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"Be strong in the Lord ... " (Ephesians 6:10).
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might” (Ephesians 6:10).
As we consider the war which is going on in our lives – between God and Satan, we will see that this is the greatest war of all.
The cruellest war ever fought by men is child’s play compared with this spiritual war, in which we battle against Satan, the enemy of our souls.
To win a battle – even one as bloody as the two World Wars of the twentieth century, and lose the war against Satan is to be defeated.
What about our world today?
Are we a winning the battle, and losing the war?
We dare not take pride in the fact that we have known more peace than in the years of the two World Wars.
God is asking us, “Are you winning the real war, the most important war, the war against Satan?”
We need not lose the war.
We can be “more than conquerors through Him who loved us” – our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:37).
Is this what you want?
– “More than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
What is the first step towards being “more than conquerors”?
What is the first thing we must do?
What is the first thing God is saying to us? – “Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.”
This is the first thing that we must hear – The Lord is strong, and we are strong in Him.
Look at what the Scriptures say to us about the strength which we have in the Lord.
(1) “Be strong and very courageous” (Joshua 1:7).
What does this mean?
Read the rest of the verse – “being careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you.”
Those who are strong are those who are obedient to God’s Word.
This is not the way in which our society speaks about “the strong.”
The strong are the successful – those who get on in the world by trampling on the opposition.
Success according to the world’s standards is very different from the “good success” which God promises to those who are obedient to Him.
There are many whom the world calls successful – but God says, “You have failed.
You have not learned what life is all about.”
In the world’s eyes, success has nothing to do with God, and a great to do with getting on in the world, no matter what it costs in terms of who you hurt and what harm you do to yourself.
According to God’s Word, “good success” is bound up with obedience to God.
We are to live according to God’s Word: ”Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go” (Joshua 1:7).
Do you want to have good success” in the one war that matters more than any other – the war against Satan?
“Be strong and very courageous.”
“Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”
(2) “The people who know their God shall stand firm and take action” (Daniel 11:32).
Knowing God is more than head-knowledge.
We are to stand firm in our commitment to Christ.
We are to take action as we live out our commitment to Christ.
To know God involves much more than believing with our minds.
Our hearts and lives are to be given to Him.
Satan is happy to have us believing with our minds, so long as our hearts and lives remain untouched.
How are we to “stand firm and take action”?
We must “be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”
When Satan comes to attack us, we must face him in the strength of the Lord.
Satan will come to us and say, “It’s okay.
You can be a half-hearted Christian.”
In the strength of the Lord, we must say to Satan, “No.
I will be a whole-hearted Christian, totally committed to Christ.”
We must resist Satan in the strength of the Lord.
We must say to Satan, “No.
I will live for Christ.
I will live in obedience to Christ.”
In the strength of the Lord, we must let Satan know that we want to have nothing to do with him.
What does it mean to live in the strength of the Lord?
Before we ask this question, we must ask another question: What is the strength of the Lord?
In Scripture, God is called “the strength of Israel” (1 Samuel 15:29).
He is the strength of His people.
He’s not only the strength of Old Testament Israel.
He’s the strength of His people of all nations and every generation.
He is our strength.
The Psalmist praises God: “Blessed be the Lord my strength” (Psalm 144:1).
He is our strength.
By ourselves, we are weak.
In Christ, we are strong.
The Lord is strong and mighty.
He is the Almighty God.
Do not think small thoughts about God.
He is the Almighty God.
Do not think small thoughts about yourself.
The power of Almighty God has been given to you.
The power, which brought the people of Israel out of their bondage in Egypt, the power which raised Jesus from the dead – This is the power which has been given to you.
Is there any sin more powerful than the power of God?
Is Satan more powerful than Almighty God? No!
When you are overwhelmed by guilt, God says, “I will abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55:7).
When you feel utterly defeated, God says, “Sin shall not have dominion over you” (Romans 6:14).
How are we to know the strength of the Lord?
– “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:31).
We have, in Scripture, one perfect Example of a Man who waited upon the Lord and renewed His strength.
Remember Jesus, when He was tempted in the wilderness.
Remember Jesus, when He was tempted in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Jesus stood upon the Word of God.
Jesus prayed to the Father, “Not My will, but Yours be done.”
Jesus went to the cross in the strength of God.
This strength is made available to us through the death of Jesus, our Saviour.
As you remember the Saviour, who died for you, let Him give you the strength that you need to live for Him.
"Put on the whole armour of God ... " (Ephesians 6:11).
"Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil" (Ephesians 6:11).
In this verse, God tells us two things: (i) what we are to do - "Put on the whole armour of God"; (ii) why we are to do this - "that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
To put on the whole armour of God involves, first of all, a change of heart.
This may be seen when we look at two other passages where Paul says, "Put on."
"Put on the Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 13:14).
"Put on the new man (or new nature)" (Ephesians 4:24).
If you are to put on the whole armour of God, you must, first, put on the Lord Jesus Christ.You must have Jesus Christ, living in you.
If you are to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, you must, first, put on the new man (or new nature).
You must be born again.
You must become a child of God before you can be a soldier of Christ.
To understand the intensity of the conflict between god's people and Satan, the enemy of our souls, we must go back to the beginning of the Bible.
In Genesis 3, Satan is described as the serpent.
He is subtle.
He tricked Adam and eve, and he is out to trick us too.
When Adam and Eve followed Satan rather than God, they were naked (Genesis 3:7).
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