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[Announce text]
Please look with me in Scripture at Ephesians 6:10-20.
[Scripture introduction]
Paul wrote this letter while sitting in a Roman jail.
In this passage, Paul tells the church in Ephesus how they should respond to spiritual attack because their faith has made them a target.
If you have been a believer for any amount of time you know how it feels to have an X on your back so this message is for you.
[Re-announce and read text]
Let us read these Mighty words of God in Ephesians 6:10-20.
[Prayer for illumination]
Pray with me as we ask God to guide us in the study of His Word.
[Introduction]
The other day I read an interesting article
from a popular Christian news website that shocked me.
The article described,
what some now call
doom-scrolling and the effect it has on a Christian’s spiritual life.
The definition they gave came straight from Merriam-Webster,
who defined doom-scrolling as,
“the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news,
even though that news is saddening,
disheartening,
or depressing.”
During the height of the pandemic,
our news feeds were exploding,
with attention-grabbing headlines of evil and hatred.
Constant political scandals,
Constant reminders of death,
Constant news of disaster,
and so forth and so forth.
The message is clear.
There are evil forces are at work,
attempting to exhaust you
to the point you feel you can’t stand.
And if we are really being honest,
even though you know half the articles and images you see
are fueled by evil you can’t help but to click and scroll.
But thanks be to God who loves us.
Because...
[Proposition]
In Christ, we can put on the whole armor of God to stand firm, against the constant attack of evil forces.
[Analytical Question]
How should we stand firm against these evil attacks?
[Main point 1].
We should stand firm, in spiritual warfare (6:10-13).
In Ephesians verses 10 -13,
Paul gives two commands,
to be strong in the Lord
and to put on the whole armor of God
because we are in spiritual warfare with the devil.
[Sub point 1] Where do we get our strength during spiritual warfare?
We find it In the Lord (10).
Look at what Paul says in verse 10,
“Finally,
my brethren,
be strong in the Lord
and in the power of His might.”
Paul’s command is to be strong,
to be enabled,
in the Lord
and in the power of His might.
Power in this context carries the sense of a controlling power.
A power that can direct.
A power that can determine.
Essentially, Paul is saying,
to fight in this spiritual war,
brothers and sisters,
you need to be enabled, by the Lord
and enabled,
by the influencing power of His might.
Don’t rely on your own strength.
Ephesians 1:3 says,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places
in Christ,”
A LITTLE boy one day was trying to pick up a rock.
He said "Dad, it's too heavy."
He said, "Son, you can do it."
The boy strained and tried, but he said, "Dad, it's too heavy."
The father insisted, "Son, you can do it."
He tried again.
"Dad, it's too heavy"
He said, "Son, you're not using all your strength."
"Dad, I am.
I am.
It's too heavy."
"Son, you're not using all your strength."
"Dad, why are you continually saying I'm not using all my strength?
It's too heavy."
"I know you're not using all your strength, because you haven't asked me to help yet."
There is more strength available to you than what you have.
Be strong in the strength of His might.
Sooner or later every believer discovers that the Christian life is a battleground, not a playground, and that he faces an enemy who is much stronger than he is—apart from the Lord.
-Wiersbe
[Sub point 2] What must we put on to engage this enemy in spiritual warfare?
The whole armor of God.
Taking a look at verse 11,
we see Paul issuing his second command,
“Put on the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to stand
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