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Isaiah 62:6-7 (NKJV): 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they
shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, 7 and give Him no rest till He establishes and till
He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Matthew
28:19 KJV, NKJV : 19 GO
YE therefore, and TEACH ALL NATIONS, MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Luke19:13 KJV, NKJV,
MSG:13 And he called his ten
servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, “Occupy till I come”, “Do business till I come”, “Operate with this until I return”. (Stand in the Gap).
An
instruction / Commission has gone forth from God and our Chief commandant Jesus
Christ to "GO AND TEACH ALL NATIONS”, “MAKE
DISCIPLES” of them and “Occupy till he comes” as watchmen (stand in the gap
till He comes).
Let’s learn the operation from Abraham.
Genesis Chapter 18 (KJV):17 And
the Lord
said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;… (Merciful God)
Verses 20-22 :20 And the Lord said, because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I
WILL GO DOWN NOW, AND SEE whether they have done altogether according to the
cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. (Merciful God; the
God of second chance).22 And
the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: BUT ABRAHAM
STOOD YET BEFORE THE LORD.
Ø
The story in Genesis
chapter 18 tells us about God’s visitation to Abraham on His way to assess the
sins of Sodom and Gomorrah
which has come unto Him; before He passes judgement on them. God found Abraham a
righteous man whom he cannot hide anything from because he is a friend with a
mandate. We found Abraham interceding on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah for the sakes of the righteous in the land but unfortunately
God could not find one. Why? I asked myself because there was no one to stand
in the gap. Lot, who could have done this, got entangled in the affairs of Sodom and Gomorrah. He was able to escape this destruction with his
two daughters because of Abraham’s prayers for them.
Ø
Brothers and Sisters, the Lord has come to us
today just like Abraham because we have found favour in His sight to stand in
the gap for Asia, to pray for the watchmen (the likes of Lot) He has raised in
the Continent of Asia who are been destroyed through persecution or have
entangled themselves with the affairs of the world system there.
Ø
The
news, things we see and hear around us are all signs of God coming down to us
to do something just like He did to Abraham. He has put in us the ability, the
strength to be able to occupy / stand in the gap till He comes.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV 14 If my people, which are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their
sin, and will heal their land.
what are we expected
to do while occupying / standing in the Gap?
Jeremiah 1:9-10 (NKJV):9 Then the Lord
put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.10 See,
I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and
to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”
Ø It is the Lord that will put
forth His hand to touch our mouths; put His words in it to root out, pull down,
destroy, build and to plant; but before He can do this, we need to humble
ourselves, pray, seek God and turn from all wicked ways. The Lord has set us up
today over nations, and over Kingdoms including the continent of Asia. It is
the Lord that will do it through us. And He is ready to do it.
What God wants us to deal with in the Continent of Asia.
Luke19:1-9 NKJV: Then Jesus entered and passed through
Jericho.2 Now behold, there
was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of
the crowd, for he was of short stature.4 So he ran ahead and
climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him for He was going to pass that way.
Ø
People
like Zacchaeus are seeking to see the light of Jesus come into Asia; but have been
handicapped by physical and spiritual barriers standing in their ways. God’s
creations are praying, doing things to the best of their knowledge like
Cornelius in Acts 10:22 waiting for help to come (the likes of Abraham, Lot,
watchmen in Asia to arise and stand in the gap).
5 And
when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him,[a] and said
to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today
I must stay at your house.” 6 So he
made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when
they saw it, they all
complained,…(Giants in the land) verse 9 And Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this house, because he also
is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Ø The Lord wants to visit all the “Zacchaeus”
and “Lots” in the Continent of Asia today. He has come down to visit the
Continent of Asia through our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ in us. To root out, pull
down, destroy and throw down the Giants that will not make the people of Asia see
Jesus; that is the complete gospel.
In the
case of Zacchaeus it was:
1.
“The crowd”: Things
that are chocking the children of God in Asia such as cheating, oppressing the
needy / the poor by acquiring things from them falsely, the world system, money,
debt, Ignorance of the victory in Jesus
Christ etc.
2.
“His stature”:
physical & spiritual disabilities such as bondages, oppressions, wickedness
in high and low places, principalities and powers, poverty, spiritual
blindness, ignorance of the FULL
gospel etc.
3.
“Complaint of people”:
Legislations, laws that are holding or preventing the manifestation of the
complete gospels.
In the case of Lot
1.
Lack of righteousness (holy living), Lack
of focus, corruption, prayerlessness, compromise, men pleasing, greed to
mention but a few distracting the watchmen.
2.
The entanglement / abomination of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Ø Brethren, the reason God show
us the things we see, put a burden in our hearts for some things is because He
wants us to do something about them; That is stand in the gap for it. Abraham
realised this and he did it to save Lot and his family.
Ø God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit have come to us today like they did Abraham. They are asking
the question like they did unto Abraham.
Verse
14: Is anything too hard for the Lord?..........
Genesis 18:23-26 (KJV) 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also
destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be
fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place
for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from
thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that
the righteous should be as the wicked that be far from thee: Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Ø The Lord has brought us unto this platform
today, to answer to the call of Jesus Christ which says
“occupy till I come", "Operate with this until I return". Just
like the Lord's visit to Abraham before destroying Sodom and Gomorrah the Lord
has come for us to stand in the Gap for Asia until the full gospel is established
in this continent.
Ø
Let’s stand
and occupy just like Abraham did for Asia. For the sake of the righteous there,
for the sake of the gospel; the Lord has said he will spare the place.
Let’s
pray like these:
Prayer
Points:
·
Lord our father look up unto the continent of Asia
today, let her find favour in your sight and do not pass away from her in the
name of Jesus .
·
For the sake of the righteous souls in the
continent of Asia O Lord, please have mercy on her and deliver her from all oppressions
that are holding her captive in Jesus name.
·
Lord raise up watchmen for the continent of Asia
who will give you no rest until you
establish and make her a praise in the earth in Jesus name.
·
Let the inhabitant of Asia receive your fear,
humble themselves, pray and seek your face as from today hence forth in Jesus
name.
·
Pour out your mercy and grace upon the persecuted
souls in Asia in Jesus name.
·
Lord arise and travail through your righteous souls
in Asia for her peace in Jesus name.
·
Create open doors for the complete gospel to enter
Asia and let it stay in Jesus name.
·
Let every barrier to the spread of the complete
gospel be pull down in Jesus name.
·
We uproot every abomination of Sodom and Gomorrah
in Asia and pull down the citadel of the strong man in charge of Asia in Jesus
name.
·
Let all craftiness in the Laws, legislations and
counsel of the strong man in charge of Asia be turned to foolishness in Jesus
name.
·
We ask for the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to
rest upon every righteous soul in the government levels, business world,
military of nations, social care sector, politics etc in the continent of Asia
in Jesus name.
·
And finally Lord let your kingdom come by power and
your will be done over Asia in Jesus name.
·
Thank you Lord for hearing our
Prayers for in Jesus mighty name
we have prayed. Amen.
