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We find that our armour in life is for the casting down the imaginations of the world, the imaginations that man thinks he can rule the world instead of God, and if we don God’s armour then we are not fighting in the flesh but we are fighting in the spirit and we need to do that. The Apostle no doubt, when he wrote those words, had in mind the great example that was shown to the prophet Elisha, on how God will provide us with His assistance if we are prepared to stand up and fight for Him. In those days the king of Syria was going to invade Israel and the King of Syria plotted and planned on how he would do it and it was a master plan that no man could unravel. The prophet Elisha in a vision, saw what the king had in mind, and so we see the Holy Spirit within us if we are concerned about what is happening in the world, we need only ask for that spirit to guide us and tell us what the plan of attack is, and the prophet saw where the king of Syria was going to put his armies, and it would have been a great victory for it was a clever plan and he went to the king of Israel and told him of the plan, and the king withdrew his men to a place where they were safe. The king of Syria was wrath and he called his servants together and he said that he wants to know who had betrayed them, for one amongst them must have went and told of these plans because the plans were so good, that no man would have sorted them out.  That is what the evil in the world is doing today, it is planning and plotting and it is doing it in such a conniving way that it is difficult for the mind of man to see what is happening. But his servants said to him, it is a prophet called Elisha, he had the vision and he has warned the king of Israel. We can see therein that we too, have this vision within us, this power of the Holy Spirit, which is part of God and God is over all, providing we do not worship or burn incense to any other god, this inspiration will be given unto us. And the king of Syria said to capture this man and bring him to me because I can use him, I can use him in my plan to control many nations, and we see that Babylon today is trying to take captive of the Christian church, we see all the false things creeping in, we see the realisation that they have to put this Holy Spirit into subjection, otherwise this church of God, guided by the Holy Spirit, will see through their plan. That is why it is being infiltrated today with all kinds of things, trying to turn us to worship other gods, to tell us that we no longer need the sacraments wherein the Holy Spirit is built up within us, to tell us that the children no longer need to be baptized, for they have minds of their own and they will be converted at the appropriate time and in that way, to say marriage that is instituted by God should be changed.  It breaks down continuance of the church. The king of Syria sent forth his chariots and they surrounded the city where Elisha was living and his servant came running to him and said, Master, we are surrounded, we will perish! He said unto him that they will not perish, for those that are on our side, are greater in number than the enemy, and the servant of Elisha looked to himself and to Elisha and saw only two men and he wondered what his master was saying. The prophet asked the Almighty God to open the eyes of his servant so that he can witness the strength and the power that is available for those who declare that those who are on our side, are mightier than those against us, and his eyes were opened and he saw in the hills and the mountains and all around them, chariots of fire, filled with men of war, all coming down around and standing around the prophet and going around the enemy, and he marveled and could see the great strength that God has.
We too, have a great army that will help us, the Apostle Paul wrote that we have the innumerable number of angels and we can call on those and we can ask those around us to open their eyes and see, and they too, will be enlightened to see the great protection and blessing that is afforded those who put their trust and faith, only in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  The prophet asked God that he will perform a miracle and to blind all those that had come to take him captive, and they were all made blind. As we look into the world today, we see so many following blindly along, blindly along with what is happening in the world, they cannot find their way, they are lost, and the prophet said unto the leader of these men, that they have come to the wrong place but he will lead them to this prophet. And he lead them many miles to the land of Samaria and took them into a desert place and then he asked God to show them and allow them to see where they were and their eyes were opened and they were in a desert place and they feared. The king of Israel said, I will send in my armies and destroy them, but the prophet said “No!” And we in the Christian Church must never have this in mind that we must destroy these with vengeance that are working against us, for they have been blinded and we must pray that they will have the scales fall off their eyes, the same as we have and the prophet said to the king, “Do not destroy them, but show them kindness, feed them water, feed them bread!” And the king brought forth a feast and fed those of the enemy and their eyes were truly opened and they witnessed and saw the love of God, manifesting itself through these people, and we too, must have that same desire. That our light will shine and bring all out of darkness to the love of God.