Spiritual Warefare and The Armor of God: Session 1

"Biblically and practically speaking, we are in a spiritual war. The Christian's spiritual enemy is not in uniform, and he doesn't meet us on an identifiable battlefield. He uses ruthless and unconventional tactics such as deceit, deflection, and disguise." - David Jeremiah, The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book "Be assured, spiritual warfare is a reality in the life of every believer." - David Jeremiah, The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book "The Christian life is often compared in Scripture to a warfare-the struggle of sin against righteousness and of the flesh versus the spirit." - Kenneth Osbeck, Amazing Grace, 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories Just as Satan hates Jesus Christ, he hates the Church, Christ's body. He does all he can to prevent Christian churches and ministries from building God's Kingdom. - Jeff VanVonderen, Discipleship Journal "...spiritual warfare is a fact of life as long as this enemy is still loose on the earth and the final victory of the Kingdom of God is in the future." - Timothy Warner, Discipleship Journal - No Christian is exempt from the attacks of Satan. Our adversary is personal, aggressive, intelligent, cunning, and destructive, and every day Satan must be resisted. - Billy Graham, Wisdom For Each Day The storyline of promise teaches us that we live among spiritual warfare...I don't point out the reality of spiritual warfare to absolve ourselves of blame for sin. No, it's simply that we need to recognize that this world, its powers and its cultures, are not neutral - Michael Lawrence, Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church Be alert to the spiritual warfare around you. It is real and potentially destructive to you and those you care about. - Henry Blackaby, Experiencing God Day By Day Know it or not, like it or not, you and I are in a war! And we need to begin living as if we were in a battle for our lives. Because, in fact, we are. - Stu Weber, Spirit Warriors (quoted in The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book) - SPIRITUAL WARFARE QUOTES