THE WAR IS ON: Are You Armed & Ready?
Ephesians 6:10-16
as preached by Minister Joyce R. Scott
@ New Life Church, Franklin, Virginia
3/23/2003
THERE’S TALK ON THE STREETS. TALKS OF WAR. TALKS OF PEACE. TALKS OF PROTESTS. TALKS OF SUPPORT.. PEOPLE ARE GATHERING AND EVERYWHERE THEY GATHER THEY ARE TALKING…. TALKING ABOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN. TALKING ABOUT GEORGE BUSH. TALKING ABOUT BOMBS AND BULLETS, OIL AND GENOCIDE, TERRORISM AND TRUTH. IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE TALKING THEN YOU CAN END UP REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT WHO AND WHAT IS RIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS IN THIRTY-EIGHT COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE CRYING OUT, “SMART BOMBS, DUMB MOVE!” “BOMB TEXAS THEY HAVE OIL,” AND “GRANNIES FOR PEACE.”THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,…..THERE IS A WAR GOING ON……..AND I CAME TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING, THAT IT DID NOT START IN IRAQ, OR THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE ALREADY IN A WAR! ITS DAILY SPIRITUAL WARFARE! BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE YOU’VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS CONFRONTATIONAL DILEMMA OF WARFARE. WE NEED TO BE READY TO WITH THE 3 P’S: . POWER UP PUT OUR ARMOR ON AND PRAY IT THRU
WHENEVER WE APPROACH THE BATTLEFIELD WE MUST KNOW THAT WAR IS AN IMMINENT POSSIBILITY. WE’VE GOT TO KNOW WHO AND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING. FOR WE ARE COMING AGAINST THE ADVERSARY HIMSELF!
IN EPEHESIANS 6, THE SCRIPTURE STATES. “FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS , AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES FORCS OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALM. THERE IS STILL WARRING IN THE HEAVENLIES TODAY! WE’RE ARE IN A WAR! WAR MEANS THAT THERE IS A STATE OF OPEN AND DECLARED ARMED HOSTILITY, OR CONFLICT. THERE IS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES FOR A PARTICULAR END.
A. THE VERY FIRST WAR WAS STARTED IN HEAVEN. BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN.
B. THE SECOND WAR WAS WAGED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. REMEMBER SATAN NEVER GIVES US TIME TO PREPARE EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING OF CREATION:
“REMEMBER IN THE GARDEN (GENESIS 3:1-5) WHEN THE SERPENT (ALIAS SATAN) TOLD EVE TO EAT OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT” WHICH GOD HAD INSTRUCTED AGAINST? THE SERPENT SAID TO EVE. “YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE, FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL. THE BATTLEFIELD EXPERIENCE FOR EVE HAD ALREADY BEGUN, BECAUSE SATAN HAD ATTACKED HER MIND SET. MAN HAS BEEN AT WAR WITH GOD AND ONE ANOTHER EVER SINCE CREATION (IN THE GARDEN).
SATAN IS GOD’S ENEMY, SO IF WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN, HE IS OUR ENEMY TOO! IN EPHESIANS 6, THE APOSTLE PAUL WARNS US ABOUT THE ENEMY. THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONIC FORCES WHO DEVISED PLANS OR SCHEMES TO USE AGAINST US- PARTICULARLY IF WE SEEM TO BE A THREAT TO HIS KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. THE ADVERSARY’S CENTRAL PURPOSE IS TO DETHRONE GOD AND TO TAKE THAT THRONE HIMSELF. BUT,……GLORY BE TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE. SATAN IS A STRATEGIC PLANNER. HE ALWAYS HAS A STRATEGY. HE ISN’T SITTING AROUND HELL THROWING DARTS AT A DARTBOARD TO DETERMINE HIS NEXT MOVE. HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND WHOM HE WANTS TO DO IT TO. SATAN HAS 3 STRATEGIC TACTICS:
1. THE FIRST TACTIC IS INTIMIDATION
A. HIS CHIEF OBJECTIVE IS TO PUT FEAR OR TERROR INTO US. LOOK AT TODAY;..THE TERRORIST BELIEVES THAT HE CAN SCARE US, AND HE CAN DEFEAT US, DISTRACT US AND DENY US.
B. TERROR AND FEAR ARE RIDING BUDDIES, AND THEY ARE AMONGST THE STRONGEST WEAPONS THAT ANY OPPOSING FORCE CAN EMPLOY BECAUSE THEY CAN DEFEAT US BEFORE WE FIRE A SHOT.
C. TERROR AND FEAR ARE WEAPONS OF INTIMIDATION
2. THE 2ND TACTIC IS: MANIPULATION
A. TO MANIPULATE MEANS TO MANAGE PEOPLE OR THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES
B. TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE OF WHAT IS BEING MANIPULATED IN THE MIND THROUGH THE OFFERING OF LIES AND HALF TRUTHS.
C. ONE OF THE GREAT BATTLEFIELDS IS THE MIND! THERE IS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MANAGE WHAT PEOPLE THINK! THIS IS CALLED PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE!
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, THE STRONGHOLDS ARE IN THE MIND OF THE BELIEVER, NOT IN THE SPIRIT. STRONGHOLDS ARE WARRING AGAINST ACTION, ARGUMENTS AND ATTITUDES.
3. THIRD TACTIC: IS DOMINATION-
A. WHEN SATAN SCARES US BY TERROR, OR WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE, HE TRIES TO CRUSH US THROUGH AN OVERWHELMING FEAR ,OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SEEK TO DOMINATE US. WHENEVER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES SEEM GREATER THAN GOD’S GRACE, WE ARE OPERATING IN THE FLESH ..BECAUSE THE FLESH ATTEMPTS TO IGNORE THE SPIRIT!
AS SPIRITUAL WARRIORS YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE ENEMY’S TACTICS AND METHODS AND TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST HIM.
IN THE 4TH CHAPTER OF JUDGES VERSES 6-7, LETS LOOK AT DEBORAH: A FEMALE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR. DEBORAH CHALLENGES US TO DEAL WITH THE SPIRITUAL BATTLES AT HAND. SHE WAS A PROPHETESS, AND JUDGE AT A TIME WHEN ISRAEL WAS SUFFERING OPPRESSION FROM JABIN, THE KING, WHO HAD DEFEATED AND OCCUPIED ISRAEL.
SHE MUST HAVE HEARD DAILY REPORTS OF JABIN’S CRUEL TREATMENT AND BECAME INCREASINGLY INCENSED OVER THE SITUATION, AS THE PEOPLE WERE CRYING OUT TO THE LORD, LIKE SO MANY OF US TODAY WHEN CONFRONTED WITH DISRUPTIVE CIRCUMSTANCES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE BECOME INCENSED!. GOD RESPONDED BY TELLING DEBORAH TO INSTRUCT BARACH? GENERAL OF ISRAEL’S ARMY TO GATHER TROOPS AND GO TO MOUNT TABOR. HE PROMISED TO draw the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and deliver him into ISRAEL’S hand. IF ISRAEL WOULD OBEY HIM. DEBORAH STAKED THE NATION’S FUTURE ON GOD’S PROMISES AND ACCOMPANIED BARACH IN LEADING THE TROOP TO BATTLE. GOD WOULD NOT DO IT FOR THEM WITHOUT THEIR EFFORT, NOR DID HE REVEAL THE ENTIRE STRATEGY IN ADVANCE! THEY HAD TO OBEY GOD WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE REASONS WHY … DOES NOT OWE US A COPY OF THE BATTLE PLAN! BUT HE DOES REQUIRE US TO BE FAITHFUL! THE BIBLE SAYS “THE LORD THREW THE ENEMYH INTO A PANIC, AND NOT ONE MAN WAS LEFT ALIVE. THESE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY IN THE BATTLES THAT WE FACE!~ THE ENEMY’S IRON CHARRIOT COMES IN ALL SIZES. BUT IF WE ARE ARMED AND READY,..PROTECTED AND EQUIPPED, WE CAN BECOME MODERN DAY DEBORAHS AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY’S OPPOSITION. GOD HAS PROVIDED ALL WE NEED TO DEFEAT THE ADVERSARY. BOTH THE ENEMY WITHIN, AND THE ENEMY WITHOUT! (HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH, WILL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY ..PSAlMS 91:1) SO THIS WORD REMINDS OF OUR WARFARE BY SAYING THEREFORE, PUT ON THE COMPLETE ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND IN THE EVIL DAY. AND HAVING FOUGHT TO THE END, TO REMAIN VICTORS ON THE FIELD. THE ARMOR THAT GOD PROVIDES IS FOR OUR DEFNESE AGAINST EVIL POWERS. HE ALSO PROVIDES OFFENSIVE WEAPONS AS WELL. OUR WARFARE WARDROBE IS COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL, BUT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT IT ON AND TO USE IT. OUR SPIRITUAL WARDROBE CONSIST OF SIX DIFFERENT ITEMS OF ARMOR. THERE ARE 3 THINGS WE WEAR AND 3 THINGS WE WAR WITH. BUT FIRST, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTND THAT WE HAVE TO BE IN “CHRIST”…WHICH MEANS THAT WE BELING TO HIM, THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED OURSELVES TO HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR!
THE FIRST 3 ITEMS ARE:
1. THE BELT OF TRUTH…….WE HAVE THE TRUTH OF CHRIST
2. THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS…..WE HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST
3. THE SHOES OF PEACE……WE HAVE THE PEACE OF CHRIST
1ST ITEM: THE BELT OF TRUTH – WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE GIRDED OUR WAISTE WITH TRUTH, WE ARE SIMPLY SAYING THAT IF WE STAND ATAINST THE ENEMY WE MUST PREPARE OURSELVES WITH THE TRUTH.
THAT MEANS BEING FILLED WITH THE WORD! WHEN WE FILL OURSELVES WITH THE WORD, WE ARE ABLE TO DETET THE DECEPTION OF THE ENEMY.
WHEN SATAN TRIES TO INTIMIDATE US WE REMIND HIM OF THE TRUTH THAT ‘GOD IS IN CONTROL” WHEN HE TRIES TO MANIPULATE OUR THOUGHTS, WE TAKE CAPTIVE, TO THE TRUTH OF CHRIST. WHEN HE TRIST TO DOMINATE US OR DOMINATE US THROUGH US?..WE REMIND OURSELVES OF THE TREUTH THAT WE LIVE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST.
REMEMBER WHEN SATAN CONFRONTED JESUS IN THE WILDERNESS, JESUS DEFEATED HIM WITH THE WORD OF JESUS, AND COULD HAVE BOUGHT TWELVE LEGONS OF ANGELS ONTO THE SCENT (MATT 26:53?) THAT SCRIPTUE OF THE WILDERNESS IS IN MATT 4…..WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE RESURRECTION SCENE? BUT HE OVERCAME THE ENEMY WITH THE WORD! EACH TIME HE LIFTED IT UP HE SAID “IT IS WRITTEN” EACH TIME SANTAN HAD MANIPULATED AND MISQUOTED THE WORD OF GOD. (SATAN CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE TOO! JESUS SPOKE THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD, AND REMOVED THE GROUND UPON WHICH HE TRIED TO STAND. SATAN HAD TO LEAVE HIM ALONE! JESUS GAVE US A PATTERN TO FOLLOW! DON’T FIGHT HAND TO HAND WITH THE DEVIL! INSTEAD…..SUBMIT TO GOD……FOR JAMES 4:7 SAYS “RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU”.
2. THE SECOND ITEM WE PUT ON IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD…THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS! WE CANNOT EARN RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE RIGHTEOUS IS TO BE UPRIGHT, CONFORMED TO GOD’S WILL, TO HAVE A RIGHT STANDING BEFORE GOD) GOD GIVES US HIS OWN RIGHEOUSNESS, BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. GOD HAS FREELY GIVEN US HIS RIGHEOUSNESS, SO WE ARE ABLE TO STAND AND PURSUE HIS PURPOSES. WHEN WE HAVE OUR BREASTPLATE IN PLACE, WE HAVE CONFDENE IN WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAD DONE FOR US. WE NEED THE BREASTPLATE……BECAUSE IN WARFARE, THE BREASTPLATE COVERS YOUR HEART….THE SEAT OF OUR EMOTIONS. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS ARE GOD’S PROTECTION TO DEFEND THE BELIEVER. CONSCIENCE FROM ALL WOUNDS INFLICTED BY SIN. YOUR HOLINSESS IS WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS TO STEAL FROM YOU……BECAUSE IF HE TAKES YOUR HOLIINESS……YOUR ANOINTING WON’T WORK!
3RD…….THE GOSPEL OF PEACE……THE SHOES OF PEACE. WE PUT ON THE PEACE OF CHRIST HAVING OUR FEET SHOD WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE IN CHRIST. The Gospel is so called, because it makes men to be of peaceable tempers and behaviour, and gives peace to distressed minds: THAT’S WHY THE SHOES OF PEACE SYMBOLIZE READINESS…THAT WE ARE SURE FOOTED AND READY FOR BATTLE. THAT’S WHY THE WORD “SHOD” IS USED. What does "shod" mean?
1) to underbind
2) to bind under one’s self, bind on
"To bind underneath," is used of binding of sandals. Did you notice that this is a verb or an action word? It means to do something. This part of the armor, is for the feet, is needful, considering what a journey we have to go; what a race to run. Our feet must be so shod, that our footsteps slip not. So shod means to put on or lace up your sandals or shoes. So what is this "gospel of peace"? WE HAVE PEACE IN CHRIST! A PEACE THAT COMES FROM THE INDWELLING PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND ALLOWS US TO LIVE EFFECTIVELY IN THE MIDST OF OUR WARFARE! THE WORD "GOSPEL" MEANS; GOOD NEWS AND JESUS IS OUR PEACE. SO TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER, IT WOULD BE TO WALK WITH THE PEACE THAT IS IN JESUS CHRIST
JOHN 14:27 SAYS…..PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU..MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU…NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES, DO I GIVE TO YOYU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEIGHER LET IT BE AFRAID.
THE 3 ITEMS WE WAR WITH: ARE
1. THE SHIELD OF FAITH…WE STAND BEHIND THE SHIELD TO PROTECT US FROM THE ENEMY’S ATTACK. THE SHIELD MUST BE TAKING IN OUR HANDS. WE USE IT TO EXTINGUIST THE FIERY DARTS THAT THE ENEMYTHROWS AT US. • TO USE THE SHIELD OF FAITH YOU MUST TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE PHYSICAL THINGS OF THIS WORLD AND TRUST IN THE SPIRITUAL THINGS. I WOULD REMIND YOU OF GOD’S WORD IN ROMANS.• Romans 8: 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
ACCORDING TO GOD’S STANDARDS IT SHOULD BE THE WAY OF LIFE FOR BELIEVERS. SO YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES AS YOU GO INTO WARFARE, . YOU CAN BELIEVE THE LIES THAT SATAN TELLS YOU AND CONTINUE FEELING THE PAIN OF THOSE FIERY DARTS OF DOUBT, OR BELIEVE GOD AND HIS WORD AND FEEL THE COMFORT OF HIS LOVE.
2. THE HELMET OF SALVATION… So what is this helmet and why do we have to put it on? Notice that it says to take the helmet of salvation. The original meaning is more then just taking. It means to "receive" or "accept" Salvation is not something we just take, it first has to be given to or offered to us.THE HELMET PROTECTS OUR MINDS..WHEN WE TAKE IT UP WE ARE FILLING OUR SPIRIT AND MINDS WITH HOPE. THE HELMET ALSO HELPS US DISTNIGUISH THE VOICE OF OUR ENEMY FROM THE VOICE OF GOD! FOR GOD WILL SPEAK WORDS OF LOVE, COOMFORT, CONVICTION AND GUIDANCE. THE ENEMY SPEAKS WORDS OF FEAR, ACCUSATION AND CONDEMNATION. THIS HELMET IS NOT A PHYSICAL ONE, BUT A SPIRITUAL ONE SECURING US SPIRITUALLY TO SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS! YOU SEE, WHEN WE HAVE THE HELMET OF SALVATION ON AND YOU ARE ATTACKED MENTALLY WITH THOUGHTS OF "YOU’RE NOT SAVED" OR "GOD WON’T FORGIVE YOU" WITH THE HELMET OF SALVATION YOU ARE SECURE IN KNOWING THAT JESUS’ DEATH ON THE CROSS WAS SUFFICIENT TO PAY FOR ALL YOU SINS AND YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE LIES THAT ARE IN YOUR HEAD.
SO HOW DO YOU PUT ON THIS HELMET OF SALVATION. ACTUALLY IT’S EASY. THE HARD WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY JESUS ON CALVARY’S CROSS. BUT IN ORDER TO PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION, YOU MUST FIRST ACCEPT IT. THE HELMET OF SALVATION IS PART OF OUR ARMOR, IT IS OFFERED TO US AND IT’S UP TO US TO ACCEPT IT.
3...THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
As we have looked at the armor we noticed something the same about the pieces, and that is that each piece of armor is worn and with it in place protects you.
EVEN THE SHIELD OF FAITH WITH THE ABILITY TO MOVE IT ABOUT ONLY PROTECTS YOU, BUT NO FIGHTING BACK IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THESE PIECES OF ARMOR. THIS IS NOT SO WITH THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT. THIS PIECE OF ARMOR IS NOT INTENDED TO JUST SIT THERE IN YOUR HAND WITH THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE IT BEING YOUR PROTECTION. WELL THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT; MUST BE USED JUST AS THE WARRIOR WOULD USE HIS OR HER SWORD IN BATTLE. SO WHAT IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT IT’S VERY CLEAR AT THE END OF VERSE 17 THAT THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT IS THE WORD OF GOD. THIS IS THE LAST ARTICLE WITH WHICH WE MAKE WAR. THE WORD OF GOD….THE RHEMA THAT DETROYS THOSE PRIDEFUL THINGS LISTED UP AGAINST GOD. HOW DO WE HANDLE THE SWORD? THROUGH OUR WALK AND OUR TALK….
ISAIAH 49:2 SAYS…”AND HE HAS MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A TWO EDGED SWORD”.
HEBREWS 4:12 SAYS “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWHO EDGED SWORD, PEERCING EVER TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT AND OF JOINTS AND MAROW AND ISA DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS OF THE HEART.
THE FINAL PIECE OF ARMOR IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.
WE LEARNED THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE THIS WEAPON, BUT IN ORDER TO USE IT, YOU MUST LIVE IT AND BELIEVE IT. NO MATTER HOW BIG AND SHINY THE SWORD IS, UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT, IT’S OF NO USE. IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A MASTER SWORDSMAN, YOU NEED TO BE IN GOD’S WORD EVERYDAY, NOT JUST READING IT, BUT HEEDING IT, NOT JUST STUDYING IT BUT MEDITATING ON IT UNTIL YOU CAN CRY OUT LIKE THE PSALMIST,..THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART, THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST GOD.
So just remember as you continue on with your walk with the Lord, you will have many battles, but you also have God’s armor to protect you. But the only way to win the battle is not just stand there and take a beating, but fight back with God’s word.
FINALLY, WOMEN OF GOD, ON THE BATTLEFIELD (SPIRITUAL WARRIORS) UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE. GOD BRINGS US THE VICTORY. *OBEY YOUR CAPTAIN….JESUS IS THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SOULS.
*DEVELOP SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT..DISCERN GOD’S VOICE, WHEN YOU WALK IN THE SPIRIT YOU LEARN TO KNOW HIS VOICE WITH DISTINCT PRECISION.
*.LET THE SPIRIT GUIDE YOU!..PSALM 119:125 SAYS…..I AM YOUR SERVANT, GIVE ME DISCERNMENT.
I SAMUEL 3:10…SAYS….THEN SAMUELSAID….SPEAK, FOR YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING.
*LISTEN WHEN GOD SPEAKS…
1. BIND THE VOICE OF THE ENEMY
2. SUBMIT YOUR WILL AND REASONING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
3. TURN OFF YOUR PROBLEM
4. GIVE YOUR UNDIVEDED AATTENTION TO GOD’S WORD
5. ESTABLISH CONTINUED INTIMACY WITH HIM TO PRAYER
6. WAIT FOR HIM TO GIVE YOU DIRECTION AND INTERPRETATION
7. DON’T BE AFRAID OF SILENCE! DON’T BE UPSET WHENYOUDON’TGET AN ANSWER OR HEAR FROM GOD. THE HOLY SPIRIT MAY JUST WANT YOU TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
8. ALWAYS STAND IN THE GAP……THROUGH TH EPOWER OF PRAYER.
THIS IS WAR! WE ARE IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE, BUT REMEMBER GOD BRINGS THE VICTORY. FOR THE BATTLE IS HOT YOURS, BUT IT’S THE LORD’
HE ONLY USES US AS HIS GUIDED INSTRUMENTS. CONTINUE TO STAND IN HIS ANOINTING AND POWER. BECAUSE IF YOU FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT……GOD WILL TAKE YOU TO NEW LEVELS OF INTIMACY AND BLESSING.
I REMEMER THE GREATEST BATTLE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE EVER TOLD…..
WHEN THE DEVIL THOUGHT HE HAD JESUS ON THE CROSS AND CRUCIFIED.
BUT JESUS WAS ARMED AND DANGEROUS……HE IS OUR BATTLE AX, IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE!
HE IS……….THE ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS
HE IS……….THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
HE IS…….…THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
HE IS………OUR PEACE
HE IS………THE OBJECT OF OUR FAITH
HE IS………OUR SALVATION
HE IS……....OUR SWORD………THE WORD BECAME FLESH……
HE IS………OUR ALPHA AND OMEGA…
