Horses and Chariots of Fire — Eric Ludy

Hi there, this is Ben Zorns with Ellerslie Mission Society. This message by Pastor Eric Moody is entitled, Horses and Chariots of Fire. The Apostle Paul told Timothy that as a good soldier, he needed to endure hardness.

While that may not sound like much fun, it is a battle speech that every soldier of the cross must hear and heed. Please contact us at www .ellerslie .com. Now here's Eric Moody.

Surrendering the Whole Life to Jesus Christ

Horses and chariots of fire. I've told you in the past that I like the majestic tones of scripture. And this particular statement out of Kings is one of my favorite statements in the entire Bible. I'm not giving you the scripture, it's right near the end of where this comes from, but I tell you what, this is just good stuff.

This is a combination message of quite a few, it's like a compilation of a lot of different messages that you've heard at Ellerslie over the past year or so. And so we are going to overview something and just sort of walk through how God builds a recruit.

You can grow up in a home, in a Christian home and be very serious about Jesus, read your Bible, memorize some scripture here and there, do a little praying off to the side, go to youth group. You can be a fairly serious Christian.

You can be more serious than those around you. You can make your old purity commitments. You can do things right, dot a few I's, cross a few T's. Jesus is looking more, looking for more than just a half-hearted givenness where you keep your life, but then turn over a little bit of it to Jesus to make sure that spiritually you're okay.

As if there's a certain dimension of your life and you just need to satisfy God with it, but the rest of your life belongs to you. When I talk about a recruit today, I'm not talking about someone who lives partly for Jesus Christ.

I'm talking about someone who gives 100 of their life to Jesus Christ. You see, we have this idea, it's called the 10 rule. I'm not saying it's incorrect at some degree, because it is, it's in the Old Testament where we're supposed to give 10 under the work of the priests in the temple.

It's called the tithe. So we have this idea that we tithe 10 of our life to God, 10 of our money to God. I want you to realize that the New Covenant makes it very clear that 100 of all you are and all you have belongs to Jesus Christ.

That's the new rule. We call it the 100 rule. And so for those of us that live by the 10 rule in our Christian faith, and we take 90 of our life and we spend it on ourselves, and 10%, you know, we give God a little time.

We give him a little space in our life. You know, we give him a Sunday morning here and there, maybe even a Sunday night. Hey, I gave him a Wednesday night. I prayed a few times this week. God is interested in gaining what he purchased on that cross.

And what he purchased was you. And he purchased, this is going to sound strange, but he didn't just purchase you inside, like the theoretical you that floats around inside of you. Actually, you're very real.

I don't want to call you theoretical. But he also purchased your body. It says your body and your spirit, which are gods. Apostrophe S, which means possessive. Gods. You belong to God. You are his property.

It's as if you're a piece of property, but you just happen to be mobile, and you're walking around on legs. And there's an address, and it's called, like, Eric Lutie. You know, yours is called whatever you are.

And it's like, we're an address on earth, and God purchased that property. And he said, mine. Just like the promised land in the Old Testament. God says, this is my territory. Go in and take it. Take it for the glory of God.

But it all belonged to God. And he allowed us to participate in the process of sharing in that inheritance. We live in this body. We live in his territory. But it's his property. 100 his. And what he wants to do with it, he gets to do.

That's what a recruit is. So when we talk about, you know, what most of us have grown up doing, we've been giving the 10%. For those of you serious enough to become a recruit, it's time for 100%. And so this is basic training.

Entering the Robe of Righteousness

The six steps of basic training. When you're ready to get serious, this is what we need to make sure we do first thing. So you enter boot camp, basic training, and we get down to business, and we get down to business quick.

Because there's a job to do. The enemy can have no access to your life. If the enemy is at work in any corner of your life, it's time for him to go. Because we have legal paperwork signed by the blood of Jesus which claims that the enemy has no more right to your property.

He has been a squatter for all these years, which means he has no actual right to take claim to your body, to any part of your existence, and yet because you didn't understand your legal arrangement with the heavenlies, you have not exerted it.

And as a result, the enemy has been squatting on the territory of your life. And it is time to get that paperwork out and get him out. So, these are six steps of basic training. And one of the things you're going to notice with these six steps is these are not six steps that you go through once and then, you know, you're done.

And you sort of float through life as a great Christian. You get done with these six, you go right back through them the next day. It's a constant deepening on these points. First, we enter the cloak.

It's a term we use at Ellerslie for what in Isaiah 61 is called the robe of righteousness. It's sometimes hard because we don't wear robes, we don't really wear cloaks either, but it's a covering. You see, Jesus has accomplished something that we couldn't accomplish.

You must live with perfect righteousness. You must behave the way God intended a man or a woman to behave to be able to enter into the presence of God. Otherwise, you're cut off for all eternity. And very bad things happen to those that are cut off for all eternity.

It's called hell. So this is serious business. Because if you were to evaluate yourself against the perfect righteousness of Scripture, you'll find that you can't match up. And no matter how hard you try from this day forward till the day you die, you cannot perform perfect righteousness.

You can't. You're unable. Your righteousness, says God, is as filthy rags before him. It's disgusting before heaven. You are not able to bring to the heavenly table that which pleases God. You have a problem.

Which is why the cross of Jesus Christ is so important. So a recruit has to understand the blood of Jesus. They can't esteem the blood. They must enter into it. They can't say, oh, thank you Jesus for dying and forgiving me.

But now I'm going to attempt to knit my own cloak. I'm going to attempt to dress myself in a way that will please you. No, no, no. You must realize that Jesus Christ took this so seriously that he actually died to give it to you.

In other words, what Jesus Christ gave you on that cross was worth the death, the life of God. It's serious stuff. So when you go off to the side and attempt to do what only he can do and what only he did, it's spitting in the face of Jesus saying, no, I could do that.

Thanks for the example. But I too will live as you did, Jesus. He says, you can't do this your way. I need you to enter into my cloak. It's his blood. You know, you have guilt. You have the enemy accusing you.

It's miserable. Who likes living that way? The enemy is holding your past against you. And even some of you are Christians and you still have this accusation voice. You know what? The cloak deals with that voice.

You get in Jesus and anything that can get through Jesus can get to you. But what can get through Jesus? When the enemy comes and accuses Jesus, how far does it get? When the enemy comes and tempts Jesus with lust, how far does it get?

When the enemy comes and tries to bring fear against Jesus, how far does it get? Not very far. And guess who you're in? You're in Jesus. That's the first great secret of Christianity. Get in Jesus. If you're in Jesus, the enemy can no longer hound you.

He can no longer hold you back. Now you have the ticket. You have the key. You have the way into the very presence of God. It's not the end. A lot of Christians, this is the end. It's like, oh, okay, so that means I'm no longer under any condemnation.

I'm no longer guilty of my sin. It's been forgiven. Praise God. What a great gospel. Well, it is good. But there's more. And this isn't where we stop. This is where we begin. This is the first step. So we enter the cloak and find shelter in His grace.

And by the way, grace is not just a cover-up. A big operational cover-up. Heaven's cover-up routine. Okay, we've got some sinners down there, and we're going to somehow need to cover up their sins so we can get them into heaven.

God is not coming down and just hugging. He's not just saying, you know, I love you, even though you're a mess. This is what God says. He does say that. I love you, even though you're a mess. But I love you too much to leave you that way.

You see, the gospel and the work of Jesus Christ upon that cross included more than just cleaning the slate. Than just removing the penalty. Jesus Christ has come to establish our feet on a rock so that we can live this life.

Reckoning the Full Work of the Cross

Not just esteem Christ's life, worship Christ's life, and then live in the dungeons of depravity ourselves, but so that we could find triumph in our existence. The second thing we need to do is reckon the full work of the cross.

Align with his agenda. So, here I am saying the full work of the cross, well, isn't that it? Isn't that that we get in the cloak and he forgives us? Ah! The full work of the cross! There is so much to the cross!

So much depth and beauty and power! And a new recruit enters into Jesus Christ and says, I want the full work. Work it in me. And then we come into alignment if we are out of order with God's word. Then we say, God, change me!

I want to be in alignment with you. And then we present our body unto the king. Empty all self-ambition. You know, we like this to be about ourselves. And it's sort of a scary thought to give up your body to the work of God.

Isn't that a strange thought? You ever heard of demon possession? No, we don't really like to talk about those things. Demon possession. If you're demon possessed, who's operating you? A demon. Well, that isn't God's pattern.

It's a counterfeit of God's pattern. You know what God's pattern is? God possession. He takes over the body of his saints and he rules and reigns within their body. And we are supposed to be possessed by God.

Now, it doesn't mean he kicks us out and we have no say in the matter. He allows us to participate. Sort of like we're the master of an estate and then God says, that's my property. But he doesn't kick us off the grounds.

He makes us the head butler. But we're no longer the master. And whatever the master says, the butler does. If the master says, sell all the furniture. Give it all to the poor. Guess what the butler does?

Yes, sir. Well, he spent a lot of time traveling through Italy to get all that furniture. And now the new master comes in and sell it all? New master rules. Whatever the new master wants, he gets. Yet you still participate in this great drama.

Taking Hold of the Promises and Spiritual Battle

It's an incredible reality. Number four. We take hold the promises and engage in the spiritual battle. You see, you're not just set free. You're not just covered with the cloak and you don't just enter into Christ and have all this nice sweet smelling stuff taking place in your life.

And then God just sets you on a shelf and stares at you and says, you know what, that's a good work that I did. He's making you fit for battle. So one of the reasons why it's so critical to be 100 given to God is so that he can prepare you to be equipped to go into this world and change it.

Wielding the Name of Jesus and the Armor of God

To do that, we need to take hold of the promises. I'm going to go through each one of these in depth. So I'm just giving you an overview right now. Number five. You learn to wield the all powerful name and you get familiar with your weaponry.

I can just sort of see this new recruit. He's coming through and he's always been dealing with sort of like this pea shooter. It's like a, you know, one of those straws that you used in junior high and you'd make your little spitwad and stick it in.

That's basically what's been our spiritual weaponry. The enemy is mocking us and we get our little spitwad out and shoot it at him and he just laughs in our face. We're like, how come it doesn't work?

We're always backtracking. And then you come in, you give your life to Jesus Christ and say, let's get serious now. Okay, my children are not going to lose. Weaponry that is mighty to the pulling down of strongholds.

It's time you learn how to wield it. You know, it only makes sense. We're trained for battle and so we need to come in to the war room and there's our king, our commander, and he's sitting there and he's going, okay, let's get serious.

Sit down. You see all this armament? It's yours. Purchased with my blood. I'm going to teach you how to swing this sword. I'm going to teach you how to hold this shield. See this battle axe over here?

Nothing can stop it when you swing it in my name. Now I want to teach you who to swing at. Because the other thing we oftentimes do is we grab that and we're like, thank you. We go running out and we start hitting the wrong things.

Seeing with New Eyes

We need to know what we are assigned to clobber with God's weaponry. And when we fight that battle God's way with God's equipment, God's children always win. Number six, we need to see with new eyes. Walk by the direction of a new life within.

You are not your own. You've been bought with a price. It is no longer you who lives but Christ who's now living in you. There is a new power at work. You're under new management. It's new ownership, new management.

In other words, you are governed by a new life. Well, there's a whole new coordination. You're used to seeing things only in the natural realm. You judge things after the natural, after the flesh. So you go into a cocktail party and someone has their arms folded and you say, well, they don't want to talk to anyone.

I'm not going to violate that. Well, that's judging things after the flesh. Social grace. You're motivated by a whole new motive now, a whole new governing power. You see someone in the corner with their arms folded saying, I don't want to talk to anyone.

My wife dragged me here. Get away from me. But you see with your eyes and you see a man who's dying. You see a man who's desperate for someone to reach out to him. You walk straight up to him and say, hi.

He's like, don't you see my folded arms? I'm not wanting to talk. By the way, I see your folded arms and I'm guessing you're probably saying to me you don't want to talk. But God sent me over here. And I just want you to know that he loves you.

And if there's anything I can do for you, I'm ready to do it right now. In fact, in the middle of a cocktail party, how about I pray for you? Is that all right? And the guy's like, tears streaming down his face all of a sudden.

He's like, what in the world is going on here? This is uncomfortable. Don't you realize we're not supposed to be doing this here? Oh, I realize that, but I don't care. I'm here because God's leading me.

You are owned and operated. You see with new eyes. You are on a mission that is much higher. And this world will not understand it because they are not seen with the same eyes. You are walking by a direction of a new life within.

All right. So, now you notice this is the first one in the list again. I gave you six things. Now, it doesn't mean there's only six things. There's six things I'm going to emphasize today. Six key dimensions of development in the new recruit.

Agreeing with Truth and Taking Hold of It

When you come unto Jesus, Jesus is looking to gain access to you. He's looking to build and establish something within you. But to do that, you need to come into alignment with his truth. You see, most of us esteem truth.

We pass true-false tests. The old classic illustration, I've given it many times. Did Jesus Christ die on the cross? True. Did Jesus Christ rise from the dead on the third day? True. Did Jesus Christ ascend to be with the Father?

Is he seated at the right hand? Is he going to return for his children someday? True. Most of us would say, there's your Christian for you. They agree with truth. Agreeing with truth is different than taking truth.

To take truth, you actually have to get up and apprehend it. If these things are true, go get them. I use the illustration a lot at Ellerslie, but if there's a banquet in the back, and you're sitting here on the step, the banquet is made for you.

God has made the ultimate feast just for you. And he says, I've made a feast for you. Go back and take it. And if I came up to you 20 minutes later and you were just still sitting there, I'd go, why aren't you going back and getting the banquet?

Well, because I don't smell it, I don't see it, and I don't taste it. Hey, buddy, the reason you're not smelling it, seeing it, and tasting it is because you're not getting up and getting it. If I asked you, do you believe that what God said is true, do you believe there's a banquet back there, you'd probably say, yeah, I think there probably is.

But if I get up and I don't find it, I risk disillusionment. And so I would rather sit here and just know that it's back there than get up and risk not finding it. Do you believe God? Did you know that God cannot lie?

Did you know that his word is truth? And his word is the word of God, and therefore if he cannot lie, his word cannot lie? And so if his word says it, you can take him at his word. And there is a banquet in the back, but you must get up and start walking.

Most of us are waiting for the banquet to come and be rolled up in front of us, and a big spoon to be jammed into our mouth. God force feeds us. That's not faith. Faith is what accesses the kingdom of heaven.

You must believe even though you don't yet see. You must get up. You cannot see that back room where you're sitting. But it's still true, and if God is a truth-telling God, then you take him at his word.

You either believe him or you don't. What saves you is faith. What saves you is believing his word. If he says it, it's true. So you get up and you start walking. You know what's gonna happen? You're gonna take a couple steps, and you may still not smell it.

Well, you're still a fairly good distance away from it. There's a process here, and it's called the test of faith. Because there's other people around you who go, do you smell anything yet? Because I don't think there's anything back there.

And you still don't. You still don't see it. You still don't taste it. But do you believe your God? Because your God has promised, and he cannot lie. Do you believe that? Because if you believe that, you'll keep walking.

You know what? A couple steps later, Ah! I smell it! You'll begin to smell it. You round that bend, you'll see it. You walk into that room, big spoon waiting for you, you'll taste it. These spiritual realities that are hidden from many of us, we esteem them from a distance.

We worship God. We sing songs about them all the time. My chains are gone! I've been set free! The whole while, we're singing with chains on our wrists. The chains are unlocked when you appropriate the key.

Go and take it! Don't sit there and sing songs about your chains being gone if they're still on you. Knowing that your chains can be taken off is one thing. That's where it starts, because most people don't even know that.

But then you must go after the key. And Jesus says here's where the key is. Do you trust me? Get up and take it. Get up and take it! Enter the cloak, find shelter in His grace. This is the concept in Scripture of coming into Christ.

It's actually a deliberate grammatical thing that Paul uses in the New Testament as he talks about in Christ Jesus. In Christ Jesus. We just look over that. What else would you say? On Christ Jesus? You're in Christ Jesus.

It's a positional thing. You actually are inside Him. Which is why you can enter into the holy of holy of holies. Because only that which is perfect and righteous is allowed in. So if you are in Christ Jesus, that cloak is your way and avenue into the presence of God.

However, there's something that takes place in this chamber of holiness. And that is Christ you get in Christ so that you can get into His presence and that He can get in you. You ever heard of Christ in us?

Christ in you? That's a whole other dimension. It's very purposeful. There's two dimensions to Christianity. One is you getting into Christ. That's how it starts. Because if you don't get into Christ, you can't get into His presence.

And if you can't get into His presence, His presence can't get into you. Let's start with first things first. So if we're going to get dead serious about Christianity, I'm going to say to you, it's time to be all in.

Let's ask a few hard questions. Do you believe you're God? Do you believe the word of God? Or do you believe it's just the word of men? Because if you believe it's the word of men, we cannot negotiate any further.

You might as well give up on being a recruit until you can finally gather your wits and realize that God speaks truth. God cannot lie. Paul says it is impossible for God to lie. That is the anchor of Paul's soul.

So when God speaks it, it's good. You can take it to the bank. It's assurance. And it's good yesterday, today, and forever. He doesn't change. That's another fact about God. So if God speaks it, it's good.

And it needs to be personalized to you. Because you have this other gymnastic routine you do in your mind. Well, that's good for other people. Yeah, it's true for other people, but it's not true for me.

I have special problems. Don't think so highly of yourself. The fact that God's shed blood on His cross was not sufficient for you. He came and He gave up His life. And He has brought you to the point where you can hear it, where you can understand it, and now it's time to take it.

You must get into that cloak. From Adam into Jesus. From in Adam into in Jesus. We start, and the scripture describes it as us being in Adam. We are born in sin. We are in Adam, and as a result, we are born with this behavior.

We are born with a disposition where we are in the control position of our life. But we are controlled. Even though we're in the control position, we're still controlled. We're controlled by something called the old man.

Or the flesh. Being in Adam, to be honest, is absolutely miserable. There's a season of our life where it feels sort of fun to be in Adam. But then there comes a crisis in our life where we realize I can't actually do what is right.

Because I keep spiraling downward morally and I cannot change direction. The secret to changing direction is not human willpower, grit, and determination. You can't do it. Because the old man controls you.

You need to get in Jesus. And that's the work of the cross. So in the name of Eric, that's how I lived, in the name of Eric, in my authority, so I could only muster... How many demons do you think tremble when I say, hey, I'm going to have a pure mind in the name of Jesus.

Oh, I'm sorry, in the name of Eric. And all the demons are like, oh, wow, that's going to be impressive. You see, Eric wields no authority. Eric is a deadly squat on earth. And the demons do not tremble before him.

All the strongholds of sin in my life could care less when I exert my own authority, my own willpower. I'll tell you what to do. And they laugh back and then knock me over. And I get back on the ground where you belong.

In the name of Eric doesn't mean a lot. But you get into Jesus, and it's now in the name of Jesus. You speak with authority. He has accomplished it. He has defeated it. And now you wield that authority.

We were in disobedience. You try and obey. You try and obey the word of God. You can't. You're living in disobedience when you're in Adam. But now we're in covenant. And when you're in covenant, you can obey.

There's actually provision for the soul of men and women of God to actually obey scripture. We were in sin. Now we're in Christ. We were in the flesh. Now we're in the spirit. Ephesians 2 .13. But now in Christ Jesus, you who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

How were you made nigh by the blood of Christ? You entered into Christ. When you enter into Christ, it's the equivalent of entering into that plane. Instead of trying to jump the Atlantic Ocean, you allow the plane to fly.

Because the law of gravity prohibits you from making the jump. You can't do it. The law of gravity is too strong. But the law of aerodynamics is a stronger law. When you enter into Christ, the law of sin and death that has always held you down is nullified and trumped by the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus.

And you suddenly, as long as you are in Christ, are able to pull off the impossible. That's how it works. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. All things are passed away. Behold, all things are become new.

Does that sound like your life? That is the testimony of every Christian. You must have that be your testimony. Because a lot of Christians are hanging around on the outside of the plane. They're plane crawlers.

They esteem the plane. They sing worship songs about the plane. They know all the trivia about the plane. But when that plane takes off, they keep sliding down onto the tarmac, face first. What's wrong with me?

I can't seem to fly with the plane. I esteem the plane. The plane is so good. It can fly like I want to fly. Well, let's get something straight. You can't be in Adam and fly. You must be in Christ. And when you get into Christ, no one sees you.

You have to die to self. That's the reason we don't. We want to be on the outside of the plane because then people can look, you know, from inside the airport and go, Oh! Look at that guy standing on the plane!

Wow! He's flying! No, you get into the plane and everyone sees Jesus. They only see the plane. Wow! Look at that plane! That's Christianity. Not, look at the guy in the plane! Not many people say that.

For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph. How? Because I know that that first line doesn't sound like your life.

He always causes us to triumph in Christ and makes manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

In Christ is the secret. Get in Christ! Don't try and live this life in Adam. Don't try and live it on your merit. I can do this. I can do this. I can imitate Jesus Christ's perfection. I can be holy as he is holy.

I can be perfect as he is perfect. I can love as he loves. Well, I don't know what gets us to think these thoughts. We all go through this where we actually esteem our ability at some level. That if we just pray hard enough, if we grit our teeth hard enough, if we read our Bible enough, we can prove to God how much we love him.

You prove to God how much you love him by believing him, because he says there is no other way into the heavenly Father, into that heavenly place, but in him. So, the first step you want to take is get inside of Jesus.

It's the equivalent of getting inside the ark when Noah's day. Get in the ark! You can tackle the reins by yourself in your own righteousness. God builds an answer. And he says there's only one rescue strategy in this generation, and it's what I'm building on earth through Noah.

If you try and come up with your own rescue strategy, you die. Get in the ark. And has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places. Where? In Christ Jesus. For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Presenting the Body to the King

Number two, we need to reckon the full work of the cross and align with his agenda. Now, students this week have heard an earful on this. Banquet in the back room. You may esteem the banquet, but sitting on this step, you can hear about it.

I used the illustration last week, and this probably will be a good illustration here. Sunset. Say I take a peek out these back, what do you call those? Curtains. Take a peek. Oh, it's a beautiful sunset.

And I'm like, oh, wow! And then I come back to you guys, and I'm like, oh, you wouldn't believe the sunset. You're all sitting right where you're at. And I'm like, oh, it's a beautiful sunset. Just on the other side of that curtain.

And it's just, I mean, rosette, and there's like a crimson hue, and like an orange that goes above it, and its clouds are like shimmering, and oh, it's just the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen over the mountains.

Long's peak is just like smiling. And you're like, really? Oh, wow! And then I say, let's sing a song about it. You see, it's not that you don't esteem the sunset. It's that you don't see it. And you must see it to truly apprehend it.

If you are in shackles, and Jesus is holding out the only key to unlock it, you may know that he has the key, and if someone asks you, does Jesus have the key for you to unlock the shackles? Yes, true.

Big smile on your face. But you're still in shackles. Yeah, yeah, it's just the way it is. God didn't intend, actually, for me to take the key. Here's my advice. Reach out, take the key, stick it in the lock.

It's called reckoning. Reckoning is different than knowing about something. You can historically understand something and agree with it. Oh, sure, there was a character named Jesus that walked the earth 2 ,000 years ago.

That isn't the end. You may agree that he was here. You may agree that he was God. You may agree that he died, and for you. But you must take that and apply it to your life. Reckoning is an accounting term.

So you have a ledger, and it's your bank balance. And you sort of carry it around. It's right in front of you all the time. You have a bank balance. We call it faith. And it says 0 .00. And so when the enemy challenges you and says, hey, I rule over you, you look into your ledger to fight back.

And you don't actually have anything there to write a check. You don't have anything to exert back and say, no, I have everything in my account needed to defy that. You see, what reckoning is, is it takes the truth of heaven, and it says the enemy's defeated.

It sticks. It's more than 1 ,000. I'm just going to use a small number here because it's easier to wield small numbers in discussion. So you have $1 ,000. You take it, and you stick it into your account.

Then you come up, and there's a $900 challenge in front of you. And guess what? If there's a $900 challenge in front of you, and you have 0 in your bank account, or you believe you have 0, you won't write a check.

You're not going to bounce the crazy thing. You don't write a check if you have 0 money in your account. But you do if you know you have 1 ,000, and it's a $900 challenge. Reckoning is taking it into your spiritual ledger.

It's there. And when you face the challenge, what do you say to the enemy? Uh, I have what it takes in my spiritual account because of what Christ did. He put it there. And I'm writing a check! And the enemy goes, Oh no, the guy's reckoned!

The guy's reckoned! All hell goes on red alert! Because now you know what's in your account. The problem is God has set the money here, $1 ,000, just sitting on the counter. But if you don't take it and stick it in your spiritual pocket, then when you are in that point, you will not have it when you need it.

You may believe it. Someone said, Did Jesus leave you $10 ,000? Yeah. But you didn't stick it in your pocket so you couldn't wield it when the test came. That's reckoning! You must reckon the full work of the cross, aligned with his agenda.

So let's talk about the full work. It's more than forgiveness. Jesus Christ's agenda was to get you in himself. Because if you enter into Christ, as we were talking about, if you allow that cloak, which is actually in Ephesians 6, the armor as well.