Spiritual warfare

Angels Described or defined?

Angels are created spiritual beings by God, (see Neh. 9:6; Ps. 148:2,5; Col. 1:16) are highly intelligent (see Matt. 28:5; Acts 12:6-11), have moral  judgment (see 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6), and do not have physical bodies (Heb. 1:14; Lk. 24:39; Num. 22:31; 2 Kings 6:17; Lk. 2:13; Ps. 34:7; 91:11; Heb. 1:14; Heb. 12:22; Matt 28:5; Heb. 13:2).  

Realize we are in Spiritual warfare.  Every follower of Jesus Christ is an enemy of the Adversary-Satan and is really at war with Satan and demons .  Ephesians 6:10-12, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the deception of the devil.  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” 

 Your safe... in Christ.

A Christian is someone who is vitally attached to Christ forever by grace.  Christ’s life is now the Christian’s life and Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection power is his or hers as well.  Being indwelt with God the Holy Spirit empowers a Christian with the necessary armor to overcome Satan (Eph. 6:13-20). 

 Deception know the difference. Tools of the trade, knowledge, connection, awareness.

Satan is the ultimate deceiver and schemer.  He has a targeted goal and that is to take everyone away from centering their life and existence on the person and work of Jesus Christ.  Satan does not want Christians and not-yet Christians to center their lives on the gospel ever.  How does Satan accomplish this in three ways?    1 John 2:16 says, “For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.”  In this verse we discover the following about Satan’s ways's....

 

Reliance upon the power of God the Holy Spirit is a non-negotiable in spiritual warfare (Gal. 5:16).  

 

James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”  Many focus on the part of the verse that says “resist the devil, and he will flee” and they miss the most important part of this verse which is “submit yourselves therefore to God…”  God is trinity, HE;S ALIVE NOT JUST A BOOK OR YOUR GOOD WORKS,.  So, this is obviously teaching that a Christian must submit (literally to align oneself under the authority of another, his) "one must know the differnce", to God the Father, Son, and also God the Holy Spirit first in order to resist revealing of his will.

 heaven knows we have our share of many seeking  an external solution that can only come out of internal change.

NW