The armor of God Time to stand and fight for victory
Sunday June 12, 2016 at 5:00pm PST, call-in and tell us
about your relationship with our Lord (347) 826-7353
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put
on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s
schemes. For our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the
powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly realms
The power of God is released, as we utilize every piece of
the armor of God against evil spirits, who are labeled by Paul as
principalities, powers, rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness on
high. We are asked to prepare ourselves
as soldiers in spiritual warfare, because as a forbearer of God's truth and
power, Christians and God's work are targets of the devil for destruction. The
intense hate of the devil and his devil spirits against God's creation is
unimaginable, but nonetheless real, he is cruel and merciless; however, he
cannot defeat God, and therefore he uses trickery and deception to defeat
believers, or draw them into vulnerable positions. Some of these positions are:
fear, doubt, confusion, condemnation, temptation through pressure or pleasure,
spiritual blindness, pride, affliction or persecution, intended to frustrate
the purposes of God through His people.
He is cunning and attempts to oppress us in our weakest areas (through
our thought life or other people and circumstances), in which the
"unaware" are led into chains of depression and other forms of
bondage.
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