Topic: Lord Deliver Me Out Of The Hand Of The Spoilers
Text: Judges 2:16, 1 Samuel 14:48, Colossians 2:15, Matthew 12:29
INTRODUCTION
A spoiler is anybody, force or agent that torments, afflicts and wrecks his victim. Another name for the spoiler is plunderer or robber.
Right from the Old Testament period, there have been oppositions to the people of God; we can call these oppositions as spoilers or plunderers. In judges 2:16 we read that the Lord raised deliverers such as Deborah, Samson, Gideon, Jephthah for Israel in the form of judges to deliver the people of Israel from spoilers.
In modern day Christianity, the spoilers have taken a very dynamic way of operating and this has made many Christian frustrated in their Christian journey. The chief spoiler of mankind today is the devil and this is confirmed in the scriptures, john 10:10; Glory be to God who gave us Jesus who has given us power to overcome the spoilers of our possessions and inheritance. Luke 10:18-19.
John 10:10a The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
We thank God for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the cross which perfected our deliverance from the hands of the spoilers at no cost to us. This victory has made deliverance for the believer. The spoilers have spoiled many families, churches, nations and they have stolen many inheritances, glory, blessings, harvest from their legitimate owners, but as the Lord lives, you shall be delivered from your spoilers in Jesus name, amen.
Colossians 2:15 [And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
ACTIVITIES OF THE SPOILERS ON THEIR VICTIM
- The spoilers afflict their victims: the spoilers afflict their victims as long as they have not been liberated, they afflict their victims with hardship and hopelessness in adversity.. proverbs 1:11-13, Judges 4:3
- The spoilers steal and devour inheritance and harvest: the spoilers send their victims into the dens; mountains and caves so that they their harvest can be taken from them to be wasted and destroyed. Isaiah 42:22, Judges 6:2-5
- The spoiler frustrates the effort of their victims: the spoilers impoverish their victims and ensure that they don’t have the means to sustain themselves judges 6:6
- They spoil the poor: Isaiah 3:12-14, proverbs 22:22-23 tells us the vulnerable people who are spoiled are the poor and that the Lord will spoil those that spoil or rob the poor. Proverbs 24:15
- The spoilers destroy their victims: the plunderers today after spoiling the resources of their victims are merciless and are ready to destroy their victims. Exodus 15:9.
- The spoilers mock their victims shamefully; 2 kings 18:19-35.
HOW TO GET DELIVERED FROM THE SPOILERS
- Need for a deliverer: God through our Lord Jesus Christ is the ultimate deliverer that can spoil those who plunder you and give you back in return all that has been taken from you. Jeremiah 30:16, Judges 14:19, Isaiah 17:14, Obadiah 1:17.
- Need for prayer: you need to cry to God in prayer for deliverance from your spoilers till you are delivered and rescued. Isaiah 33:2, Judges 6:7-8.
- Take an action: don’t just wait for deliverance but have a change of heart in repentance from your sins and iniquity because most times it is sin that causes us to be spoiled by the spoilers. Lay an ambush against your spoilers, Joshua 8:2, 1 Samuel 14:36.
- Live a life of holiness and righteousness: whenever we live righteous lives that will move God to keep the spoilers away from us. Isaiah 42:24
- Pronounce judgment on your spoilers and become stronger than your spoilers. Job 22:28, Matthew 12:29, Matthew 18:18
CONCLUSION
It is the will of God that we and our possessions are at peace and away from spoilers, we can read in job 1:10, God truly blessed job and the works of his hands, the Lord also put an hedge of protection roundabout his house and over all he owned on every side. This is the basic truth that the Lord has the power to keep the spoilers away from you and the works of your hands. Psalm 119:162, Romans 11:26
The spoilers rejoice in the wailing of their victims, I don’t know where they have spoiled you either in your finances because you cannot gather the harvest of the labour of your hands, or in your health, or in your family and your children have been taken from you; you have been spoiled by the enemy spiritually. I pray that as you have read this message a fire will begin to burn in you to push you recover all that has been taken from you. Numbers 31:53
Jesus is the only saviour and deliverer that you need to spoil those that spoil you and ultimately collect all that was taken from you. Philippians 2:9-11, Luke 4:16, Galatians 1:4-5.
oyewole ojo
Oyewole-Ojo Evangelical & Missions Ministries 