A Powerful Weapon of Warfare - God's Courtroom

We’re going to talk about the most important weapon of warfare except of course the authority in the name of Jesus.  We need to understand that God is our heavenly Father but He’s much more than that.  He is also the final supreme and absolute Judge of the entire universe and you need to realise that God’s kingdom works like a vast court system.  And the more comfortable you become in functioning in God’s court system the more power you’re going to have in terms of spiritual warfare.  There are a lot of people out there that are teaching people that they should go into an area, that they should figure out   what the high reigning demonic principalities and powers are over geographical areas and that they should come directly against those powers and pull them down.  I am in total disagreement with this mindset because those reigning principalities and powers are in their position because of the sins of the people in their territory.  In other words, they have the legal right to be there.  And when you start tackling them and trying to bring them down without first removing their legal right to be there, they are going to counter attack.  Horrendous things can happen in Christian people’s lives such as strokes, heart attacks, miscarriages and premature deaths.  Even in churches that are warring in this manner can suffer onslaught because of the counter attack.  You see we have to be meticulously careful that we fight only when and how God directs us to fight because the powers we’re fighting against are much more powerful than us.  They are much more intelligent than God ever gave us intelligence.  They are much more gifted than we are, God did not revoke their gifts just because they fell.  These angelic beings are creatures of power, so much greater than anything we can ever think of having.  It says in the scriptures that God created us to be lower than the angels.  We don’t have the power and intelligence these creatures have, so we have to meticulously follow the leading and the guidance of our Captain or we’re going to get squashed like a bug!  That’s just the way it is!  You have to be wise in spiritual warfare. 

This is where God’s courtroom comes in, because we have access to make war against these principalities and powers through God’s courtroom without doing it directly and thereby we do not get the counter attacks because it’s God in essence that’s fighting them and not us and of course God has all power over everything.  But more importantly than that, whenever we pray to God or petition God, satan can always find something wrong in our life because there’s not a single one of us that leads a perfect life.  And the fact is we cannot lead perfect lives; we’re fallible human beings and we try our best and we confess quickly when we realise we’ve sinned.  But anytime we take a prayer petition to God, satan is standing up there and saying, “yes, but!”  So we need a weapon where we can take a petition to God and when God renders judgment on it, there are no BUTS.  

Deuteronomy 32:36

“For the Lord will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and there is no one remaining, bond or free.

In this scripture very clearly it state that God is a judge and that he will sit in judgement on His people and for His people.  And the wonderful thing of it is, is that it states that He’s not just a judge but a compassionate judge – hallelujah!

Now Job discovered this principle and during his time God made a bet with satan and as a result Job lost everything and then he became mortally ill.  And no matter how Job prayed or how his friends prayed or what they did, nothing changed Job’s condition.  

So what do you do when nothing works?

You’ve done your best to serve God.  You’ve searched your life to see if there’s any sin that you haven’t dealt with, you’ve asked the Holy Spirit to show you if there’s something you need to deal with.  You’ve fasted, you’ve prayed, you’ve wept before the Lord, you’ve rebuked demon spirits, you’ve broken curses, you’ve had other people pray with you and nothing works.  Some of you might be in this position right now???  Job was in that position and finally Job recognised the answer……

Job 23:1-3  Then Job answered and said, “Even today my complaint is bitter.  My hand is listless because of my groaning, Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come to His seat”.  

Well brothers and sisters we don’t have that complaint today.  We know where to find Him in one split second, all we have to do is open our mouth and say, “Father, in the name of Jesus” boom we’re there in His presence before His seat – isn’t that wonderful?  It’s so wonderful to be living on this side of the cross.  But Job didn’t have that available to him, he said….. 

Job 23:4-6  “If I could only find God’s seat I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.  I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.  Would He contend with me in his great power?  No!  But He would take note of me. 

Job had the assurance that if only he could find God, that God would listen to him, and not only would He listen to him but that God would answer him.  And you need to have that assurance today.  If you find God, not only will He listen to you but He will answer you, and He will answer you in a way that you will understand.  That’s the beauty of serving this God that we have.  I mean what good is it for God to hear us if He doesn’t answer it and what good is it for Him to answer if we are unable to hear and understand what He’s saying?  God is able to make His answer clearly known to you.  He’s not going to do it in the same way that He does for someone else though.  He may not do it instantly, it might take a period of time for you to hear the answer but He will answer.  And this is what brought an end to Job’s suffering because God did indeed hear Job and immediately after this, God answered Job and if you remember God rendered judgment against Job’s friends and He ordered Job’s friends to come and have Job pray for them in order that they would be accepted back into God’s presence again.  That would’ve been a very humbling incident in their lives because they had come to minister to Job, it didn’t work so they figured that Job must be living in sin and thinking they were so much better than him and it all backfired on them and God rendered judgment against them and Job had to minister to them – that’s what I call breaking your pride.

But all throughout the Psalms I challenge you, take a little time, read through the book of Psalms from beginning to end and pull out every scripture verse that has the word “Judge” in it.  You’ll be amazed at how many references there are to God as judge.  Psalm 7:11 says God is a just Judge.  Luke 18:1-8 Jesus gives a parable also where he likens God to being a judge.   Unfortunately there aren’t many books around that teaches about God as a Judge and how you can function in God’s court system when you need to. 

Petitioning God

You do not go into a courtroom in a disorganised manner.  When you go into God’s courtroom, you take the time to pray about it, think it out and write down your petitions.  And know that God is a just judge and nothing is hidden from Him and keep in mind that He could render judgment against you and if He did, you just might end up worse off than your current situation. 

Example of presenting your case: 

Father, in the name of Jesus I am petitioning You to come into Your courtroom.  I want to stand before You to have a court hearing.  Lord I want to hasten to add that I am coming into Your courtroom one way only and that is under the covering of the blood of Jesus.  I’m not coming based on my own righteousness but under that covering of the blood of Jesus.  Lord I want a court hearing where You render judgment between satan and myself.  So I am petitioning You to bring satan to be present in this court hearing.

Then start your petition: 

Lord, Your honour petition #1 Judge, have you called me into a fulltime ministry yes or no?  I believe you have but I’m doubting it and so I’m asking You to render judgment once and for all, have you or have you not called me into a full time ministry?  And if You render judgment that you have, I am asking You to look and see that satan is completely halting me and that Lord unless You prevent satan from halting me, it is impossible for me to carry on. 

Petition #2 – Judge, does satan have the legal right to keep this bondage of fear on my life?  Lord if you render judgment that he does not, I am asking that this yolk of fear will be broken off me immediately and forever.

Petition #3 Lord Judge, satan has been tormenting me with horrendous nightmares, flashbacks and demonic attacks, not only from when I was a child but also because of the demonic activities….. and if You render judgment that he does, I am asking for an immediate halt to all nightmares and flashbacks now and forever.

Petition #4 – Your Honour I know that You permit satan to sift your servants because Jesus told Peter, “Peter, satan has petitioned to sift you as wheat", but God I also know that the sifting process comes to a halt because Jesus said to Peter but I have prayed for you that afterwards you will be strengthened and you will encourage the brethren.  Lord in my personal opinion I believe that I have been sifted long enough and I am asking You to render judgment JUDGE, has this sifting process gone on long enough in my life or no?  Because Lord as long as it’s continuing, we are utterly unable to perform the work that You have called us to do.  And if You render judgment that this sifting process has gone on long enough I am asking that You would bring this to an immediate halt.

Petition #5 – Your Honour examine our finances and judge, am I righteous in my finances?  Judge, if we’re righteous in our finances then I am asking You to look and see that satan has a complete hold over our finances, if You render judgment in our favour, I am asking that satans hands are broken over my finances immediately and forever.

Blocked communication between God and us.

***** In the book of Daniel.  Daniel prayed and asked God for an interpretation of a vision and immediately the prayer arrived in heaven God dispatched an angel to come to bring that answer to Daniel but that angel got hung up half way down; The principality over Persia fought against the angel and held him up 21 days before he could come and bring the answer to Daniel.  This is something you can petition God about if you think this is a problem in your life.

Petition #6 – God I am asking You to judge; Does satan have the legal right to interupt Your communication with us?  Lord I have already asked You to examine my heart and to judge whether I am willing to obey You no matter what.  And if You have rendered judgment that my heart is willing to obey You no matter what, then I am asking You to put a restraining order on satan and on his demon spirits and to prevent them from hindering Your communication to us.  God, if You just tell me what You want me to do I’ll do it, it’s that simple but I need to hear.

Lord I know satan has got a whole list of petitions that he wants to file before You to counter my petitions and I know that You are a just judge, and so I just leave my life in Your hands and I’m asking You to render judgement in this matter between satan and myself and I thank You for hearing my case in Jesus’ name.

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