Adeolu Oluade

Making an impact

Obadiah 1(KJV)
verse 21 “And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.”

James 5(KJV)
verse 22 “Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.”

Judges 2(KJV)
verse 16 “Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them."
verse 18 "And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge:
for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.”

This present generation is in dire need of the message of Jesus Christ more than before as it sinks deeper and deeper into gross darkness. This message is not obsolete but is relevant as long as we remain in the dispensation of grace. Thereafter it will be too late! Therefore now is the time for each member of the church of Jesus Christ to carry the heart of God to the world around in the power of the Holy Spirit!

The message remains fresh and relevant in the lives of millions of Christians all over the world even in countries where the Church remains underground! And God's purpose for each Christian within his or her God given territory is that each one should make an impact that is so positive and powerful to demonstrate and establish the kingdom of God!

Salvation is the Spirit-initiated and Spirit-driven process whereby anyone is 'delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of his dear only Son [the Lord Jesus Christ]’ (Col 1:13)'. For this process to be activated, the individual under the convicting power of the Spirit, repents of his or her sins and trusts in Jesus Christ as his or her personal Lord and Saviour. In this context, 'saviours' are just human channels whom God uses in different ways to introduce others to His salvation through their preaching and lifestyle. They are simply agents of the Saviour to the rest of mankind. Each one's territory extends beyond the local assembly (mount Zion) into the places (the mount of Esau) where they live, work, study, or travel through amongst others who are yet to know Christ-these places form the battlefield for the warrior of Christ to fight for and win over the souls of men through the power of the Spirit from a heart of unconditional love! This ‘apostolic/prophetic warfare’ involves three aspects which are as follows:-

Divine authority ( Luke 10 : 19 )
Divine weaponry/armoury ( 2 Cor. 10 : 4 ; Eph 6 : 14 -17)
Divine strategy (Psalm 144: 1) using ‘vital and available military intelligence’.
The basis of this brand of warfare is just trusting and obeying the Lord mighty in battle in the daily Christian walk both individually and corporately.

One important consequence of this will be that members of the end time church will be able to enter into the place of dominion in various spheres of secular endeavour in these last days for the sake of the gospel of Christ and to the praise of the Lord who has called them and sent them to ‘the mount of Esau’!

Nehemiah 9(KJV)
verse 27 “Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven;
and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.”

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