Title: Spiritual Victory
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The text is Ephesians 6:11-20
The Olympics, the world's sports festival, are in full swing in Beijing, China. Some athletes cry because they win a gold medal, they cry because they lose a gold medal and win a silver medal, and the Olympics are a sea of tears. How hard and difficult the preparation period must have been, how much sadness and bitterness must have turned into a sea of tears of joy and sorrow at the sight of 6.5 billion people? There is no easy thing in this world, such as putting snakes in sportswear to increase courage in the training process, recording the sound of booing in preparation for the crowd's booing and pulling the bowstring. Studying well, being good at sports, being successful in business, living a beautiful life, whatever it is, you need to put in your best effort. Even if not all, those who work hard and sweat will see better results than those who don't. This is the way of the world. However, in sports and wars, there are things that you must win even if you lose. It is a victory in spiritual warfare.
to win the war
First, you must have spiritual power. We must be filled with the Holy Spirit through prayer and the Word.
Second, you must be good at identifying peers. If you don't attack your side or discern spies, you will perish. 1 John 4:1 “Do not believe every spirit, but judge whether the spirits are from God” 1 Corinthians 12:10 “Receive the gift of discernment” Why? Because there is a spirit that belongs to God and there is a spirit that belongs to the devil. As spirits belonging to God, there are angels (Hebrews 1:14) and saints who have received the Holy Spirit. The spirits belonging to the devil include unclean spirits (spirits), the spirit of antichrist, the spirit of delusion (1 Tim. 4:1), and the spirits of unbelievers.
Third, we must resist. (James 4:7) The devil works in many ways.
(1) It works even with human thoughts. John 13:2 “The devil had already put in the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Jesus.” Why is this allowed? Because of money. 2 Timothy 6:10 “The love of money is the root of all evil, and those who coveted it have erred from the faith and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.” Seeing that all the plans of his heart are always only evil” If we put our thoughts under the devil's control, we become servants of the devil and, as a result, go to hell. Romans 8:5-6 “Those who follow the flesh set minds on the things of the flesh, and those who follow the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.” have to be in control.
(2) It also works as a science. Learners contribute to mankind. Even people who are not educated are sincere in their own lives. The problem is that bad studies ruin people. That is why the Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 10:3-5, “We walk according to the flesh, but we do not fight according to the flesh. ② to destroy everything that is exalted against the knowledge of God ③ to take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ” The devil works even toward education and tries to ruin the youth. Adolescents are very sensitive and young to be greatly influenced, so education is so important. Getting grace in your teens is more important. Worship and Bible study should be actively promoted in private schools established with the Christian spirit.
(3) It works with the wrong ideology (ideology).
Communism: Those who want to ruin or overthrow the country should be held accountable Christians should be wary of this.
Left: South Korea is a democracy. However, this force insists on socialism and communism.
Movement rights: It is really foolish to have what was needed only under the military regime for over 20 years.
The devil is constantly dragging this country into chaos, destroying economic and social order, seizing power with the communist ideology that “there is no God” and is working powerfully to annihilate Christianity from this land. We Christians need to beware of the wrong idea that we should support them because we are their hometown, seniors and juniors, and friends, and we should think first about the way of the church, the gospel, evangelism, and a great missionary nation.
May Jesus be the center of your life, I pray in the name of the Lord.