Christians Be Limber, Christians Be Quick, Christians Jump Over the Enemy's Tricks
Today, we are discussing the above topic so that we may bring clarity regarding some of the enemy's (satan) tricks.
God tells us in His Word that He is both Creator of heaven and earth, He is also Ruler over every inhabitant of the
earth. We as Christians understand that our God is rich in houses and lands, it is also our understanding that all the
silver and all the gold, cattle on a thousand hills belong to Him. The Word of God also states that as Christians, we
are joint heirs with Christ Jesus, seated in heavenly places. One of the questions I will ask you, if we are seated in
heavenly places, why are our thoughts in lowly places?
Yes, God's Word says "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." One of
the areas where many Christians suffer is in the area of prosperity and health. We know that God is a prosperous
God, we know that His Word states "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Isaiah 55:11
One of the tricks that the enemy has used against us is that we should always be struggling to come out of some
traumatic experience. The enemy tells us that we have to succumb to sickness and disease, and we know that the
devil is a liar (John 8:44). Our Father states that I am God that healeth thee, spiritually and physically. Our Father
states that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. He is
Lord over your finances, He is Lord over your health, He is your dwelling place, Christians be limber, Christians be
quick, jump over the enemy's tricks.
The centurion told Jesus "I am unworthy for you to come into my house, but just speak the word and my servant will
be healed." We, as Christians speak every word that does not bring us prosperity or health, we speak the words "Oh,
I have cancer, I have diabetes, I have high blood pressure, my cholesterol is high, my my my...." These words are not
becoming to the those that reside in the Kingdom of God, Christians be limber, Christians be quick, jump over the
enemy's tricks.
Another area where satan has blinded the Body of Christ is in finances. The Word of God says "Ye shall not borrow,
but lend." Why is it that everywhere I go, I hear someone say "satan is attacking my finances." Our finances are
secure in the Kingdom of God, just like your name is protected in the Lamb's Book of Life, if you have faith to believe
you shall receive. Receive what? "Everything that He has promised and His promises are yea and amen." Christians
be limber, Christians be quick, jump over the enemy's tricks.
Christians Be Limber, Christians Be Quick, Christians Jump Over the Enemy's Tricks (Part 2)
One of the common tricks that the enemy uses is that once you confess the Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with
Romans 10:9, 10 which states "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thy heart that
God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth into righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
One of the enemy's tricks is to make us believe that once you are saved, there is nothing else that needs to be
done, that is one of the tricks of the enemy. Christians be limber, Christians be quick, jump over the enemy's tricks.
There are qualifications to be accepted by God. One, "Study to shew thyself proved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 "He that cometh to God must believe
He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." This passage of Scripture tells us that we must
exercise faith, "For without faith it is impossible to please God." We must also learn God's Word, in order to combat
the enemy satan, who says "oh, you only have to believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. Christians be limber,
Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemy's tricks.
Once you declare that you are saved, you must put on the mind of Christ. "Let this mind be in you which was also in
Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5 In this passage of Scripture, it tells us that we need to have a change of thinking. It also
states in Galatians chapter 5 that we need to be steadfast, and remove ourselves from worldly deeds and thoughts,
which keep us is bondage."Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and not be
entangled again with the yoke of bondage." We have to change how we use our bodies to present it before God. "I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy
acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service." Note, that the word "service" is listed in this passage of
Scripture, meaning that you just cannot sit and do nothing, and remain saved. So the saying once saved always
saved is a trick of the enemy. Christians be limber
Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemy's tricks.
You cannot remain a liar once your are saved, for a liar cannot tarry in God's sight. You cannot be slothful in how
you conduct your business, for the Word of God says "In business be men." So sister and brothers, there is a
maintenance that is required to retain salvation. So stop believing the enemy. Christians be limber, Christians be
quick, Christians jump over the enemy's tricks.
In conclusion, the Book of James states "Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone." So you cannot say
once saved always saved without having the fruit of the Spirit which is found in Galatians 5:22, 23.
Christians Be Limber, Christians Be Quick, Christians Jump Over the Enemy's Tricks (Part 3)
Today, we will discuss a very controversial topic, Denominationalism. Christians be limber, Christians be quick,
Christians jump over the enemies tricks. In the bible, John 3:30 states "He must increase, but I must decrease". John
realized that he was only a messenger of God and he had not the power to give salvation nor was he into position to
give every man a portion of faith and the gift of the Holy Ghost. John's followers established the Baptist Doctrine in
which most Baptist Churches are founded upon. Yes, they do believe in Jesus Christ, but they have established their
own type of worship. Christians be limber, Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemies tricks.
We know that during the time of slavery there were only two churches where the slaves were allowed to worship God
that was the Methodist and the Baptist Church. And because the slaves were not allowed to go to the altar in the
White Methodist Churches, God allowed Bishop Richard Allen to establish the First African Methodist Episcopal
Church a denomination which separated the White Christians from the African Christians. Christians be limber,
Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemies tricks.
We know because of religious persecution. God allowed his servant Absalom Jones to establish the first black
Episcopal Church which is a denomination.
We are just mentioning a few. There are the Jehovah Witnesses, The Church of God in Christ, The Apostolic
Church, The Church of God, The Church of the Nazarene, Seven Day Adventist, The Church of the Latter Day
Saints, Presbyterian Church, Lutheran Church, Catholicism and the list goes on and on.
The word of God says, "How can two walk together except they be agreed" Amos 3:3. We know that every Sunday
morning we go to worship our God but are we worshiping in the spirit of truth? Each Sunday throughout the world we
are separated by denominationalism. Christians be limber, Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemies
tricks.
The word of God says in the book Ephesians 4:4-6 "There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one
hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all,
and in you all." Why have we allowed the enemy to dictate doctrine, polity and establish denominations when God is
one? Christians be limber, Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemies tricks.
Jesus stated in Matthew 21:13,"It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den
of thieves." How is it that we have all been made to drink out of one fountain, but if a Bishop, Reverend, Elder,
Evangelist, Prophet, Pastor, Teacher, Apostle comes into the House of God and if he is not of that denomination he
or she is not honored? How is it that man has the power to say that women should not preach or be pastors because
it usurp the authority of a man? Deborah was a prophetess and a judge. Were not men present then? Anna served
in the temple and held Jesus in her arms. Simeon recognized his cry, but yet some denominations do not allow
women to sit in the pulpit. Christians be limber, Christians be quick, Christians jump over the enemies tricks.
God's word states in Ecclesiastes 4:11-12, "Again, if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be
warmed alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him (Satan); and a three fold cord is not quickly
broken (representing the Father, Son and Holy Ghost).
So my sisters and brothers in Christ, How can we love God whom we have not seen, and cannot love or
communicate or worship with a brother whom we do see (Christian)? Christians be limber, Christians be quick,
Christians jump over the enemies tricks.
The power of God is unity. Where two or three are gathered in my name I am in the midst. How can we be gathered
in God's name when we are separated by the denominationalism? Denominationalism is a form of religion (man
made). Christianity is the worship of Christ given by God through the blood of son, Jesus the Christ. Church get it
right. You cannot love God and be separated from your brother. This is a trick of the enemy which has kept the body
of Christ separated where we cannot praise God in song, dance and in tongues because some believe, others don't.
Some serve the creature and not the creator. Some worship the flesh and not the spirit.
These things are not to mentioned in the body of Christ, yet there is now a schism in the body of Christ. Some of us
have tried to alleviate what Jesus said to Peter, "Upon this rock I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it." He did not say, upon the Baptist Church, The Pentecostal Church, The AME Church, The COGIC,
The Church of God, etc. but the church that recognize that he is the son of the living God and by his grace and by
his mercy we are able to be the Christians be limber, Christians be quick, Christians that jump over the enemies
tricks.