9th Aug, 2025 Regional Meeting Message
“If you do what is appropriate, you’ll be accepted, …… But if you don’t do what is appropriate, sin is crouching near your doorway, turning toward you. However, you must take dominion over it.”
Genesis 4:7
The Army of Jesus conducts Troop Churches in houses, shops, hotels, tree shades, parks and places wherever people meet. It does not have a separate place or building for gathering. This is the model Jesus Christ showed in Bible. He never demanded people to come to a particular place to hear his preaching. He went to the places where people gathered.
. Synagogues (e.g., Luke 4:16-30)
2. Mountains (e.g., Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7) – Lonely place where many people can be comfortably seated
3. By the sea (e.g., Sermon on the Plain, Luke 6:17-49)
4. On a boat (e.g., Luke 5:1-3)
5. In homes (e.g., Matthew 9:10-13, Mark 2:15-17)
6. In marketplaces and public areas (e.g., Matthew 11:1-6)
7. The temple courtyard (John 8:20, Matthew 21:23)
8. The courtyard of the Gentiles (John 10:23)
9. Marketplace (Matthew 11:1-6, Luke 7:18-23)
10. Public areas (Mark 3:7-12, Luke 6:17-19)
11. The city gates (Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10)
12. The Temple Mount (Matthew 21:23, Mark 11:27)
These public settings often drew large crowds for Jesus and sparked conversations, debates, and sometimes controversy.
After the Church got established on the Pentecostal day, the Apostles and believers had no separate place to gather and worship the Lord. They gathered in the houses. Miracles happened in the streets, in the house gatherings. Even though Jerusalem temple was there, Apostles did not go there to worship the Lord.
Why Troop Church in houses?
“………But if you don’t do what is appropriate, sin is crouching near your doorway, turning toward you. However, you must take dominion over it.”
Genesis 4:7
After the first sin of Adam and Eve, they were driven away from their home, the garden of Eden. Sin had dominion over them. But since the Lord created Adam in His image, he was given authority over everything including sin.
The above verse teach us that even though when Adam and Eve lost everything they did not lose their authority
“ to take dominion over sin”.
God said to Adam that “Sin will be crouching near his doorway. But It has no authority to enter into his house unless he permits. Only if Adam gives permission it can enter into his house. But it will be turning toward him. Any single loophole can provide an entry – Just like a living creature waiting for an opportunity to attack you when you are absent minded or not alert.
In short you have to drive this “creature” (sin) from your door away. Because of the fall in Eden, sin got authority over every human being, to come upto your doorway and wait there. It cannot enter inside unless you permit because you are the Master of the house.
If the situation is such with every man and every house, is there a solution to drive this creature (Sin) away from your doorpost? Yes. Yes Troop Church. Troop Churches are to be conducted in every house.
That is obedience to the commandment of Jesus Christ.
“ Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20
“What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered in your ear you must shout from the housetops.
Matthew 10:27
This is a commandment like the 10 commandments, in fact, more important than the 10 commandments.
Troop Church is the method the Lord has given us to fulfil this commandment. Through Troop Church ordinary people come to believe in Jesus Christ. In a short time they are transformed into disciples. They learn:
- To open their mouths in prayer,
- To worship the Lord,
- To share the Word of God,
- To receive visions and revelations from the Lord,
- To activate the gift of healing, deliverance, hospitality, administration, prophecy etc.
After that they are guided towards the gift schools where they learn about their Spiritual Gifts and their activation.
Only by obeying the commandment of Mat 28:18-20, one can drive away the “sin” which is crouching near the door step turning toward you.
When you obey this commandment you are given authority to “take dominion over sin”.
Troop Churches will arrest the following sins from entering your door. The worship and Word of God which is proclaimed inside the house will drive away all these evil spirits which crouch at your door to a very distant place. Continuous Troop Churches and family prayer conducted inside a house will shut and seal the door of your house for the enemy . Troop Church serves as an eviction notice to the enemy “sin” which is crouching at your door.
They take numerous forms like envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, viciousness, gossips, slander, God-hating, haughtiness, arrogance, boastfulness, inventing evil, disobedience to parents, foolishness, faithlessness, heartlessness, and ruthlessness. evil thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions, drunkenness & wild partying etc..
POWER
While authority comes from the Word of God, “Take dominion over sin”, one need power also to accomplish this. That is why Jesus came to this world. Power comes from the Holy Spirit whom we receive through salvation.
Romans 6:14: “For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.”
2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
Galatians 5:16-17: “So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.”
Romans 8:13: “For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.”
1 John 4:4: “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
Philippians 4:13: “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
Many Christians, even believers live without this power because they failed to obey the commandment of proclaiming Gospel.
Let us thank God dear soldiers, for revealing this simple method of proclaiming Gospel and making disciples through Troop Churches to us. Let’s be faithful in practising it and bringing new souls to the Kingdom of God. Let every house run a Troop Church! Let us make our house a Church!
Sr. Angelica