THE UNPARALLELED ARMY – THE CHURCH OF GOD

THE UNPARALLELED ARMY – THE CHURCH OF GOD: DEPICTS AS LOVING (LOVELY), GLORIOUS, MILITANT-LIKE SOLDIER AND TRIUMPHANT IN LIFE AND GRACE! 

“For no one can lay a FOUNDATION other than the one which is [ALREADY] laid, which is Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 3:11 Amplified. 

“Husbands, LOVE your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also LOVED THE CHURCH and GAVE Himself up for her, 26 so that He might SANCTIFY THE CHURCH, having cleansed her by the washing of water with THE WORD [of God], 27 so that [in turn] He might present THE CHURCH to Himself in GLORIOUS splendor, WITHOUT spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be HOLY [set apart for God] and blameless” Ephesians 5:25-27 Amplified. 

The Church of God is depicted as the UNPARALLELED ARMY of God in Christ Jesus — superior to any force and power known or yet to be known, in any human history past, present, and future. 

He is our Commandant who rules and reigns supreme in the heavenly, beneath the earth, and also on the earth — at any time, any day, and everywhere at the same time. 
For God is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient — unlimited by geography and territories as He has apportioned them in the world. [Acts 17:24-31; Ephesians 1:21-23; Ephesians 3:20-21; Philippians 3:20-21]. 

The beauty, graciousness, gracefulness, and goodness of this unparalleled army is this: 
The Captain of the Host of the Lord’s Army who leads her is an indescribable and invincible being, angelically assisted, with armoury that is not of human craft for any warfare. [Joshua 5:13-14; Hebrews 1:7, 14; Psalm 103:20]. 

And this army is not limited by geography, people, tribe, culture, tongue, class, status, or colour. 
It is visible in every place of human dwelling on planet earth. 

 

“And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he LIFTED up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his SWORD DRAWN IN HIS HAND: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as CAPTAIN OF THE HOST of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?” Joshua 5:13-14. 

“And of the ANGELS he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire . . . 14 Are they not all MINISTERING spirits, sent forth to MINISTER for them who shall be HEIRS OF SALVATION?” Hebrews 1:7, 14. 

“Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that DO his commandments, HEARKENING unto the VOICE OF HIS WORD” Psalms 103:20. 

The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the Church of God, is glamorous, authentic and genuine and real to making a difference in humanity as characterised for the following reasons but not limited: 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus stead is LOVING AND LOVELY! – Galatians 5:6, 13; 1 John 4:7-21 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus stead is GLORIOUS AND SPOTLESS! – Ephesians 5:25-33. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is MILITANT SOLDIER-LIKE IN WARFARE! – 2 Timothy 2:3-4; Ephesians 6:10-20; 1 Timothy 1:18-19; 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is TRIUMPHANT AND TRIUMPHING! – 2 Corinthians 2:14; Exodus 15: 1, 21. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is VICTORIOUS! – 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is OVERCOMING AND OVERCOMER! – 1 John 5:4-5; Revelation 12:11; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is MORE THAN A CONQUEROR AND CONQUEST! – Romans 8:31-37. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesu’s stead is THE HEAVENLY AMBASSADOR, EMBASSY AND REPRESENTATIVE! – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 6:20; Proverbs 13:17. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is EMBOLDENED AND FEARLESS. 2 Timothy 1:6-7; 1 John 4:17-18; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:14-16. 

• The UNPARALLELED ARMY – the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead is built on GOD’S HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST JESUS. 1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 10:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:17-21; Romans 14:17; Romans 1:16-17. 

. . . and such like. 

There’s so much to write about the LOVING AND LOVELY, GLORIOUS, MILITANT-LIKE, SOLDIER AND TRIUMPHANT Church of God — that embodies the UNPARALLELED ARMY of who you ARE in Christ Jesus. 

I do believe that as you take time to study the Holy Writ on your own, you will discover MORE of who you are and how to actualise it to make the needed difference in your life and in the world. 

I pray that you will live meaningfully as a loving and lovely, glorious, militant-like, soldier and triumphant Church of God in Christ Jesus. 
Amen.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; FOR THOU SHALT NOT FEAR: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they shall SURELY GATHER TOGETHER, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have CREATED THE SMITH that BLOWETH THE COALS IN THE FIRE, and that bringeth forth AN INSTRUMENT FOR HIS WORK; and I have created the waster to destroy. 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 the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord” Isaiah 54:13-17. 

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by LOVE . . . 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by LOVE serve one another” Galatians 5:6, 13. 

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to LOVE one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his LOVE is PERFECTED in us . . . 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our LOVE made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We LOVE him, because he first LOVED us. 20 If a man say, I LOVE God, and HATETH his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he LOVE God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who LOVETH God LOVE his brother also” 1 John 4:7-21. 

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 that he might present it to himself A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT, OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING; but that it should be HOLY and WITHOUT BLEMISH. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself . . . 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and THE CHURCH . . .” Ephesians 5:25-33. 

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a GOOD SOLDIER of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath CHOSEN him to be a SOLDIER” 2 Timothy 2:3-4. 

“Finally, my brethren, be STRONG in the Lord, and in the POWER OF HIS MIGHT. 11 Put on the WHOLE ARMOUR of God, that ye may be able to STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. 12 For we WRESTLE not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand . . . 19 and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an AMBASSADOR in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak” Ephesians 6:10-20. 

“For though we WALK in the flesh, WE DO NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH: 4 (for the weapons of our WARFARE are not CARNAL (MAN MADE), but MIGHTY through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled” 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. 

“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest WAR A GOOD WARFARE; 19 holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck” 1 Timothy 1:18-19. 

“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to TRIUMPH in Christ, and maketh manifest the SAVOUR of his KNOWLEDGE by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14. 

“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea . . . 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea” Exodus 15:1, 21. 

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:57. 

“For whatsoever is BORN of God OVERCOMETH the world: and this is the victory that OVERCOMETH the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that OVERCOMETH the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

“And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb, and by THE WORD of their testimony; and they LOVED not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:11. 

“Nay, in all these things WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS through him that loved us” Romans 8:37. 

“. . . 20 Now then we are AMBASSADORS for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. . . .” 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. 

SUMMARY: 
The message tells us that the Church of God in Christ Jesus is God’s UNPARALLELED ARMY — LOVING, GLORIOUS, MILITANT, SOLDIER-LIKE, and TRIUMPHANT. Founded on Christ alone, led by the Captain of the Host of the Lord, empowered by angels, and unlimited by geography or human barriers. She is called to live holy, fight spiritually, and triumph continually as heaven’s ambassador on earth. Know who you are, study the Word, and walk in your identity. 

KEY POINTS 

1. THE FOUNDATION & IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH
   Christ is the Only Foundation — “For no one can lay a FOUNDATION other than the one which is [ALREADY] laid, which is Jesus Christ” [1 Corinthians 3:11]. 
   Loved, Sanctified, Glorious — Christ LOVED THE CHURCH and GAVE Himself to sanctify, cleanse, and present her GLORIOUS, HOLY, and WITHOUT BLEMISH [Ephesians 5:25-27]. 
   Supreme Authority — God our Commandant rules and reigns in heaven, on earth, and beneath the earth — omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, unlimited by geography [Acts 17:24-31; Ephesians 1:21-23; Philippians 3:20-21]. 

2. THE LEADERSHIP & RESOURCES OF THE ARMY
   Divine Captain — The Captain of the Host of the Lord leads this army [Joshua 5:13-14]. He is indescribable, invincible, with armoury not of human craft.
   Angelic Assistance — Angels are ministering spirits sent to serve the heirs of salvation [Hebrews 1:7, 14]. They excel in strength and hearken to God’s Word [Psalm 103:20]. 
   Universal & Borderless — This army is not limited by geography, tribe, culture, tongue, class, status, or colour. It is visible in every place of human dwelling on earth. 

3. THE CHARACTER & ATTRIBUTES OF THE UNPARALLELED ARMY

The Church is characterised as: 

LOVING AND LOVELY — Walking in faith that works by LOVE and serving one another [Galatians 5:6, 13; 1 John 4:7-21]. 

GLORIOUS AND SPOTLESS — Presented by Christ without spot or wrinkle [Ephesians 5:25-33]. 

MILITANT SOLDIER-LIKE IN WARFARE — A good soldier of Jesus Christ who endures hardness and uses spiritual weapons, not carnal [2 Timothy 2:3-4; Ephesians 6:10-20; 2 Corinthians 10:3-6]. 

TRIUMPHANT AND TRIUMPHING — God always causes us to TRIUMPH in Christ [2 Corinthians 2:14; Exodus 15:1, 21]. 

VICTORIOUS — Thanks be to God who gives us the VICTORY through Christ [1 Corinthians 15:57]. 

OVERCOMING & AN OVERCOMER — Whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMETH the world by faith and the blood of the Lamb [1 John 5:4-5; Revelation 12:11]. 

MORE THAN A CONQUEROR — In all these things WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS through Him [Romans 8:31-37]. 

HEAVENLY AMBASSADOR, EMBASSY & REPRESENTATIVE — We are AMBASSADORS for Christ to reconcile the world to God [2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 6:20]. 

EMBOLDENED AND FEARLESS — Given a spirit of power, love, and sound mind; no fear in love [2 Timothy 1:6-7; 1 John 4:17-18]. 

BUILT ON GOD’S HOLINESS & RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST — Made the righteousness of God in Him [1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21]. 

4. THE PROMISE & HERITAGE

“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 the Lord” [Isaiah 54:13-17]. 
You are established in righteousness, far from oppression, and fearless because God fights for you. 

5. THE CALL TO ACTION
   Study the Holy Writ — As you study, you will discover MORE of who you are and how to actualize it to make a difference. 
   Live Your Identity — Live meaningfully as a loving and lovely, glorious, militant-like, soldier and triumphant Church of God in Christ Jesus. 
   Don’t Be Entangled — A soldier does not entangle himself with civilian affairs, but pleases the One who enlisted him [2 Timothy 2:4].  

FINAL CHARGE 

There is so much to write about this LOVING, GLORIOUS, MILITANT, SOLDIER AND TRIUMPHANT Church. You are the UNPARALLELED ARMY of God. 
Arise in your identity. Fight with heaven’s weapons. Love like Christ. Live holy. Triumph always. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI