Storming The Gates Of Hell
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
1 John 4:4 Ye are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Isaiah 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahwah, and their righteousness is of me, saith Yahwah.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim, which is in YHWH our Messiah.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Elohim to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of Elohim, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Messiah; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
In our text, when Messiah speaks of the gates of hell, He is referring to the councils of Hell. Hell has come to symbolize the devil and the powers of darkness. When Messiah referred to the gates or ‘councils’ of Hell, He was speaking of the plans and strategies of the powers of darkness. As long as these powers remain undisturbed and unchallenged in the ‘gateways’ of the world, they continue to pose a threat, a hindrance, and a bondage to the people of YHWH and their ministries.
The assembly has fallen prey to the gates of hell. We have been sucked in by the arguments, enticements, and intimidations of the enemy. Satan’s bluster has gained access and dominance for him in far too many circles. Today, in an age where the assembly age has garnered its greatest numerical strength, we are surprisingly lacking in our power to dismantle the enemy.
Satan’s menacing hand and demonic ploys have infiltrated our society like an invasive fog—defiling, corrupting, and manipulating far too many of our lives and affairs. In the ongoing war Satan is waging against both the corporate and the individual mind of the assembly, he has led us away from the strategies of warfare that Messiah charted for us before He ascended to heaven.
Did He not say that the weapons of our warfare are mighty, to the pulling down of strongholds? Yet we allow ourselves to be pulled down instead.
With the power of the Holy Spirit in us, we should be able to win any battle for the hearts and souls of men, against the powers of darkness. But where are our mission victories? They are small and far spread.
Maybe it’s because we’ve gone about this whole idea of missions in the wrong way! We’ve adopted the worldly art of persuasion as our means of ineffective evangelism but salvation comes only when the human heart is liberated by righteous power. Our persuasion and arguments bear very little lasting fruit in this worldwide harvest of souls unless we are taped into YHWH’s power source.
When Paul spoke to the Corinthians, he said, “My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of YHWH” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). Paul knew the source of his power!
Here was Paul, writing to the assembly at Corinth immediately following his debate with the philosophers on Mars Hill. Paul was so intellectually equipped that he could philosophize with the greatest of scholars, but he found these arguments to be fruitless and useless during his visit to Mars Hill. It was then that he was “determined to know only YHWH Messiah, and Him crucified” as the only mighty demonstration of the power of YHWH.
There is a secret that has been stolen from us.
It is the secret of how desperately poor we are without the mighty power of YHWH.
To understand that power, we must be stripped of all self-righteousness and self-sufficiency.
To understand that power, we must be humbled and broken.
It is only when we reach that point that we are able to rise up as the mighty army of YHWH and victoriously storm the gates of hell.
The world is littered with failed mission efforts to evangelize the lost. We have plotted and planned and spent our charitable dollars in an effort to carry the banner of YHWH Messiah into every corner of the globe. Yet there remains thousands of religions in the world; and of the eight major religions – Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Christianity, and Islam – we must face the difficult truth that Islam is the fastest growing. We need missionaries now like never before!
But is throwing more money into our present organized mission effort the whole answer? Maybe we first need to reexamine the source of our power. The assembly as an organization cannot conquer the world for Messiah; but the assembly as an organism CAN! Those who enter the mission field must be propelled by YHWH’s power, and His alone. May YHWH help us if we continue to try it without His power, and YHWH help us if we fail to stand in His power alone.
Only YHWH’s power can deepen our dedication as we storm the gates of hell.
Only YHWH’s power can increase our faithfulness as we spread His word abroad.
Only YHWH’s power can bear our burdens as we’re persecuted for Messiah’s sake.
Only YHWH’s power can renew our determination as we carry the banner of YHWH’s grace and mercy.
Only YHWH’s power can help us shoulder our responsibilities to witness to every nation…in every tongue…until every soul is reached with the message of Salvation.
Storming the gates of hell is not for wimps.
That’s why YHWH gave us access to His power source.
The Holy Spirit must be the heavenly air for our spiritual lungs.
The Holy Spirit must be the assurance for our spiritual anxieties.
The Holy Spirit must be the strength for our spiritual weakness.
The Holy Spirit must be the wine for our spiritual thirst.
The Holy Spirit must be the Joy for our spiritual journey.
The Holy Spirit must be the thrust for our spiritual feebleness.
He must be the anointing for our spiritual accomplishments,
The comfort for our spiritual crisis,
The glory for our gloom,
The very breath for our life!
It is not for us to battle Satan alone, but “The spirit itself beareth witness WITH our spirit, that we are the children of YHWH…” (Romans 8:16) Zechariah carried the message that it is, “…not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith YHWH of host.”
If we’re going to go against Satan and his hosts, we’d better take YHWH of Hosts with us!
The Holy Spirit will assure us of our salvation as we storm the gates of hell.
He will relieve us of our own suffering as we call others to Messiah.
He will refresh our spirits as we offer the fountain of refreshing to the world.
He will replenish our strength as we conquer Satan’s army.
Let’s put on the whole armor of YHWH and storm the gates of hell.
Let’s let the world know that YHWH is a righteous remedy for the ruined.
Let them know that YHWH is justification for the judged.
Let them know that YHWH is redemption for the rebellious.
Let them know that He is the solution for their shame,
The triumph for their trouble,
and the blessed bliss for their burdens.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
1 John 4:4 Ye are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Isaiah 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahwah, and their righteousness is of me, saith Yahwah.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim, which is in YHWH our Messiah.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Elohim to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of Elohim, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Messiah; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
In our text, when Messiah speaks of the gates of hell, He is referring to the councils of Hell. Hell has come to symbolize the devil and the powers of darkness. When Messiah referred to the gates or ‘councils’ of Hell, He was speaking of the plans and strategies of the powers of darkness. As long as these powers remain undisturbed and unchallenged in the ‘gateways’ of the world, they continue to pose a threat, a hindrance, and a bondage to the people of YHWH and their ministries.
The assembly has fallen prey to the gates of hell. We have been sucked in by the arguments, enticements, and intimidations of the enemy. Satan’s bluster has gained access and dominance for him in far too many circles. Today, in an age where the assembly age has garnered its greatest numerical strength, we are surprisingly lacking in our power to dismantle the enemy.
Satan’s menacing hand and demonic ploys have infiltrated our society like an invasive fog—defiling, corrupting, and manipulating far too many of our lives and affairs. In the ongoing war Satan is waging against both the corporate and the individual mind of the assembly, he has led us away from the strategies of warfare that Messiah charted for us before He ascended to heaven.
Did He not say that the weapons of our warfare are mighty, to the pulling down of strongholds? Yet we allow ourselves to be pulled down instead.
With the power of the Holy Spirit in us, we should be able to win any battle for the hearts and souls of men, against the powers of darkness. But where are our mission victories? They are small and far spread.
Maybe it’s because we’ve gone about this whole idea of missions in the wrong way! We’ve adopted the worldly art of persuasion as our means of ineffective evangelism but salvation comes only when the human heart is liberated by righteous power. Our persuasion and arguments bear very little lasting fruit in this worldwide harvest of souls unless we are taped into YHWH’s power source.
When Paul spoke to the Corinthians, he said, “My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of YHWH” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). Paul knew the source of his power!
Here was Paul, writing to the assembly at Corinth immediately following his debate with the philosophers on Mars Hill. Paul was so intellectually equipped that he could philosophize with the greatest of scholars, but he found these arguments to be fruitless and useless during his visit to Mars Hill. It was then that he was “determined to know only YHWH Messiah, and Him crucified” as the only mighty demonstration of the power of YHWH.
There is a secret that has been stolen from us.
It is the secret of how desperately poor we are without the mighty power of YHWH.
To understand that power, we must be stripped of all self-righteousness and self-sufficiency.
To understand that power, we must be humbled and broken.
It is only when we reach that point that we are able to rise up as the mighty army of YHWH and victoriously storm the gates of hell.
The world is littered with failed mission efforts to evangelize the lost. We have plotted and planned and spent our charitable dollars in an effort to carry the banner of YHWH Messiah into every corner of the globe. Yet there remains thousands of religions in the world; and of the eight major religions – Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Christianity, and Islam – we must face the difficult truth that Islam is the fastest growing. We need missionaries now like never before!
But is throwing more money into our present organized mission effort the whole answer? Maybe we first need to reexamine the source of our power. The assembly as an organization cannot conquer the world for Messiah; but the assembly as an organism CAN! Those who enter the mission field must be propelled by YHWH’s power, and His alone. May YHWH help us if we continue to try it without His power, and YHWH help us if we fail to stand in His power alone.
Only YHWH’s power can deepen our dedication as we storm the gates of hell.
Only YHWH’s power can increase our faithfulness as we spread His word abroad.
Only YHWH’s power can bear our burdens as we’re persecuted for Messiah’s sake.
Only YHWH’s power can renew our determination as we carry the banner of YHWH’s grace and mercy.
Only YHWH’s power can help us shoulder our responsibilities to witness to every nation…in every tongue…until every soul is reached with the message of Salvation.
Storming the gates of hell is not for wimps.
That’s why YHWH gave us access to His power source.
The Holy Spirit must be the heavenly air for our spiritual lungs.
The Holy Spirit must be the assurance for our spiritual anxieties.
The Holy Spirit must be the strength for our spiritual weakness.
The Holy Spirit must be the wine for our spiritual thirst.
The Holy Spirit must be the Joy for our spiritual journey.
The Holy Spirit must be the thrust for our spiritual feebleness.
He must be the anointing for our spiritual accomplishments,
The comfort for our spiritual crisis,
The glory for our gloom,
The very breath for our life!
It is not for us to battle Satan alone, but “The spirit itself beareth witness WITH our spirit, that we are the children of YHWH…” (Romans 8:16) Zechariah carried the message that it is, “…not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith YHWH of host.”
If we’re going to go against Satan and his hosts, we’d better take YHWH of Hosts with us!
The Holy Spirit will assure us of our salvation as we storm the gates of hell.
He will relieve us of our own suffering as we call others to Messiah.
He will refresh our spirits as we offer the fountain of refreshing to the world.
He will replenish our strength as we conquer Satan’s army.
Let’s put on the whole armor of YHWH and storm the gates of hell.
Let’s let the world know that YHWH is a righteous remedy for the ruined.
Let them know that YHWH is justification for the judged.
Let them know that YHWH is redemption for the rebellious.
Let them know that He is the solution for their shame,
The triumph for their trouble,
and the blessed bliss for their burdens.
Storming The Gates Of Hell
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
1 John 4:4 Ye are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Isaiah 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahwah, and their righteousness is of me, saith Yahwah.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim, which is in YHWH our Messiah.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Elohim to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of Elohim, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Messiah; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
In our text, when Messiah speaks of the gates of hell, He is referring to the councils of Hell. Hell has come to symbolize the devil and the powers of darkness. When Messiah referred to the gates or ‘councils’ of Hell, He was speaking of the plans and strategies of the powers of darkness. As long as these powers remain undisturbed and unchallenged in the ‘gateways’ of the world, they continue to pose a threat, a hindrance, and a bondage to the people of YHWH and their ministries.
The assembly has fallen prey to the gates of hell. We have been sucked in by the arguments, enticements, and intimidations of the enemy. Satan’s bluster has gained access and dominance for him in far too many circles. Today, in an age where the assembly age has garnered its greatest numerical strength, we are surprisingly lacking in our power to dismantle the enemy.
Satan’s menacing hand and demonic ploys have infiltrated our society like an invasive fog—defiling, corrupting, and manipulating far too many of our lives and affairs. In the ongoing war Satan is waging against both the corporate and the individual mind of the assembly, he has led us away from the strategies of warfare that Messiah charted for us before He ascended to heaven.
Did He not say that the weapons of our warfare are mighty, to the pulling down of strongholds? Yet we allow ourselves to be pulled down instead.
With the power of the Holy Spirit in us, we should be able to win any battle for the hearts and souls of men, against the powers of darkness. But where are our mission victories? They are small and far spread.
Maybe it’s because we’ve gone about this whole idea of missions in the wrong way! We’ve adopted the worldly art of persuasion as our means of ineffective evangelism but salvation comes only when the human heart is liberated by righteous power. Our persuasion and arguments bear very little lasting fruit in this worldwide harvest of souls unless we are taped into YHWH’s power source.
When Paul spoke to the Corinthians, he said, “My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of YHWH” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). Paul knew the source of his power!
Here was Paul, writing to the assembly at Corinth immediately following his debate with the philosophers on Mars Hill. Paul was so intellectually equipped that he could philosophize with the greatest of scholars, but he found these arguments to be fruitless and useless during his visit to Mars Hill. It was then that he was “determined to know only YHWH Messiah, and Him crucified” as the only mighty demonstration of the power of YHWH.
There is a secret that has been stolen from us.
It is the secret of how desperately poor we are without the mighty power of YHWH.
To understand that power, we must be stripped of all self-righteousness and self-sufficiency.
To understand that power, we must be humbled and broken.
It is only when we reach that point that we are able to rise up as the mighty army of YHWH and victoriously storm the gates of hell.
The world is littered with failed mission efforts to evangelize the lost. We have plotted and planned and spent our charitable dollars in an effort to carry the banner of YHWH Messiah into every corner of the globe. Yet there remains thousands of religions in the world; and of the eight major religions – Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Christianity, and Islam – we must face the difficult truth that Islam is the fastest growing. We need missionaries now like never before!
But is throwing more money into our present organized mission effort the whole answer? Maybe we first need to reexamine the source of our power. The assembly as an organization cannot conquer the world for Messiah; but the assembly as an organism CAN! Those who enter the mission field must be propelled by YHWH’s power, and His alone. May YHWH help us if we continue to try it without His power, and YHWH help us if we fail to stand in His power alone.
Only YHWH’s power can deepen our dedication as we storm the gates of hell.
Only YHWH’s power can increase our faithfulness as we spread His word abroad.
Only YHWH’s power can bear our burdens as we’re persecuted for Messiah’s sake.
Only YHWH’s power can renew our determination as we carry the banner of YHWH’s grace and mercy.
Only YHWH’s power can help us shoulder our responsibilities to witness to every nation…in every tongue…until every soul is reached with the message of Salvation.
Storming the gates of hell is not for wimps.
That’s why YHWH gave us access to His power source.
The Holy Spirit must be the heavenly air for our spiritual lungs.
The Holy Spirit must be the assurance for our spiritual anxieties.
The Holy Spirit must be the strength for our spiritual weakness.
The Holy Spirit must be the wine for our spiritual thirst.
The Holy Spirit must be the Joy for our spiritual journey.
The Holy Spirit must be the thrust for our spiritual feebleness.
He must be the anointing for our spiritual accomplishments,
The comfort for our spiritual crisis,
The glory for our gloom,
The very breath for our life!
It is not for us to battle Satan alone, but “The spirit itself beareth witness WITH our spirit, that we are the children of YHWH…” (Romans 8:16) Zechariah carried the message that it is, “…not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith YHWH of host.”
If we’re going to go against Satan and his hosts, we’d better take YHWH of Hosts with us!
The Holy Spirit will assure us of our salvation as we storm the gates of hell.
He will relieve us of our own suffering as we call others to Messiah.
He will refresh our spirits as we offer the fountain of refreshing to the world.
He will replenish our strength as we conquer Satan’s army.
Let’s put on the whole armor of YHWH and storm the gates of hell.
Let’s let the world know that YHWH is a righteous remedy for the ruined.
Let them know that YHWH is justification for the judged.
Let them know that YHWH is redemption for the rebellious.
Let them know that He is the solution for their shame,
The triumph for their trouble,
and the blessed bliss for their burdens.
English
Arabic
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Deutsch
Turkish
Dutch
Russian
Romaian
Portuguese (Brazil)
Greek
हिन्दी