Title: The Secret of Victory in Spiritual Warfare
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20090920 The secret to victory in spiritual battle (Ephesians 6:10-17)
Chuseok, a unique holiday, is approaching. The devil is already looking for someone to overthrow
Athletics and wars are different. Athletics feels good when you win, and hurts when you lose. But you just have to train hard to win the next match. But the war must be won. If you lose the war, your life may be lost, your wife and children will be taken as slaves, and your hard-earned wealth will be taken away. It's about losing everything. Chiang Kai-shek's army was defeated by Mao's army. China has become a red world. Vietnam lost to Vietnam. Vietnam has become a red world. The 36th year of Japanese colonial rule is recorded as the most heartbreaking event in which everything was deprived of our people.
In order not to be taken away and to preserve life, we must win the war. Inevitably, all means and methods are mobilized to win. They build powerful guns, build ships, build airplanes, make atomic bombs, build poison gas bombs, and use germs to kill more enemies effectively. They send spies and write psychological warfare.
If you win in any way, you can protect your own and take possession of others.
A life of faith is a spiritual warfare. It is a fight against evil spirits. This fight is not a win or lose sport. live or die? It's a fierce battle to eat or be eaten. If we lose the battle against the evil spirit, Satan, our souls will be taken away. You will be taken into slavery by Satan. In the end times, God will judge the world.
What are our human hopes? Is there true hope for the world's wealth, the world's power, and the world's honor?
Our hope is in heaven. It is the place to enter the eternal kingdom of God, which cannot be compared with anything in the world. There we will dwell with the Lord in glory forever. It is to enjoy eternal life. Only those who have won the spiritual battle can participate in this glorious kingdom.
The problem is that the enemy we have to fight and overcome is Satan and the evil spirit, we are all much stronger. It's cunning. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.”
If it's a crying cat or a crying dog, don't worry and give it a try. The evil spirit who opposes us is like a roaring lion. The evil spirit Satan is hovering around us. We didn't even know that evil spirits were with us because they came without a sound. And when we see the slightest gap, it knocks us over and devours our soul like a lion snatches its prey.
How strong, cunning and cunning Satan is, he has even knocked down so-called saints like David. They overthrew God's people Israel. Even today, many believers are looking for someone to devour like a roaring lion, and when they see a gap, they attack, and when they are weak, they attack and knock them over, making them stumble and not hesitate. How can we overcome such a strong and cunning evil spirit?
If you look at the text, two ways to win are recorded.
First, "Be ye strong in the Lord and by the power of his strength" - We are weak, but we are renewed and strengthened by the strength and power of the Lord. So we have a good chance of winning. It is the ability to resist the tricks of the devil. You must be in Christos Jesus. Out Christos has no power to win.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you; just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Second, the way we can overcome the evil spirit is to put on the full armor of God.
Some people say that God helps everything, and God takes care of everything, and there are others who are accommodating.
That's wrong. God helps, but we have our part to do. No matter how much God pours out grace like a waterfall, if the vessel to receive grace is turned over, it cannot contain grace. We must prepare a vessel to hold grace. We were invited to the heavenly feast by God's grace, but we must prepare the robes.
Although God gives us strength, we too must be armed and proudly fight against Satan's schemes.
According to the text of the text, we must put on the full armor of God. When we put on the full armor of God, we can receive greater strength and power from God. When we stand up boldly and fight boldly, God will be with us with strength and strength, and we will be able to overcome and be able to overcome.
1. You must take off your belt with the truth.
John 1:17 The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 14:6 Jesus said to them, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me.
The waist is important for people to use their strength. A baseball player's home run or a golf player's swing comes from the waist. Living in the truth makes such a powerful Christian. But when we forsake God, who is the truth and life, and stumble before idols and the things of the corrupt world, we fall and fall. Israel has forsaken God, who is the source of life and the truth. In the end, he became a slave to Satan, and he came to ruin.
In order to win over the cunning schemes of the evil spirit, we have to take off the belt of truth.
2. You must attach the breastplate of righteousness.
The breastplate of righteousness means the heart. What you think in your heart determines your life.
Why did God destroy this earth with the flood? Genesis 6:5 When the LORD saw that the world was full of man's iniquity, and that every plan of his heart was always evil,
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his heart than he who takes a city.
In order to protect the heart, which is the most important thing in our body, we need to attach a breastplate. When we live righteously, we can prevent Satan's relentless attacks. You can also escape from the arrows of God's wrath.
So the prophet Amos emphasized that righteousness should flow like a river and a waterfall.
Romans 8:1 says, "Who can bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies; who can condemn?" Those who live righteously are by no means condemned. Satan will never be able to condemn.
3. You must wear the shoes of the gospel.
It is important for soldiers to wear sturdy shoes to improve their fighting ability.
The god of the gospel should be the feet of those who preach the good news of Jesus Christ.
Negative words, deceitful words, and not vulgar words, but words that bring peace, joy and hope should become our life.
In 2 Kings 7, during Elisha's ministry, the Syrian army besieged the city of Samaria and ran out of food and ate their children. At that time, the lepers died of starvation, but they were captured by the enemy, but when they went out of the city gate, the Arameans left their food and fled. It was sent by God.
2 Kings 7:9 The lepers said to their friends, "We must not do this, because today is a day of good news, and we are silent. If we wait until bright morning, punishment will come upon us. Now, let's leave and go to the royal palace and tell us."
We should be the feet that spread only the good news to those around us. Amen
We must live a life of peace with God and at peace with our neighbors. Satan works in places where peace is broken, where there is division.
But blessed are the peacemakers. To be called the Son of God.
4. We must have the shield of faith.
It is the shield of faith that can resist temptation. It is also the shield of faith that can overcome trials.
Mark 9:23 What do you mean if it is possible? Nothing is impossible for those who believe. Amen.
If we live with a strong belief that God lives, that God blesses us, that God guides us, and that God is the judge of the world, we can extinguish the fire of the evil one in verse 16. Slash-and-burn is a compound word of pyroobbelos, which is a compound word of pyro, a flying weapon, and velos, a flying weapon. If you get hit by this fire arrow, your body will burn to death. Only faith can stop these attacks from Satan.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15 Each man's work will be revealed, and the day will reveal his work, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test each man's work. getting
15. If anyone's work is burned up, it will be harmed; but he himself will be saved, as if in fire.
Mark 16:17-18 These signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick and they will recover.
James 4:7 also says, “Oppose the devil, and he will flee from you.”
[惡毒, Bitterness, Evil]
Evil thoughts and poisons intended to harm others. David said that evil is in the heart of the wicked (Psalm 28:3), and Jesus spoke of evil as one of the things that defiled a person (Mark 7:22). Paul also tells the Ephesian believers to forsake wickedness in Ephesians 4:31.
5. You must wear the helmet of salvation.
The helmet protects the head. We must guard our brains that allow us to think right and judge wisely.
The head has a very important function in the body. The body's computer. If your head is broken, your whole body is useless.
So Genesis 3:15 says, "I will make you your enemies and your offspring, and your descendants as your enemies, and your offspring will bruise you in the head, and you shall bruise her in the heel.
In other words, it is the head that decides how I will act for salvation.
We need to know what pleases God and what is the devil's work. That is the helmet of salvation.
Because your thoughts shape your life.
Matthew 16:23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan, for you are a stumbling block to me, for you do not think about the things of God, but the things of men.
Psalm 50:22 Now consider this, you who have forgotten God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.
6. We must attack evil spirits with the sword of the Spirit and the sword of the Word.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not call on the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 5:18 But be filled with the Holy Spirit
Hebrews 4:12. The word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
When Satan tempted the Lord, he defeated evil spirits with the Word.
Evil spirits will not be able to resist the Holy Spirit and the Word and will retreat. Oppose the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7), so we can be victorious enough.
Dear saints,
Jesus wants to be with you now and forever, and He wants to bless you. No, you have already been blessed. Victory through the cross. If you believe, the blessing of salvation. The blessing of living forever. The blessing of overcoming the world. The blessing of controlling the material. The blessing of the descendants has been given. In order to keep this blessing, we must wear spiritual arms. I have only Jesus. Try it. “I have only Jesus” because the only way to victory is to win.
Praise : 102 There is no one more precious than the Lord Jesus. There is none but Jesus.
I pray that you will be filled with only Jesus and be victorious in spiritual warfare with the full armor of God.
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