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“THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES”
Introduction:
ILL: During the War Between the States a Union soldier from Ohio was shot in the arm during the battle of Shiloh.
His captain saw he was wounded and barked an order, “Gimme your gun, private, and get to the rear!”
The private handed over the rifle and ran toward the north, seeking safety.
But after covering two or three hundred yards, he came upon another skirmish.
Then he ran to the east and into another part of the battle.
Then he ran west but encountered more fighting there.
Finally, he ran back to the front lines, shouting, “Gimme back my gun, cap’n.
There ain’t no rear to this battle!”
A. Many folks would like to escape from their spiritual battles
with temptation and testing.
B. But there ain’t no rear to this battle, so you better learn to fight!
C. The Christian life is not a playground, but a battleground.
The Christian life is not a field of flowers, but a field of war.
The Christian life is not the absence of problems,
but the presence of God.
D. Christians need to acknowledge there is a spiritual war going
on, and there ain’t no rear to this battle!
“Fight the good fight of faith” ()
“Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.” ()
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour; Whom resist stedfast in the faith…” (,)
E. Christians need to quit running from the warfare, because
there ain’t no place to run.
We need to start learning how
to fight!
F. There are five things you need to know to win this war:
I. Our Stand is Against All Evil.
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No flesh & blood, politicians, liberal media, homosexuals, gambling industry, pornography industry, atheists.
This is mainly a Spiritual Warfare.
A. We must stand against a Warring Enemy.
· Satan is not a man in a little red suit, the boogie man, or a figment of our imagination.
· Satan is a warrior and he is on the warpath.
· He gives no mercy and takes no prisoners.
· He is pictured as a roaring lion on the prowl, a serpent in the Garden, a wolf amidst the flock, and a great red dragon deceiving the nations.
· He is our adversary, our antagonist, our accuser, and our enemy.
· He longs for our death and destruction, not our life and our liberty.
· If he can’t indwell you, he will try to influence you.
· Satan is fighting with you to try to take away your good name, your testimony, your joy, your blessing, and your relationship with God.
B. We must stand against a Wicked Enemy.
Satan doesn’t follow any rules, he doesn’t fight fair.
· Satan may transform himself into an angel of light, but he is really a demon of darkness.
· He tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.
· He took Job’s health, wealth, family & friends, and urged him to curse God and die.
· He entered Judas and caused him to betray Jesus.
· He did tempt Christ in the wilderness and he will tempt you.
· Satan does not look after your best interests; he looks after his own interests.
· He won’t make you a champ; he will make you a chump.
· He will use you, abuse you, then lose you.
· Satan is a liar, not a lover; a hinderer, not a helper.
C. We must stand against a Wiley Enemy.
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“Wiles” means “cunning, crafty arts, stratagems”
· With his bag of tricks he makes the bad seem good, and the wrong seem right.
· He twists our thinking, muddles our minds, plays on our emotions, and enflames our passions.
· He puts out snares, mines, and traps, all designed to trap and destroy mankind.
D. We must stand against a Well-Organized Enemy.
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· He has an army with ranks.
· He has an army with rulers.
· He has an army with reconnasance.
o He knows your weak points.
o He knows your weak days.
How do we stand against such an Enemy?
II.
Our Strength is from the Almighty.
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Our strength for the battle is not in ourselves, but in the Lord.
“Some trust in chariots, some in horses; but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”
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“…greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
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“If God be for us who can be against us?” ()
“…whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world.”
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“…we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.”
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“thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(II Cor.15:57)
“…thanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ.”
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Satan may be mighty, but God is Almighty.
Satan may be powerful, but God is All Powerful.
Satan may be ominous, but God is Omnipotent.
As long as we are in the hands of God, we won’t be in the grasp of Satan.
(ILL: Shammah, ,)
III.
Our Spiritual Armor Protects from All Harm.
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A. Note the Great Attacks of Satan.
1. Deceit.
EX: Eve.
2. Desire.
EX: Achan.
3. Delay.
EX: King Agrippa.
4. Destruction.
EX: Job, Peter
5. Despair.
EX: Thomas
B. But Note the Great Armor of God.
1.
The belt of truth delivers us from deceit.
2. The breastplate of righteousness protects us from
ungodly desires and temptations.
3. The sandals of preparation keeps us from delay &
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