SPIRITUAL WARFARE

From a Christian perspective, spiritual warfare is the cosmic war of good versus evil:

• its battles are fought daily between God and Satan;
• between the Christian Church and the world system ruled by our spiritual enemy;
• within every child of God, between the Holy Spirit and the lusts of the carnal flesh.

The clear meanings of good and evil, as defined by God rather than man, are revealed within the verses of the Holy Bible and the life of Jesus Christ.

Spiritual, is dealing with three key things the enemy sends at us: temptations, deception and accusations.

Accusations:
*The devil is known as the accuser of the brethren (Rev 12:10).
He is known to take a believer who has done an embarrassing or gross sin in their past, and continue to rub it in their faces and beat them down with guilt and condemnation over their past.

The fiery darts of the enemy in Ephesians 6:16 are accusations sent our way.

For example, when the devil tries to accuse us of our past sins, we are to have faith in the work of the cross and know that they are forgiven and not to look back. Faith is what we use to put out the fiery darts of the enemy (Ephesians 6:16).

Therefore when the enemy tries to remind you of your past, tell him it’s been washed away (2 Corinthians 5:17), your sins have been forgotten (Hebrews 10:17) and you have the righteousness of God (Romans 3:22)!

The tearing down of strongholds:
♦   A stronghold is deception that’s taken hold in a person’s mind.
♦   It’s an incorrect thinking pattern based on a believed lie.
*People can get incorrect perceptions of God by listening to Satan as he tells them how God doesn’t love them, etc.
*People can feel like dirty old sinners when they believe Satan’s accusations as he continually reminds them of their past (which has been washed away!).

*Strongholds are based on lies from the devil.
*They can come in the form of deception or accusations.
*Accusations always lead to guilt and the feeling of unworthiness, which weighs you down and tears you apart spiritually.

 

Since strongholds are built upon lies that we have been fed, the way we tear down strongholds is by feeding on the TRUTH (in God’s Word), which is the opposite of what the enemy has been feeding us.

If the enemy has been feeding us a lie, we need to stop eating the lie and start feeding ourselves the truth.

The weapon we use to tear down strongholds is found in Ephesians 6:17, “…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
A sword is an offensive weapon and is meant to tear down and kill the enemy’s troops.
*Strongholds are the devil’s assets in war, and he uses them against us.
*Take up the sword of the Spirit (God’s Word) today, and start slaughtering the enemy’s assets that he’s been using against you!

 

Thank You Jesus for the Cross: saving a sinner like me.   Thank You for the Armor (Ephesians 6)to protect me here on Earth.   Amen