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Spiritual Warfare
Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jun 29, 2020 (message contributor)
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1. Spiritual Warfare - The Battle
Contributed on Jun 29, 2020
The Christian life is a battle and the battle is supernatural.
The Christian life is a battle. There are those who will tell you that life will be peaches and roses, if you pray and keep a good attitude that you will have health, wealth, and prosperity. These are liars, they are false prophets. They are mostly “for profit” charlatans. Jesus and throughout ...read more
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2. Every Believer A Soldier
Contributed on Jul 6, 2020
Everyone is in the spiritual conflict whether we like it or not. The question is whether or not we are a good soldier of the Lord. This message was preached the day after the 4th of July
The Christian life is a series of Battles. Here is the shocker, everyone in involved. There are no non-combatants in this spiritual war that is raging around us. Whether you are save, or lost, rich or poor, possess numerous seminary degrees or completely uneducated, everyone, everywhere is ...read more
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3. Christ's Army - The Church
Contributed on Jul 13, 2020
We do not have to fight the spiritual battles of this life alone. Jesus gave us the church and we have one another as the earthly body of Christ and we have Jesus as our head.
This country is in a civil war. It’s not the north and south like the conflict that was fought 160 years ago. This civil war is for the hearts, minds, and for the very soul of America. And it would appear that America is losing its heart, mind, and soul to the dark forces of the world. The ...read more
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4. The Enemy, Part 1: The Devil
Contributed on Aug 3, 2020
The devil is our ever present adversary. He not God's adversary because God is control of all, but the devil is our adversary and we must be on our guard.
We are in a battle. Everyday, every hour, every minute. The nature of our battle is as we had already studied: Ephesians 6:12 (NASB95) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual ...read more
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5. The Enemy Part 2: The Flesh
Contributed on Aug 10, 2020
In the Spiritual battle we fight every day, sometimes the worst enemy we face is ourselves, our sinful nature.
We are in a battle. Every day, every hour, every minute. As we had already studied: Ephesians 6:12 (NASB95) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the ...read more
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6. The Enemy Part 3: The World
Contributed on Aug 17, 2020
This world in which we live, wants to draw us in then destroy our witness, our service to the Lord, our very Christian liives.
Living the Christian life in a world that is opposed to all things Christian is not easy. The morals and the values of a Christian living out their faith will stick out like a sore thumb. We are in a battle. Every day, every hour, every minute. As we had already studied: Ephesians 6:12 For our ...read more
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7. The Enemy Part 4: Death
Contributed on Aug 25, 2020
The final enemy that Christ will do away with is Death.
We live in an evil world. The time is growing closer to the time of the end. We discussed this spiritual battle that we are all in, we touched on the enemies we face: We all do battle with the devil, or Satan. The Bible calls him the accuser. He was the one that introduced sin into the world ...read more
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8. The Armor Of God Part 1 - Truth
Contributed on Sep 8, 2020
We are told to wear the WHOLE armor of god. Not just the piece we like. The first piece of armor is the "Belt of Truth." Note: all scripture is from the NASB95.
This is a command, not a suggestion. It is clear, we are to put on the full armor, not just select pieces of the armor, but the whole armor. This is where Christians get into trouble. We only want to do what is easy and do only what come natural. But the Word of God is clear. We are to put on ...read more
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9. The Armor Of God Part 2 - Righteousness
Contributed on Sep 14, 2020
Are we wearing the breastplate of Righteousness? All Scripture references are from the NASB95.
In this sermon series of Spiritual Warfare, We have looked at varying aspects of this battle we fight every day. Last week we started considering how we fight these battles and we are reviewing the Armor of God. Last week we looked at the belt of truth and this week we will examine the ...read more
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10. The Armor Of God Part 3 - The Gospel Of Peace
Contributed on Sep 28, 2020
Do we have the peace that is obtained only by knowing Jesus? All Scripture references are from the NASB95.
As we have discussed over the past couple of months, life is one big and continual spiritual battle. Often it will manifest itself in physical realm, in terms of violence and persecution and prosecution. But all around us, the culture presses us to bend to the ways of the world rather than to the ...read more
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11. The Armor Of God Part 5: Salvation And The Word Of God
Contributed on Oct 26, 2020
Looking at the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit. All Bible quotes are from the NASB 95 update.
We are all in a spiritual war, every day, every hour, and every minute. We considered the enemies we fight, whether it be the devil, the world, or even ourselves. But the word tells us: Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, ...read more
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12. The Armor Of God Part 6 - Prayer
Contributed on Nov 2, 2020
Prayer is the power behind the armor and enables us to wield the sword. All Bible References are from the NASB.
We have dealing with the spiritual battle we all fight daily. And over the course of the of the past couple of months we have considered the armor of God, the spiritual tools with which we stand against the enemy. Let us review them briefly: Ephesians 6:14–17 Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED ...read more
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13. The Victory
Contributed on Nov 9, 2020
Final message in the sermon series of "Spiritual Warfare." Our faith in Jesus gives us the victory. Our call is clear, we are to overcome the world. All Bible references are from the NASB.
Over the last 4+ months, we have been examining this thing we call spiritual warfare. Whether we realize it or not, our everyday lives in engulfed in spiritual warfare. We have temptations we fight, struggles against evil, culture around us assault our Christian values. We look at this past ...read more