• THE GREAT CHASM: A DISCONNECT
  • WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?
  • FROM WHAT POSTURE DO YOU MINISTER?
  • WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF “LOVE”?
  • WHAT YOU BELIEVE OR DISBELIEVE ABOUT THE LORD DEFINES YOUR POSTURE

THE WARRIOR CULTURE:
FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION

Genesis 1:1, Genesis 3:15, 1 John 3:8b, Matthew 10:34, Revelation 19:11-16

  • THE REDUCTION OF A WARRIOR KING
    • SUFFERING SERVANT v. CONQUERING KING
    • MESSIAH ben JOSHEPH v. MESSIAH ben DAVID
  • MODEL OF MINISTRY: THE WARRIORPRIESTHOOD OF THE LORD
    • Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Phineas, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Deborah, Esther, Samuel, David, Elijah, Peter, etc.
    • Warrior Priests minister before the Lord, through the Lord, by the Lord.
    • Warrior Priests fight for betterment of the people under their charge.
    • Warrior Priests defend against error, oppression, infiltration, and assault.
    • Warrior Priests bind the wounds of the broken-spirited.
    • Warrior Priests lead from the front in accordance with God’s Word, Will, Love, Righteousness, Justice, and Truth
  • THE WARRIOR SPIRIT: AUTHENTIC LOVE

LOVE WILL ALWAYS MANIFEST ITSELF IN THE DEGREE IT IS WILLING SACRIFICE TOWARD THE OBJECT OF ITS LOVE!

~JOHN 15:13

THE WARRIOR SPIRIT:
A BLESSED GIFT TO THE BODY!

  • The gifting of a Warrior Spirit is one of the most significantly diminished attributes of the Body.
  • YET IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHABLE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD ON DISPLAY ALL THROUGHT SCRIPTURE.  
    • The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. ~Exodus 15:3
    • The Lord goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes. ~Isaiah 42:13
    • ..the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; ~Jeremiah 20:11
    • He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior. ~Job 16:4
    • “The LORD your God is in your midst, A VICTORIOUS WARRIOR He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.  ~Zephaniah 3:17

THE LORD OF THE HEAVEN’S ARMIES IS HIS NAME! ~235 TIMES

  • Beginning in Genesis 2:1!
  • Noah/Abraham
  • Moses/Joshua [Josh 8:34-35, 1:6-9,  and Caleb [Num 13:30, 14:24]
  • Valiant men whose hearts the Lord had touched 
    • ~1 Samuel 10:26
    • David/Jonathon
    • Deborah/Esther/Ruth/Rahab/Nehemiah/ Jehoshaphat/ Josiah
    • Phineas/Elijah
    • Peter/Stephan/Paul