Rule number two is the inevitability of risk.
A soldier signs himself into a situation of permanent death risk. The day he enlisted, he was agreeing to something.
Romans 8:36 says, “For your sake we face death all day long.”
Did you agree to be a soldier? Yes. That means you agreed to die.
The word soldier and death go hand in hand. You cannot say, “You can’t send me to this place. How can I go to Sambisa? That’s not what I signed up for.”
If you’re a soldier, you go where you’re sent. You don’t get to choose which assignment is comfortable enough for you.
That is the problem with a Christianity where nothing is dying and nothing is at risk of dying. Your Christianity is too safe. You lose nothing. That is why some people cannot go on to become soldiers.
When some of you first came here, we started collecting things from you. You had a girlfriend or boyfriend, and you knew it was sinful. It had to go.
When you gave it up, you died. That was a small death. Then you gave up something else. Then something else. All that dying is part of becoming a soldier. It is the nature of soldiers to die.
The problem is that some people get to a certain level and say, “Enough dying. I’m not dropping anything again.” That is when you left your commission as a soldier.
There are people who were once soldiers, but they are no longer soldiers. They just kept the uniform.
How can you come to a place where you don’t obey instructions anymore and still call yourself a soldier?There is no soldier like that.
Soldiers retire. Maybe you’re a retired soldier, and that is a big problem in the body of Christ: many retired soldiers are pretending to still be soldiers, telling stories about their soldiering days.
“I remember in 1992…”
Yes. You remember when you were a soldier. But you are no longer a soldier. You were meant to remain a soldier.
Your flesh may have to die. Your comfort may have to die. Your pride may have to die. Your reputation may have to die. God may take all kinds of things from you.
If you say, “No, don’t touch it,” don’t tell me you’re under authority. You are not. Your uniform is just a costume. It is not the real deal.
Full communiqué: https://www.youtube.com/live/tWCi18SJxJ4?si=WbV2-z0W2b4K2YO3
[Published On 05/09/2026]
