Ho Mattheu 16:18, Jesu o buile ka kereke ea hae le liheke tsa lihele. Jesus not only promised that He would build His Church upon the testimony of Peter, e etsahetseng ka letsatsi la Pentekonta, Empa Jesu o tšepisitse hore liheke tsa lihele li ke ke tsa lula ho e-ba le kereke ea hae. What are the gates of hell and how shall the gates of hell not prevail against the Church of Jesus Christ according to the Bible?
What authority has Jesus Christ in heaven and on earth?
Jesus has the highest authority in heaven and earth. The Father gave His Son Jesus this position and the power after His sufferings, lefu, tsoho, and ascension.
Ha Jesu a hlokahala sefapanong mme a nka libe tsohle le bokhopo ba lefatše ho eena, Jesus entered Hell (Hades). Leha ho le joalo, Lefu le ne le se matla ho lekana ho boloka Jesu moo. Kamora 3 matsatsi, Jesus rose from the dead and left by the power of God and left an empty tomb.
Ka lefu la hae, Jesus overcame the devil that had the power of death (Baheberu 2:14). Jesu o ile a hlola lefu 'me ka molao o ile a khutlisa linotlolo tsa lihele le lefu.
Jesus is seated in heaven on the right hand of the Father and has the highest authority in heaven and on earth.
Ke Paki e Tšepahalang, ea pele ea pele ea bafu, Le Khosana ea Marena a Lefatše. (Tšenolo 1:5).
Jesu ke eena Head of His Church (the assembly of born-again believers that are His witnesses on earth).
As long as the Church is seated in Christ and stays in Him, His Church has the highest authority on earth. This means that the Church has power over hell and death, mmuso wa diabolosi (lefifi).
Kereke ea Jesu Kreste ke mokhatlo o matla ka ho fetisisa oa moea o leng ka ho fetisisa moeeng lefatšeng. Liheke li ke ke tsa hlola 'mele oa Jesu Kreste; Kereke.
Ena ke 'nete, 'me ke tsela eo e lokelang ho ba ka eona.
Empa ho tla joang, that many times we don’t see this truth manifesting in the natural? How come that satanic powers have free rein in the church and prevail against local churches? Ho lokela ho etsa eng ho netefatsa hore liheke li ke ke tsa hlola kereke ho ea ka Bibele?
The Church is an Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth
The Church must acknowledge that the Church is the embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. She is the assembly of believers, Ke bo-mang tsoaloa hape in Christ by water and Spirit. The Church is the connection on earth between people and the Kingdom of Heaven.
The assembly of Jesus Christ represents God’s spiritual power and Kingdom on earth.
The Church is an Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven that is appointed and founded on earth and acts on behalf of Jesus Christ in His authority and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesu ke eena Hlooho ea kereke. Eena (Lentswe) controls the Church through the Holy Spirit Who dwells in the born-again believers.
Kereke e se nang tumelo
Kereke ea Jesu Kreste e ea shoa moeeng ebile e tataisoa ke Lentsoe le Moea o Halalelang. Ntle le Lentswe le Moya o Halalelang, the church is nothing more than a (sechabeng) humanistic organization that is spiritually dead.
Ntle le lentsoe Moea o Halalelang, the church is carnal and a worldly organization that is controlled and led by carnal knowledge, bohlale, le mekhoa ea lefatše lena (human wisdom, lifilosofi, le maano) and uses natural means. The church will be controlled through the flesh by the darkness instead of through the Spirit by the Light.
Kereke ea Carnal e tsamaea ka mor'a nama 'me e tataisoa ke maikutlo a hae, maikutlo, maikutlo, le bohlale. The people shall be the center of the church instead of Jesus. Ka hona, the church focuses on pleasing people instead of pleasing Jesus Christ and glorifying the Father.
Kereke e tla tšoareha ka lintho tsa lefatše lena mme li latela meea (mekhoa) ea lefatše lena. The carnal church shall tolerate sin and Fetola mantsoe a Molimo ho lits'usumetso, ditakatso, maikutlo, thato, le maphelo a batho.
The church shall resist and rebel against the Truth of God and defile the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world (lefifi).
The church shall not be occupied with the things of the Kingdom of God and shall not instruct and correct Christians in the Bible, so that they get to know the will of God and adjust their lives to the Word and will of God, 'me u mamele bara ba Molimo ba holileng (sena se sebetsa ho banna le basali), Ke mang ea phetseng bophelo bo halalelang le ba lokileng. But the church shall be occupied with death works that are done by the flesh.
Kereke e se nang tumelo ke carnal 'me e sebetsa sebakeng sa' mele
Kereke ea Carnal ha e na thuso ebile e sebetsa sebakeng sa 'mele ho fapana le sebakeng sa moea. Le ha kereke e na le tsebo e ngata ea mohala oa nama ea nama le ho tšepa kelello, Eena a sa tsebe Moeeng 'me a shoa moeeng. Ka lebaka la seo, the spirits of this world can easily enter the church through the lives of people and take their place without any resistance from the church leaders.
Kereke e tla leka ho nka bolaoli ka matla a lefifi a lefifi empa o tla hloleha. That’s because the believers that are the church are dominated and controlled by the same powers of darkness, eo ba batlang ho busa le ho sebelisa matla.
Kereke ea Carnal ha e khone ho e sebelisa sebakeng sa moea. It’s even dangerous when a carnal church tries to enter the spiritual realm, because the church will enter the spiritual realm out of the soul instead of the Spirit. Hona ho bolela, that they are not protected in Christ.
Ntle le ts'ireletso ea Jesu Kreste, the church shall be overwhelmed by the evil powers of darkness.
This becomes visible in the natural realm by the fruit that the church (Balumeli) bears, the teachings and decisions that are made in the church that oppose the will of God and His Word.
When shall the gates of hell prevail against the Church?
The gates of hell shall prevail against the Church when the church abandons the Word and becomes worldly and tolerates sin in the church. Ka sebe, the devil and hell take dominion over the church and control the church.
Lihabetso li emela monyako, Bolaoli, matla, Dominion, bohlale, le keletso. Selekaneng sa Kgale, we read that the elders of a city were gathered in the gates to give counsel and to make important decisions. Ha kereke e khaoloa Lentsoeng, Ebe ka sebe, Lihete tsa lihele li tla ba teng ka kerekeng.
This means that the church shall be inspired by the kingdom of darkness and operate in the occult power of darkness. The church shall speak and do those things that contradict the Word of God and His will.
Kereke e tšepahalang ke efe??
A faithful church is a church that is spiritual and stays faithful to Jesus Christ; Lentsoe le Phelang le Moea o Halalelang. The faithful church walks according to the Law of Christ in His authority and has dominion over the host of darkness and brings the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
Liheke tsa lihele li tla lula le kereke e tšepahalang?
Che, Liheke tsa lihele li ke ke tsa hlola ke le khahlanong le kereke e tšepahalang, because the faithful church is spiritual and takes her position in Christ in this world and stands her ground. Bophelo bo busa sebakeng sa lefu.
The church takes authority and reigns spiritually over areas and claims territories and souls for the Kingdom of God. The church shall claim and save as many souls as possible from the hands of the devil, khosana ea lefatše lena ke mang.
Mme ke re ho uena, Ke uena Peter, Le lefikeng lena ke tla haha kereke ea ka; mme liheke tsa lihele li ke ke tsa omella khahlanong le eona (Mattheu 16:18)
In churches where the Holy Spirit is present in the lives of Christians, the people who live in sin and are devoted to sin will be confronted with their sins. That’s because the Holy Spirit reproves the world of sin (Oh. Johanne 16:8-11).
Ha Moea o Halalelang o ba khathatsa libe tsa bona le boemo ba bona ba boetsalibe, li na le likhetho tse peli:
They can decide to baka tsa libe tsa bona, turn their lives to Jesus Christ to serve and follow Him, or to continue living in sin and stay obedient to the devil and serve him.
That’s why the church should take her place in Christ, moeeng, Libakeng tsa Leholimo. The church must reign from that position and protect the church against all the evil forces of darkness.
The church should be guided by the Word and the Holy Spirit, so that the world will be reproved of sin.
The importance of knowing the Word
Toka ea Jesu Kreste e lokela ho tseba lentsoe le thato ea Molimo, so that the congregation will walk by faith and can pray according to the will of God and intercede not only for the believers, but also for the people who don’t know Jesus, le bakeng sa metse, Metse e meholo, le linaha 'me u ba bolelle' Muso oa Molimo.
Ke kereke feela e jang boemo ba eona moeeng 'me e tataisoa ke Lentsoe le Moea o Halalelang, shall the church know and recognize its enemy.
The works of the devil and hell shall become visible by the Word. The devil shall come and try to enter as an angel of light through the lives of Christians. Empa haeba kereke e hlokomoloha meea, the church shall close the spiritual gates for the devil and his demons, e le hore ba se ke ba kena kerekeng.
Jesu o na le matla kaofela maholimong le lefatšeng
Jesu o na le matla 'ohle maholimong le lefatšeng, mme o file matla ohle kerekeng ea hae, Mmele wa hae. Now it’s up to Christians what they do with this responsibility, Bolaoli, and power on this earth.
Mme o beha lintho tsohle tlasa maoto a hae, mme a mo fa hlooho e lebisang kerekeng tsohle, E leng mmele wa hae, botlalo ba Ea tlatsang tsohle ho bohle
Baefese 1:22-23
Ho bolela hore liheke tsa lihele li ke ke tsa hlola ke le khahlanong le kereke?
If we stay faithful to Jesus Christ and remain in Him, then the gates shall not prevail against the Church. We should build the church upon the Rock and not only be hearers of the Word, empa baphethi ba Lentswe. This means that we keep His words, bua mantsoe a hae, and be doers of His words, and represent Jesus Christ and do what He commanded us to do. (i.e. Mattheu 28:18-19, Tšoaea 16:15-18, Johanne 20:23).
Ke feela ha re lula Lentsoeng la hae, Liheke tsa Lihele Tse emelang 'Muso oa Diabolose, e ke ke ea hlola.
That’s the promise that Jesus gave to His Church (the assembly of born-again believers that walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh).
Jesus knew the devil and He knew what His work on the cross and His resurrection from the dead would cause.
Jesu o ne a tseba hore Diabolosi o tla ba halefa ha Jesu a nka matla ohle ho Diabolose.
Ka hona, Jesus knew that the devil would try anything to attack His body, His church, and destroy His body.
Ke ka hona Jesu a ileng a fana ka kereke Lentsoe la hae le tšepiso ea hae, that as long as we stay in Him the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church.
Tlhaselo ea Diabolose le lihele ka kerekeng
The devil knows how dangerous a living, victorious church is that is faithful to God and walks after the Spirit in the authority of Jesus Christ. A church that doesn’t focus on entertaining and pleasing people and their carnal enrichment and prosperity, focuses on Jesus Christ and the mission of the Kingdom of God.
Diabolose ha a batle hore 'muso oa hae o timetsoe. That’s why the devil has one mission, and that is to extinguish the Light.
He wants to spiritually eliminate every local church in every city. The devil succeeds in eliminating local churches by cutting them off from the power Source and connecting them to himself. Ka tsela ena, the church has no authority and power and is seated in darkness, operating from the power of darkness.
How does the devil cut off the church from the power Source?
The devil cuts off the Church from the power Source by removing the words of God and the testimony of Jesus the Christ, Mora Modimo o phelang, e leng foundation of the Church and replaces them with worldly knowledge and wisdom of man.
The devil wants to build the church upon human knowledge and powers. Because the devil knows that without Jesus; Lentswe, Kereke ha e na matla ho hang. Ntle ho moo, it will ensure that Christians shall depart from the Word and keep living in sin.
Sebe se fana le Matla ho Diabolose le lihele. Ha kereke e ntse e mamella le ho lumella sebe, Matla a eketsehileng a tla fuoa Diabolose le 'muso oa hae.
Hafeela Bakreste ba phela sebeng, mmuso wa lefifi; Diabolo le Lihele, have power and dominion over their lives. Ka lebaka la seo, Diabolosi o na le matla holim'a kereke.
Kereke e tla phela lefifing 'Me u laoloe ke matla a lefifi' me o tataisoa ke bohlale le tsebo ea lefatše lena le lipontšo tsa bohata. Bohlale bona le tsebo ea lefatše le litlolo tsena tsa bohata tsa bohata li fetohela lentsoe le thato ea Molimo.
Ho etsahalang ha liheke tsa lihele li loantša kereke?
Baeletsi ba 'Muso oa Lefifi ba Tla Senya le baetapele ba likereke le ba khelohang lentsoe le halalelang bophelong. The church thinks she is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that she lives in freedom. But the truth is that she is bound by hell.
The lifestyle of carnal Christians gives access to the devil and hell. They will be inspired by the evil spirits of darkness and follow up their counsel. Ka lebaka la seo, Christians become lukewarm and tolerant.
The church shall no longer intercede for the people and guard the spiritual gates of the church, but shall leave the gates wide open for sin and death to enter.
They think that they are merciful and walk in love by being tolerant to people and by allowing pagan religions and philosophies and allowing sin. Leha ho le joalo, the truth is that they are workers of iniquity and servants of the devil.
Ka lebaka la boitšoaro bona ba motho, the Body of Christ is affected by sin and death. Sebe sa ho emisa joalo ka mofets'e 'meleng.
Everything that takes place in the spiritual world will eventually become visible in the church, in the lives of Christians.
Ka hona, if the gates of hell have prevailed against the church, this becomes visible in the lives of the members of the church and the fruit they bear.
A lukewarm church that walks in sin
They shall persevere in sin and live in rebellion against the Word and grieve the Holy Spirit. E tla ba foofo ea fooform le moeeng. Maleme a bona e tla ba sesebelisoa sa Diabolose mme se tla sebelisoa bakeng sa 'muso oa hae.
Ba tla phela joalo ka lefatše, tletleba, le be unforgiving. Ba ke ke ba hlola ba thaba, tepelletse maikutlong, sithabetsoa ke tšabo, ho iqenehela, Boikokobetso, le ho ipolaea (menahano). Ba tla hlala, etsa bofebe le bosholu ba bo bong ba ho kopanela liphate le bokhopo, mme ba tla angoa ke ho kula, e lebisang lefung.
Ha lintho tsena li hlaha kerekeng kapa liphuthehong, Ha se ea Molimo kapa Jesu’ Phoso. Empa ke liphoso tsa kereke, seo se ne se sa lule se tšepahala 'me se tšepahalang ho latela lentsoe le Moea o Halalelang, but are led astray and entered self-chosen paths. Kereke e behile likeletso tsa lefatše ka holim'a keletso ea Morena. (Bala hape: Khaotsa ho beha Molimo molato).
Ka hona, let the church of Jesus Christ repent and renounce sin, ka Ho tlosa sebe ho tloha bohareng ba hae. Hona ho bolela, hore kereke e se ke ea itumella ho e etelletsoa ke maikutlo a hae a capolal, maikutlo, maikutlo, Maikutlo, le kelello (nama). Empa kereke e tla tataisoa ka lentsoe le Moea o Halalelang.
Boikarabello ba Kereke ea Jesu Kreste
If there are members in the church who don’t live according to the Word and do things that go against the will of God, then it’s the church’s responsibility and task to confront the person. Hore motho a khone ho bakela sebe ka bopaki ba lentsoe.
Leha ho le joalo, if the person is not willing to repent, then it’s the responsibility of the church to remove the person from the church and deliver the person to satan.
Sena se ka utloahala e le thata, Empa ho hlokahala. Hobane ka sebe sa motho, Diabolose le lihele ba tla kena kerekeng mme ba ka ama bophelo ba balumeli ba bang. Ke ka lebaka leo ho leng bohlokoa haholo ho tlosa sebe 'meleng oa Kreste.
Sephetho
Etsa hore kereke e khutlele Lentsoeng, Tlosa libe le batho ba sa ikatiha ka hare ho eena, Mme o boemong ba hae ho Jesu Kreste. So that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. Empa kereke e tla ba kereke e phelang ea ba lulang le e hlolang, Seo se lutse ho Jesu Kreste.
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