AND THEY LOVE NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO DEATH

Rev 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Many of us quote the above verse when combating the enemy in spiritual warfare, but I believe that God wants to us learn one or two lesson from the verse.

I believe in Blood of Jesus and also the in the word of God which is the word of our testimony. The angels of understood the power in these elements. That is why when combating the devil and his cohorts, they used the blood and the word of God. They don’t depend on their supernatural strength. The Bible makes us understand that Angel have supernatural strengths

Psa 103:20  Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word

Also Angels understood that it is by God’s word that you can overcome the devil and his cohorts.

Jud 1:9  Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

The Angels of God understood that God’s word and the blood of Jesus that was shed on the tree that can defeat the devil.

As Believers in the Lord Jesus, must also understand this, that our strength cannot defeat the enemy. The arm of flesh will fail. We must embrace the admonition of the Lord by Zechariah the Prophet to Zerubbabel the King of Judah

Zec 4:6  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

It means we must depend on the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross and on the Spirit if we really desire to win in spiritual warfare.

Having understood that the blood of Jesus and the word are our weapons of warfare. We must understand the third factor or element the Angels added in order to conquer the Satan and his cohorts. The Bible says “THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH”

Most of us ignore this section of the verse; not loving our lives unto death”. Some of us are ignorant of this section or we are deliberately ignoring it. The 3 factors must be in place in our lives if we really desire to win in life battles.

Our Lord Jesus practiced this principle, He did not loves his life unto death, that He is why died.

Php 2:5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Php 2:6  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Php 2:7  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Php 2:8  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

It was through his death, that He vanquish the Satan and his hosts

Also the disciples of the Lord, practiced this principle, they were martyred, faced with it option to deny the Lord. But rather they choose not TO LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH.

Jesus also talked about qualifications to be one of his disciple, one of which is “ You must hate your own life…………

Paul the Apostle also lived by this principle that He said in Act 20:24

Act 20:24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

I am not preaching martyrdom in order for us to be victorious in our warfare, what I am saying is that you must learn to give it all that it takes to be victorious. You must make up your mind until you have victory you won’t let go. You must be like Jacob  at Jabbok saying to the Angel ; “I won’t let you until you bless me” . We must learn to burn the bridge behind us and destroy oxen yoke like Elisha if we desire victory

The Angels of God are saying We made up our mind that in this warfare against Satan and hosts, we must conquer, They are saying we cannot afford to report back to God that we lost the battle, we don’t have excuse to tender before Almighty God, who gave us all that we needed to win the battle, He gave us the blood of Jesus and His unfailing word as instrument of warfare.

As we engage in spiritual warfare, our weapon of warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God. The Blood of Jesus is mighty and word of God is powerful (Heb4:12) to conquer the enemy, but we must be resolute and determined like the Angels, that we cannot be defeated.
 Jesus talking in Luke 18:1

Luk 18:1  And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Jesus was saying, don’t give up until you win in your warfare.