The Redemption of our soul has much in common with the Redemption of the Universe also in the fact, that today the whole Universe, including Heaven itself, has been polluted and influenced by the powers of evil, by the prince of the power of the air, by the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience toward God, by the rulers of the darkness of this world and by the principalities in the heavenlies (Eph. 2:2+6:12/ Rev. 12:7, etc.). This Universe is in fact in bondage through the natural unborn-again soul of man! Because man became an instrument of Satan through which he created on earth his kingdoms of evil and darkness. Hence, this same Redemption by Christ is waiting also for this Universe and for Heaven and our earth. And just as these powers of evil and darkness are being thrown out from our soul and the kingdoms of Satan are being destroyed, they shall in the same way be thrown out of the Universe and finally also from Heaven (Rev. 12:7-9) and from the earth (Rev. 20:3+20:7-10). Because, if the Kingdom of God will not be established in our SOUL, it will not be possible to establish it in the Universe, in the heavenlies and on the earth because God would have no one through whom to establish it. This universal Redemption will thus come only if we, like Christ, will win over Satan, over that Dragon, and that by the Blood of Christ and by the word of our testimony and by not loving our natural old life even unto the death (Rev. 12:11).
What is that TESTIMONY, which we have to have and which God Our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ expect from us and build in us? It is NOT that we believed in the Saviour and were born-again and baptized and even written into the Book of Life. That testimony IS that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and is seated on the Throne of Heaven, on the right hand of His Majesty God the Father; that He has all the power in Heaven and on earth, over the hell and over the death (Mt. 28:18/ Rev. 1:18), which power is in His resurrected and Eternal Life; that by this New Life He destroyed Death and him that had power over death, that is, Satan (Heb. 2:14), and that He destroyed all his works (1Jn. 3:8). THIS IS the testimony that we have to have not because we read it somewhere or heard about it, but because we LIVE THIS TESTIMONY IN OUR SOUL AND SPIRIT! Our present life reflects the Life of Christ and is just as immortal; it destroyed the works of the devil just the same way and has all power in Heaven and on earth even over the powers of evil and darkness. THIS TESTIMONY will destroy the Devil, his kingdoms and powers and works. On the basis of THIS TESTIMONY will Satan be thrown down from Heaven to the earth.
The first thing in the deliverance of an already redeemed soul is its deliverance from the alliance with the powers of evil and darkness. And this is exactly the target of all attacks and deceptions of Satan. We can best discover this when we start truly move toward the Lord Jesus Christ. We will then start to feel and experience the counter pressures and powers which we never experienced before in our life. When we thus see a believer, who is oppressed by such powers and is unable to do even what he knows in himself that he should do, then his deliverance can never come in the way of logical explanations, argumentations, discussions, persuasions or quarrelling, nor through other expressions of our mind. It is the Life of Christ, which is in the SPIRIT of man that must come with a helping hand. Can you imagine that you are drowning in the sea and nearby there is a boat from which you are offered a lifebelt? Would you ignore that boat and not even look that way? Really? You don’t believe that yourselves. When you are “drowning” in the spirits of evil and darkness in your soul (pride, fears, selfishness, indecisiveness, self-righteousness, laziness, foolishness, naivety, short temper, lust after comfort, after prosperity, unwillingness, unbelief, pressures of emotions, etc, etc.) and in your spirit, the Lord would like to “hand you a lifebelt”, why would you ignore it? Why not even look at Him? (Heb. 12:2) Your spirit has liberty from Christ, but your soul does not have liberty because Satan rules it through the above named spirits in brackets. If you will not allow your born-again spirit to stand against those spiritual powers of evil and darkness in your soul, you will never be delivered. And this is the denial of your redemption! These lines are not here just to be read and discussed, but to bring your victory must come from them into your daily life. No brother or sister will help you in any way, your own spirit and from the will of your own soul! NO BELIEVER CAN WIN A VICTORY FOR YOU! Begin to notice your spirit and to open to him your soul, because nobody can win for you though somebody could help you at least temporarily to bind those spirits of evil and darkness in your soul by the authority which he has from Christ in his born-again soul (Mt. 16:19+18:18). Or he can cast an evil spirit out of your soul, but NOBODY can cast out of you your character! Not even God!
The knowledge about our Redemption and Salvation through Christ is important as Light without which we would be in darkness and in darkness no decisions can be made and nothing can be done. But even if we have the Light and know and see what we should do, our soul does not have to have any willingness for it, or ability or power. So, here we have again the same important point and that is that all power and ability to do the Light of the Word is in the Holy Spirit, Who is in our spirit and does not have to be in our soul as yet! Hence, the growth and perfecting of man is marked by bringing his old life and the disabilities of his natural soul into submission, subjection to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit must through our spirit start to rule our soul!… without pardon, without excuses, without explanations, without argumentations. Otherwise we remain in perpetual troubles and slavery to Satan.
The state of this world and of this Universe can never be changed by man, who is situated in it. Various national and international movements for the change of the course of this world and of this Universe always failed (wars, debates, conferences, organizations for uniting the nations, etc.) Similarly, ecumenism and all the “social Gospels” failed and shall fail together with the whole humanism as a redemptive power of mankind for the good of man. This effort has always failed and will keep failing. The only way for the change of the state and course of this world and of this Universe is for those that are situated outside of it by the way of a new birth and regeneration in their spirit and soul. Who possess in themselves a superior spiritual position and thus authority over the powers of darkness and evil, they can change the state and course of this world. What is coming upon this world in the physical sense as the end of the world is absolutely in agreement with this spiritual principle. How? Those, who have the authority to change the state and course of this world and of this Universe are those, which are outside of it, as it is already declared above, so these must be taken out of it not to be in any physical contact with it. Only then can the course-judgment of this old creation proceed. For this end, there will be two short “breaks” in the course-judgment of this world and Universe before the end of the world.
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To be continued next week
brother Hanola
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