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2016, 2018 by Ed Silvoso
Adapted from the book That None Should Perish by Ed Silvoso
Published by Chosen Books
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
www.chosenbooks.com
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Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Ebook edition created 2018
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ISBN 978-1-4934-1342-3
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)
Scripture quotations identified NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
In order to disciple all the nations and take the Gospel to every creature, the Church is called to engage the forces of evil. The battleground is the heavenly places. This is where the battle for our cities is won or lost. Spiritual strongholds are Satans secret weapon in waging that battle. It is through the surreptitious use of strongholds that Satan controls the behavior of many believers and, as a result, the behavior of a sector of the Church. These strongholds must be identified and destroyed in order for Christians to become victorious and for the Church to regain control of the heavenlies.
I describe strongholds as Satans secret weapon because they enable him to control the behavior of Christians by driving them into hopelessness as to their destiny. This forces them to live in a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp while awaiting the triumphal arrival of their Commander in Chief, instead of taking over the camp to turn it into a Marine base from which to liberate other camps. Like the people of Israel in ancient Egypt, Christians are more and mightier than all the evil forces under Satans command. Satan knows that greater is He who is in you [us] than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). The problem is that many believers dont know it, because, like Pharaoh, Satan knows how to deal wisely with them, or else they will... fight... and depart from the land [of captivity] (Exodus 1:910).
I present the scriptural truths in this booklet in a systematic way that is easy to understand. They are truths that will set you free by renewing your mind and positioning you to receive the power to become an overcomer. Read on, because you will soon taste victory in areas where you had given up hope before!
Is it possible for someone to be blind and not know it? To be miserably poor and believe otherwise? To think, in all honesty, that he or she is dressed and to walk around naked? Yes, it is entirely possible. It happens every day. In fact, the problem is so serious that the Lord Jesus Himself sent a letter to a particular church, confronting its members with this severe form of spiritual schizophrenia. Recorded in Revelation 3:1422, the letter says:
To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Because you say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
The situation was so serious that Jesus told them, You think you have gathered in My name, but I have been left out (see Revelation 3:20). Can you imagine Jesus shut out of His own Church? No wonder, then, that so many believers live in defeat because, basically, they are prisoners of war (POWs) instead of confident and victorious Kingdom Marines storming the Gates of Hades. Such defeat is not the will of God. He has a hope and a future for His children, but as long as they remain ignorant of Satans schemes, the enemy will maintain the upper hand (see 2 Corinthians 2:11).
If you find yourself struggling in your inner self, in your family relations, at work or in schoolfar from what the Bible states you are entitled tothe scriptural truths I am about to present will set you free.
The cruelest slavery is the slavery inflicted by ignorance of the truth. I illustrated this with a compelling example from history in some of my previous books. In Ekklesia: Rediscovering Gods Instrument for Global Transformation (Chosen, 2017), and in That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism (Chosen, 1995), I related in more detail the story of General Jonathan Wainwright, the only American general taken prisoner by the Japanese in World War II. His story illustrates a number of spiritual truths, but I want to recap it briefly here because it is a particularly compelling example of how the truth will set you free.
Held in a POW camp in remote Mongolia, General Wainwright grew progressively weak and feeble during his captivity, but he never compromised his honor. Conducting himself with dignity, he waited for the Allies to win the war and liberate the camp. Until that day, however, he had no choice but to obey the orders of the camps Japanese commandant. He also wrestled with a deep sense of personal shame because General Douglas MacArthur had left him in charge in the besieged Philippines with instructions not to surrender, but he had reluctantly capitulated to the enemy because of the atrocious carnage the Japanese had caused. As he watched thousands of his soldiers march to their death in the jungles, his soul suffered even more than his body. Still, he survived and held on to hope somehow.
Eventually, the day came when troops under MacArthur overcame Japan. A cablegram went out to every Japanese POW camp with instructions for the commandant to surrender to the highest-ranking Allied officer, and all of them compliedall, that is, except the commandant of the camp where Wainwright was held captive. Because the general did not know the truththat the enemy was defeated and the war was wonhe continued to behave like a POW and obey the orders of the enemy.
Hearing no news about his former second-in-command, MacArthur dispatched a senior officer to find out why. Landing near the POW camp, this American emissary got off the plane, walked up to the fence and asked for General Wainwright. When the general approached, the officer announced, General, Japan has been defeated!
Wainwright saluted back and slowly walked to the Japanese commandants office. Opening the door, he addressed the man without even raising his voice, simply speaking the liberating truth: My commander in chief has defeated your commander in chief; I am in charge here now!
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