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 Daily Independent Online.
* Monday, July 26, 2004.
War against sin
By Ben Unegbu
This is the time for us to
wage war against sin because the problem of our people and other nations
is sin. It is recorded in the word of God that sin pulls down countries.
Iniquity pulls down nations and families. It destroys lives and whatever
people lay hand on. This is because when the spiritual life is polluted
by sin, every other thing will scatter. Therefore, the beginning of the
liberation of man must start from the heart of man. A heart polluted by
sin cannot succeed in life. That is why this is the first move in this
battle against sin and Satan, against witches and wizards, against all
the forces of darkness and against man's inhumanity to man that has
polluted our nation. God has arisen to fight, to liberate, to save, to
deliver, to conquer, through Christ, in the company of the Holy Spirit,
even in your own life, if you believe.
If you come back to God like
the biblical prodigal son, things will change. The situation of things
will change because this is a spiritual confrontation. A polluted soul
cannot serve God effectively. A disfigured or sin-polluted life cannot
make a good citizen because whatever is in one's life is what one will be
dishing out. It is what you think in your heart that will be coming out
of your daily activities. If your heart is polluted, even if you are in
the farm you will like to cheat your fellow workers. In your family you
will remain wicked because your heart is polluted and conquered by the
devil. If you are in the office, you cannot do the right thing because
your heart is not cleansed or changed, all because you have not repented.
Therefore, if we are to solve the problem of wickedness and man's
inhumanity to man in this country, and in the world in general, there
must be genuine repentance in life. Since it is recognised without any
iota of doubt that iniquity pulls down countries, something must be done,
starting from individual lives. This is because Mark 7: 21-23 reveals
that all pollution, wickedness and sins begin from the heart. Therefore a
polluted life cannot help to build a better nation. One's heart must
first be changed from evil to good. And that is what God is doing. He has
arisen to help our people. So, I am calling upon you, as an individual,
to arise because from the heart of man, according to Mark 7: 21-23,
proceed evil thoughts, man's inhumanity to man, wickedness, the sins of
fornication and adultery, evil eyes, bribery and corruption and other
suicidal activities manipulated by the devil in lives. The moment you
recognise Christ, things will change. But you cannot recognise Christ
without faith. And without faith in God, through Christ, in the company
of the Holy Spirit, you cannot succeed. Your success, genuine success,
will start only when you recognise the spiritual imbalance in you, then
arise to tell God the truth. Arise and say the truth in your life because
the word of God reveals in John 8: 32, 36 that you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.
Again, if you need real
freedom, genuine freedom, you must accept Christ. He is the truth. He is
truth. He is everything in everything. And in the same John 8: 36 we see
that if the son of God, (that is son of man, Jesus Christ) sets you free,
you will be free in deed. And the moment you become free, through the
power of God in Christ in the company of the Holy Spirit, from satanic
forces, sin and other wickedness of the devil, you will then fix in
properly, starting from your own life and family, to rebuild and
reconstruct the society. God will give you power to do it. It is a
battle. And this battle requires that you must denounce Satan. You must
reject sin. There is no compromise on that. God is holy and He is a
spirit. Anyone who wants to worship God must worship Him in spirit and
truth. In doing this, there should be no room for denominational
diversion. There should be no room for party spirit of denominationalism.
We must face reality because people are perishing. God is doing wonders
in lives, saving souls through Christ. He did it in my own life. I am
happy. And I believe that if you allow Him, He will penetrate into your
own life and do the same thing, even more, liberating you from the
bondage and shackles of the devil and his wickedness. My God will do it.
I give you example of Zacheaus. He (God) did it in his life. Be reminded
also about Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot who was also poisoned by
demonic forces in other areas. Yet she got liberated. Jesus intervened in
her life when there was no hope and told her (after genuine repentance in
John 8: 11-12): "Go and sin no more", setting her free. Then,
in verse 12 of the same John 8, Jesus declared that He is the light of
the world. When the light comes, darkness will run away from your life,
family, business, office and country. Darkness and light have nothing in
common. There is no compromise on that. Sin is darkness. Devil is
darkness. Our God is light in Christ in the company of the Holy Spirit.
On how to remedy the
situation, what you need to do is to recognise the wickedness of devil in
your heart, which is the centre of iniquitous activities. Then, turn to
God and say: "God, I am sorry". That was what the prodigal son
did. Before then he was messing up h sin, confusing himself. Although
history may trace that he must have been religious, yet he had no peace
and no joy because of the lack of repentance.
The blockades must be removed
before God will intervene in your family, in our country and in the world
in general. The blockades must be removed. The blockades in the life of
man are sin and faithlessness as confirmed in Isaiah 59: 1-2. Listen to
that. It says: "God's hand is not shortened that it cannot save,
neither is God deaf that He cannot hear. But your iniquity, your sin, has
blocked the way".
Sin blocks the way to your
progress spiritually, physically, economically and in other areas.
Therefore you need to recognise this danger and call unto the Lord to
intervene in your life and give you peace and joy.
If you want to do it, do it
now and come back to God like the prodigal son, apologizing to God,
begging Him to have mercy. I am sure that He will do it and pardon. He
did it in my own life. He is doing it in other lives. And even yourself
will receive from God now - freedom from sin, deliverance from demons,
witches and wizards. You will be free from them - including freedom from
other confusion in life and state of uncertainty. My God will do it. But
you must recognise that you are a sinner and must decide now to repent
and remove the blockade through the power of God in Christ in the company
of the Holy Sprit. Another blockade is faithlessness as you can see in
James 1: 6-8. Ther e, you
will see that you have the right to beg God to give you whatever you need
salvation, freedom from sin and other Satanic activities, including
complete freedom, from witcl1es and wizards. You have the right to beg
God to do that through Christ. Then, if you read up to verse of the same
James 1: 7-8, you will discover that there is no way you can save
yourself if you are a doubting Thomas. Therefore, watch it in your life.
Think about what you will do now. He says there that a double-minded man
should not expect to receive from God. Stop being a Thomas.
If we love our nation, our
family and our soul, we must call it a finished thing. We must believe
that Christ finished it on the cross, saving us from sin and Satan.
Saving us through His love as confirmed in John 3: 16, 36 shows there
that you have to take your own action now so that His finished work on
the cross will reach you. There is no other way. You must remove the two
blockades. Sin and faithlessness in life form a great blockade. So, this is your chance to give
your life to Jesus. It is a battle. Repent like the prodigal son in Luke
15 and the Ninevites in Jonah 3, then join to fight against man's
inhumanity to man, wickedness in high and low places as well as
insincerity. My God will help you. You have no power to fight by
yourself. It is a war, a spiritual battle. It is only through the power
of God in Christ in the company of the Holy Spirit that you will be
liberated and set free in all round from the shackles and bondage of the
devil.
We are fighting Satan, not
man. The war we are talking about is not a war against your wife or
husband. It's not a war against your neighbour. It's not a physical war
that requires physical confrontation, gun, bullets, bombs. It is a
spiritual
Allow God to move in your
life. Give Him chance to operate on you. He will do it. Physical doctors
operate only physically. But my God operates spiritually and physically
too. So, this is your chance to repent and say "God, I am
sorry". Apologise to God now through Christ in the company of the
Holy Spirit. Give your life to Jesus. Allow Him to work in you
spiritually, physically and in other areas in Jesus name.
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Unegbu wrote in from Onitsha.
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