Title: Spiritual Warfare
“I came from a man to his father, and a daughter to her mother and daughter-in-law.
To cause discord with his mother-in-law, a man's enemies are the members of his household..."
The scariest of all wars is 'spiritual warfare'.
This war is not a battle of political ideologies, but of the afterlife.
Because it is 'aim for eternal life', it transcends the blood relationship of parents and siblings, and death is immortal.
Therefore, this war is a terrifying war in which human compromise and negotiation are impossible.
The Lord warned us 'two thousand years ago' about this spiritual warfare.
'In the future, brothers, brothers, fathers, children
I will give them up to death, and children will resist their parents and cause them to die...' {Matthew 10:21}
Even now.. In Pakistan and other 'Islamic Muslims' countries,
When a person converts to Christianity or deviates from the traditional religion of the family,
With the acquiescence of the government, they are brutally killing family members in the name of 'honour killings..'
When you receive Jesus in such an extreme, idolatrous home, the Holy Spirit will
By being with that person, the devils gradually reveal their identities, and through their families
It causes a religious conflict with him and attacks the saints, and a full-fledged 'spiritual discord...' begins.
Therefore, today Jesus is saying that you will have strife with your family.
It sounds like a cold story, but the true family of our members is
It's not a physical family. The eternal family of the kingdom of God is the family of faith.
whoever... according to the will of my Father in heaven
Those who do this are my brothers and sisters and mothers.” {12:50}
When we talk about faith, we talk about the devil
There are people who show a severe 'allergic' reaction when talking about it.
Even now in this high-tech age of science,
There are professors at the prestigious {明門} Theological Seminary who still ask if they believe in the existence of ghosts.
Even if the Christian collection is displayed in the library to such an extent that it overshadows the library, even if you have several doctorates
Without a personal encounter with the Lord and a 'spiritual experience', he can only see a shadow of the spirit world.
The devil likes such intelligent people the most.
The reason is that they can freely engage in activities without any spiritual restrictions.
When we give a congratulatory speech, what the devil fears the most is revealing his identity.
To the evil spirits of Gerasa... Jesus, what is your name?
As you said, once their identity is discovered, they lose their power.
As with all crimes, the devil uses his greatest power when he is not revealed.
Therefore, they are trying to disguise their identity and hide it anyway.
In that sense... if you look at them, they deny their existence.
It is true that these intellectual theologians are very helpful in their activities.
Invisible to our eyes, but spiritual warfare is 'real...'.
To know this actual warfare, you must receive the gift of 'distinguishing spirits' and
In order to receive the gift of discernment of spirits, you must long for the Word, read it, and study it deeply.
Because the Word of the Bible is the Holy Spirit, there is nothing that is not revealed before the Word.
"Upholding all things by the word of his power..." {Hebrews 1:3}