THE GREATEST ENEMY || Power To Recover Your Birthright by Dr. D.K. Olukoya
Many of the problems we have as Individuals, are caused by Mr. Flesh, for example, inability to take the right decisions, plain disobedience to God, looseness with the opposite sex, emotional problems, bad thinking, boiling anger, etc. We must take responsibilities for our own lives. When you say, “Mr. Flesh, die,” heavens will rejoice, and they will come to your aid. If you have not pointed your finger to yourself, and say: “It is you that annoyed me. You made me to say this, you made me to say that,” you are not serious, yet. But, the day you point accusing finger to yourself, heaven will rejoice and will come to your aid.
CARNAL ENERGY
The flesh is anything, that is not energised by the Holy Spirit, and is always fighting you. You want to read your Bible, it says, “sleep.” You want to pray and that would be when somebody annoys you, and you spend two hours fighting. You want to pray, and it is that time they bring a vampire movie, and you begin to watch. Many Christians engage in activities, not ordained by the Holy Spirit. To get rid of our grave clothes, the bottom-line is that God should rule our flesh. Do not deceive yourself. Do not think that the flesh will improve, it cannot improve. It is rotten to the core.
THE DOOR
The devil comes in, when we open the door to him, through our uncrucified flesh. Our toughest battle is not with the devil, it is with the flesh. The devil is continually looking for open doors, through which he can enter to attack us.
“Hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” John 14: 30
There was no place in the flesh of Jesus, that the devil could have access to. Jesus was dead to Himself. He was dead to His own desires, and His own agenda.
The power of darkness operates the most powerful scanning machines. As you are now, they can see you clearly, in and out. They know, whether any part of them is in you. They know how strong you are;
they know those, who are spiritual, and those, who are not. They know those, who pray in the morning before going out, they know those, who do not pray. They know those, who do their quiet time, and those, who do not. They know those, who are merely warming the benches in the church, who are not really serious with the Lord.
God has issued a death sentence on Mr. Flesh: “Dust thou art and unto the dust thou shall return.” It is the spirit man inside you, that will return back to God. The flesh knows that it is not going to depart from the dust, and it wants to pull you along, if you allow it.
THE LURE OF COMPROMISE
They know those, who are in the church to look for good, obedient, submissive wives, and they know those, who are looking for very brilliant and rich husbands. They can detect the smallest compromise. They know the cleverly concealed sin. They know the evil habits, you are covering. That is why, the day of judgement would be very interesting. There are many things we do not know now, but on that day, everything will be made manifest.
Jesus made one statement: “That which was done under the bed shall be proclaimed on housetops.” The person will be shouting it; he will have a megaphone and will be shout in it, and everybody will know what he has covered. Those things inside your heart, which the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit is saying, “Son this is not good, daughter this is bad,” and you ignore His voice, those are the grave clothes. You have liberty, but not freedom.
How can a believer go and buy clothes on credit. And, then, she puts on the dress, and would not pass the front of the shop of the person, who sold the dress to her for fear of the person saying, “You see the dress that woman is wearing, she has not paid for it.” It is the grave clothes. Why do not you wash the ones you have, keep them clean and wear them?
THE UNCRUCIFIED FLESH
The devil defeats Christians, who celebrate an uncrucified flesh. The devil defeats Christians, who leave the doors of their lives open to him. He is looking for houses in which to dwell. He is looking for landing spaces, and any area of a person’s life can be his landing space, if you submit to him.
Mr. Flesh can completely paralyse the destiny of somebody, if he submits any part of his life to him. If you submit your hair, he will grab it, If you submit your head, he will grab it, if you submit your thought he will grab it. If you submit your marriage, he will grab it. If you submit your sex life, he will grab it. If you submit, even, ordinary fingernail, he will grab it. There are some people now, who have stopped cutting their fingernails, and they are as long as those of the vultures, and they have them painted up.
SATANIC LIPS
If you submit your lips to the enemy, he will grab it. The number of men of God, who hear from God clearly is reducing, because of polluted ears. If you submit your ears to the enemy, he will grab them. If you submit your mouth to the enemy, he will grab it. If you submit your job to him, he will grab it. If
your kind of job requires, that you tell lies every time, you better look for another job, before you will end up in hell fire. Pray to God to provide you another job, where you will not be telling lies. If you submit your eyes to the enemy, he will use it. If you give him your ambition, he will use it. If you give him your certificate, he will use it. If you give him your voice, he will use it. Most of those singing worldly songs, that would send people to hell fire, were trained by the church, but they are now used by the devil.
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affection and lusts.” Galatians 5:
24
If you find that the enemy is strengthening himself against you, the area to check is your flesh. The thief in you must die. The hypocrisy in you must die, and the iniquity in you must die, so that the Spirit of God can use your life, as He wants.
Some people buy and put on extra nails, and paint them with mermaid colours. Then, they start writing to us, that they need deliverance from spirit husbands. May be you do not know, just like physical men find some women very attractive, there are spirits that find some women very attractive. Those are the spirits, who go about at night violating women, and sexually harassing them. We should not make their job easy. Immediately, you are dressing to make their job easy, they will visit you.
The church is a house of God, a holy place, not a place you come, wearing transparent dresses. Or, you are a man, you open your shirt and show the chain you put on for all to see. If you come before God, you submit and humble yourself.
THE CRUCIFIXION
They that belong to Christ, must crucify the flesh with the attendant affection and lust. That is, if you do not belong to Christ, you can live your life the way you want. But, at the end of the day, you will arrive at the gate of life, and the gate-keeper will say, “We do not have your name here. You are our enemy. Get out, you worker of iniquity.” You may say, “Well, I will be doing it little by little.” The danger with little by little is, that you do not know the day the Lord will say, “Son, it is enough. Come home.” What we are saying, is that Mr. death does not give you advance notice.
Somebody brought money to Peter, and said, “Take this money, and give me this gift so that whoever I pray for will receive the Holy Spirit, and will be speaking in tongues.” Peter looked at him, and said, “Your money perish with you.” That is, there was nothing in Peter that would respond to that sensation and temptation for money.
Peter allowed God to crucify that area in his life. But, this is the only area, where the flesh is on the throne in many lives. The Bible says, that we came to the world with nothing, and that we will go away with nothing. You came to the world fasting, and you will go back with an empty stomach. Why should you glue yourself to this sinking world, because you do not want to crucify the flesh?
WHERE THERE IS NO CONFIDENCE
The flesh is harder to
deal with, than the
devil … You cannot bind
your own flesh. The
flesh is the harder
problem, it needs to be
crucified. Self-
centredness, lack of
discipliner boasting
and stubbornness are
nothing more than the
flesh refusing to submit
to the Holy Spirit.
