 6:12)
Spirits perpetuated the life called ‘flesh’, which is why we are being equipped to overcome these spirits who machinate flesh. Flesh is not mere but a program created by spirits.
No one can walk on a path that evil spirits charted and not be brought under their captivity. The revelation of Christ is meant to take care of this walk and free men from their bondage.
When a habit persists, spirits take over. We must not joke with any habit as they beckon to spirits who use these habits as their lifestyle.
The intention of every spirit and demon is to make us compatible with the lake of fire which is the second death; the so-called ‘little sin’ can take men to the lake of fire. The ‘once saved, forever saved’ mentality is not true for there is a sin that is unto death. This sin begins with little disobedience or habits.
The teaching of Christ is to help men fight and destroy the laws of sin and death. Christ is made up of or formed by laws that should also form us; thus when Christ is preached, we must obey it to become like Him.
What we do forms a nature in us; we must disobey these laws of sin and death for the higher nature (Christ) to be formed in us. The formation of natures comes from our actions and lifestyles. (Eph 2:3)
The initial training of the army of the Living God is that they must have the formation of Christ that can deal with the law of sin and death. They must be thoroughly weaved with righteousness; these are armies/trees of righteousness of Christ. (Rom. 8:2)
No one can attain the holiness that God requires without the revelation of Christ. Christ is the one who is meant to make us holy. (Heb 7:26)
God is holy, thus His army cannot be unholy, which is a ground for defeat. The first level of holiness is that which the revelation of Christ gives. The armies are harmless to one another but are lethal to the enemy. (Heb. 7:26)
The armies of the Living God are made up of high men who have partaken of the life of the Living God - everlasting life. Before we can receive the judgement of everlasting life, we must have used the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus which will make us free from the law of sin and death. (Rom. 8:2)
The revelation of Christ is meant to be used for the formation of His nature in us. This formation is the foundation we must acquire for Salvation. Christ must be formed in us to give us access to receive the judgement of everlasting life. (Rom. 8:2)
Christ is not a useless course, we must do this course well to be enlisted in the course of everlasting life. A carnal man is one who has not used Christ and is unable to take judgement or things of the Living God. (Rom. 8:9)
Armies of the Living God have trapped everlasting life, but they initially trapped the life in Christ. These armies are not carnal but their building/formation must be spiritual for them to take everlasting substances. (Rom. 8:5-9, 29)
Only those who have partaken of everlasting life can become overcomers of iniquity. (1 Jn. 5:4)
Army generals are men of wisdom who churn out strategies or instructions. In the same vein, Christ makes men wise for them to escape being defeated by the enemy. (1 Cor. 2:7)
God expects some level of obedience from us to make us wise or overcome spirits. The wisdom that is in Christ is meek and lowly. Armies of the living God are gentle and meek. (1 Cor 14, Jam. 3:17, 1 Pet. 2:21-22)
Satan corrupted and filled his midst with violence, anyone who wants to take him on in battle requires a higher weapon of meekness and gentleness as portrayed by Angel Michael. Christ also set an example of meekness for us to follow. (Jude 1:9, 2 Pet. 2:21-22)
The armies that God is raising are meek, weak and tender. It will take the wisdom of Christ to overcome the spirit of this world which is decked with corrupted wisdom. This wisdom embraces meekness and lowliness, which are weapons in the spirit. (Eph. 4:2)
The more we grow, the more our ability to learn meekness. Learning Christ is by leading and corrections; as we yield ourselves in hearing His sayings and be led, His nature will be formed in our souls. (Jas. 3:17-18)
The wisdom that is in Christ is to connect us to a higher level of wisdom - hidden wisdom - the wisdom of God.
Princes of this world operate in wisdom and a foolish person will become a casualty of war. It will take the hidden wisdom to overcome them. (1 Cor. 1:27-30, 1 Cor. 2:7)
The wisdom of everlasting life is called hidden wisdom. An army devoid of wisdom is a defeated army. The corrupted wisdom of the principalities and powers is from the present creation and it will take the wisdom of God which is above creation to bring these beings down. (1 Cor. 3:10)
The armies of the Living God must know how to discern one another, not after the flesh. The blessing of everlasting life will be commanded in the place of unity. Jesus uses wisdom to teach or equip men with weapons to overcome. (2 Cor. 5:16, Ps. 133:1)
The new man is Christ and we must do His revelation until it becomes a garment that we put on. The armies of God must be rooted and grounded in Christ in all His doctrines. (Eph 4:20-28)
The army of the Living God must learn to esteem or prefer others better than themselves so as not to break rank or turn the swords to themselves. We must embrace the reality that Christ can be formed in us. (Phil. 2:3)
Everlasting judgement and everlasting righteousness are meant to raise the image of glory in a man. They attack iniquity in satan who is the father of self-centredness. We do not live for ourselves in this realm but must learn to pick up the cross, deny the flesh and follow Him. (Phil. 2:3, Is. 14:13-14)
The Living God does not live for Himself and His laws will be used to raise His army; they must be heirs of the laws of the Living God. These armies are salvation armies; they have been saved from themselves. The realm of God is the realm of selflessness. (Jn. 5:30)
Selfishness is embedded in the heart of every man. Everlasting righteousness helps us to behold the glory/image of the Lord and change. These armies are glorious beings with images that can acquire glory. (Dan. 9:24)
Christ is a makeup of weapons of warfare. All that Christ went through made Him into who he is. The realm of selflessness is the realm of God. No one gets to this realm of selflessness in a day but by the leading of the spirit and obedience to the voice of the Son of God (Phil. 2:5)
The armies of the Living God must hear the voice of the Son to be built; this voice brings commandments and instructions. It takes Christ being formed in a man to hear the voice of the Son. (Heb. 1:2-4, Heb. 2:1-3)
Salvation is for raising and an everlasting man is a raised man. The voice of the Son communicates the name of the Father to them. These armies are men who have obtained glory by reason of the formation of the image of God in them. (Heb.2: 11-12)
The substances of the Living God are incorruptible and they can raise incorruptible, undefiled and unfading men. Authorities given to armies of the Living God rest upon their raisings. God desires that we are raised in this order. (1 Pet. 1:4, 1 Pet. 1:23)
Everlasting Life is the required building for Eternal Life; without which none can relate with Eternal judgement or righteousness. Righteousness can discern wickedness or twistedness. The extent of righteousness we know is the extent of wickedness we can discern. (2 Cor. 10:6)
Armies cannot be raised without the training of meekness. It will take meekness for us to stay in order and agree to our rankings. The realms of God are calibrated in meekness, the meeker we are the higher we go. (Col. 3:12)
The armies of the Living God are heavenly men, but they are also lowly because the way up is to go low. We will not win any spiritual war without meekness.