22LLS2- How to take Authority with your Spiritual Weapons

Big Idea:

Short Term Challenge / Call to Action:

Pray over Word

I thank you, Father, that your word has the power to change my life. I'm a hearer of the word and a doer of the word and I'll never be the same after today. In Jesus name Amen.

SERIES SETUP (2min)

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to help us understand our authority.

moses wrote to a people who had been in slavery

Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness...

Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule...

Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

God created us to rule over the environment we live in.

a&e turned rule over to satan.

Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

Jesus left deity in heaven

Adam had given away his authority

jesus earned it back

trained apoltes to use authority

died and rose - offering authority to us.

PROBLEM

we have been taught .life sucks and then you die

but....

2 cor 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

we can’t see ourselves as sinners overcoming sin

see yourself a new creation

We are in a war over our Authority

Satan is angry that you have the authority he used to have.

Eph 6:10-18

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood...

Not you husband, etc

Eph 6:10-18

but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

5 times Ephesians uses “heavenly realms”

what happens in the unseen is as important as the seen.

Eph 6:10-18

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

Eph 6:10-18

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

Eph 6:10-18

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

pirate movies - fire darts

satan battles from a distance

Eph 6:10-18

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

must get up close and personal

if you don’t believe in the devil doesn't’ matter

Eph 6:10-18

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

prayer is not just talking with god but also confrontation with the devil.

Eph 6:10-18

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

you are in the fight of your life

devil is real (50% don’t believe

2 Cor 11:14

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

the devil wants to destroy us

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy...

1 Peter 5:8-9

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

1 Peter 5:8-9

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith...

The devil responds to a higher authority.

1 John 4:4

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

you have authority over him

God has given you weapons to exercise your authority

The Name of Jesus

Luke 10:17-19

17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

when god fought the devil it wasn’t like a battle scene it was instant

Luke 10:17-19

19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”

Phil 2:10

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.

The Blood of Jesus

Rev 12:11

They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...

Sin gives enemy power and jesus paid for sins

The Word of God

Luke 4:3-13

Thee devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

Luke 4:3-13

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

Luke 4:3-13

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here.”

satan twists the scripture

we must know our bible

jesus quoted scripture twice. satan still there. jesus doubles down

Luke 4:3-13

For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

sometimes when circumstances aren’t changes. double down on the Word

Word defeats enemy every time.

jesus models for us spiritual warfare.

Luke 4:3-13

When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

devil is always looking for opportunity in your life

Jesus used the Word in His attack

we have to know our bibles. don’t stop reading Word

may have a whole generation that is biblically illiterate.

we need to use the word to battle.

Read the one year bible

lwfc.org/1YearBible

let this build you up

crown him wiht many crowns

open wide your mouth and i will fill it.

3 DAILY ACTIONS

1. Daily submit myself to God

James 4:7

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

3 DAILY ACTIONS

1. Daily submit myself to God

2. Close any open doors

are we responsible for the enemies attacks

2 Cor 2:10-11

Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,

2 Cor 2:10-11

Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

if you don’t forgive it will steal your authority

Eph 4:26-27

In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Confront the enemy