FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

 " And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of  heaven sufferenth violence and the violent take it by force Matt. 11:12"

The above scripture introduce a new subject matter; the kingdom of heaven suffer violence. One may wonder what on earth or in heaven that will make the kingdom of heaven to suffer violence? could it be that Jesus was referring to the war that happened in heaven when Lucifer was cast down to hell or something different. 

let analyze the phrase "The kingdom of  heaven". The kingdom of heaven here refer to the gospel of salvation.  In Matthew 3: 2 Jesus refer the gospel of salvation to the kingdom of heaven. "Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.."  The kingdom of heaven suffer violence is another sentence i will like to analyze. violence here means opposition, so therefore, the kingdom of heaven suffer violence means there will sometimes be opposition to the spread of the gospel of salvation, the violent take it by force. The violent that takes the kingdom of heaven by force are those who despite the opposition they face while spreading the gospel of salvation, preaching the good news of salvation remained unmovable, keep on spreading the gospel, backing it up with prayer, are those who will finally wins more souls to the kingdom of heaven. "The law and the prophets were until John: Since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. "Luke16:16 kjv". 

It is those who are consistent in prayer and preaching the gospel  are the once that will eventually bring down the glory of God on earth. The violent once that takes it by force are those who backup their work with God with consistent prayer, every blessed day.

When Peter was arrested because of the gospel of salvation he preached, he was put in prison, you see, opposition came, but what happen next, the saint gather together to pray for peter, he was release from prison by the miraculous power of God and the next day he went to preach. the saint that prayed for him are the violent one that take the kingdom of God by force.

Paul and Silas was put in prison, because of the gospel they preached, at mid-night, they pray, sang praises to God, what happen next, the supper natural power of God came down and they were free miraculously. Solders and prisoners were saved. This is a message from God to you reading this article, anytime you want to do something tangible in the body of Christ, and there seem to be opposition to what you want to do for God in the body of Christ, don't give up, press on, back it up with pray, and you will see the supernatural power of God, demonstrating in your life and ministry to accomplished that which you have proposed to do for God!!!   

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