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Choose Your Weapons
Contributed by Izak Shipman on Dec 30, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: A sermon about spiritual weapons for a spiritual victory. Every Christians should know this.
Choose your weapons
II Cor 10:3-5
and later in sermon
Exodus 14:1-14
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Talk to you about tools today.
Realize that these are not weapons althoug some might use them for it.
You will catch what I want to say anyway.
(Use physical tools)
Ø Wrench not fot screws
Ø Screwdriver not for nuts and bolds
Ø Spander not for nails
Ø Knife not for screws
Ø Cake roller – not for nails
5 Interesting points about instruments:
1. Instrument do whatever his maker wants him to do.
John 5:30 Out of myself I can do nothing, as I hear
I judge.. I do not seek my own will but
the will of my Father who sent me,
John 15:5 I am the vine you are the branches he who
abides in me and I in him bears much fruit
2. When used it compliments the abilty of the maker
Fil 4:13 I can do all things through christ who
strengtens me
3. Every instrument has got an purpose
Our pupose is to Praise and worship Him
4. Every Job has got the right instrument for it
Eph 4:11 And he himself gave some to be apostles,
some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastor
and teachers, for the equipping of the saint for
the work of ministry, for the edifying of of the
body of Christ
5. Every tool was made from an mold
Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the
image of God he created them
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( Tri to open plug with hairpin) shock
Dieters electricty – Unseen power diferent tools
Spiritual world need diferent tools
Someone once said ”you don’t bring a knive to a gun fight”.
Acts 19:15 Seven sons of sceva Evil spirit talked
to them. Leaped onto them. They were
naked
II Cor 10:3-5 For the weapons of our warfare is
not carnal
Look at Exodus 14:1-14 how these weapons come against each other
Human weapons are:
1. Philosophies
Verse 3 Faroah’s philospy about them going to desert
2. Reasoning
Vers 5 they reasoned about the people that’s gone
3. Powerplay
Armies came against Israel
Listen!
Bondage leads to slavery which leads to fear
Look at the Godly weapons:
Godly weapons
1. Prayer
Vers 1 Moses in prayer
James 5:16 The effective fervent prayer of a
ridgeous man avails much
2. Word
Vers1 Word came to moses
John 1:1 says that the Word was in the beggining
3. Faith
Vers 8 children of Israel went out with boldness
Eph 2:8 –
Peter on day of pentecost
4. Testimony
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of
the lamb and by the word of their
testimony
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Choose ye today the weapons that you want
Choose you taday who you want to serve, for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
Don’t you get frustrated when you search for a tool, can’t find it?
God calling Adam , Adam Adam where are you?.
Maybe the tools are rusted.
Need oil
Do as the five wise virgins did, collect the oil now.