Thank you for listening to this message from Damon Thompson Ministries.

I want to stay a little bit where Johnson took us briefly, and he may come add some more of this

a little bit later. And he referenced a statement that I've made many times in revival,

that is revelation lives in the tension that exists between two seemingly contradictory ideas.

Bill Johnson gave a reference to this, and I like to use it because I think it's a real

clear picture of it, and it's this, the kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take

it by force.

Unless you come as a little child child you cannot inherit the kingdom of God

which one is true the kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by

force unless you come as a little child you cannot inherit the kingdom of God so

if you had to say what's the key to entrance in the kingdom would you say

child-likeness or violence because I spent 18 years believing it was

violence and found out it's much more difficult to do childlike than it is to do violent

for me for me by nature I know how to go get it done but out of my nature into the nature of

him in me has been a place of rest

and yielding to the childlikeness. And so for me, I have had to become violent about becoming like a

child. The kingdom of God suffers violence. The violent take it by force. The area I've had to become violent is becoming

like a child. You've got to anticipate what area it is in your life that's keeping you from becoming

the kingdom man or woman that you've been designed to be and be violent about going after that.

We turned all of that into confrontation with the enemy. However, I want you to study

the life of Jesus and show me the current paradigm for spiritual warfare in his life.

Don't study Elijah's list. Don't study the prophetic movement.

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