"BORN TO BE A CHAMPION”
By Tommy Franks, Ph.D.
Copyright © 2007 Tommy Franks
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DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to the Champion Revolutionary, Jesus Christ, and to all the Christian Revolutionary champions of the past including our Forefathers. I also dedicate this book to all the 21st Century Christian Revolutionaries.
Thank God for a sweet Christian wife and friend, Karen, who is indeed a wonderful champion in her own right.
INTRODUCTION
Have you seen the tattoo or heard the expression, "Born to Raise Hell"? When you think of this expression, you automatically think of a hellish person doing all kinds of mischievous, naughty, or harmful acts and perhaps even pulling pranks on those around him. Some people may associate this type of person with a partying fool or a person sowing wild oats. Although these impressions may be true, this book is not about the perverted expression "Born to Raise Hell" which belongs to satan the STUPID and his gang, but rather to the mission, "Born to RAZE (destroy) Hell".
We as Believers are on Divine Assignment while on this earth. The Commander-in-Chief of the Universe has given us an Operational Order for our earthly assignment. A large part of this mission is to RAZE hell! This book will tell you how to carry out this assignment in accordance with the Holy Word and the Holy Spirit.
Razing hell is not as difficult as it may sound. Being a hell razer is part of being a combat Christian revolutionary. God created you for such a time as this.
You are no longer a wimp, but a dynamic power packed soldier of the Good News of Jesus Christ. You are ready at the twinkling of an eye to either do combat duty against the enemy or go to be with Jesus when the trumpet sounds. Either way, you are ready! Either way, you win. But while you are on this earth, you need to live your life to its fullest and maximum potential.
You are the BEST product that heaven has ever produced. You are the apple of God's eye. Being a member of the Family of God has given you responsibility as well as freedom. As a Freedom Fighter and Hell Razer, things change drastically around you. Darkness changes to light. Sickness changes to health. Sadness changes to joy. Death changes to life. Hate changes to love. Selfishness changes to cheerful giving. Doubt changes to faith. The yoke of bondage is now destroyed. Freedom has come to you and your community. Thank God, you are free at last! You were born to RAZE (destroy) hell!
FIRST WORDS
Most of you have heard the old worldly expression "Born to raise hell". The enemy took an expression that rightfully belongs to the Christian and perverted it for his own self-aggrandizement and propagation. The correct and true expression for the Christian is "Born to RAZE Hell".
You and I were born to RAZE (destroy) hell. "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the PULLING DOWN of STRONG HOLDS; CASTING DOWN imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and BRINGS INTO CAPTIVITY every thought to the obedience of Christ" (2 Cor.10:4-5).
In the first chapter, we will look at the various definitions of the word "RAZE". But in short, we were born again to tear down the works of satan the STUPID and lucifer the LOSER. We are champions called to destroy the works of hell on this earth and bring to earth the Kingdom of Heaven. We do not have to put up with the devil and all of his imps. Greater is Jesus than all the works of hell on this earth!
Now, all you religious traditionalists, do not misunderstand what I am about to say. It is so vital to the crux of this book. Jesus was born (incarnated) to RAZE hell. Catch your breath and read the following Scripture. "...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might DESTROY the WORKS of the devil" (1 Jn.3:8). The plans and works of the devil are formulated in hell. Jesus came to destroy those plans and to leave hell a disorganized place of shambles that has never recovered and never will. The enemy is the universal champion LOSER.
You were born for such a time as this. You are the last living generation before the return of our Master Jesus Christ. You need to learn how to RAZE hell on this earth. You need to learn how to demolish the gates of hell and set the captives free. We are NOT ignorant of the devil (Nincompoop’s) dastardly devices and plans of failure. Therefore, you and I are charged with the POWER of the living God to go forth and erase disease, uncover ambushes, destroy sin, to pour out death and pour in LIFE, and TO TAKE the prey (victim) of the enemy and make him a NEW CREATION in Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
The Sweet Holy Spirit spoke to me not long ago and told me to write this book for His Kingdom. He is never late, early, or wrong. I now present to you an exciting experience..."BORN TO BE A CHAMPION”, by Tommy Franks, Washington, DC. (2007)
CHAPTER 1
You are reading this book not only out of curiosity, but also by the Divine appointment of the Holy Ghost. Your mind has been provoked to learn about tearing down the strongholds of the enemy.
Several years ago in 1972, I backslid...on the devil and slid up to God through Jesus Christ. And I have been backsliding further and further away from the devil ever since, getting just as close to Jesus as possible. Now, the only thing the enemy sees about me is the bottom of my feet stamping on his head. I consider him a weasel that is doomed!
Let us now look at the various definitions of the word "raze" as it applies to Kingdom Living. "Raze" means to:
1. Make empty, make bare
2. Demolish
3. Pour out
4. Leave destitute
5. Uncover, make naked
6. Erase
7. Scrape or shave off (implying a disagreeable or embarrassing situation; a fight or conflict; to rub against something harshly)
8. Tear down completely
9. Level to the ground
10. DESTROY
When Jesus went to the lowest pit of hell, He did something that no other man had ever done. He made a public show out of His VICTORY over the dastardly devil. "And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, TRIUMPHING OVER them in it" (Col.2:15). He spoiled the little playpen of the enemy. He demolished the living room of satan the STUPID. Jesus uncovered the dumbness of lucifer the LOSER. Jesus left the enemy on his knees naked and bare of all his power. Our Savior stripped him of everything. Paradise (a compartment of hell for the Old Testament Saints) was emptied. The captives were set FREE. Jesus and the devil had a strong disagreement and conflict which proved to be a VERY
EMBARRASSING situation for satan. Our elder Brother left him bald headed and rubbed his nose harshly in the sands of time, past, present, and forever. The greatest LOSER has never recovered and never will.
The ignoramus devil and all his imps honestly thought they had our LORD Jesus. The enemy had been trying to kill Him for years, and when he finally thought he had HIM, satan took the beating of his wicked life. All of satan's scheming chicanery to destroy the world came to an abrupt halt. Jesus leveled his power and authority to the ground. The Son of God and Son of man (Jesus the Righteous) literally RAZED hell and left it in shambles. He DESTROYED the works of the devil and left him paralyzed in his own living room.
poils of the battle of the universe were also taken. Jesus delivered all the Old Testament Saints who were held captive in Paradise against their will. He also delivered us from hell. Because He went there and suffered the flames of torment, we do not have to experience hell and burn forever. Our debt has been paid in full. Praise the Lord forever! WE ARE FREE!
If the chief SCOUNDREL and all of his princes had known what would happen through the death of Jesus Christ, they would never have crucified Him (1 Cor.2:8). God kept it hid from him (1 Cor. 2:7).
Christ suffered death for two purposes...to set mankind free and to DESTROY the devil who HAD the power of death (Heb.2:14-15). Today, we have that POWER...the same POWER that Jesus has (Lk.10:19, 1 Jn.4:17). Now, they could NOT...they could NOT keep our Jesus in hell. Hallelujah, He arose. He is ALIVE. His resurrection power is surging through our bodies and inner beings.
Hell has no power over us now. Death has no power over us. Its sting is gone. The grave will not keep us down. We will live forever! We will rule and reign physically with our Lover Jesus Christ in His material Kingdom. He is the Lover of our souls. He will rule with a rod of iron and we will rule with Him forever.
Jesus indeed RAZED hell...not for Himself, but for us. He did not need to do it for Himself. He sacrificed Himself as the Pascal Lamb. He went into the strong man's house and bound him and left him toothless, bruised, and totally defeated. He had conquered the enemy.
Just before the claims of justice were satisfied, it really looked gruesome and gloomy for our Hero and Commander-in-Chief of the universe. It looked bad. But thank God, Jehovah sees things that are not as though they were. The Bible says that the countenance of Jesus was marred more than any man and that He was almost unrecognizable as a human being (Author's version of Is.52:14). He had been beaten until He was one solid bruise. He was bloody. Most of the skin had been stripped from His back. His head was swollen. Holes were in His feet and hands. How could one Man endure such torment? How could one Man love the world so much?
If you read Psalms 22, 86, 88, and Isaiah 52-53, you will get the full impact of the type of suffering that our Lord paid for us. He went to the lowest pit of hell for three days and three nights. Words cannot describe His suffering!
But suddenly, God said that it was enough and hell was in deep trouble. The penalty for man's sin had been paid. Jesus began to move and shake Himself. The little imps, devils, and satan began to shriek, cry, run, hide, and go crazy. Fear gripped their wicked little brains. Hell was in turmoil. The Victor then preached to the Saints in Paradise (1 Pet.3:19). These Saints included everyone that had a right standing with Jehovah during the old covenant. For example, Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Gideon, and David are just a few of the Old Testament Saints who were looking forward to their Messiah. I believe that every Saint (spirit) in Paradise made a quality decision to accept Jesus as their Lord and long expected Messiah, especially, after watching Him dethrone the spirit of DARKNESS in the devil’s own kingdom.
When Jesus departed hell, the Saints in Paradise also departed and many were seen walking around in Jerusalem (Mt.27:52-53). Today, they are with Jesus in Heaven.
BOTTOMLINE: Jesus died a terrible death. Jesus arose from the tomb. He defeated the enemy. All these things are wonderful and true, but the bottomline is this: Jesus RAZED hell on this earth while He was here in the flesh. He has given us the same identical POWER to do the same. The bottomline: "You were Born to RAZE Hell" through the POWER of Jesus Christ. All POWER has been given to you for this purpose (Mt.28:18-19, Lk.10:19).
I remember the time our daughter, Joanna, was deathly sick with a terrible illness. We were on vacation in Orlando, Florida. She could not hold anything on her stomach, not even water. At the time, Joanna was only two years old. She was dehydrating rapidly. I cried out to God, "Father, I believe Your Word. By the stripes of Jesus my daughter is healed. I proclaim her healing now in Jesus' Name."
That sickness did not go away immediately. As a matter of fact, she got worse. My heart ached for her...She was such a pretty little thing and suffering profusely. Her cute little smile had disappeared. She was now pale and extremely weak...and dying. Her name "Joanna" means precious gift of God.
My mind pondered over many things and reflected back to the morning that she was born. It was 5 A.M. and the umbilical cord was being cut. She and her mother were in good health. God gave me a beautiful healthy daughter with hazel eyes and an angelic face. I was excited and thankful for this beautiful child.
Today, I have four children (Joanna, Tanya, Tony and Thomas II).
Meanwhile, getting back to the Orlando vacation with Joanna being deathly sick, let's continue. For five long days I watched her deteriorate and dehydrate. I would walk around and hold my Bible straight up in the air and say, "Father, I remind You of Your Word which says that she is healed and whole. I believe Your Word."
I told the devil that I was not putting up with his shenanigans. I cursed the sickness and proclaimed Divine health over my child. However, she still did not get any better. The enemy would come to me and say, "Look at you. You are so stupid. Your daughter is dying and all you can do is pray and confess to a God Who is not listening. You need to rush her to the hospital as fast as possible because when she dies, the police and authorities will put you in jail for being negligent. You are stupid."
The harassment continued for several days, but I continued to bombard the throne room with my confession of faith in a God Who does listen. Finally, we returned to our home in Tennessee. That night, we looked at each other and knew something miraculous had to transpire. We got a bottle of oil and poured it over her head. We read, "Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching ANY THING that they shall ask, it SHALL BE DONE for them of My Father which is in Heaven" (Mt.18:19).
I said, "Devil, I denounce you. You have no power over my family. My child is well in Jesus' Name."
I then went to bed across the hall. I could hear her breathing as if it could be her last breath. Her little body was fighting to LIVE. The love of God filled our home that night. I believed God and refused to doubt. I had settled the score with the enemy. I had pulled down the stronghold of sickness and destroyed it over my child.
I went to sleep and was awakened the next morning by laughter and small talk by a little girl. She was laughing and jumping and HUNGRY. She wanted to eat. That morning she ate and ate and has been eating ever since. Today, several years later, she is a healthy and beautiful young lady.
BOTTOMLINE: RAZE hell (tear down those strongholds of hell) and refuse the enemy any foothold in your life or your family's. You do not have to put up with his evil schemes and devices. He has no power over you except the power that you give to him. Let us choose to give him NONE.
The next chapter "Pulling Down Strongholds" will get you better acquainted with the power and anointing that you have within your inner man for this Divine mission and combat warfare. Jesus has equipped you well. You are on the Winning Team!
CHAPTER 2
YOU are SPECIAL. YOU have the POWER within YOU to pull down strongholds in any situation. Not only can YOU pull down strongholds, but YOU can also cast down imaginations and anything that would exalt itself against God (2 Cor.10:4-5). YOU are made in the direct image of God. He has given you dominion over every-thing that creeps, crawls, swims, flies, or walks (Gen.1:28). You have the POWER and RIGHT to govern and control the circumstances around you. Kick down those ugly gates of hell and level them to the ground. Walk in there and liberate the captive who have been dominated by alcohol, drugs, and demons. Take your spiritual armor and blow up hell's gates and set the diseased, blind, deaf, dumb, lame, crippled, and afflicted FREE.
Yes, YOU can do it because greater is He that is in YOU than he that is in the world (1 Jn.4:4). You have more POWER within YOU than you will ever need or use. How? WHY? Fact number 1 is simply this. You have God living within YOU. Fact number 2 is this. YOU have Jesus Christ living within YOU. Fact number 3 concludes the package. YOU have the Holy Ghost LIVING on the inside of YOU. HOW MUCH MORE POWER DO YOU NEED? Where are you going to get it? All power has been given to you!
In pulling down strongholds, it is important to know what Jesus said, "...the violent (energetic ones) take it (the Kingdom) by force (seize it)" (Mt.11:12). God has already done everything that He is going to do for mankind. He has protected man for 6000 years. He sent His only Begotten Son to earth to die for us. His Son Jesus paid the price for our sins and our healing. Jesus delivered us from the curse of the law. He set us FREE. We are NOW FREE indeed! When Jesus returned to His Father and sat down at His right Hand, His work was accomplished and FINISHED as far as our salvation is concerned.
His Words to us NOW are these, "...All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in earth. Go YOU therefore..." (Mt.28:18-19. We as the Church are to GO FORTH unto the ends of the earth and possess what rightfully belongs to us and His Kingdom. We are to possess souls, health, prosperity, love, righteousness, peace, joy, and good things for the Kingdom of God. We are to subdue kingdoms for Him. We are to be valiant in the fight against the enemy. We are to stamp on the heads of the armies of satan the STUPID. We are to raise the dead, even if it is from the pews of our Churches. If they are dead, let's resurrect them!
Caleb was just such a man. He razed a whole bunch of hell during his day. He pulled down some strongholds. He especially pulled down the stronghold of DOUBT in his life and family and responded with FAITH (a good report). Caleb was one of the 12 spies sent to spy out the land of Canaan. Ten spies brought back an evil report (report of doubt), but Joshua and Caleb brought back a good report (report of faith). Caleb quieted the people and said, "...Let us go up at once, and possess it (the land); for we are WELL ABLE to overcome it" (Nu.13:30).
Ten of the spies saw themselves as grasshoppers. Caleb saw His God and knew that God was with him. Caleb was honest and truthful because he had faith. The ten spies lied because of fear and doubt. They lied about the land. They stated that the land ate up its inhabitants. It was a good land flowing with milk and honey...and what about the size of those grapes? It took two men to carry one cluster of grapes (Nu.13:23).
After they lied, the ten spies almost incited a riot. The congregation wanted to stone Joshua and Caleb. They MURMURED against Moses and Aaron and even wished that they themselves had died in the wilderness! They wanted to select a captain and return to slavery (Egypt). This is why doubters (fearful and unbelieving) will be cast into the lake of fire forever (Rev.21:8). Doubt will kill a church. Doubt will create sickness where there is none. Doubt will wipe out a whole family financially. Doubt is a KILLER. Doubt wiped out a whole generation of people (hundreds of thousands) and their bodies fell dead in the wilderness (Nu.14: 29). Let us be brave, courageous, combat soldiers instead of un-believing cowards and sickly wimps!
Caleb was a GIANT of a man in faith. Even though doubt was all around, he and Joshua gave an honest and GOOD report about the land and people. "It is an EXCEEDING good land...flowing with milk and honey. The people are bread for us. Their defense is gone. The Lord is with us...fear them not. They are only wimps" (Author's version Nu. 14:7-9)! What ever happened to those lying grasshopper spies? Because of their dirty lies, they were later literally killed by a plague that God allowed to destroy them (Nu. 14:37).
What ever happened to Caleb? Because Caleb had another spirit and walked after the Lord FULLY (faithfully), some great things happened to this valiant combat soldier...exciting things! God promised General Caleb and his children the very land that he had trodden upon when he had spied out the land (De.1:36).
Forty five years later, it was finally payday. It was also General Caleb's 85th birthday. General Caleb reminded General Joshua of what God had told Moses back at Kadesh-Barnea. Caleb was not shy. As a hell RAZER, you cannot afford to be shy. The spirit of timidity is not of God. YOU must be BOLD. Caleb reminded Joshua that he had "WHOLLY followed the Lord" (Jos. 14:8). God likes for us to remind Him of His Word. For one thing, you must know the Word before you can remind Him of it.
Caleb began to make some BOLD statements on his birthday. He said, "Today is my birthday. I am now 85 years young. I am as STRONG today as I was 45 years ago when I went forth to spy out the land of Canaan. I brought back an honest and good report, but my fellow soldiers brought back an evil report. I am STRONG. Even now, I am ready for WAR. I will go out and I will come in again. Now, therefore, GIVE ME THIS MOUNTAIN. Everyone knows that the giants are there and the huge cities have walls, but because My God is with me, I will kick them out" (Author's version Jos.14:6-12).
Joshua loved Caleb. He knew Caleb was a man of his word and a man of integrity. To raze hell you must keep your word and be a person of integrity. Joshua blessed Caleb and gave him the mountain that had been promised to him. This turned out to be a pretty good birthday present. General Caleb had certainly earned it. At last he could go in and pull down some strongholds. He could go in and kick down some gates. Even though the mountain belonged to him, he still had to go in and possess it. He had to get violent and seize what was legally his possession.
Caleb was brave. He was courageous and valiant. Caleb was as bold as a lion. He went up to the mountain...tore down some gates and kicked out three scalawag giants (Jud.1:20). He was fierce. David killed a giant, but Caleb kicked out three of them. This 85 old year General was a walking tank. He knew how to RAZE hell all right. He did not pussyfoot around. He meant that he was not bowing down to any heathen giant or devil. Caleb took the mountain and named it Hebron. We need more Calebs today. We need the Caleb spirit...the spirit of faith...spirit of boldness. God is looking for STRONG men and women to pull down strongholds, cast down imaginations, and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Let's kick the devil all the way back to hades where he belongs. Some day soon he will be cast into the abyss (hell) for a thousand years...and later into the lake of fire FOREVER.
In short, although we have been given everything in this life to put us over, we still must go in and possess the land. Christ has equipped us with gifts, spiritual weapons, wisdom, warfare plans (Bible), and POWER through the Holy Ghost. He has commissioned us to go forth and use His POWER to PULL DOWN the STRONGHOLDS. Listen, the battle for the Christian is easy. It is really not much of a fight when YOU KNOW that YOU have already won (Is.54:17, Eph.1:22-23).
Mountains and strongholds have to bow at the Name of Jesus. We are the MIGHTY conquerors, not the conquered. We are the MIGHTY victors, not the victims. Satan the STUPID one is not our master; we are his. We tell him where to go and he goes. We cast him out and he runs like a scalded dog in January. We command him to cease and desist and he stops dead in his tracks.
The strongholds must come down in the Name of Jesus. You and I are modern day Christian revolutionaries that ensure this happens. In our next chapter, we will take a look at "The Modern Day Christian Revolutionary". Get EXCITED...you are God's man/woman for this generation. YOU ARE INDEED A WINNER!!!
CHAPTER 3
What is a modern day Christian revolutionary? Does he wear camel's hair, eat wild honey, and drink goat's milk? Does he wear a three piece suit? Does he wear green fatigues and black combat boots? What does he look like? Is he tall, robust, and look like another Rambo? I am here to tell you that YOU are the modern day Christian REVOLUTIONARY. What do you look like? You have met the revolutionary and he is YOU.
By definition, the word "revolutionary" means:
1. someone who brings about a complete and radical change 2. to indoctrinate with new or different ideas or principles
Our forefathers were revolutionaries. They wanted change. They were tired of religious oppression and bondage. Many of them paid for this change with their lives. They were branded as heretics because of their unorthodox ideas and opinions. They did not care what man thought. They cared about what God thought. In their conscience and inner spirit, they wanted to be completely free to worship God in their own way. Hence, today, we have tremendous religious freedom to worship our Lord and Savior without fear and retribution because of the blood of our forefathers.
They were indeed radical and revolutionary.
Nonetheless, the GREATEST Revolutionary lived on this earth 2000 years ago. His Name was Jesus. He wanted change. He wanted freedom for all mankind. He was radical. His teachings were astounding and absolutely life changing. He upset the religious sects. His radical views and ideas were indeed Truth, but the religious leaders could not handle them nor Him. There-fore, for them there was only one option. KILL HIM! This they did and said, "...His blood be on us, and on our children" (Mt. 27:25).
The scribes, priests, Pharisees, and STUPID satan thought they had him. They thought all of His radical ideas would now die with Him. But they could NOT keep Him in the grave! Neither could they keep His ideas from exploding. Praise the Living God forever! Hallelujah...Hallelujah! HE AROSE. HE AROSE from the grave. The world of darkness had failed AGAIN and it continues to FAIL today. Not only did One Revolutionary rise from the tomb, but millions and millions of revolutionaries rose with Him. In the eyes of the Father, whatever He did, we did. God saw us on that cross. He saw us in the pits of hell. He saw us defeat the idiotic ignoramus devil in hell. He saw us arise from the ugly tomb. He saw us with His Son in COMPLETE VICTORY. Today, He still sees us as VICTORS through His righteous Son.
Therefore, look in the mirror. YOU are a modern day last generation Christian revolutionary. Praise God for YOU! If God be for you, who can be against you (Rom.8:31)? God is on your side. He is for YOU! A Christian revolutionary does more than just talk. He also demonstrates his actions, ideas, radical changes, and principles in the SPIRIT and the POWER. To bring about change in this world, we must demonstrate with actions, not mere words. Jesus demonstrated His ideas of healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out devils, feeding the hungry, and opening blind eyes. Peter and John demonstrated the power and Spirit of the Living God (Acts 3:6). Paul came in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power (1 Cor.2:4).
The word "demonstration" means:
1. To show off ... 2. Exhibit ...... 3. Accredit .... 4. Prove, set forth
5. Manifestation ..... 6. To make evident ..... 7. A display or outward show
Jesus has already given us all the power that we will ever need to put us over. We have ALL POWER over the enemy. Nothing shall hurt us (Lk.10:19). What exactly does "power" mean to us in our lives? To the revolutionary, "power" means:
1. Energy 2. Authority 3. Influence 4. Legal right
5. EXPLOSIVE FORCE 6. Possession of control 7. Ability to produce an effect
Now, you and I as modern day Christian revolutionaries go forth without fear, weakness, inferiority, guilt, condemnation, or lack, KNOWING that our Elder Brother is our Chief Example to follow. What He did, we go forth and do today (Jn.14:12). The world is hungry for the power and Spirit of the Living God to be demonstrated in their presence.
Will you have opposition? Did Jesus? Today, time has not changed much from the day that Jesus walked the shores of Galilee. Your strongest opposition will come from the religious leaders. I have traveled all over the United States and in many, many countries. Your greatest challenge will come from within the Church, not from the world. What was the greatest problem that Jesus had? What was Paul's most arduous difficulty? The religious leaders felt threatened by Jesus and Paul. They did not want to be exposed for their lack of knowledge and power. The same is still true today.
Jesus told the religious airheads, "You do ERR, not knowing the scriptures, nor the POWER of God" (Mt.22:29). Truth is truth and will always be truth regardless of what man thinks. This same religious spirit is still around today...different time, different place, but yet, still around just the same.
For example, I have been to many churches in which the leadership (pastors, deacons, elders) have had the opinion that they must watch you for several months or years before you can be used in their local Body. They put you on the shelf and refuse to use you because they feel that they must first scrutinize your every movement to see if it meets their approval. I have one question about this poppycockology. Where is this found in the Word?
Now, do not get me wrong. I know the Bible says not to place a novice in the position of overseer, bishop, or elder (1 Tim.3:6), but I was not seeking a pastoral office. I just wanted to get involved in the local church in some fashion, such as sweeping the floor, visiting the sick, receiving an offering, being an usher, teaching Sunday School, or giving a testimony. But to some, I was a threat!
Most of you revolutionaries KNOW what I am talking about and you revolutionary Pastors do too! If you are a good Pastor walking in the Office of Pastor in the Five-Fold Ministry according to Ephesians 4:11 and in accordance with 1 Timothy 3, then you, too, are in total agreement with what I have just stated.
This same principle applies when someone falls and takes a tumble in the ministry. If a minister of the Gospel sins, then repents for his transgression, and our Father forgives him through Jesus Christ, then who are we to place that man or woman on the shelf for 90 days, 6 months, two years, or an indefinite period of time? Before you answer with your thoughts and opinions, SHOW me what the Word says.
Does it not say that love never fails? Does it also say that love is not easily provoked and thinks no evil? My Bible does. We are not to rejoice in sin, but to rejoice in truth. My Bible also says that if I have the gift of prophecy, have all knowledge and all faith, and even remove mountains, but have not love, I AM NOTHING!!! Read 1 Corinthians 13 AGAIN.
I will tell you something else. The Bible also says, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are SPIRITUAL, RESTORE such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself...Bear you one another's burdens (troubles, problems, moral failures)" (Author's version of Gal.6:1-2).
One of the biggest tricks that lucifer the LOSER has pulled on the Church is to keep Christians fighting one another. Another Christian is not your enemy. A Pastor is not your enemy. A parishioner is not your enemy. Man or woman is not your enemy. Your enemy is satan the STUPID and all of his imps.
As a Champion Christian Revolutionary, you will kick in the gates of hell and do grave and irreparable damage to the kingdom of darkness. Miracles, signs, and wonders will follow your ministry as you speak forth the Word of God. As you RAZE hell, the demons will scream, screech, shriek, and flee from before you seven different ways because they know they are in BIG trouble. They are DOOMED forever. As you march across this earth possessing the land for the Kingdom of God, the dastardly devils will run and hide and try to stay out of your way.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS JESUS. When you say that Name, all hell trembles...every foul spirit shakes and quakes like a leaf on a tree in a 200 mile per hour wind. You cannot go under for going over. YOU are a WINNER! You are on the WINNING TEAM.
Modern day revolutionaries are Holy Ghost possessed creations of God. We cannot fail as long as we are obedient to Him. Miracles are all around us just wanting to spring forth. God has been waiting on His man (you and me) to bring Heaven to earth...and we shall. We are in the same class as God. We are not Christ, but we are the Body of Christ. He is the Head. We are the Body. We are NOW in the greatest revival of all times. The Church is wide awake with a fresh Anointing. The times of refreshing have come. God has made us SPECIAL. We are super extraordinary...no longer ordinary. There is nothing ordinary about a born-again Believer. You use to be just an ordinary sinner, but NOW you are Heaven bound on the King's Highway dressed in the righteousness of God. Miracles are NOW as natural to you as breathing. You now live in the realm of the supernatural.
In the next chapter, we will take a look at the weapons of a modern day Christian revolutionary. On the battlefield of warfare, weapons are a necessity for offensive maneuvers. You must take care of your weapons and KNOW how to use them. Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy the next chapter.
Chapter 4
Are you ready to charge into battle? Are you ready for warfare? Are you ready to KICK a few devils around? Let's go then. Let us go do some combat duty and revolutionize the land for our Commander-in-Chief of the Universe--Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
If you are going to RAZE some hell and tear down strongholds and level to the ground the ambushes of satan, then you MUST be armed with the armor of God. A good combat, modern day Christian revolutionary always wears a full suit of armor and takes his weapons with him. He is knowledgeable and well versed about the firepower of his weapons. The combat revolutionary keeps his weapons clean, oiled, fine-tuned, and combat ready. He is armed for battle! Read Ephesians 6.
This may sound facetious, but the first thing YOU MUST do when engaging the enemy in combat is to get out of bed. Some Christians are trying to fight the good fight of faith from their bed rooms or arm-chair living rooms. This will not work.
Therefore, the FIRST thing you must do to be successful in using your armor is, stand on your feet...not on someone else's feet, but yours. Learn to STAND on your OWN TWO FEET and give up no ground. Give up nothing that you have gained in battle. Be tenacious and persistent. Give up no ground. Never surrender! Never compromise!
SECOND, pick up your belt of Truth and put it on. The belt of truth has several functions. It not only helps to hold your pants up and keep the armor in place, but it also serves to support your sword scabbard. For some of YOU revolutionaries that are slightly overweight, the moment of truth (I mean Belt of Truth) will help to hold your stomach in. For you in this category, I recommend that you slow down on your consumption of C-rations, K-rations, or combat rations. Fasting will also normally assist you in this discipline.
THIRD, put on your breastplate of righteousness and integrity to protect your heart, back, and other vital organs. For me it also serves as a bullet proof vest. Even though satan the STUPID cannot shoot straight, sometimes he has his little weasel face imps taking pot shots at me from the back. The enemy does not fight fair because he is a rotten COWARD. Therefore, the breastplate of righteousness is vitally important.
FOURTH, put on your combat boots of the Gospel of peace. The Lord says that your feet are beautiful because you carry the good news of Peace (Jesus Christ) to others. Because your feet carry you into the heat of the battle, they need to be protected at all times. Having your feet shod with the preparation of the Good News of the peace of Jesus, will help to stabilize you, and those around you, when the fighting soil has thorns and rocks.
The combat boots of peace are just fantastic when stamping on the devil's head. I have worn out several pairs stamping on him and kicking down some of the gates of hell to set captives and prisoners of war FREE. Today, those liberated soldiers who were once imprisoned, really love the Lord and appreciate me for showing them the way to Jesus. The peace of Jesus Christ surpasses all of our understanding. Praise His Name!
FIFTH, take up the shield of faith. It will protect you from flaming darts, arrows, bullets, and enemy missiles. The shield of faith cannot be penetrated by enemy fire. Doubt from within is the only thing that can damage the shield. Faith will RAZE doubt and tear it to shreds. Henceforth, make sure YOU carry the shield of faith at all times.
SIXTH, put on the helmet of salvation. It will protect your head, mind, thought processes, and brain storming ideas. While wearing the helmet of salvation, a transformation of your mind is constantly taking place. Your mind is a powerful tool and is too valuable to waste. Protect it well by wearing the helmet of salvation. This helmet also protects your eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and lovely face. Stay ALIVE and be an intelligent combat revolutionary by wearing the helmet of salvation.
SEVENTH and last, take the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God and charge! This is the best combat OFFENSIVE weapon of armor in the world. All the other pieces of Spiritual armor protect us while in combat, but the sword totally demolishes, devastates, destroys, and makes desolate the strongholds of the enemy. Jesus used the sword on the dastardly devil and rendered him paralyzed, toothless, powerless, stripped, and naked.
The enemy has NO power today. He is NOT alive and well. He is a sick nincompoop that can only roar AS a lion. If power could be equated to gasoline, he would not have enough for a red ant's motorcycle to drive around a BB. The only power he has is the power that we give to him. I choose to give him NONE.
The sword of the Spirit (the Word of God) is indeed powerful. A few years ago in Tennessee, I went to a home to invite a man to come to church. His wife was already a parishioner of the congregation. I knocked on the door and was greeted by his wife who asked me to come on in. As I went inside, I could smell alcohol, smoke, and other obnoxious smells. Noise and cursing were coming from the kitchen area. Four men were playing poker and gambling. Their eyes were red and glassy. They looked as if they had been drinking for a long time. One of the men was the lady's husband. Even though the tiny room was already filled with a smoke cloud, her husband was sitting there smoking a big long cigar and laughing like a cow eating briars.
Finally, he looked over at me and said, "What in the world are you doing here? Don't you see that we are busy?"
I held up the great big Bible in my hand and responded, "This Word brings me to your house. Could I share something with you for a couple of minutes?"
He then said, "NO...absolutely NOT. We are too busy right now. We don't have time for that sort of thing, you hear?"
Knowing that the Holy Spirit had purposely sent me to this particular house, I then listened for His voice. In that neck of the woods in Tennessee, some of those people can be down right mean. Just a few blocks down the street from this home, a man had pulled a .45 automatic handgun on me. So, I had learned to lean not to my own understanding, but on the power of the Holy Spirit. He is never late.
The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, "Tommy, ask him if he will let you pray a prayer for him." The boldness of the Holy Spirit came upon me. I did exactly what the Spirit had said. The man consented. He was now in for a BIG surprise. Never before had he heard a prayer like this one. All the poker players temporarily put down their cigarettes, cigars, and beer cans.
I began to pray, "Father God, I want you to reveal Yourself to this man today. He has run long enough. I claim him for the Kingdom of God. Devil, you will have to let him go. Jesus is here. Lord, I want this man saved. I don't care what You have to do...I want him saved. Make him so miserable until he will have no choice, but to accept You."
About this time, the man started talking and telling me how he resented my praying. I just kept right on praying the power of God down on him as if I did not hear him. I continued, "And Lord, if You have to bring him down...to be flat on his back for him to repent, then do it. Let it be so. Through the Word of God and power of the Holy Spirit, this man is going to be saved. I claim him for Christ...in Jesus Name, AMEN."
By this time, he had fire in his eyes. He was angry. He looked as if he could kill me. His face was red. But he could not touch me because I had acted on the orders of the Holy Ghost. My angels were there in full force. I departed the area, but the conviction of the Holy Spirit came on the scene.
Two weeks later at 11:00 P.M. in the evening, my door bell rang. I opened the door. This man grabbed my neck and hugged me with great big tears in his eyes. He was crying and saying, "Oh, please forgive me. Forgive me. Oh, how I wanted to kill you, but something wouldn't let me. I hated you. I wanted you dead. No one had ever prayed about me that way before in my presence. But tonight, I am a free man. I have been saved. Jesus has come into my life. For the past two weeks, I have not been able to sleep, but very little. I have been flat on my back in constant pain. Your words kept ringing in my ears day after day. I could not hide any longer. I had to come to Jesus. Praise His Name. He has forgiven me!"
With his wife, family members, and local pastor, that evening we had ourselves one good time. Jesus is LORD!
Again, it is the sword of the Spirit that is our most powerful revolutionary weapon. Jesus used the Word. Paul used the Word. Peter and John used the Word. We use the Word...
When you are fully clothed in your combat gear and suit of armor, the devil is so stupid, he does not know you from Jesus. When he sees you, he backs away because you look just like Jesus and he does not want to ever tangle with our Elder Brother again!
As a modern day Christian revolutionary, you need to lean heavily upon the Holy Spirit (Eph.5:18). Allow the Holy Spirit to breath on you. My motto for many years has been...Saved...Healed...and Filled.
"But YOU shall receive power..." (Acts 1:8).
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are invaluable to you as a Christian revolutionary in God's Army. Jesus promised us rivers of LIVING water (Jn.7:38). He promised us another Comforter (Jn.14:16). The word "Comforter" means: One that provides strength, aid, assistance, support, consolation in time of trouble...One that encourages, gives cheer (cheers us on, our own private Cheerleader), gives us a sense of contentment and well being...One that frees us from stress or tension, gives us joy, peace, and rest.
All right, you know now that your weapons are not carnal, but they are spiritual. We are not fighting flesh and blood. We are not fighting each other. We are not fighting another church or denomination. We are not fighting our fellow brothers and sisters in the Catholic Church. We are not fighting the Jews. WE are FIGHTING the devil, the FOOL of all FOOLS. He is our enemy, but he is a DEFEATED FOE.
Now, that you know about your weapons and the POWER of the Holy Ghost, in the next chapter I will show you how to HARASS the enemy. This gets to be real fun! Are YOU ready to charge forth and destroy the works of the enemy? Let's do it! You had rather fight (the fight of faith) than switch anyhow, hadn't you? Good, get your stamping boots on and let's go!
CHAPTER 5
Have you ever wanted to just harass old sluefoot and all the devils of hell? Well, in this chapter we will take a look at some militant tactics that you can do to harass the living darkness out of him. Why should we harass the enemy anyway? For one thing, if you will harass him and give satan the STUPID some of his own medicine for a change, he will get out of your face and leave you alone for awhile. For another thing, Jesus harassed the ignoramus FOOL.
Jesus cast the devils out and refused to let them speak (Mk.1:34). Jesus rebuked the devils (Lk.4:41). He destroyed the works of the devil (1 Jn.3:8). Jesus spoiled the devil's playpen and rubbed his nose in the dirt before the whole world (Author's version Col.2:15). God sits up there on His throne and actually laughs at the enemy and even mocks him (Ps.2:4-5, 37:13, 59:8, Pr.1:26). Therefore, if the Godhead can harass the devil, then we should too.
The word "harass" means: to trouble, TORMENT, worry, raid, and attack. Do you remember the demoniac of Gadara? He was possessed by hundreds of demons. The demons asked Jesus, "...art Thou come hither to TORMENT us before the time" (Mt.8:29)? Also read Mark 5:7 and Luke 8:28.
Listed below are some great ways to HARASS the enemy:
1. Preach the Word 2. Save the sinner from hell 3. Heal the sick, the lame, and oppressed 4. Deliver the captives
5. Open the eyes of the blind 6. Open the ears of the deaf 7. Set at liberty them that are bruised 8. Laugh at the nincompoop diabolical air head 9. Pay your tithes and give abundantly in offerings
10. Be filled with the Holy Ghost and allow Jesus to use you in the gifts of the Spirit
Sometimes I will start laughing, especially when going through a trial. I will laugh and laugh. Before long satan will lift his ugly head and ask what is going on. I continue to laugh and then I say, "STUPID satan, I was laughing at you. You are indeed the MOST STUPID creature that has ever lived. This trial will soon pass like all of them do. I will come out victoriously. But you will be cast into hell a thousand years and into the lake of fire FOREVER! You are a LOSER, FAILURE, and DOOMED to hell fire for all eternity."
He does not hang around long. He gets out of my face immediately. He does not like to be tormented and harassed.
One time in Monticello, Georgia, I got in my car to drive to the office on a beautiful quiet and sunny morning. As I began the short trip to the office, my car began to sway as if it had a flat tire. I had a very heavy schedule that day. I had to prepare five radio programs for the week and a newspaper article. I simply did not have the time or luxury for a flat tire. I said, "NO you don't, devil! I refuse to allow this to happen. My time is too precious for this right now. Take your tricks somewhere else."
I arrived at the office. I got out of my car and went back to investigate the tire situation. The tire was gradually going down. You could see it. I spoke to the tire and said, "Tire, you stop right now. Don't you lose another ounce of air in Jesus' Name. I do not have the time to fool with you today."
Listen to me. The tire did not lose another ounce of air. I accomplished the Lord's work. After a few days when everything had settled down, the Lord spoke to me and said, "Okay Tommy, now that you have some time, you need to go ahead and take care of that tire. It has something in it."
A few hours later, the tire was repaired and a huge nail was found to be the culprit. The enemy had tried to sabotage my mission earlier by consuming the precious time that I needed, but he saw the same miracle that I saw. The enemy does not run our lives. Circumstances do not run our lives. WE ARE IN CONTROL OF OUR OWN LIVES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
A few years ago, I went out to my three car garage with my Bible in hand and stood between our two Mercedes' and preached to the doomed rascal. That's right. I preached to him. I took my Bible in hand and said, "All right Mr. STUPID, I bind you to the front of my car. Don't you dare move until I release you. You think you are pretty smart. You have caused me some undue consternation lately; therefore, I am going to preach to you a sermon that you will never forget."
After giving him the sword in the face for a few minutes, he was ready to stay away from me for a good while. I then released him and cast him back to the abyss in the Name of Jesus. I did not have to say it twice.
You may think that I have lost my marbles, but before you go off half cocked, let us examine the Word. What does the Word say? It says that Jesus spoke the Word to satan (Mt.4, Lk.4). It says that God spoke to satan (Job 1, Zec. 3). Jesus rebuked the enemy (Lk.9:42). His disciples cast out devils (Mt.10, Mk.6). The Seventy Sent also had power over the devils (Lk.10). Paul had power over the evil spirits (Acts 19).
Therefore, if I read my New Testament correctly, we can denounce the devil. We can cast out devils. We can curse his wicked activities. We can heal the sick. We are in the driver's seat, not him.
God had some things to say about lucifer the LOSER in Isaiah 14. Let me take the liberty to paraphrase for a moment. "Dirtbag lucifer, you have fallen. You have weakened the nations. You had wanted to exalt your throne above the stars of God. You wanted to be like God. But instead, you shall be brought down to hell for your high treason. And you know some-thing else? Those that see you in hell with them shall ask, 'Is this the puny little WIMP that made the earth to tremble? Is this the feeble nincompoop that did shake kingdoms?' Chief LOSER of the universe, you are cast out of the grave like an abortion right into the pits of hell to be trodden under feet forever!"
Living a Christian life is FUN. If you are not having fun as a Christian, then something tragically is wrong. You should be happy and filled with joy. The joy of the Lord should be your strength. You should be CHARGED up like a dynamo with all kinds of energy just looking for a devil to kick around. If someone is sick, kick the disease out of his life. Sickness, disease, and sin all come from the same source, satan the STUPID.
If someone is hooked on drugs, kick the devil out of his life. If someone is in poverty, teach him about God's prosperity and denounce the spirit of poverty over his life. It is FUN being ALIVE in this last generation. We get to be a part of the consummation of all things. There is no better time in history than NOW. Praise God.
You have heard some people and even some pastors say, "We are no match for the devil. The enemy is this or he is that..." I have one word for that type of mentality--"POPPYCOCK". The enemy has been totally defeated, paralyzed, and rendered powerless by our Lord Jesus Christ. You have MORE POWER in your little finger nail than all of his power combined. You and God are a majority. You can do all things through Jesus (Phil.4:13). Greater is Jesus that is in you than the devil that is in the world (1 Jn.4:4). Therefore, YOU are a match for the enemy. Besides that, when you get all decked out in your nice, spiritual combat armor, satan the STUPID cannot tell you from Christ.
Continue to HARASS the devil by doing the very works of Jesus. Go forth with the SWEET ANOINTING that has been given to you by Jesus through the Holy Ghost and RAZE hell...teach, preach, lay hands on the sick, disciple others, cast out devils, speak with new tongues, love your neighbor, keep and do the Word of God, set the captives FREE, encourage others, and do mighty exploits through Jesus Christ our Commander-in-Chief of the Universe. Signs, wonders, and miracles shall follow YOU!
There is one thing that I have got to believe. Throughout the past 25 years, I have learned this fact. Either you harass the devil or he will harass you! Either YOU are on the offensive or YOU are on the defensive. Either you are dominating the circumstances or the circumstances are dominating you. Either you are in the driver's seat or you are a passenger with someone else driving you around. Either you are gaining ground or you are losing ground. THE DECISION IS YOURS! To harass means to attack. Either you are attacking or being attacked.
Right now, pray this prayer with me:
"Father God, I am a winner. I choose to be a Christian Combat Revolutionary. I choose to harass the enemy and strike him before he tries to ambush me. I will harass him by laughing at him, by using the sword (Word) on him, by casting out and cursing all diseases, by speaking the Word, by giving to the poor, by setting the captives FREE, and by loving all people. I will witness to the sinner and allow the anointing that is on me to flow on him and convict his very heart. Father, I thank You for Who that You are and I thank You for who that I am, Your very child. I am somebody. You have made me whole and complete in Jesus. Thank You, Father, in Jesus' Name. AMEN!"
Next, we will investigate the aspect of "Kicking Down the Gates of Hell". So, get your combat boots on and get your kicker ready. Are you ready? Let's march! Praise the Lord FOREVER!
CHAPTER 6
"Peter answered and said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
"Jesus answered and said unto him, '...flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven...I will build My Church; and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'" (Mt.16:16-19).
What exactly is a gate? It could be defined as an entrance, exit, access, door, an opening in a fence or wall, or a movable barrier. Gates are everywhere. Fences have gates. Walls have gates. Cities have gates. Rivers and canals have gates. Your spirit has a gate. Your mind has a gate. Your soul has a gate. Heaven has gates. And hell has gates.
In ancient times whoever controlled the gates of the city, controlled the city. The people of distinction and power were seen at the gates (Gen.19:1, Ex.32:26, De.22:15, 25:7, 1 Sam.9: 18, 2 Sam.19:8, Dan.2:49). Therefore, POWER also enters into the picture. It took POWER to CONTROL the gates. If you had enough POWER, you controlled the gates of the city. If you controlled the gates, you had the POWER!
The Bible also says in blessing Abraham, "...I will bless thee...I will multiply thy seed...thy SEED SHALL POSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES" (Gen.22:17). Also read Genesis 24:60.
Who are the seed of Abraham? We are (Gal.3:29). Who is our number one enemy? That is right. It is none other than satan the STUPID or lucifer the LOSER. The Bible says that we possess his gates. If we possess his gates, then we have POWER over him. And if we have power over the devil and his gates, how can we lose? As long as Jesus is alive and we have His resurrection POWER within us, we are invincible. The gates of the devil or his territory (namely hell or hellish areas) have to come down. That tells me several things. Every hellhole, gate of hell, diabolical inferno, imp of hell, devil, satanic being, demonized creature, and even satan has to bow and submit to us in that NAME--JESUS. I just love to speak His Name--JESUS.
Every devil in hell screams when I say, "JESUS". What are some of the gates of hell that we need to kick down on this earth? The list is almost limitless. We need to kick down the gates of illegal drugs, rape, murder, child abuse, abortion, divorce, adultery, euthanasia, infanticide, gambling, lotteries, alcoholism, fear, doubt, lethargy, AIDS, and the list goes on...and on.
BE FEARLESS. Walk in there and COMMAND those gates to fall down before you in Jesus' Name. They do not stand a chance. They will fall.
Everywhere I go, I tell the women, "If a man comes before your face and attempts to rape you, you can stop him dead in his tracks. How? By pointing your finger in his face and saying, 'In the Name of Jesus I rebuke you. You will not touch me in the Name of Jesus. I bind you, devil. I cast you back to hell. I am God's property. You have no authority or power over my body because it belongs to God...back to hell you devil in Jesus' Name. Now, you get out of here before God destroys you right here. I am the Anointed of God, you here me? Be gone in Jesus' Name!' You may not remember all of this, but if you will just remember that NAME--JESUS, you will be spared and not harmed."
You are God's precious ANOINTED child. You are SPECIAL. God is on your side. He is for YOU. You are redeemed. Satan has no authority or power over you. YOU are in the family of God. You are a Champion Combat Soldier and revolutionary in His Army. You are engaged in warfare. The enemy is under YOUR feet. All you have to do is walk in obedience and command those gates to fall. Behind each gate or door is a captive (prisoner) of hell. Your responsibility is to set the prisoner FREE. It is not much of a fight when you know that you have already won!
Many of you reading this book will have the privilege of KICKING down the gates of death. You will walk in there and command the gate of death to dissipate and be gone in Jesus' Name. That person held in bondage by death will begin to breathe again. His spirit will return to him again and he will praise the Lord. Remember, death is an enemy to God and His people. The enemy must bow to us in that Name--JESUS. We possess the gates of our enemy and that includes death.
Now, do not misunderstand me. I know that it is appointed unto us to die or make the transition from earth to heaven. But we do not have to die before our time (prematurely). Does that excite YOU like it does me? Praise the Lamb of God FOREVER!
Some of the gates that we have kicked down have resulted in beautiful successful stories. I remember the time in the state of New Jersey when we kicked down the door of barrenness in a beautiful young couple's life. They had tried to have children for about twelve years. We prayed over them and denounced the infertility and commanded healing over them.
I prayed over them and said that they would bring forth a child. Even though, the husband had had six doctors to tell him that he would NEVER have a child through his loins and his wife had been told by several doctors that she would NEVER produce a child in her womb. Nevertheless, THEY HAD A CHILD...not one, but two healthy children.
That makes a beautiful story, but that is not the end of the story. The man's doctor, who just happened to be a Jew, accepted Jesus as his Messiah after seeing the miracle. The Jewish doctor said later, "When I investigated Lynn's case history, I knew that this was a genuine miracle. For miracles to happen like this, it would have to come from the Messiah."
Today, that Jewish doctor is a member of an Assemblies of God Church in New Jersey. Behind every gate of hell is a similar success story.
Last night, I was at a friend's house. Several years ago, he was into drugs. He had the largest distribution house of drug paraphernalia on the East Coast. Three and a half years ago when I first met him, he was still smoking pot and attending a Pentecostal Church. He was saved, but did not have the power to quit certain habits in his life. He really wanted to be free. He went to his pastor and told him that he wanted more power in his life. His pastor told him to see me. He did and I prayed for him. Today, he is a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He has a wonderful wife and four energetic sons. God uses him greatly in the Healing Ministry.
In brief, you have the legal right to stand in the Father's presence with the same authority as Jesus. Did Jesus kick down the works of the enemy? Absolutely! You have His ability working within you 24 hours a day, even in your sleep. You are fearless. You are invincible. You are MORE than a conqueror. When your name is mentioned, the devils scream, screech, and shriek because you and Jesus are one. He is the Vine, you are the branch. Your name has become synonymous with Him. You have been doing the very works of Jesus. That scares the dying darkness out of satan and all of his gang. He goes crazy when he hears you pray or command anything in that Name--Jesus.
My word to you as a champion revolutionary is to go forth and KICK, KICK, and KICK again. That door or gate of hell will come down. That captive will be liberated and set FREE. The gates of hell will NOT prevail against YOU, but YOU will PREVAIL AGAINST the GATES of HELL. This is a fact. Let me reiterate that again. The gates of hell will NOT prevail against YOU, but YOU will PREVAIL against the gates of hell! The devil is a LIAR. His power is gone. He is history as far as God is concerned.
Your shout to the gates of hell should be: "Light be...devil flee. Gates fall...Jesus calls. Sins known or unknown...I call you gone. Slaves of degrees...I set you free. Gates of hell...I raze you well. In Jesus' Name...I file my claim! All is well...satan's in hell."
Chapter 7
Oh, you are going to just love this chapter! When you find out how GOOD it feels to jump, stamp, and romp on the devil's head, you will never be the same again. You will become that aggressive and violent combat champion revolutionary seizing and rightfully taking the Kingdom by FORCE. "...The violent take it by force" (Mt.11:12).
God said, "...I will hasten My WORD to perform it" (Je.1:12). "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light" (Ge.1:3). "And God said, Let us make man in Our Image" (Ge.1:26). "...And God said...be fruitful... and have dominion...over every living thing that moves upon the earth" (Gen. 1: 28). Whatever God says will happen.
David knew God and loved Him with his whole heart. David had some things to say about YOU and me. "For You (God) have made him (man) a little lower than the angels (shade lower than God), and has crowned him with glory and honor. You made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet" (Ps.8:6).
We know that all things have been put under Christ's feet. Question? Who are Christ's feet? Who is the Body of Christ? WE ARE! We have been set over the works of His hands. The Word says, "Thou hast put ALL things in subjection under his (our) feet..." (Heb.2:8). As a result, we can use the devil's head as a dust mat to wipe the dust, dirt, mud, and snow from the bottoms of our shoes! Is this too wild for you? Buckle up your seat belt. We are preparing to roll.
Sometime ago, I was called a maverick. I did not get bent out of shape. Instead, I decided to research the word "maverick" and find out if it did in fact apply to me. I did. And it did. This is what I found out:
"Maverick" means: a person who sets an independent course of action and takes an independent (non-traditional) stand, refuses to conform, unconventional in actions or behavior, refuses to be bound; it also means an intellectual member of the social upper class.
Friend, that excites me! You and I as combat champion soldiers do not follow the crowd. We take an independent stand that does not go along with tradition.
Tradition says that miracles and healings are over...that they do not happen today. We know better because we initiate and activate miracles every day. We command diseases to leave and they leave. We refuse to conform to this world. We are transformed by the renewing of our minds. We refuse to be bound. Religious demons have tried unsuccessfully to bind us up and make us agree with them and PLAY church, but we have refused vehemently.
Now then, this is where I may lose some of you. You and I are in the highest class possible. You and I are members of the highest social class and order on this earth and in heaven. We are in God's Class. When you are in God's Class, Brother and Sister, you have got some kind of Class. Every Christian Soldier is living in God's Class. You may not even know it, but that does not change a thing. We are in the same CLASS as God. God will never die. Only a fool or moron would think that God could die. If He did, where would they bury Him?
The Word says, "...The heaven is My Throne, and the earth is My Footstool..." (Isa.66:1). You would have to have a pretty good size casket to put Him in, wouldn't you? Do you see how ridiculous the fool thinks...if you can call that thinking?
Praise God FOREVER! God is indeed everywhere at the same time.
We are part God. Do not misquote me, now. I did not say that we are God, but we are part God. We have Divine status. We are bone of His Bone...flesh of His Flesh...body of His Body, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son flows through our veins. God will never die. Neither will you. As a good soldier in God's Army, you will not die nor fade away. You will get brighter and brighter and will shine throughout all eternity. You are presently living in a shell, but YOU are NOT the shell.
The real YOU lives inside. When I look at you from the outside, I do not see the real YOU. YOU are on the inside. You are the INNER MAN. When God looks at YOU, He looks on the inside, not on the surface. God sees the REAL BEAUTY in YOU!
If you are going to stamp on devils, you need to KNOW who you are in Jesus. The Word says that your feet are beautiful. Many times, I will write little notes to the devil on the bottom of my shoes. I will tell him that he is doomed to the lake of fire forever. The devil does not have any sense. If he did, he would stay away from you and me. Now that the Church is rising up, he is in a heap of trouble!
As a champion, you are a combat seasoned soldier prepared with the Gospel of peace. Preparation is a key ingredient when doing warfare with the enemy. You must know the battle plans, terrain, the type of weapons being used against you, weather conditions, the position of the enemy, logistical support, and the most likely places of ambushes. An intelligent soldier prepares himself well. He lives in good health and is less likely to get wounded in battle.
"...Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot" (Eze.6: 11). Josiah, the king of Israel, stamped the false gods, high place, and altar to powder and made a covenant with the Lord (2 Kings 23).
David said, "I will call on the Lord, Who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies" (2 Sam.22:4).
David was a man of war. He knew war like the back of his hand. Death was constantly following him around. But he knew his God was the horn of his salvation and High Tower that protected him.
Many times David cried out to His God Jehovah. "The sorrows of hell compassed me...In my distress I called upon the LORD...and my cry did enter into his ears. He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them that hated me..." (2 Sam.22:6-7, 18).
In this same chapter David said, "For by Thee I have RUN THROUGH A TROOP: by my God have I LEAPED OVER A WALL. God is my strength and power...He makes my feet like hind's feet: and sets me upon high places" (2 Sam.22:30, 33-34).
This entire chapter gives you some insight into what a courageous and champion warrior David was. He praised God for giving him the necks of his enemies (V.41).
Now, let us look at what David did to those enemies when he finally captured them. "Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I DID STAMP THEM AS THE MIRE OF THE STREET..." (V.43). Who is our enemy? Is it not satan the STUPID and lucifer the LOSER? Another word for "mire" is "SLUSH". It also means to soil or splatter with mud or dirt. In other words, the enemy is our doormat. We need to use him to wipe the mud from our combat boots. I will guarantee that if you do, he will not hang around your house very long. He will be long gone with last week's garbage because he is a diabolical coward.
The Word says, "...Be strong in the Lord and in the POWER of His might" (Eph.6:10).
"For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in POWER" (1 Cor.4:20).
"Behold I give unto YOU POWER..." (Lk.10:19).
"God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of POWER, and of LOVE and of a sound MIND" (2 Tim.1:7). Use this POWER to defeat the enemy. Do not worry. Do not fret. God is in control of your life. Praise the LORD JESUS forever! Hallelujah!
Chapter 8
Some of you traditionalists may get pretty religious on me in this chapter, but I must tell you that Jesus came to this earth to RAZE (destroy) hell. He did not come to play church. He did not come to play a game with the Scribes and Pharisees or with the chief LOSER, satan. Jesus came to bring a whole lot of heaven to earth. His radical mission as the Chief Champion Revolutionary was to erase, tear down, demolish, and destroy the works of the devil. He hated sickness and disease with a Godly passion; therefore, He healed ALL that were oppressed of the devil. He chased devils out of the temple. He cast demons out of the deaf, dumb, and demoniacs. He raised the dead because death was and is an enemy to God. He gave food to the hungry. He comforted the brokenhearted and liberated the captive. He became a living terror to the devil's playpen and sandbox. JESUS was a devil CHASER. He indeed RAZED a whole lot of hell!
Today, YOU and I have taken Jesus' place on this earth and NOW we are the hell razers that destroy the ugly works of the enemy.
When the devil approached Jesus in the wilderness to tempt HIM, the first word out of satan's mouth was "If". Believe me; he does not know any new tricks. He is so STUPID. He keeps using the same old tricks. Has the enemy ever approached you and said, "If you were a Christian, you would not have said that. If you were a Christian, you would have done this or that. If you were really healed, then all the symptoms would be gone. If Jesus really loved you"...and the "ifs" go on and on. "IF" is the BLACK BADGE of DOUBT.
Satan said to Jesus, "If you be the Son of God..."
You see, the enemy already knew who Jesus was. It had already been announced publicly by God Himself just a short time earlier (Mt. 3:17, Lk.3:22). Also the third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, had descended upon Him. Where do you think the devil was at this time? He was right there at the baptism of Jesus because the religious Pharisees and Sadducees brought the devil with them when they came. That was not unusual.
Religious people still bring demons with them to church. Thus satan the STUPID already knew that Jesus was the Son of God. Everywhere that Jesus went, He made the devil look real STUPID. Why? Because Jesus hated him and the devil hated Jesus. Jesus is Light. Satan is darkness. Jesus is Truth. Lucifer the LOSER is a lie.
From the outset of His first miracle, Jesus manifested forth His glory and people believed on Him. The enemy could NOT hinder the glory of God's Son. The enemy could not take His life. The devil could not kill Jesus. He had no power over the Son of God. Do you know why? Because Jesus never committed any sins...not one. Jesus was born sin FREE. Jesus died sin FREE. When He got ready to die (lay down His life), He laid His life down willingly and not one minute early or late. The devil did not intimidate Christ. Christ intimidated the devil. Christ was in control of every detail of His life…even His death.
Jesus razed (destroyed) hell by tearing down the religious system. He called the religious scribes, Sadducees, and Pharisees hypocrites, vipers, wicked and adulterous, blind guides, fools (morons), white sepulchers full of dead men's bones, and serpents. He told them that they were devouring widow's houses. He rebuked them for making proselytes children of hell.
The Bible says that He looked about on them with anger because of the hardness of their hearts (Mk.3:5).
Jesus razed hell by destroying disease, infirmities, pains, sickness, and death. He healed ALL that were sick. He raised Lazarus from the dead. He raised the widow's son at Nain from his casket. Jesus destroyed and demolished disease and death. He left the beds, graves, caskets, houses, and temples naked and empty of disease, sickness, infirmities, and death. He literally brought heaven to earth. He also erased sin. He said to the paralytic, "Thy sins be forgiven thee...the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins..." (Mt.9:2, 6).
When your sins are forgiven and you confess Jesus as Lord, you become at that instant a new CREATION. You become a FREE moral agent of Jesus Christ.
Christ razed hell by uncovering and destroying the inferiority, oppression, and negative syndrome (losing attitude) of the Believer. He told us that we could NOW do anything (Mt.17:20). He told us that we NOW have all power over the enemy. Jesus said that it is the Father's GOOD PLEASURE to give us the kingdom (Lk.12:32). He told us that we could have what we say and desire. He even got real BOLD and said that we would do greater works than He had done. He said that we would inherit the earth and be called the children of God. Our Lord called us the SALT of the earth and LIGHT of the world. He gave us a positive mental, spiritual, and physical attitude. No longer are we inferior, but we are superior to the devil and his imps. The Word says that we will even judge the angels (1 Cor.6:3).
Jesus gave us back our dignity, self-esteem, and righteousness (right standing with God). He gave us the Sweet Holy Spirit to comfort us at all times. Our Messiah, the Holy One of Israel, razed hell by totally defeating the ignoramus FOOL, satan the STUPID. He kicked his teeth in and rubbed his nose in the dirt. He did it all for us. He had no need to do it for Himself because He was God and needed nothing. But we needed to be ransomed and redeemed. Oh, the mercy of the Lord is so great and everlasting! He has set us FREE indeed!
Jesus razed hell by tearing down satan's kingdom and ushering in His Own Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is living within us right now. The Word says that we are kings and priests. One day we will have our crowns and thrones that He has prepared for us. Are you as excited as I am? Today is the greatest time to be living and the best is yet to come! Thanks be to Jesus!
Today, Jesus continues His ministry of being the Mediator for the sinner and the Intercessor for the Christian. Many times He will say, "Child, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Do NOT fear. I am with you. Be not afraid. The battle is not yours, but Mine. Cast ALL your cares, anxieties, and reservations upon Me. I am God and will smite and destroy the enemy before your face. Be obedient and you shall eat the fat of the land. No good thing will I withhold from YOU, MY CHILD."
Yes, our Jesus was and is a hell razer. He still erases darkness and sin from our lives. He still destroys disease, sickness, and pain throughout the earth. As Jesus RAZED hell 2000 years ago, He is currently engaged in the same type of victory through YOU and me, His Body.
The next chapter exemplifies this type of life. YOU and I WERE BORN to RAZE (destroy) HELL.
Chapter 9
YOU were born from your mother's womb to RAZE (destroy) hell! You probably have never thought about that before. Jesus looks at you as a precious jewel in His treasury. You are priceless to Him. You are the apple of His eye. HE LOVES YOU so MUCH. Yet, while He was on this earth, He destroyed a whole lot of hell and then upon His departure He commissioned us to go forth and do the same thing. Jesus said, "...All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and..." (Mt.28:18-19).
Our Lord also said, "And these signs shall follow them that BELIEVE; In My Name shall they cast out devils…they shall speak with new tongues...they shall lay hands on the sick, and THEY SHALL RECOVER" (Mk.16:17-18).
Do these signs follow you? Are you a Believer? The Word, Jesus, says that these signs SHALL follow the Believer! Jesus said something else about Believers in the Book of John, "He that BELIEVES on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do..." (Jn.14:12).
What were some of the works of Jesus? First, let us remember what the word "RAZE" means: to tear down completely, demolish, leave destitute, uncover, make naked, erase, and destroy. You may wish to go back to Chapter 1, "Bottomline", and look at the definition process of "raze". "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil" (1 Jn.3:8).
Therefore, Jesus came to destroy sin, sickness, disease, darkness, fear, hate, greed, murder, drug addiction, adultery, death, demon possession, and anything that would hinder us from being totally FREE and WHOLE. Jesus Christ healed them ALL. He delivered them ALL. Everywhere He went He was doing GOOD. Jesus was ANOINTED. YOU are ANOINTED. You are equipped to do the same works that Jesus did. You are part of the Body of Christ and the great Family of God. If Jesus did it, we can and should do it for His glory. Nothing is impossible to YOU. Even Jesus said that we were called gods (Jn.10:34, Ps.82:6). We are NOT God, but we are in fact little Christs (Christians) doing His work on Planet Earth.
"But YOU shall receive POWER (authority) after the Holy Ghost is come upon YOU..."(Acts 1:8). Who made this very important statement? Was it a mere man? No, it was our Sweet Jesus. Jesus also said, "Behold, I give unto YOU Power to tread on serpents (devils) and scorpions (demons and imps), and over ALL the power of the enemy (satan the STUPID): and NOTHING (disease, sickness, infirmities, poverty, oppression, inferiority, spiritual death, sin, mental disorders, and weakness) shall by any means hurt YOU" (Lk.10:19). NOTHING shall hurt YOU!
Consequently, if Jesus RAZED hell, and told us to do the same thing that He did, then it is our responsibility to accomplish that task and mission. Paul confirmed this tasking or Divine assignment when he referred to our weapons of warfare. Paul said that our weapons are "mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity EVERY THOUGHT to the OBEDIENCE of Christ" (2 Cor.10:4-5).
Is disease a stronghold in your life? Is AIDS a stronghold in this world right now? Is drug addiction a stronghold? Is hunger or poverty a stronghold? Is divorce a stronghold? We have spiritual weapons to combat these diabolical fortresses (Eph.6:13-17) and we have the Power of Attorney of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His Name will bring down any stronghold in our lives and those around us.
Questions? Have you ever thought about where the works of the devil come from? Where does disease come from? Where do murder, hate, rape, and sorcery come from? Do they not all come from the pits of hell through the direction of satan the STUPID? It is our job to destroy (RAZE) these works born in hell. The Sweet Anointing of Jesus upon our lives destroys the yoke of hell and bondage. You were born to RAZE hell and set the captives FREE!
In my book Sweet Anointing, I said, "The Sweet Anointing gives YOU the God given right to rule, govern, control, stamp on the devil's head, and have dominion over every circumstance of life...YOU are a combat soldier in the Lord's Army. The Sweet Anointing gives YOU the right to RAZE hell."
YOU were born to destroy hell until Jesus comes again. YOU were born for such a time as this. In the past, the world has laughed at the Church. They have mocked the Church. They have persecuted the Church. But their shenanigans are very rapidly coming to a close. The most powerful force on this earth, the Church, is NOW shaking herself and becoming the brightest and most respected influence in world affairs. God is resurrecting the Church to be His mighty Army across this land. God's combat revolutionaries are beginning to walk in the realm of the miraculous (signs and wonders). You as a Champion and soldier living in your FINEST hour...invading the impossible and doing things that most people and wimps only dream about. YOU are destined for GREATNESS. YOU are a WINNER in the combat zone of life. If God be for YOU, who would be so stupid as to come against you? YOU are NOW in God's class. How SWEET it is! In order to destroy hell, you must live your talk. In my home state of Florida, we call it "jaw jacking" when a person only talks a good show. Some Christians sit around and jaw jack (talk and talk and do nothing).
The wrong type of jaw jacking will kill you, even if you have been a Christian 40 years. We must talk right for victory and then walk our talk. We need to talk healing, health, prosperity, miracles, deliverance, faithfulness, and a whole lot of love. We must speak the oracles of God. You have more POWER locked up in you than you will ever need or use. The Greater One lives within. He is all powerful and will put you over. Go forth in courage and be fearless as the Lion you serve. He will never fail you. Thank God for Jesus!
When people come to you for healing, point them to the Healer, Jesus Christ. Lay your hands upon them and allow Jesus to use your hands as His healing agents (Ja.5:14-15). Jesus told us to lay hands on the sick and they would recover (Mk.16:18). Some of YOU reading this book have the gift of healing inside you, but you have never released that gift. I say to you right now, let go and let God use you to heal the sick.
Sickness comes from the devil and needs to be erased (razed) from the people. God does not put sickness or disease upon His people or anyone else. God is a GOOD God. He is a God of health, not sickness. There is no sickness in heaven. Hell has sickness, disease, corruption, affliction, and infirmities. The devil and his imps attempt to deliver these packages to earthlings around the globe. Up until the last few years, he has had a pretty good delivery system, but NOW the righteous ones (you and I) are saying "NO, you don't devil. We refuse to accept YOUR C. O. D. packages. We do not have to put up with your foolishness. We cast you back to the abyss in Jesus' Name."
For example, years ago…I knew a lady who had asthma. As a child, she had difficulty breathing. At times it would be accompanied by wheezing and tightness of her lungs. Some nights, she would sleep on the floor in order to breathe better. Many times this was the only way that she could get any relief from the wheezing. She was a Christian and complained very little about it. She had been healed earlier of this diabolical infirmity, but once again, the devil attempted to afflict her with it.
Finally, one day she suddenly realized what was going on. She said, "No you don't, devil. I am not accepting this bill of goods from hell. I refuse this package. I have been HEALED by the stripes of Jesus. You have no authority here. My body belongs to God. Asthma, I rebuke you. Be gone in Jesus' Name."
The asthma departed and never returned. Champion Combat Soldiers, YOU do not have to receive camouflaged packages from a foreign source. They could be explosives from the living room of the prince of hell. Once you sign for the package, it is YOURS.
All of us at one time or another have signed for packages that turned out to be a surprise from satan the STUPID, especially when we were in sin or just babes in Christ. What can we do to prevent the delivery of these costly packages? The following four combat action items will help you:
1. Guard your words. Watch what you say. Do not say, "Well, it looks like I am going to be sick again. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later. Everybody else was getting sick. I knew I would probably get it next. These things happen, you know. Sometimes, we just have to grin and bear it." If you continue to talk like this, sooner or later, a stick of dynamite will be found in one of the packages that you accept. The devil will be hiding in a safe place around the corner waiting for the loud bang. As soon as the package explodes and you are hauled away D O A (dead on arrival), he runs around spreading the lie that God took you home early because He was lonely up there and needed your company! What a damnable and detestable lie!
2. Guard your ears. Watch what you hear. If you sit around and listen to everybody's opinion about the Bible, YOU are in BIG TROUBLE. You must have a hearing ear to the voice of the Holy Spirit. He will guide you properly. Read the Word and listen attentively to the voice of God. He speaks through His Word to our ears. Opinions are not worth 5 cents unless they are backed up by Scripture. Five minutes of doubt may take hours of the Word to erase. You can refuse to accept the package of doubt because it is an evil report. Do not sign for it. Millions died in the wilderness because they received a telegram from ten grasshoppers (at least that's what they confessed to be). The grasshopper message was a message of doubt and detestable lies. They believed a lie and were sentenced to 40 long years in the hot desert sand…and eventually they all died except the two with a “good report”.
3. Guard your eyes. Watch (be vigilant) what you see. Where there is no vision, the people perish (Pr.29:18). You must have a vision, but it must conform and be in harmony with the Word of God. Keep your eyes on Jesus and you will never falter. Look at the symptoms, instead of the Healer, and you will continue to be sick. Guard your eyes. Watching soap operas on television will damage your soul because most of the soap operas are born in hell. Looking around with a lustful eye will bring in all kinds of foreign packages that are extremely costly, even when sold at yesterday's prices. When opened, sadness, oppression, perversion, anger, helplessness, and possession sets in. Sometimes, even suicide crops up. The only way to truly be happy and filled with joy is through Jesus. Look to Him and be totally satisfied. Guard your eyes!
4. Guard your touch. Watch what you touch. Paul said, "...Touch not the UNCLEAN thing" (2 Cor.6:17). In this case, the Word is referring to idolatry or to those people involved in idolatry. It is also referring to unbelievers or the world. We are in the world, but not of the world. Our citizenship is in heaven.
Sometimes, the thing that we are to leave alone is not unclean. It may be very holy. It may be a married Christian woman or man. Adam and Eve were not to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. That does not mean that the fruit was evil or unclean. I am sure that it was holy and delicious. But God had said "no". Nonetheless, Eve decided to look at the apple. Then she decided to touch the apple. Finally, the touching led to eating...and this led to more eating by her husband... which led to the downfall of the human race.
When David looked at Bathsheba, he did not see an unclean thing. He saw a beautiful woman taking a bath. She was not evil, but she belonged to another. David had failed to guard his eyes. Then he failed to guard his words. And finally, he failed to guard his touch. He paid a terrible price for his looking, talking, and touching. The price of sin is always too high. The cost of sin does not depreciate. It is ALWAYS too HIGH, even at giveaway prices.
Sin, sickness, disease, hunger, and the curse have been done away with by our Lord Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. All we need to do is walk in that VICTORY. Because He lives, we live. Because He RAZED hell, we can RAZE hell. Jesus forgives sin. We forgive sin. He heals. We heal. He delivers the captive. We deliver the captive. He gives. We give. Everything that we do, we do it all in His wonderful Name…JESUS. Thanks be to God Who has given us the VICTORY.
Success is determined by you alone. You were made for success, but your destiny is in your hands. You can choose life or choose death. You can choose prosperity or poverty. Some people blame everybody else for their failures and problems. Some will even say, "Well, my business failed..." Let me share something with you, my friend. THERE are no BUSINESS FAILURES...ONLY PEOPLE FAILURES. Businesses do what you and I tell them to do. If we make bad management decisions, we cannot blame the business, only ourselves.
Success is indeed yours! Therefore, continue to destroy hell and tear down the devil's territory and playhouse. Gratification will come, as you level to the ground, such evil as humanism, new age nonsense, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and disease. You were born to RAZE hell. The following poem is a favorite of mine:
BORN TO RAZE HELL
By Tommy Franks
You may be big; you may be small.
You may be short; you may be tall.
But if you know that wonderful Name,
You can pray and shout and be a flame
Because you are destroying the gates of hell during this hour.
The enemy looks at you half crazed;
He sees you laugh and becomes enraged.
You look at him and know that he is a bluff.
You speak the WORD and he disappears in a puff.
You have learned...you were Born to Raze Hell;
You take the keys and cast the fool in jail!
In summation, let me reiterate. Destroy the works of hell and you will feel much better about yourself and your accomplishments in the Kingdom of God. Signs, wonders, and miracles will follow you as you minister the Word. The fresh oil and wine from heaven are being poured out upon you to keep you activated in the gifts and talents that are manifested through you in the Holy Ghost. The Sweet Anointing is upon your life. Praise Jesus! YOU were indeed BORN to RAZE (destroy the works of) HELL!
CHAPTER 10
Indeed, I am sure that some will initially think that I have gone off the deep end with what I say in this chapter. Please bear with me. This is not folly or a joke. I am not trying to be humorous, even though it may appear to be. As a Champion Combat Christian revolutionary, you need to know your enemy. You need to know something about him. This chapter will give you the proper attitude to have toward your adversary, the devil.
When I grew up in a southern town in Florida, the local church taught very little about the characteristics of our opponent. Consequently, my mental picture of the devil was simply the following: "He was an ugly, unscrupulous scoundrel with horns, a pitch fork, pointed teeth, long pointed tail, and was always dressed in red or black. I thought He had almost the same amount of power as God. In other words, he was a bad dude that you did not want to upset. And God help you if you ever called him a name, such as, STUPID, nincompoop, idiot, LOSER, ignoramus, twit, weasel face, moron, and the names go on...I even had dreams of him chasing me around until I was exhausted."
As you can see, my perception of our opponent was drastically wrong...sincere, but wrong. Let me ask you some questions. If you were a boxer, would you ever box an opponent without knowing something about him? If you owned a football team in the National Football League, would you allow your team to play their opponents without knowing something about them? Would a general ever send his troops out to fight the enemy without knowing something about them? Then why do so many Christians know so little about the chief adversary, the devil? It is appalling! That is why I say, "To hell with satan the STUPID because that is exactly where he is going" (Rev.20:3, 10, 14)!
Some day soon (do not ask me when) the devil will be cast into hell for a thousand years...and then a little later into the lake of fire and brimstone FOREVER and EVER. The Bible says that he will be tormented day and night throughout all the ages (Rev. 20:10). The Bible says that God will still the enemy (Ps. 8:2). In this verse "still" means to: cause to cease, cause to leave, to rid oneself of, to put to silence, and the absence of agitation or movement.
In other words, the goon and thug show will be over. At that point, he is history. Can you imagine how peaceful and wonderful the earth will be at that point? Unity, harmony, peace, loving-kindness will be everywhere in the universe.
Meanwhile, it is our God given right to walk on his face and cast him out of our way. Our responsibility and part of the great commission is to cast out devils…and to use them as door-mats. Slewfoot, the degenerate ignoramus is very FEARFUL and FRUSTRATED because of the Church. The Church is a spiritual giant. Satan the STUPID has lost control of the Church. The Church (YOU and I) have become a holy terror to him and his imps. The Christian Revolutionary has NOW become the terrorist and the aggressor against the kingdom of darkness. Our job is to continue to terrorize and bombard his hideouts and fortresses with the POWER and WORD of God. The threat has arrived...and we are it. The weasel face devil is the disease and we are the CURE through Jesus.
The enemy FEARS and TREMBLES when he sees a Champion Combat Soldier wearing the armor of God. He goes absolutely ape!
Today's Believer is getting smart. He is no longer the dummy that the world has called him. Ignorance has been replaced by the Word of God. He is no longer destroyed by a lack of knowledge.
The Believer wants some answers. He is searching the Scriptures for those answers. He now demands some substance to the preaching and teaching that he hears. He is tired of being sick and tired. The Believer refuses to continue in poverty. He is too smart to go backwards. He is tired of the namby-pamby games being played in the Church.
Wishy-washy poppycockology from the traditionalist is being replaced by the TRUTH...God's Word. The Christian is becoming a spiritual GIANT and SUPERMAN taking his orders from the Commander-in-Chief of the universe…Jesus. The Believer has become a serious threat and danger to lucifer the LOSER. Today, instead of the Righteous getting chased by some demon, he has become a first class demon chaser. The Body of Christ has become the dynamic force, filled with God's ability, POWER, glory, honor, and majesty. This is what the Church should be and is becoming.
The following poem is a favorite of mine:
“THE DUST EATER”
By Tommy Franks
Mr. sluefoot, on the bottom of my shoe you will find A favorite line of mine.
EAT MY DUST.
Since you are the low-life scum ball that you are
And a total ignoramus by far,
I don't have to say, "Make my day."
But I would simply like to convey
Three choking words...Eat my dust
Because dancing on your head, I must.
You are a dumb defeated foe
And where you are going is not too cold.
You are indeed so uncouth
And by far the world's worst nincompoop.
You will spend all eternity in the lake of fire,
While I am with the Father and Those I admire!
Does that get you excited? Don't you just want to go out and kick a few devils around and grind their heads under your feet? Let's do it! YOU are a MATCH for the devil. He does not stand a ghost of a chance against you. If his brains were dynamite, he would not have enough to blow his nose.
Some of you are wondering, "How can Tommy talk like that. Doesn't he know that the enemy will hear him and then try to do him harm?" I hope he hears me. I hope he sees me. Jesus Christ has rendered him powerless and paralyzed. The only power the devil has…is the power we give him. When YOU KNOW who you are and in Whom you believe, YOU know that the enemy is totally defeated. Let us take a look at one of God's outstanding combat soldiers.
When the giant met David, he cursed him and verbally harassed him, but he never touched David. Then David, who was only about 18 years old, told the giant what he was going to do and then did it. David told him that he was going to kill him, cut off his head, and feed his ugly carcass to the birds of the air and wild animals of the earth. And David did it (1 Sam.17:45)! The big bad lamebrain (giant) made a big mistake. He came up against the God of the Army of Israel. This was extremely bad and hazardous on his health. The giant came with the sword of satan, but David came with the Sword of the Spirit of the Living God.
Today, satan the LOSER is still trying to come against the God of the Army of Spiritual Israel…the Church. We are now His children…His sons and daughters. We are the children of Abraham (Gal.3:7, 29) and the Israel of God (Gal.6:16, Rom.2:29, 9:6-8). You would think that the devil would learn after awhile, but he is a perverted psycho who is a glutton for punishment, harassment, and torment. So, let's oblige him!
Isaiah gives some insight on this matter about the stupidity of satan. "Thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit" (Is.14:15). Isaiah looks into hell and sees the people asking satan some questions. "Art thou also become WEAK as we? Art thou become like unto us? Is this the man (you, satan) that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms" (Is.14:10, 16)?
Take YOUR place as a son or daughter of God right now and command the devil to take his hands off you and your property. Pray this prayer with me:
"Father, I do take my rightful position with You right now in the Kingdom of God. You have made me not only your son (or daughter), but also a mighty warrior and champion that cannot be defeated in the Name of Jesus. Devils, demons, imps, and satan the STUPID all have to bow at Your Name--Jesus. Father God, I am who You say that I am, YOUR CHILD. You have given me dominion over everything that moves, creeps, crawls, swims, or flies and that includes POWER over the defeated foe, lucifer the LOSER. You are Who that You say that You are, our Mighty Fortress, Shield, Buckler, Protector, Strength, Deliverer, and Rock. Your Word is like a fire and hammer that goes forth and burns out the dross and pounds out the hardness from our lives. Lord, I am Yours and You are mine. I praise You now in Jesus' Name."
HALLELUJAH...PRAISE be to our LORD!!!
CHAPTER 11
For years in growing up, well meaning Christians and beautiful Saints of God used to tell me that we were no match for the devil. They would insinuate that if we were not careful, the powerful foe would jump on us and devour us from limb to limb. They would infer that we needed to stay out of his way or suffer the consequences at his mercy.
In other words, if you were a Christian, you needed to tiptoe through the tulips and just be nice and never disturb the devil's territory.
Today, it is unfortunate, but this concept still prevails in many of our churches. In this chapter we are discussing the attributes of a Christian and his authority over satan the STUPID in the Name of Jesus. YOU are a match for the devil! We know that the sinner has no authority over the enemy because the sinner takes his orders from him. But the Christian is a different species altogether. He is now in the same class as God. No one would argue that God is a match for the devil, but the moment that you say that you are a match for the devil, people look at you kind of funny and say, "Boy, he is weird. He is going to really find out a thing or two...the poor thing!"
Yet, the Word says that we are to go forth as sons and daughters of God and do greater works than Jesus. Jesus said, "I give unto you power...over ALL the power of the enemy..." (Lk.10: 19). And again Jesus said, "...And NOTHING shall be impossible unto YOU" (Mt.17:20).
The Word says, "...He gave them power against unclean spirits..." (Mt.10:1, Lk.6:7). The seventy returned and said, "...even the devils are subject unto us" (Lk.10: 17). "If God be for us, who (including devils, demons, or satan) can be against us" (Rom.8:31)? God has not given the Christian a spirit of FEAR, but of POWER, LOVE, and a SOUND MIND (2 Tim.1:7).
Hence, YES...YES...YES, YOU are a MATCH for the devil! He has absolutely no power over you. You are an overcomer that overcomes evil with GOOD. "No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper..." (Is.54:17). The enemy SHALL FLEE before you seven ways...he will be smitten before your face (De.28:7). Does this sound like that you are an easy prey for the devil?
We have God's ability. He has made us ABLE. Some unlearned individuals have stated that we do not have a right to rebuke the devil. They use Jude 9 as their defense. Well, let me tell you something. Jesus did not know that He could not rebuke the devil. His disciples did not know that. The seventy sent did not know that. Paul did not know that. Our forefathers did not know that. And I certainly do not accept that kind of poppycockology. For one thing, we are not angels. We have more power and authority than they do. Some day we will even judge them (1 Cor. 6:3). Another thing, angels are not redeemed. Man is redeemed. The Bible says that the angels long to look into the Gospel of redemption (1 Pet.1:12). They do not have the rights and privileges that we do.
Therefore, YOU can and should rebuke the rotten rascal, satan, every chance you get.
Paul told Timothy to "preach the Word...reprove, rebuke, exhort..." (2 Tim.4:2). Paul also said, "...rebuke with ALL authority..." (Titus 2:15). Did Jesus rebuke the devil? Who is our prime and ultimate example to follow? Is it some angel? Now, do not misunderstand what I am saying. God's angels are wonderful and powerful creations that are used mightily across this universe. Each of us has a guardian angel. We have ministering angels that minister on our behalf, but they are not our EXAMPLE. Our Example to follow is Jesus Christ. Whatever He did was ALL RIGHT because Jesus copied the Father. Do you agree with this?
Next, what does the Word say? "And Jesus rebuked the devil...And Jesus rebuked him (the unclean spirit)...He (Jesus) rebuked the foul spirit..." (Mt.17:18, Mk.1:25, 9:25). Now, if Jesus rebuked the devil, we have NOW the identical authority that Jesus has NOW (1 Jn.4:17). Have you ever read Mark 16 where Jesus said, "...in My Name SHALL they (the Believers) cast out (eject, drive out, expel, pluck out, thrust out, put forth, send away) devils" (V.17). Not only do YOU have a right to rebuke the scumbag, but you also have a right to cast him back to the abyss in Jesus' Name.
Yes indeed, you are a match for the devil. Jesus said, "If you SHALL ask (command) anything in My Name, I will do it" (Jn. 14:14). That includes commanding the devil to be gone and casting him out of captives and out of your way.
Actually, it is the enemy that is no match for us. He is already defeated and paralyzed. All we have to do is walk up to him and put our foot on his ugly neck. The blessed holy Church is now finding this out. We are beginning to walk in the fresh anointing and revelation knowledge that God has given us. We KNOW who we are and the Divine Assignment that we must accomplish. Locked up in us is the ability of God. We are invincible in Jesus. By using His Name, we cannot be conquered. It really is not much of a battle when YOU KNOW that YOU have already won.
The Bible says that our adversary walks around AS a roaring lion. He can only roar and imitate a lion. He can never be a lion because he is a diabolical wimp that has been stripped of everything including his bite and teeth.
YOU are SPECIAL. YOU are SOMEBODY. God is FOR YOU. He is on YOUR side. You cannot go under for going over. Your Father is watching over you in a wonderful way. He cares for you with such compassion and love. You are the apple of His Eye! The mercy of God overshadows you. You are a Champion Winner on the winning Team. Praise God forever!
YOU ARE A MATCH FOR THE DEVIL!
By Tommy Franks
Two boxers approached the center ring;
One looked apprehensive,
The other looked like a live ringer.
The worried opponent was dressed in black.
White was worn by the ringer who had no lack.
The man in white would cut no slack.
When the bell sounded, each began his attack.
Left, right, jab, hook, And the body blows did look
As if these two were rooks.
Left, right, jab, hook, and then
Suddenly, the ringer shouted with a grin
As he delivered a final blow which took some skin
From the ugly face of the one
Who would never win again!
And who was this man that won?
Who was this live ringer that grinned
And looked exactly like another FRIEND,
That made this journey 2000 years ago?
Why...this man is you of course in the combat zone.
You won the fiery fight filled with His Glow!
LAST WORDS
Now, you have begun to accept your tremendous responsibilities in the Kingdom of God. You KNOW that you were born to RAZE hell. You are NOW a combat warrior. You are on Divine Assignment to tear down the strongholds of satan. His weapons are useless toward you. You go forth CHARGED in the POWER and AUTHORITY of God. His ability is yours. Your very words are filled with faith, love, mercy, compassion, and energy. People now come to you for answers and encouragement. You speak forth the oracles of God. Miracles and wonders happen all around you in the Name of Jesus. The enemy hides from you!
Finances and material blessings are yours because of your obedience in giving. You have given and now the harvest is coming into your bank accounts. Even though you have learned who you are and Who your Father is, you are humble and meek in spirit. YOU will inherit the earth. As a giver, you will never lack. Everything you touch will prosper!
Razing and destroying hell has become a lifestyle for YOU. It is not a chore, job, or sacrifice, but a lifestyle. You speak and the devils listen. You say, "go" and they go. You speak to mountains (diseases, sicknesses, poverty, sin) and they move and melt away. People KNOW that you are special and different. They may not know how to explain it, but they KNOW that there is greatness within you. You are precious!
You are a POWERFUL force in Jesus. You are now a channel for God's blessings to others. Your weapons are mighty. You have become a powerful threat to the diabolical enemy, satan the STUPID. You now walk into the loser’s territory and knock down the very gates of hell and set captives FREE. The drug addict is delivered. The alcoholic is rescued from bondage. The hungry are fed. The religious spirits are cast out. The sinner is forgiven and proclaims Jesus as his Savior.
You were born to RAZE hell. Bullets cannot stop you. Man cannot stop you. Disease cannot stop you. The devils in hell cannot stop you. You will live FOREVER with Jesus. You are in the powerful Army of God marching across this land. How does it feel to be invincible? Signs, miracles, and wonders are all around you. You have become a LIVING miracle. Your holy body contains 263 bones, 600 muscles, 970 miles of blood vessels, 400 taste buds, 20,000 hairs in your ears for sound, 10 million nerves and nerve endings, and 600 million air cells in your lungs. Your heart beats 4200 times per hour. The greatest miracle started with you...your physical birth...and then your spiritual birth. You were indeed born to RAZE (destroy) hell!
Right now, at this moment as I write these words, I am sitting in an easy chair at a beautiful resort community in Florida…looking out over the emerald green waters of Choctawhatchee Bay. A few moments ago, the Lord reminded me of something that I have taught for several years. "What we need in this world right now is a world wide DICTATOR."
That's right...a world wide Dictator. God has also spoken to me and said, "Tommy, tell them that the world is currently ripe for a world Dictator and that He will come on the scene shortly…and His Name is JESUS!”
Is this scriptural? Yes, it is exactly what the Bible says, "...and He (Jesus) shall rule them (the nations) with a rod of iron..." (Rev.19:15). And we SHALL rule and reign with Him (Rom. 8:17, 2 Tim.2:12).
Go forth NOW and continue to live the life of a Champion Combat Revolutionary, and RAZE (destroy) hell until the Dictator returns. Praise be to Jesus forever! He is coming soon!
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