The Spiritual war
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The Spiritual War
The Spiritual War
Why are there so may troubles and problems in life? Because w are in a spiritual war between the forces of God and Satan, good angels and evil angels, Christians and unbelievers, right and wrong.
It lasts from Satan’s rebellion in heaven until the end of the millennium when Satan is thrown into the lake of fire. We are fighting for the souls of men. We are in this war whether we like it or not. If we ignore our warfare responsibilities, we put more work on those on God’s side and we help Satan advance his cause.
9 verses that teach about spiritual warfare
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
It started when Lucifer said i will be like the most high Isaiah 14:14, 12-17
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
He did this to convince other angels to follow him saying his ways are better than God’s ways
1/3 of the angels followed him
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
the biggest question you will answer in life is....who do I follow?
logically we should follow the one who created us, cares for us, and loves us
9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways of the Lord are right, And the just shall walk in them: But the transgressors shall fall therein.
Satans strategy is to deceive
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Take captive
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
than steal, kill, and destroy
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
the war is a war on ideas and a conflict of of God’s true ideas, and Satan’s false ideas
if we lose the war of ideas, it becomes a military war where we lose our freedom, peace, and prosperity
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Satan attacks religion, education, politics, science, media, and philosophy
the battle requires training, courage, determination, teamwork, allies, strong friendships, planning ahead and multiplication strategies
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
it involves learning and teaching God’s truth and identifying and rebuking errors
1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
it involves watching, enduring conflict, and doing the work of an evangelist
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.