Section 04 - Swords of the Kingdom

Genesis 11:6 says this.

And the LORD [Yahweh] said, Behold the people [are] one, and they all have one language, and they are beginning to do this: and now nothing which they have imagined to do will be impossible for them.

Keys and Swords

In the previous section of this series, we looked at the Keys of the Kingdom, and we saw that God has given everyone some keys. We saw that there were different levels of authority which are symbolized by those keys.

We saw that mankind has been given authority on earth. But it takes more than authority to make things happen. You also need the ability or power to add to the authority to make it fully effective.

The Greeks had two different words for this which are often both translated as power in the New Testament. The one was the Greek word exousia, which speaks about the power of authority. The other one was dunamis, which speaks of the power of ability or dynamic power.

Just as we saw that authority was symbolized by keys, God has often shown us another symbol that speaks about the power of ability rather than the power of authority. That is the sword.

Swords these days don't mean quite what they did in days gone by. But most of our symbols from the Scriptures are based on past experiences. So swords speak of the power of ability, whereas keys speak of the power of authority.

The way you use a key is a little bit different from the way you use a sword. A key is not aggressive. It does however have the power to allow, release or open something, or the power to block and prevent something.

A sword on the other hand is very aggressive, and it has the power to make things happen. We looked previously at how to use the keys. But in this section, we are going to look at swords and how we can use them.

Swords That We Have

Just as God has given keys to every human being by virtue of the fact that they are human, in the same way, God has given swords to all of us as human beings.

These are latent powers within us. They are native to us because we are human, and I want to look at those swords first.

When God made Adam and Eve and when He made mankind, He made them to subdue and to dominate. How do I know that? Genesis 1:28 says,

And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and grow, and fill up the earth, and take control of it: and rule over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

Mankind was made to rule, to be in control, and to dominate everything in this world and the rest of creation.

First Sword Our Bodies

The first sword or the first latent power that God has given us lies in our bodies.

The human body can be programmed to do amazing things. Most of us never realize the full potential of our bodies.

But you just need to look at those who are involved in sporting activities and athletics. Watch those who strive for awards of breaking records.

It is amazing what the human body can do. And it is not that such people were born naturally with more ability than others.

It is true that some of us were given better bodies than others. Some of us were given bigger bodies; others were given thinner bodies. But the body in itself has amazing capabilities if you take it, train it and program it.

People who have broken records in speed, endurance and so many things that the body is able to do, have programmed their bodies to be able to do these things. It didn't come naturally.

Your body is your first sword, and you should use the full ability that has been given to you in your body. Why? To build the kind of life that God wants you and designed you to have. That is the abundant life that we are looking at in this book.

This unfortunately does not come automatically. You have to make an effort. For some of us, it is fun. Some people enjoy exercise and they exercise until it becomes like a drug. But for others, it is just so much effort and they say,

"I don't feel like doing it. I would rather just sit and watch TV, sit and read or just plain sit."

But it is not going to come automatically. If you want to tap the potential of your body, you will have to do something.

You are going to have to make an effort, and the two main efforts are diet and exercise. The diet part is easy. We don't have a problem with eating. But eating doesn't necessarily make a fit body. It just keeps it alive.

So sometimes you have to be careful what you eat in order to maintain your health. Then you need to exercise the muscles of the body to develop them to their fullest potential.

That then is how you develop the latent power of the body.

Second Sword Our Souls

The second sword the Lord has given us is the soul. And so we have a latent power in the soul where our mind, emotions and will lie.

The human intellect is amazing, but unfortunately, none of us are born with knowledge. We are born with a clean slate. We are like a brand new computer, with nothing in its memory or hard drive.

We don't even come with all the apps built in that you get these days when you buy a device. These days you buy a phone, a laptop, or a tablet, and it comes with all the programs that have already been created for you to use.

You are not born with those. You are born with a clean, empty slate. And those apps have to be created and programmed into you and made to work.

It takes an effort to tap into the potential that God has given you in your intellect. You need to hunger and thirst for knowledge.

Knowledge will not fall on you. It will come to you, and if you receive it and make use of it, you will benefit from it. You will then develop your intellectual capabilities and the capabilities of your soul.

You have emotions that you can develop, as well as willpower. These are all latent powers of the soul, but you have to make an effort.

You must choose to learn from what life teaches you. The experiences that you have in life can be good or bad. But the way you respond to them is going to determine whether your soul is going to improve or if it is going to deteriorate.

Are you going to sit and wallow in self-pity from the things that happened? Or are you going to learn from them, build up your knowledge and improve your life? It is up to you.

You can choose to be a student, or you can choose to be lazy and let everyone else do the studying. Then you become dependent on someone else for the knowledge that they have.

You must be teachable. You should be able to learn from every single situation that you face. You should be able to learn from every book that you read, from every video that you watch, or from every audio that you listen to.

You should be prepared to learn from everything that comes in via your senses. If you don't do that, it will go in one ear and out the other. Somebody else could take what may even have been a bad experience and learn from it and grow, but you will stay right where you are.

What made the difference? Was it the experience or the circumstances? No, it was your choice. It was not automatic.

Third Sword Our Spirits

The third sword is the human spirit that God has created. In your spirit, you have a piece of God inside of you. That piece of God contains creative ability, just as God, being the creator, has put some creative ability into you.

That creative ability that is in your spirit, will enable you to create the kind of life that you want to live and that you desire.

It can affect your natural life. Your spirit actually maintains your health and empowers your body. When your spirit leaves, your body dies, so your spirit is very much part of maintaining your first sword.

Your spirit pours ideas and inspiration into your soul. New ideas and thoughts come up from deep inside of you. It also allows us as believers to hear the voice of God.

With unbelievers, their spirits are dead towards God. They still have a spirit. It still has latent powers, but they are unable to hear from God.

As a believer, you have something extra. You have the Holy Spirit dwelling within you. And your spirit can now listen to the Holy Spirit, receive, and pass that back up to you.

These latent powers which are built into us naturally can help us, humans, to accomplish every desire that we have in life. Many people in this world, even as unbelievers, have done just that.

Just look around you. Look at all the big names and all the successes; those who have risen up and become wealthy, famous, and built a life of success and a life that we may even envy at times.

They did it without the Lord because they got three swords and they learned how to use their swords.

Sometimes believers don't even bother picking up those swords and using them. Do you know why? Because we leave it all to the Lord.

We have become lazy. We expect God to do everything when He has given us abilities, powers, and things that are latent to us as human beings. We have taken them for granted and not appreciated what He gave us.

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