10-17-10 AM - Ruling Through Christlikeness

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Luke 11:33-36

Victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips. It is consummated by the nature of Jesus in our heart.

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

1. KEEP CHRIST CENTRAL

Romans 8:28-29
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. – (shew bread; bread of the presence; exposed before God)
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Psalm 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.


Jesus defeated the enemy in the Garden and on the cross not by going toe to toe but by fulfilling the will of the Father.

C.M. Ward a great evangelist of the past said “The only thing you need to know about Satan is how to dismiss him”.

The more we yield our selves to His nature the greater the fortress of His presence surrounds us.

2. REST BEFORE YOU CAN RULE

 John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

Romans 16:19-20
For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good, and innocent in what is evil.
20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

PEACE – CRUSH

Victory comes by refusing to judge by what we see or hear and trust in what God has promised.

"Lord, save us! We're going to drown!"
26 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

Phil 1:28 Whatever happens conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then,…I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel
28 without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved--and that by God.

PEACE IS SPIRIT POWER

23rd Psalm Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me

you come to me with a sword and a spear and javelin but I come to you in the name of the Lord Almighty the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 1 Sam. 17:45

before the throne there was, as it were a sea of glass like crystal Rev. 4:6

Rest precedes rule!
Peace precedes power!