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Chapter Twelve

 

 

How Do You Become An Overcomer?

 

 

A person that has been given responsibility of ministry has to be in the Lord’s will for him to succeed in that ministry. If that minister is not doing the Lord’s will, he is an asset in the kingdom of darkness. This is what most ministers that are not doing the Lord’s will are entangled in! Are you are minister who is not in the Lord’s will? If you have answered ‘yes’ to that question, you are in danger of being cut off from the kingdom of heaven. Let us learn more from the gospel of John;

John 15:1  I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 

John 15:2  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 

John 15:3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 

John 15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 

John 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 

John 15:6  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 

John 15:7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

John 15:8  Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 

John 15:9  As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 

John 15:10  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 

John 15:11  These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 

John 15:12  This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 

John 15:13  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 

John 15:14  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 

John 15:15  Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 

John 15:16  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

John 15:17  These things I command you, that ye love one another. 

If a minister in the church has been doing the Lord’s will and then starts doing the will of the enemy, that minister is an harlot unto the Lord. We learnt earlier that a harlot is a person who has refused to fully give himself to the Lord and is not willing to fully trust the Lord. A person who has rejected the Lord’s will cannot stay connected to the vine. The Lord eventually detaches that person from Him. Such a person is not able to do the Lord’s will. If he continues trying to do the Lord’s will without the Lord, he acquires a curse from the Lord. He says in the scriptures above that such a person will be cut off as a branch from the vine, withered and thrown into the fire! It means that the person who does not abide in doing the Lord’s will cannot stay alive. That person is a branch that has been cut off from the vine and is waiting to be gathered for the fire. This is the state of any person who is not abiding in the Lord! If you cannot hear, ask or receive of the Lord; you are a dead man! If you have realised that you are a dead man, you need to start by repenting. This is what the Lord will require of you, if you want to come back to life. If you are still unable to repent, the Lord will condemn you. How do people who are condemned live? These people are always full of the world. The Lord has nothing to offer them, they are always cursed by the Lord. A person who is full of the world will try to reach God without passing through the Lord. For such a person, the Lord becomes insignificant. They are not willing to do the Lord’s will and therefore cannot do the Lord’s will. They will pursue a will that may seem like their own will but is truthfully the enemy’s will. The Lord has a plan for people that are lost. This is the plan of salvation. The world has already rejected the Lord, the people who are not of the Lord’s blood are at risk of embracing the world and perish.

The world is a curse to the people who belong to the kingdom of God. When you embrace the world, you are like the devil who is the prince of this world. How does a person embrace the world? The world is full of cursed spirits and their workings! Everything that this world is made of is cursed by the Lord. For instance, the days of the week are all fallen angels; Monday is a day for worshipping a god called Moon god. This god is responsible for all the people who seek holiness without the Lord! Moslems are all worshipping this god. This god is always asking for alms for the poor. If a person considers that this god is God, that person is a hopeless person; they cannot hear the Lord’s voice! The Lord is not going to ask you for anything to enter the kingdom of God. All you need is to believe in Him. Tuesday is a day for worshipping a god called Tues. This god is responsible for love. All lovers in the world who worship this god are or will become obese. That is what this god will require of its worshippers. How do people worship this god? If you have ever asked the enemy to bless you with a lover through necromancy like; palm reading, witchcraft, ouija boards, love portions and horoscopes etcetera, you have worshipped this god. This god is also responsible for the wedding rings that lovers exchange in the church. Wednes is a god for welfare. If you worship this god, you will find yourself in debt all the time. How do people worship this god? Anyone who goes to the enemy to ask for wealth is worshipping this god! For instance, if you have ever received money in your bank account whose origin does not make sense, this is the god responsible for such a phenomenon. Some people who are lacking in knowledge will call this luck, know for sure, that that luck will eventually cause you to lack. Thursday is a day for a god called Thurs. This is a god for good luck, the people who worship this god will get hurt by the opportunities they receive from the enemy. If you have looked for opportunities through witchcraft, corruption, bribery, fortune telling, and all forms of graft, you have worshipped this god. If you have been lucky to win in money games from cursed companies, giveaways, and lotteries, you are worshipping this god. What you may call ‘good luck’ is actually a curse, it will draw you further away from the Lord. Friday is a day for a god called Fri. This is a god responsible for people who give outside the Lord’s will. It is a god that is often associated with Moslems. However, it is not a god for Moslems only. Anyone that has ever gone to the enemy to ask for healing will end up worshipping this god. How do people ask the enemy for healing? For instance, if you had a disease and got healing through one or more of the following types of giving like; philanthropy, almsgiving, giving scholarships or bursaries, and aid. That healing is from the enemy! Eventually you will attract a far more aggressive cursed spirit that will attach itself to you as a result of your sin. Let us study what Jesus teaches us about giving.

Matthew 6:1  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 

Matthew 6:2  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 

Matthew 6:3  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 

Matthew 6:4  That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 

The Lord is not going to ask anyone to publicise his giving, if you are openly giving, you are rebelling against the Lord. This type of giving will only cause you to receive curses from God. A giver will always be told by the Holy Spirit when, where and how to give. If you are giving publicly, that will cause the Lord to curse your giving. It will lead you to attract a cursed spirit called cancer. This is a cursed spirit that attaches itself to people that give openly. A public giver seeks his reward from man and not God; How? They give to relieve themselves of gifts or money that they consider will draw them closer to God without Jesus. Any attempt to touch God without Jesus is death!

Saturn is a god that is responsible for entertainment. This is the reason why most people in the world are entertained on Saturday. If you are a lover of worldly entertainment, you are worshipping this god; How? Are you a person who loves; television, disco parties, music shows, bars, football, martial arts, circus shows, cinema shows, opera shows, comedy shows, wrestling shows, fashion shows, beauty pageants, weddings and concerts; if you love such activities, you are full of lust. This lust will lead you to concentrate on the pleasures of this world rather than God. Sunday is a day that is perceived to be a day for worshipping the Lord. However, it rather is a day that was used for the worship of the Sun god. The Lord does not require a specific day to be worshipped. You can worship the Lord on any day of the week and need not wait for Sunday. The sun god is actually Lucifer. He is responsible for all the activities in the world that oppose the Lord. He is also called the opposer. This god is also called the devil and is the one that causes a person to reject God. How? The people who worship the sun god are religious and are distracted from God by religion. Religion is a form of godliness but denying the Lord who is God. Religion is not a way a man can ever touch God. God is not interested in religion, when a person is religious they assume that they can touch God through activities like; church going, prayer, fasting, giving alms, singing, teaching, evangelism and tithing. God does not need you to concentrate on these activities to touch Him. If a person wants to touch God, you need Jesus, who is the Lord and to do His will. If you are denying the Lord and are fasting 40 days, you will not reach God; rather your fasting will lead you to the sun god who is also called Lucifer.