Battles Won and Battles "In Theater"
The battle is won by the blood of the Lamb. Nevertheless we are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. As one people called to be God's peculiar people we are to demonstrate the victory Christ won for us to the principalities and powers. How? By walking rooted and grounded in agape, worthy of Christ's calling.
There is a battle ongoing for the soul. It is for lost souls, the ones destined for eternal death who know not the Lord, His way, His truth and therefore not his life. There is no life apart from him. They are NOW dead in their trespasses and sins and will be forever unless they respond to his call. Satan fights to keep captive these lost souls. The Lord is not willing that any should perish.
Luk 14 (NKJV)
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¹² Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
¹³ But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
¹⁴ And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
¹⁵ Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"
¹⁶ Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many,
¹⁷ and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'
¹⁸ But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'
¹⁹ And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.'
²⁰ Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
²¹ So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.'
²² And the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.'
²³ Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
²⁴ For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.' "
²⁵ Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
²⁶ "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
²⁷ And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
²⁸ For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it-–
²⁹ lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
³⁰ saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
³² Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
³³ So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
³⁴ "Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?
³⁵ It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
How important it is that we discover and labor with The Power who can capture those for the Lord Jesus they who are now held captive by the adversary.
Eph 4 (NKJV)
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²⁹ Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
³¹ Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
³² And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
