Choose for South Africa: Jesus Christ or satan?

The word “CHOOSE” stood out to me this morning. You have to choose. Do you believe the words of scripture about Jesus Christ – and receive, or not? Who has Lordship over this country, over your country – wherever you live?

The ANC (South Africa’s legally elected leadership) is planning to hand over the country to the demonic on Sunday at 5pm by sacrificing a cow to the ancestors.

A religious row has erupted on the eve of the ANC’s centenary celebrations over the party’s plans to slaughter a cow and commune with the ancestors this weekend.

African Christian Democratic Party leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe has turned down his invitation as an opposition party leader to attend the festivities in the belief that invoking the spirits of dead leaders will have “devastating consequences for the country”. - ANC, ACDP lock horns over slaughtering

Devastating consequences? The word “catastrophe” comes to mind over and over again.

If we Christians do nothing, then the country will have been placed into the hands of satan by the legally elected leadership. So what can we do?

Instead he planned to join other Christian groups outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria today for a 5pm prayer and worship ceremony to “dedicate South Africa to the living God, Jesus Christ”. - ANC, ACDP lock horns over slaughtering

The bible says that ALL POWER has been given to Jesus Christ. If we Christians believe that, then the ANC has nothing to hand to satan. The bible says that Jesus Christ has destroyed the works of the devil… if we Christians believe that, then no matter what the ANC does on sunday, it has already been destroyed by Jesus Christ on the cross.

But if we fail to add out faith to the message that we have heard about Jesus Christ, then we do not receive… and the ANC will have handed this beautiful country over to satan’s demons.

Wage the good warfare

Make no mistake, you are expected to “wage the good warfare”

This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them (the prophecies) you may wage the good warfare – 1Ti 1:18

The point is to advance… and we advance by trampling serpents… how do we trample the enemy’s kingdom? By believing what Jesus Christ did on the cross.

The only limit is NOT what Jesus Christ has done on the cross… the limit is what YOU believe He has done!

it shall be done for you as you have believed – Matt 8:13

according to your faith be it done to you – Matt 9:29

be it done for you as you wish – Matt 15:28

You are expected to have victory and we achieve this victory through our faith in Jesus Christ’s complete work on the cross…

For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. – 1 John 5:4

I have given you the authority to ADVANCE the Kingdom

I heard something which I want to share with you… in the passage (Luke 10:17-19) below it says “I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents” and this is said to the 70 who He sent out to heal the sick.

¹NOW AFTER this the Lord chose and appointed seventy others and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to come (visit).

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⁹And heal the sick in it and say to them, The kingdom of God has come close to you.

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¹⁷The seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name!

And He said to them, I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven. Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you. - Luke 10:17-19

When you read this passage consider that what the overall message is this: “I have given you the authority to ADVANCE the Kingdom BY trampling on serpents etc.“

How Jesus Christ built a long-lasting movement

I have often wondered “how did Jesus do it?” and over time Ive come up with some simple observations, such as these…

• Each day (and the whole movement) was (and is still!) bathed in prayer… and prayer is basically an expression of faith and relationship with God
• He could have rented out a massive Colosseum like the one at Caesaria and have nightly revival meetings with signs and wonders  - and He could have collected tithes. Wow. He would have converted the whole country in a matter of years!! But He didn’t.

So Ive keep wondering about this. Looking for something that makes sense, trying to find out what works and so see if that is what He did – because my basic assumption is that He did it the perfect way and we need to copy what He did. However, it’s not immediately apparent what it is that He did!

We are ambassadors taking the good news to mankind

I get very hot under the collar when people express more faith in satan and an anti-christ than they do in Jesus Christ. That guy is totally defeated. Let me show you this fact from scripture. Then declare these truths over your own life, your family, your home, your church, your suburb, your city, nation, country, continent and this world.

Sin

Regarding sin. Scripture says clearly that Jesus Christ took it away from the WHOLE WORLD not just from believers…

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world! – John 1:29

And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world. – 1 John 2:2

The problem is we lack faith to believe this and therefore even though it is done, we dont receive it. Throughout the bible a lack of faith stopped people from receiving God’s promise to them.

Form an open crowd where there are people

We have a location location suggestion: Sea Point on the green grass. I like this suggestion, because I want to make these events move from place to place and be more and more frequent.

In particular I want it to be in public so that other people can see it and join in. That is called having an “open crowd”.

Mal knows how to make open crowds and Ive been harassing him to write down what he knows so I an others can run with it.

Changing hearts and multiplying is a part of the key, the rest of the key is moving this city under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. So that is what we will do. We will declare and have faith that Jesus Christ HAS DONE what the OT and NT says in scripture that He did – which is destroy the works of the devil and reconcile the whole world back to God. We will also connect with passers-by and welcome them and let them know they are loved.

Christmas day clarity – we have step 1

On Christmas eve I was stuck waiting for a taxi. And wouldn’t you know it, I was standing in the part of the road where 2 years earlier on Valentines day myself and another person – as a part of an outreach – we had come to pray for the ladies who work there. If you know what I mean.

So I was standing there, trying to get to Christmas evening service and all this stuff was going on around me. A gay guy tried to talk to me. Three guys dressed as woman. And countless people in cars driving by giving me looks, I can only imagine what they were thinking seeing me standing there.

I was waiting for a bus. But little did I know this was not the bus stop!! So when the bus finally did arrive it drove right past me. Gah. Eventually I found  a taxi and hired it and I got to church 10 mins late. Not too bad.

Vision statement

Let us bring these verses to pass Ps 72:8-17…

NOTE the highlighted verses…

*** He [Christ] shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. ***

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him and His enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the coasts shall bring offerings; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him.

For He delivers the needy when he calls out, the poor also and him who has no helper. He will have pity on the poor and weak and needy and will save the lives of the needy. He will redeem their lives from oppression and fraud and violence, and precious and costly shall their blood be in His sight. And He shall live; and to Him shall be given gold of Sheba;

*** prayer also shall be made for Him and through Him continually, and they shall bless and praise Him all the day long. ***

There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

*** His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun [indeed, His name continues before the sun]. And men shall be blessed and bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed! ***

Sin and repentance

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