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LET’S JUMP RIGHT IN:
THE WEAPON OF OUR WARFARE
Q: LAST WEEK WE MENTIONED THREE WEAPONS, AMONG OTHERS, THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE?
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT (WHICH IS) THE WORD OF GOD! ()
PRAYER IN THE SPIRIT! ()
RIGHTEOUSNESS FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT ()
THE USING THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
GOD’S WORD IS POWERFUL TO DESTROY STRONGHOLDS
2 CORINTHIAN 10:3-5 is a great example of how need to use God’s word in spiritual warfare.
Someone read this passage and let us answer the question:
Q: WHAT DOES THIS VERSE IMPLY STRONGHOLD ARE OR COME FROM?
WHAT THREE THINGS CAN YOU PICK OUT?
THE WEAPONS WE HAVE DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS: “We demolish arguments, every lofty opinion, and take captive every thought.”
The enemy sets up strongholds in our minds and lives through arguments, opinions and even evil thoughts.
(Sometimes even deep thoughts we would not tell anyone…)
Q: What are some examples of strongholds that are set up through arguments, opinions and evil thoughts?
Strongholds of justifications
(ill: “I forgive but I’ll never forget it.”
“Everybody looks at porn, it’s not that big of a deal.”
“no one will ever know,” “I can’t do it,” “I’m gonna fail.”)
Often it is a thought, justification that we come back to over and over.
Strongholds of Identity
Strongholds are often also something we believe about ourselves that keeps us from being a confident in WHO God says we are!
Q: What lies have you hear that directly impact what someone believes about themselves?
(In other words a stronghold of self perception.)
“You are not smart enough” “You are unlikable,” “people do not care, neither does God,” “you are a bad person,” “you are a failure,” “you are not a good _______.”
“You are such a
Q: What does God’s word say about these?
Answers for Justifications
Forgiveness: has God saying, “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember there sin no more.”
says, “not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles, who do not know God.”
“No one will know” - God already knows.
“I can’t do it.”
“All things are possible to God.”
Answers for identity
You are loved by GOD, you have done bad things but those are actions not your identity, you do not have the perfect personality but no one does, God cares even when no one else seems too.
You have failed but you are not a failure.
WE NEED TO KNOW GOD’S WORD TO BE ABLE TO US THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT!
God’s word is powerful!
says that
Q: WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS US FROM RESPONDING WITH WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS?
TO USE THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT AND ANSWER WITH WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS.
THE WEAPON IS NOT POWERFUL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE IT OR YOU DO NOT HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND!
Q: WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS US (YOU) FROM KNOWING GOD’S
THE HOLY SPIRIT convicts us with His word and uses it to help us live for Christ but we have to know what it says.
THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE ONE OF THE GREATEST TACTICS OF THE ENEMY IS TO GET US TO IGNORE LEARNING GOD’S WORD.
Busyness: important things that should not come before Christ.
LUKE 10:38-41
luke 10:
We need to believe that if we seek first His kingdom and righteousness all these things will be added.
(ill: Joshua is a great example…what did God tell Him.)
ANXIOUSNESS: tells us that if we do not do all these things and worry about all these things it will not work out.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7
WE ARE TOO OFTEN LIKE MARTHA WHO WAS BUSY WITH IMPORTANT THINGS BUT NEGLECTED THE MOST IMPORTANT THING; SITTING AT THE FEET OF JESUS, DRAWING NEAR TO GOD AND LEARNING.)
In other words it doesn’t matter how powerful the weapons are that God has given us if we do not know how to use the weapon or never access it.
MYTHS ABOUT GOD’S WORD: (1) It is too hard to understand, I just can’t follow it.
Someone told me once.
(2) It is flawed, not translated correctly, out of date.
We have looked at how we are to be wise to Satan’s schemes.
In other words we need to know how he works, what tactics he uses, and specifically how he attacks us.
We also need to be wise ourselves in how we battle.
As we have already said we need to use the weapons God has given us.
WE NEED TO FILTER EVERYTHING WE HEAR, THINK AND FEEL THROUGH THE LENS OF GOD’S WORD.
TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW IT!.
We need to use what God has given us and be strategic as to how we live our lives so that the fight is easier.
ALSO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE THROUGH WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE NOT WHAT WE FEEL, THINK OR SEE IN COMPARISON TO THE WORLD.
ONE OF THE HARDEST TIMES TO OVERCOME A STRONGHOLD IS WHEN WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED ABOUT OURSELVES.
(ill: For example: if we pray “and lead us not (what?)
into temptation” we need to not ourselves knowing walk right into it ourselves.
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THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW GOD TO FORM OUR IDENTITY INSTEAD OF ANY OTHER FACTOR.
WE LIVE OUT OF WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES EVEN IF IT FROM A SOURCE BELOW GOD SUCH AS (OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, OUR PAST, MISTAKES, DESIRES)
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY, “I’M JUST NOT.....
There is a good example that we had recently in our Bible reading plan for this year.
Look at and 15.
As we read and notice what God calls Gideon and the contrast to what Gideon says about himself in .
Q: WHY DOES GOD CALL GIDEON A “MIGHTY WARRIOR” WHEN GIDEON THINKS HE IS THE LEAST LIKELY PERSON TO BE A WARRIOR?
Gideon is responding to God out of his insecurity as we often do.
YOU ARE A SOLDIER
If we know what our weakness is then we need to make sure we cut off
GOD CALLS GIDEON A “MIGHTY WARRIOR.”
GOD IS ADDRESSING GIDEON BY THE NAME AND IDENTITY was giving Him and who He would make Him into.
Think about what God would do through Gideon that would make Him live up to that name rather than the one Gideon had given himself; “the least.”
IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE LIVED OUT OUR “GOD GIVEN IDENTITY” INSTEAD OF WHAT WE, OR OTHERS OR OUR ACTIONS HAVE CONVINCED US WE ARE!
Q: WHO DOES GOD SAY THAT YOU ARE? WHAT IDENTITY HAS HE GIVEN US?
YOU ARE: “Set apart,” () “God’s treasure” (), “God’s handiwork” (), “forgiven,” (), “beloved” (), a “child of God” ).
We are also called soldiers.
SURVIVOR OR SOLDIER?
ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE IN THE Spiritual war we are in.
Are we soldiers or survivors?
We also need to be wise ourselves in how we battle.
As we have already said we need to use the weapons God has given us.
We need to understand we are in a battle but also that we are soldiers not just survivors.
Q:WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO JUST SURVIVE A WAR AND A SOLDIER IN WAR?
The one who is just trying to survive is not so much interested in fighting, instead they will run or do whatever it takes to just to stay alive.
The soldier’s purpose is to fight against the enemy and make a stand to hold the ground that they have fought for.
It is what they are good at and what they do and train for!
There is an important point to make that goes along with believing we are really in a war and it is THAT WE MUST KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE MAKING A STAND!
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Q: WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU know you are supposed to stand again the enemy and temptation but are not sure why?
When you do not know what you are fighting for or who you are as a soldier who is suppose to be fully committed to the enemy you will not have the motivation to overcome or even put up a fight.
YOU ARE THE RESISTANCE
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