Boot Camp for God's Army, Part 2

Boot Camp for God's Army

Part II

     In the United States, we have the best body armor and the best weapons that have ever been devised, but without knowing how to use them, it would leave our military useless in the face of the enemy.

     What good would a good rifle do for a man in war that doesn't know how to load it?  What good is body armor for a man that doesn't know how to put it on?  How can you send or take soldiers into war if they don't understand warfare?  We all need training to be skilled in the use of things that are there for our benefit.  You don't just induct them, dress them, give them a weapon and send them to war.

     In the church, we have lead them into induction by confessing and receiving Jesus as Lord.  Most don't know they have joined an Army.  They don't even know there is a war.  They don't know who the enemy is and because of this, most Christians are wounded by friendly fire (we war against one another).  One of the first things you learn in the Army is, "don't shoot the guy that wears the same uniform".  We have many people of God that are still in bondage (or captivity) by the enemy because they don't know how to use the weapons of their warfare.

     We have weapons that the enemy has no defense for at all.  The name of Jesus is the greatest weapon we have.  The Blood of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, the Armor of God.  His gift of righteousness, His truth, the shield of faith, the power of prayer, the ability through Jesus to come to the Throne of Grace and receive.  The ability and the privilege of being able to come into and have fellowship at any time with the Creator of all heaven and earth and call Him Father, and the angels of the Lord that have been sent to minister to us (Heb 1:14).

     John 17:14-26  Jesus prayed to His Father (our Father), that even the glory that God gave Him, He has given to us (vs 21-22).  Luke 10:17-20  Jesus declared that we have been given power over the ability of the enemy.  Mark 16:15-20 The orders to the Army of God are summed up in these verses.  NOTICE the Lord did not confirm the men, but the words they preached by signs and wonders.

     Find a place (Boot Camp) that will familiarize you with the weapons of our warfare, work at it until you become a master of it.  Identify who your enemy is, be strong in the Lord and the power of His might!