Title: Spiritual Warfare / Ephesians 6:10-13
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Spiritual Warfare/Ephesians 6:10-13
“Finally, you will be strengthened in the Lord and by the power of his might, that you may be able to resist the schemes of the devil.
Put on the full armor of God for your sake. Our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against government and authority.
against the world and the rulers of this darkness, and against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
Put on the whole armor, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and after you have done everything, you will be able to stand up.
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If you look at the history of the world, there has never been a time without war. World War I and II, and recently
There have been countless wars leading up to the Iraq War.
There are several characteristics of war.
One is that war has an opponent.
At one time, there was a controversy, such as whether North Korea is the main enemy, or that the concept of the main enemy should be revised.
I did. The problem is that even if we do not regard North Korea as our main enemy, North Korea treats us as our main enemy.
If we buy weapons and develop nuclear weapons, we will end up handing over us to them.
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Wars happen for various reasons, but what is clear is that war has an opponent.
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Both have wins and losses.
If you win, you become the victor, and if you lose, you become the loser. Once you lose the war you must give up all your rights.
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Sovereignty, freedom, territory, and property belong to the victor.
The third is that all means and methods are fully mobilized. All means, including the latest weapons, spying, and secret operations, and
The method is fully mobilized.
Because war has to be won.
If you look at the history of Israel, they too went through many wars.
Among the countries that harassed or attacked Israel, there are great powers such as Egypt, Babylon and Assyria
Among the small tribal nations were the Philistines, Amalek, and Midian.
There were times to win and times to lose. The important thing is that in the case of Israel, if God is with
It is the fact that we have won and if God turned away, we lost.
When God abandoned Israel, the government collapsed and the nation collapsed.
In 1 Samuel 17:47, David said, "The war belongs to the LORD, and he will deliver you into our hands.
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These words were spoken while fighting Goliath.
The most difficult of all wars is spiritual warfare. Spiritual warfare is a visible weapon or hand-held
Healing is not about making weapons. And the target of strife is the devil with spiritual power. okay
It's hard to fight and hard to win.
So, in verse 12 we read, “Our fight is not over flesh and blood, but over principalities and powers.
against the rulers of the world of darkness and against the evil spirits in the heavens.”
In other words, the target of the fight is the devil.
We should note the word evil spirit here.
I read the book "There is no one that God cannot heal" by Elder Hyo-Jin Park.
After working as an employee at the Jung-gu Office in Daegu City, in October 1981, he moved to a prison guard and moved to Busan Detention Center and Cheongsong.
He retired after working as a security guard at the 2nd Detention Center, Cheongsong Prison, Seoul Detention Center, and Seongdong Detention Center.
is. A book about what he experienced in prison, the many prisoners he met, and what he preached to them.
It is introduced in
In 1995, there was a murder case in Jangwi-dong where five members of a family were murdered and buried.
When I caught the killer, it turned out to be a young man named Ho-Seon Lee.
Hoseong killed his father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, and five nephews and buried them in the garden.
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But Hoseong, who entered the detention center, had the impression that he could not steal 100 won, let alone murder.
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A longtime prison guard's intuition is that he can tell whether a criminal is a heinous criminal or not just by the gesture of his eyes.
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But no matter how you look at it, Hoseong did not have the impression that he was going to kill five of his biological family. be careful
While having a conversation with Crab Ho-seong and looking behind the scenes, I discovered a surprising fact.
Three days before the murder, a strange object suddenly appeared. It looks like a sporadic woman, and it's strange
A beast-like figure flails and overlaps and follows Hoseong. I follow you even in my dreams
is. Hoseong is almost crazy. Three days later, Hoseong went to get pocket money from his father.
was rejected. At that very moment, the evil spirit said, "Kill, kill with the hammer in the shoe cabinet."
Hoseong, mad at that order, killed his parents with a hammer and killed his brother and sister-in-law's nephew.
Hoseong was arrested and locked up in a police station, and the devil reappeared and said, "What kind of face are you in this?
Are you alive like this? It's your turn to say that the man who killed his parents, older brother, brother-in-law, and nephew is still alive.
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As the saying goes, I tried to die several times in the police detention center, but there were too many people and I did not die.
On the day of moving to the detention center, the devil said, "Today we are going to the detention center. Never exceed today."
It shows how to make a noose by tearing a shirt, and how to tie a neck to a window sill as brightly as a TV screen.
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In the end, Hoseong was sentenced to death and disappeared as the dew of the prison sentence, but he was saved by believing in Jesus and the devil's chains
that it was liberated from
This is the identity of the devil and what he does. That is why it is called the spirit of evil in the text.
The devil incites evil and encourages collective action.
The fight against the devil is not a fistfight or a nuclear weapon fight. It is a spiritual warfare.
Because spiritual warfare can be won with spiritual strength, Paul describes the secret of spiritual arming and victory in the text.
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1. You must be armed with strength and ability.
In verses 10-11, we read, “Be strong in the Lord by the power of his might, and be able to withstand the crafts of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God to be against your enemies.”
World warfare is the latest in nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, Scud missiles, Taepodong missiles, neutron bombs, hydrogen bombs
fight with a sword.
However, the fight against the devil is armed with the power and strength of God.
A good example is the battle between David and Goliath.
Goliath was a general armed with the latest weapons of that time. David was herding sheep in the field, and his father
He was a boy who came to the battlefield by calling.
But David said, "You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I am the name of the LORD of hosts,
I come to you in the name of the God of the armies of Israel, whom they have insulted” (1 Samuel 17:45).
“The war belongs to God” (17:47), and fought against one stone and won.
In today's terms, it was a battle of nuclear weapons and slingshots. But David, by the strength and power of God,
David was victorious because Goliath was armed with a spear, a sword, and armor. That fight that day
It was not the battle of Goliath versus David, but the battle between the one who had the power of evil spirits and the one who had the power of God.
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There was an incident where Moses smuggled 12 spies into the land of Canaan to occupy the land of Canaan.
All. But now, there is a spy satellite, which is thoroughly examining the enemy's movements and movements.
However, even the United States, equipped with the best intelligence network and state-of-the-art weapons, does not know the whereabouts of bin Laden and the life or death of Hussein.
I can't even check whether it is.
But God is mighty in warfare, and he is a God of power who knows all things and gives victory.
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That's why Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:57, "Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory."
And in verse 13, “If you are armed with the full armor of God, you will be able to resist the devil and do all things.
It is for standing after you have done it.”
To stand is to win.
The winner must stand and the loser must either bow or kneel.
To overcome the devil's challenges and temptations, I cannot do it in my own strength.
We must be armed with the power and power of God. In other words, holding hands with God, God's weapon
You have to fight and win.
2. You must be armed with a divine weapon.
In verse 10, it says, "Be strong by the power of his strength."
Put on the full armor of God in order to be against you.” And in verse 13, “Put on the full armor.”
And verses 14 to 17 reveal the details of full armor, that is, complete armament. And in verse 18
told to pray.
In particular, pay attention to the words of truth (14-), gospel (15-), faith (16-), Word (17-), and prayer (18-).
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The truth, gospel, faith, word, and prayer, which are the specific contents of the armed forces mentioned above, can be seen with their eyes and put in their hands.
They are not grippable weapons.
But there is no weapon more powerful than this. Big is not strong and small is not weak.
Goliath was big and David was small. But little boy David won.
Israel is a smaller country than Babylon, Assyria, or Egypt. But Israel is alive
All the big countries are gone.
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan was not a big bomb. But before that power, Japan
I raised my hand.
The truth, the gospel, faith, the Word, and prayer have power. There is power.
Its power changes the world, changes history, and defeats the devil.
In Matthew 4, the devil tempted Jesus who fasted and prayed for 40 days.
Each time, the Lord defeated the devil with the power of the word.
The devil, who followed Hoseong, the murderer mentioned above, to the detention center and tormented him, is the prayer of Elder Park.
retreated to
I read an article written by So-Hyung Kim, an oriental doctor. The three principles of health are to eat well, sleep well, and defecate well.
However, since the function of excretion is in the intestine, a healthy intestine is necessary to keep the body healthy and prevent aging.
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Although it is called the five intestines, the intestine constitutes the abdomen in the human body. In particular, the large intestine and small intestine
It plays an important role in absorption and excretion.
A person does not transmit health to the inside of the body because the outside of the body is healthy, but only when the inside is healthy.
Wealth is also healthy and anti-aging.
The soul is more precious than the body.
The spiritual warfare can only be won when the soul is resilient and the soul is healthy.
The untitled one is that the devil is at work to neutralize our souls.
An example is the case of the Internet.
Humans are created to look at people, interact with people, listen to people's stories, and hold hands to live.
you said However, I look at the Internet for 8 or 10 hours all day. met on an internet site
They commit suicide with people, sell their bodies and buy things through internet chat.
Attacks and destroys churches through the Internet.
Elections are also planned to be held online.
Your life partner has been turned into the Internet.
The devil is making the internet a tool to the fullest.
You have to calm down.
We must be armed with the truth, the Word, prayer, and the Gospel.
You must cultivate spiritual strength to fight and overcome the devil's challenge, looking for someone to devour like a roaring lion.
All. The devil urges you to kill, destroy, die too, attack, and antagonize.
You must not go over there.
But God says love, heal, peace, and live.
Let's resist the temptation of the devil.
Let's defeat the devil's challenge.
Let us declare, Satan, go away.