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18- Fight Extreme With Extreme
Bishop Dag Heward-MillsAbout this sermon
Camp Title - Principles of War. Machaneh Collection - 83. Preached in 2013, Ghana (Mampong Akuapem). Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a world-renowned evangelist, bestselling Christian author with over 100 books, and leader of the United Denominations, present in 100+ countries. Through his Healing Jesus Campaigns, thousands have been healed, and millions saved across Africa and beyond. As you follow this podcast, may you begin to know God in a way you have never before! Don’t forget to click the follow button and turn on notifications.
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Welcome to track #18 of principles of war. Principle #13 Fight extremes with extremes. Fight extremes with extremes. I feel that some more people have come who are not here earlier in the morning. If you are one, stand up. If you don't stand up, we will find you because one of our principles is fighting extremes with this. Ah, aha, I'm counting only up to five, and then you must be up 1/2, 3452 of you sit down. I want spice. Sit down. I want spice to tell me who are the extra people who have come. One of my principles is about Spice Square. Let me see, what does it say? Anyway, all right, when I teach you the part about spies, I know that you tell me. Those who were. Yeah. 5 extremes with extremes. What extremes are there? Devil has extremes planned for you. I was telling you about the the pastors I was looking at in the UK and even generally pastors, you realise that the plan of the devil is is extreme, is a plan to have you wiped out. Wow. Devil wants you to be wiped out Totally, totally. Are you ready to be wiped out? You sure you're not ready to be wiped out? Now, if you play with the devil, you are going to be surprised at your expe
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Welcome to track #18 of principles of war. Principle #13 Fight extremes with extremes. Fight extremes with extremes. I feel that some more people have come who are not here earlier in the morning. If you are one, stand up. If you don't stand up, we will find you because one of our principles is fighting extremes with this. Ah, aha, I'm counting only up to five, and then you must be up 1/2, 3452 of you sit down. I want spice. Sit down. I want spice to tell me who are the extra people who have come. One of my principles is about Spice Square. Let me see, what does it say? Anyway, all right, when I teach you the part about spies, I know that you tell me. Those who were. Yeah. 5 extremes with extremes. What extremes are there? Devil has extremes planned for you. I was telling you about the the pastors I was looking at in the UK and even generally pastors, you realise that the plan of the devil is is extreme, is a plan to have you wiped out. Wow. Devil wants you to be wiped out Totally, totally. Are you ready to be wiped out? You sure you're not ready to be wiped out? Now, if you play with the devil, you are going to be surprised at your experience. Your experience is going to be terrible. You are going to be a divorcee. You are going to be a drunkard, you'll be a drug addict, you'll be in prison. I mean, these are the you will not. You have HIV. You will never be happy. You will be barren spiritually and if possible, you will go to hell. I saw on the Internet they have launched the first atheist church, yeah, the first church for atheists with an atheist pastor who used to be a pastor. He used to be a real pastor. Yeah, if I could find it on the, if I could find it out, I'll read it out to you in in America. And all atheists were welcome to attend. He said that they want to have some activity for atheists. So this pastor used to be a a reverend minister in a church and now he's an atheist. He does not believe in God. And so he conducted service for them. And it's like a church service that without praise the Lord, without anything, just be good, happiness, friendship, whatever, and a place so that atheists have somewhere to go. Every time you see or hear of a pastor who is experiencing great difficulties, you must think about yourself that this is the intention of the devil for you. Anybody who were to see the devil, you'd be scared of what kind of devil it is. I have seen the devil once. I mean, like, in a certain way, I've seen it. I think I've seen it more than once, but in a certain way. And I was in a house all alone, and it appeared to me at about 3:00 AM, 2-3 AM. And at the foot of my bed, I was in the bed. I was awake and there was a beam standing and it was so scary that I jumped out of the bed and there was a a laughter of mockery on the face of this creature. Now one young man, he went to Mauritius, island of Mauritius. There he went swimming and he was bitten by an animal. When he lay dying on the hospital, he came out of the hospital bed and found himself standing on the floor. And that he wanted to touch his head like this too. But as soon as he did this, his hand went through the head that he did, his hand, his hand went through his head and he realised that his body was different. But he felt alive as he was alive, in fact even more so, he had died. You see a lot of dead people are surprised that they are dead and they they are surprised they cannot contact the physical. One man who died. He said when he looked into his body, he saw through he didn't have certain organs, sexual organs, all those things were gone. Just explain, are you listening to me? As soon as this guy stood on the floor, Sir, what is happening, where am I? And then a voice said shut up, you are in hell. And he was scared. And then another boy said you deserve it, you are in hell now. The kind of evil that is determined against you, you don't have any idea. One day I was praying somewhere and a chariot, a chariot came at top speed. There were about three people in the chariot. All the three were evil spirits, demons. And they were, there was a commander. And I think the other two people were not commanders and they stopped right in front of my house and pointed to my house that this is where it's coming from. I tell you it was about 3. AMI became more intense in my prayer. You see, if the devil were to get you, what he would do to you. So if you look at people that he has got and you see what had happened to them. Pastor that I know in the in England prison, another one Prison another pastor turned into a homosexual, another pastor what dead another one. I mean, every bad thing you just think of a bad thing, it has happened to them, and all of them started out like you. But you have to believe that there is an extreme enemy. Now. The way you fight extremes is with extremes. Anybody who fights an extreme thing mildly leads to regret it. So you have to fight extremes with extremes. Are you listening to me? Yeah. Now when Hitler, who was an extreme man, extremely demonic personality, fought with France, he never met any extreme person. When he met with when he went to France, they just surrendered. Holland surrendered, Belgium surrendered. Everywhere Surrender, surrender, surrender, surrender. And he was now the child of all Europe. Austria, welcome, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, everywhere, Ukraine, they just left it for them. But when he went to Russia, by November, they had matched all the truth. They thought it was going to be another Paris. Do you understand? From Germany it's a long way to Moscow. They had driven there and then they had prepared a train for Stalin, the president, to leave Moscow and go into some hills to go and escape. And Stalin sent a message that he is not going, he will stay. And do you know what he did? He formed 2 lines of soldiers, the first artillery that we're meeting there, Germans of Hemi, and then another one behind his people. And his people behind his people were to shoot Russians who tried to run away. Yeah. Do you, do you understand what I'm saying? You don't understand it. You are the Germans Camp 123. You are coming here. Then just stay there. Then here are the Russians. 123 You say that you are not a Russian. 123 are waiting for them in Moscow. Then I form another 123 behind. So let's say the Russians are even more. OK, you won't be a Russian come. So I gave the command, never retreat. He himself was inside, said I will not go, we will fight them as the Germans were coming slowly, slowly. What were you trained as? They were coming. Then these Russians wanted to run away. So as they turned around, then this one, shoot them. So they turned back. They turned back to fight with them. They killed. Yeah, they killed more than 8000 of their own people. Yeah, they have never met anybody like that before. Yeah, a stream with a stream in this put there and they fought them. Yeah. Are you listening to me? Yeah. The same thing happened in Stalingrad. They said the civilians and everybody, no one should leave the city. Everybody wanted, they wanted to escape, said no one should leave. No one was allowed to leave. And they put a man called Trikov in charge. Trikov, he was in charge of Stalingrad. And they shook their own soldiers. Yeah. And they were given. Don't give them even one metre to fight. So as they were fighting and the Germans said them, the Russians were fanatical, but they should be fanatical because you are. Germans are also fanatical. But when they were interviewed later, they said they were fanatical. They would not, They would not. They say that you can fight for days to gain 5 meters. You fight for days to gain 10 meters. They will not. They have got instruct. Do not move, do not leave even civilian children. They should not be inside the city. You see you fight extremes with extremes. But when you joke now Poland, they allowed Hitler to just come and they killed. Poland is one of the countries which had more people killed. If you've ever heard of this, a Schindler's List, it's a film called Schindler's List. Those, I've never watched it myself, but it's, it's all about how what he did to the people in Poland, he formed sections of the cities and put the Jews there and they just killed them. They just come, they round you up to, to, to, to shoot you just right on. So I'm saying to you that you see in a war, you know, when God saw how Satan had come to destroy mankind, he also provided an extreme measure. That's why he sent his own son. It's an extreme, an extreme measure, still measure. And his son was sent to die, not to come and give a message or announcement to die, to just die on a cross. Look at all of you. You are all saved. Helped by the blood of Jesus and blessed to be in lighthouse and 1st love. That is by an extreme measure of a medical doctor also going away from his work and saying I would do this. Yeah, without a corresponding extreme, nothing gets done. And that's why I'm telling you that the devil we are fighting. If you like, you jokers, if you can write it down today, if you like, play with what I'm saying and I will give you 10 years, 15 years, write down. You see where you are. You look at yourself and say it was said to me. Either you also adopt an extreme position in relation to the devil and in relation to this work we are doing, or you will be overcome by an extremist who has no mercy for you. Yeah, some of the measures that we take to fight the enemy, you have no idea. Yeah, the extreme measures that we have to take to fight the enemy, fight extremes with extremes. Yeah, that's why I would recommend for you to be in full time. Read my lips FULLL full time. TIME. Read my lips carefully, full time. Read my lips carefully full time. God has no other thing that He requires of you than an extreme response to His extreme love for your for your life that He has gone all out to save you. Read my lips carefully. It's not for a selected few, it's for those who can respond. And it is those who responded. You see, the love of God and the extreme measure of a, a person like me giving my life to God, to, to, to, to, to work for him is what has resulted in some salvation, small salvation for some few people. Any other kind of oil. I'll be in America sending a cheque, $1000 to Bishop Danka Williams that oh, I used to go to action centre. Think about that. What kind of response is that to the love that God has shown to me? That's what I would say $1000 every month. And then on top of that, I will be criticizing them. So you see these pastors when you go to Ghana, they'll be driving flashy cars. The last time I went there, Danka Williams was driving this car and that car you see now, and I'll be sending my cheque and criticizing. So Hitler form your line met with an extreme person who has formed special units to shoot his own soldiers from the back. There is no nothing, nothing like there is no other object, only dying. No, I tell you the kind of man that you mean. Then you know what? When he was in Stalingrad, he also released another extreme measure. He went to the prisons and he formed what he called they call penal units. Like all prisoners, you can atone for your prison by coming to fight in the war. Yeah, yeah. And the only way you will be releasing, the only condition for being released from the prison is if you are seriously wounded. Yes. In the war, yeah. So 1 soldier who was interviewed, he said that the main problem was that you don't know whether you are seriously wounded or not. You can't tell, so they have to fight. Either you pay, so you atone for your sins by coming to fight, and either you die or the best option is to be seriously wounded and you come out of them. It's the only way. And this was used in Stalingrad to fight Hitler. That was the first time Hitler was actually defeated. They actually defeated them in Stalingrad, the Moscow one. They were just all stuck there. So they never move forward or back where they stuck. They got stuck there, but the standings that they defeated and they, they brought these people from Siberia, all the prisoners, they gave them arms. He said go, unless you are seriously wounded, you cannot go out of there. So this guy who was being interviewed, he was seriously wounded. That's how it came about. He said you can't tell the injury that you have extreme. But it was Victor, not a madman just starting wars all over the world killing people. And unless you fight with the stream, with the stream. So may have for me, I, I was, I would encourage you yesterday, you know, last week, Sunday, Bishopsaki visited our church in Kenya where Pastor Obi was Pastor Obi is a pastor there. And they had over 1000 people in the church in Nairobi. Yeah, you know, and I was saying to myself, this guy was walking around in in London when I preached and I said go, well, I told him go to South Africa. You know that he said he went there for holiday to go and survey the land. Then when he came back, you know, when I call, when I have a meeting, I don't see him again because he didn't want to go to South Africa. So when I when you have the meeting, you don't see him. You see that 1000 people are waiting for him. So later on I went somewhere, I went with, I went with him. I was with him in Malaysia. Again, he kept because he was always attracted to me. So he always come with me. I'm going somewhere, he comes with me. Then I went with him. Then I was working with him alone on a golf course one day and I was talking to him. He said that's what he decided he would go. So it's there a second opportunity. I said yes, go to Kenya this time and and 1000 Kenyans are sitting in the church and and they are they are all these people have known God whatever by an extreme. He was the most successful church businessman in the UK. Yeah, he was the most successful. If you could, you could sometimes give offerings. If I go and I do fundraising, he could give. Since he left, I've not even seen anybody able to give them enough money. If a person doesn't extremely also offer himself, you don't counteract what the enemy is doing with the extreme to take away the lives of young people. Spoiling the life, killing people, killing, destroying, taking you to what do you call it, a night party? Beach parties in the night? I mean, is it not an extreme thing? I've never heard of such a thing before. They have sex in the water at night? How old? 1718 year old, 16 years Bishop first day university. I've taken to the beach to have sex in the sea in the night. Is it not an extreme? So when you see Christian who says I can't shout, I can't pray, I can't go with that, I can't go. I mean, you say that it's like you have met people who are meeting an extremist and are fighting in a very cool, mad way. That's not how you fight an extreme person. Nobody should congratulate me for evangelism. Never congratulate me. They are fighting an extreme person. Yeah. Don't say what I like. It's normal. It's supposed to be normal. They are supposed to be extreme normally. Are you listening to me? Are you understanding me? He lined the people up. Shoot them in the back, you know, sit down. And then penal units, men who can only die or be seriously injured. These are the two options you have fanatics. Wow, is it amazing. At another time, when they were fighting them to move them out of the city of Stalingrad, they they will live in the sewers. They put dunk beds underground in the water and they live there, but they will not move. Yeah, Russians. That's why they were afraid. What's that? When they were surrounding, they ran to the British to surrender people. We surrender to you. These people, we are afraid of them. May the devil be afraid of us. I say. May the devil be afraid of us. In Jesus name. Wow. OK. I need somebody, anybody. OK, OK, alright, you've lost your chance. Isaiah chapter 13. Now this is God S punishment. Isaiah 13 he said I'm going to send an extreme group of people to against you as your punishment. God is raising us as an as extremists to fight with an enemy who is an extremist. In Isaiah 13 verse 17 he says behold, I will stir up the needs against them. The needs are the extremists, and they shall not regard silver, and As for gold, they shall not delight in it. Are these extremists Most people like silver and gold, and they are both also shall dust the young men to pieces. Wow. And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Yeah, they will not have pity when they see you are pregnant. Oh, slice you up in there now, and their eyes shall not spare. Children are these extremists. The myths are the best example. And Babylon shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. The strength He shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation, Neither shall the Arabian pitch stand there, neither shall the shepherds make their fall there. But wild beasts of the deserts are light there. This is an extreme war. Their houses shall be full of doleful creatures. Owls shall dwell there, satires shall dance there, and the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses and Dragons in their pleasant palaces. And her time is there to come. And her day shall not be prolonged. Wow. You see, God was going to send a type of army, not just an ordinary army. People who don't want man, why do you keep that? Here is the man. They don't delight us all. Here is gold. I don't need gold. Here is a green card. I don't need green card today. I I appreciate a lot of people who value green cards so much, They value silver so much. They value gold so much that God is looking for people who will not spare, who will say what is gold, what is silver, what is green card, what is British citizenship, what is this, what is nothing all clear away from them. Come on, let me do them the work of the Lord. But today we have people, when they see green cards, they say, oh, oh, green card. Oh, green card, I will die for you. I will give everything to be in America. I will do everything to be in America. I love you, green card. But another group is coming. They will not be. They will not have pity. You see, even me, I, I now I am learning not to have pity. When I say, I say go, go here, go here, go, go there and do the work of God. I don't think about the person. Oh Lord, oh Lord, what about his children? What about no, go there, go there. You are not pity, not think about children, not think about the fruit of the womb, not value. Green card. What is green card? What is America? America is nothing. God is everything. That's a type of army. Wow. A certain man went to America and he got a green card. He was so happy and he came whilst he was there. He didn't come for holiday for a long time and one day his father died. So he came for the funeral. When he was coming, they told him your your duty is to bring the suit that the the father wore. So he brought the suit and he had the funeral and everything, and the father wore the suit that he had brought. So when the funeral was over, he was going to catch his flight back to America. So just as he was about to go to the airport, he started to check his papers. It's like his passport, his days, his days and everything. Where's the green card? I cannot find the green card. He searched everywhere for the green card. He couldn't find it, which means that he couldn't go to America. Then it occurred to him, could it be in the suit? That because the suit was in his hanging in the wardrobe. But sometimes you put some things in. So not knowing that he has put it. Now the village far away, they have trafa to a village you go and bury the father. So he organized, hey, what will you do? You have been worshipping this green card, Green card that you have worshipped and everything that is very far away. Father cannot use the green card. So they went to the village. They had to get far away. They had to get police to assume that when they got there, they realized that some people have already realised that the man who has been buried there were some relatives from America. So the man must have some things. So when they came open the coffin, he was now just wearing the shirt. They are picking the suit. I love. I love your green card. He was just wearing, He was just wearing a white shirt. But the suit was very posh. I put the green card inside. Now he was stuck in Ghana. You see what people will do for Green Card? Yeah, yeah, yes. Assuming dead bodies, travelling up and down, calling police. Assume when we assume, you have to do so many things for Green card. But a day is coming and a group are coming. So Green Card. I say I'm not an American. I have. I don't like America. I don't need it. I don't need it for anything. We can't keep you, America. I need Jesus. I'm going to save this. My saving desert does not depend on America. A group are coming. They will not pity children. They will not love silver. They will not love gold. They are extremes and they fight with extremes. They fight extremes with extremes. Where are you going? Please allow me to go. One day in heaven you will see the reward. The winner takes it all. The winner will take the crown, the crown of righteousness, the crown of life, the crowns that are waiting for you in heaven. They will all be given and others will be standing back. You know how it is our speech and prize giving. The just a few people will get prize. Oh, first prize in prize in this. Then the same person will go again prize in this, and the same person will go prize in this. That's how to he that has more is given. And when you get to heaven, you see some pure people. We collect on the crown for evangelism. Then who calls to come? One lady, her daughter was in Wesley girls and she was receiving all the prizes and her mother came for speech and prize giving day as they call the as they call the daughter and the daughter will go a prize in something. Then she'll go she'll come back prize in this go. Oh it reach a point the mother was so happy as they were calling the daughter, so she put down her tents and she started jumping behind her daughter. Her mother was just giving her fun that she was going that this is my child, Agatha. When you get to heaven and they are calling you for yet another crown, your Angel will be dancing behind. Imbila Agata. Imbila Rosina. Imbila, Rosie. Imbila, Rosie, the one that I gathered on earth all these years through Ghana. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was guarding him is my you have been in my custody and they will be clapping behind. Mention your label. Imbila Tamara. Imbila Alasdina. Imbila, Roda. The winner takes it up. Are you excited about that? The mother couldn't control herself. She got everybody was sitting down. This is my daughter. Is it fantastic? Do you want your angels to be standing behind you? I did not come up like this only. As if they are quarreling. Do you understand? It's like, it's like a quarreling type of club. The. Imbila you say? It means my child. Imbi my child imbi. Imbila my child. Wow, it's just too powerful. The crowns are for those who are extreme, as God himself is extreme, as extreme as the devil is with his intentions for you. Yeah, I tell you, talk. Talk to us about about about about about heaven. I just want to talk to you about heaven when we've finished here. Our lives are history. I just want to talk about how it's going to be Jesus. You will be in eternity. The winner sets it all. Those who wandering, those who trusted him, those who did his will. I just want to talk about the crowns we're going to wear when we finish here. As we get up there, I just want to share Bow the crown of a righteousness he gives to everyone. Who looks? For his return, I want to give my life. Let's try to have that blessed crown He gives to you and me by the King of Kings. The winner takes the crown and will overcome. Walks the streets of God. Glory and victory will you overcome. I want to see you there in your glorious mansion. A mansion built for you by the King of King. Will you take your crown? Overcome temptation. You can have your crown, The crown forever born. The winner takes the crown. Who overcome what's the streets about? In love with victory. Will you all the test to try? Will you lay aside? I always sit in the way the winner takes us all that goes around the race. Those who trust in the Gospel, in his will. 1/2. Hello 1212 1. 1/2. 1/2. 22. Super Trooper, you can join the army armies of the Lord marching everywhere to the darkest corners of this world. The spirit of the Lord is falling on the young ones who will go for him. God is praising man who will stand for him today. Going into the world, big disciples, every nation go to every tribe, every people, every nation preach the gospel of Jesus the Saviour. All who will be, they shall be retained by the blood of the land. You're the Super super. You can try to help me. I miss all the Lord matching everywhere to the darkest owners of this world. The Spirit of the Lord is falling on the young ones who will go for it. God is raised his head, who will stand for him? Today I will pour out my spirit upon all flash thee shall prophecy your sons and your daughters, and the young men shall see these young and the open dreams we'd wonders in the heaven and the earth. Y'all super true part. You can try the armies of the Lord matching everywhere to the top of stone of all this quiet. The Spirit of the Lord and ones who will go for him, God is praising. Who was that for him today? He'll be your shield. He'll be your. Strength. He'll never leave you nor forsake you. He will be with you until the very end, the end of time. By His Spirit you will overcome the Super true birds. You can join the young means all means of the Lord latching everywhere to the darkest gonna tell this world the spirit of the Lord is falling on the young world. Who will go for him? God is raising dead. Who was that for him too? You can turn me out on me somewhere. Low matching everywhere. You. The time is gonna start this world speed up. The Lord is falling on the upper. Who will go for him? God is raising sand. Anybody want to join me on the Super super? You can join me on the all these all the Lord with my teeth everywhere till the darkest runners of this world. Spirit of the Lord is falling on the young one who will go for Jesus. God is raising land and everyone I want to stop between the the world you want, you can join the up the armies of the Lord matching everywhere. The clock is going to stop this world. You are the Lord is falling out, the Emperor who will go for it? Anybody want to throw me alone? Come on. Everywhere the darkest kind of love is run, the spirit of the Lord is falling on the young. The. Everywhere. The Lord is for it of the young one who will go home, and Jesus, God he is. Oh, that's raining too. Come on me up and turn the young, the Lord lodging everywhere to the doctor Son of the world. The Lord is not the young woman all born here. God ain't laid in sad. What's that? And what you do, you say you'll be yourself, you'll be your strength. You'll never leave you. No mistake you. You will be with you until the very end, the end of time. God, his Spirit, you will overcome. You're super trooper. You've been 20 armies all that long, marching everywhere to the darkest one of us. Get more power. And God, who will love us. Who won the season guy's face? Oh my God, who's there for you, don't you? But you but you can run the I need all that Lord. I've been everywhere you the darkest one of the Lord is falling on the young. But who will go for you? God is raising land. What's that for him to say? And the trooper you control the all, the all the Lord God seen everywhere through the darkest colors of this world. The Spirit of the Lord is falling on the young one who will go for him. God is raising man. What was that for him? Today everywhere we are the Lord and born and not the young one who will go, go here. God is great in there. We are the Super super. You are the Lord the Lord God is the Lord. Spirit of the Lord is for him of the young man who will love of him. God is raising man, who will stand for him today. All right. Glory to God, Glory to God.