"For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
2 Cor 10:3-5 NIV
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Spiritual War
In the last couple of years God has been teaching me about spiritual warfare. I have come to realize that we are fighting a spiritual battle with every thought and every action. We are constantly being tempted and harrassed by the evil one. Jesus saw the need for this as he taught his disciples (and us) to pray: "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." (Mat 6:13 NIV)
In his prayer for all believers in John 17, Jesus prayed this: "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." (John 17:15 NIV) There is no doubt Jesus saw our fight against the evil one as something of great importance. I am convinced that this fight is more important than we ever thought. Too many times we try to fight under our own power. In both of the above examples Jesus is dealing with this fight through prayer.
We can take comfort in the knowledge that God will take care of us. Consider this verse: "But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one." (2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV) The Lord is faithful. We can look to him for strength and protection.
I see a great need for education regarding this daily spiritual war. For this reason I have decided to offer these articles to help. May the Lord bless you and keep you and aid you in warfare against the evil one.
Notice the verses on the left--even though we live in the world we fight this spiritual battle with weapons that have divine power to demolish strongholds. So, let us go into this battle and demolish some strongholds and help lost and hurting people find freedom in Jesus.
Articles on Spiritual Warfare topics
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