Title: Satan's Schemes/Ephesians 6:12
Content Satan's schemes/Ephesians 6:12
Key Verse: “Our wrestling is not against flesh and blood” (Ephesians 6:12).
Word: Three years ago, there was a major terrorist attack in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. It was an event that shocked the whole world. More than 5,000 people lost their lives in this building alone. This is direct damage. A young man from our church was also in here, but he survived his life.
But the indirect damage is indescribable. The psychological damage to the family was also great. Many Koreans have lost their lives in this area. To make matters worse, the U.S. economy continues to stagnate and the war in Afghanistan and Iraq continues to cause more casualties. Terrorism must be eradicated from this land. The 9/11 terrorist attacks made us aware of how frightening and inhumane terrorism is.
But we have another serious terror that we can't see. The number of people killed in this terrorist attack is tens, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times more than those killed at the World Trade Center. No, they are still dying from terrorism. Such terrorism is so-called ‘spiritual terrorism’. Physical terrorism can only kill the body, but spiritual terrorism is vicious terrorism that kills not only the body but also the soul.
In fact, we must clearly declare the war on this spiritual terror. How many terrors are Satan's forces causing? The Bible says that “a roaring lion prowls around looking for someone to devour.” The Bible portrays Satan's forces as vicious wild animals. Is this all? What about terrorism against our children? All problems of derailed youth are spiritual terrorism. Satan does not stop here. They are committing terrible terrorism that destroys families and even kills children through divorce and conflict. It also divides the church. Furthermore, he reigns in the world and slowly kills people with all the sweet temptations of the world.
It is a terrifying terror that enters into our culture, wraps it in music, film, art, and perpetrates it. It seems to please many people in this world and let them enjoy it to the fullest, but you have to realize that you are slowly killing them.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks are an event that will never be forgotten. But do not forget Satan's spiritual terror. The fact that ‘terror of sin’ is aimed at you in the closest place right now, in the problems we live in, in our lives. The scene of physical terror is being restored, but spiritual terror is eternal death. It is an eternal destruction that cannot be rebuilt.
Prayer: God, grant us a life free from the sins of the world. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Lord's Prayer