Strongholds (10 views)
From:  Minister Falcon (OSMFalcon)     7/9/2003 5:30 pm  
To:  ALL    
 
  652.1  
 
Doorways soon lead into strongholds.  What is a stronghold?  In the above verse it is shown to be a center of military and strategic operations in the defense of cities and kingdoms.  When the enemy enters a new land that is not defended they will seek to set up strongholds to operate from.  Two things happen:  

1.                  First, they create for themselves a safe haven against attack.  If an enemy comes to take back the land they will attack a strong, defended position that has been reinforced.  As a general rule the margin of losses for an offensive force to take a defensive force is 3 to 1.  In other words for every 1 defensive person it will take 3 offensive persons to take the position.  If the Stronghold has been entrenched and built well it can be very difficult to attack it, pull it down, and spoil those within it.  

2.                  Second, they create strongholds for offensive purposes.  The stronghold is a base of operations to attack neighboring kingdoms that are not under their control.  From the stronghold they launch attacks against the neighboring cities and enemy positions.  Once the land they attack is conquered they set up new Strongholds in which to repeat the process.  The enemy is never idle.  They always seek to expand their kingdom.  

Doorways spawn strongholds.  This is true.  A foothold becomes a place of residence for the demon.  The place of residence is built up to become a stronghold if it is not spoiled.  The stronghold will be used by the demonic realm to access other areas of the person's life in order to give access to other demons.  Let's continue our examination with two examples of developing a stronghold:

Demons dwell in our emotions, thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and memories.  It is absolutely crucial that you replace the lies, deceit, and false doctrines that the demons have deceived you with all these years, with the promises of God's Word.  The Word of God is our only offensive weapon.  The battleground is for your mind; where the mind goes the rest of the person will follow.  It is by faith that we are saved and it is also by faith that we can hold onto the promises of God instead of believing the lies of the devil.  

It is very easy to think that if we simply repent of the sin and cast out the demon causing the bondage that everything will be all right.  It simply just doesn't work that way.  If we do not believe God's truth over the enemies lies then we will remain in bondage.  It is usually Satan's lies that bring in the bondage in the first place.  

Demonic strongholds are the fruits of the flesh.  We learn that as we break the power of demonic strongholds in our lives by casting out demons, we can more effectively serve the Lord Jesus Christ.  Deliverance is a ministry as valid as preaching, teaching, healing, cleansing the lepers, and raising the dead.  It is a ministry that changes our lives because of Jesus Christ.  And we glorify Jesus Christ by serving Him more effectively, in ways we were not able to in the past because of the struggle we had against the demonic influences inside us.  

Micah 5:8-15

8          And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, both treads down and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. 

9          Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. 

10        "And it shall be in that day," says the LORD, "That I will cut off your horses from your midst and destroy your chariots. 

11        I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds. 

12        I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no soothsayers. 

13        Your carved images I will also cut off, and your sacred pillars from your midst; you shall no more worship the work of your hands; 

14        I will pluck your wooden images from your midst; thus I will destroy your cities. 

15        And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury on the nations that have not heard." 

 

 
