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Spiritual WarfareC. Full list of weaponry includes:God’s Secret Weapons Against Our Real Enemies1. The Truth – the source of our confidence in winning (Eph 6:14)2. Personal Righteousness – Spiritual Breastplate (Dan 10:11; Eph 6:14)3. Prayer – Spiritual Reinforcements (Dan 10:12; Cf Ps 66:18,19)4. Fasting – Spiritual Activation (Dan 10:3)5. Chastening – Spiritual Cleansing (Dan 10:12; 1Cor 11:30-32)6. Humbleness – Spiritual Openness (Dan 10:15-19; 1Pet 5:5)7. Kindness – Spiritual Attack (Rom 12:21, 17-20)8. Faith – Spiritual Shield (Eph 6:16)9. Commitment – Patience – Faith – Spiritual Signal to God (2Tim 2:3,4)10. The Word of God - Spiritual Sword (Eph 6:17; Mt 4:4)11. The Blood of Jesus Christ - Spiritual Blanket (Heb 9:12-14)12. The People of God – Spiritual Army (Heb 11:24,25)D. What follows is a description of each weapon and defence that God has given to His peopleV. Study Lesson – A Christians Spiritual WeaponryA. The Truth - the source of our confidence in winning each battle (Eph 6:14)1. Every soldier has to wear an undergarment upon which all the other armourrests. If they didn’t have this garment on, the rest of the armourwould pinch and cut into the flesh of the soldier when the moved and attemptedto fight.2. God’s Truth is the foundation of all we do. We have not followed “cunninglydevised fables” (2Peter 1:16) but the very truth of God. We canconfidently obey His instructions, fully trusting that the outcome is certain,and best!3. Without this, all our weapons do is HURT US instead of our enemy!4. When Jesus was attacked by the devil in the wilderness in Matthew 4, heused the TRUTH of the word of God to hurt the devil!B. Righteousness – Spiritual Breastplate (Dan 10:11; Eph 6:14)1. There are two kinds of righteousness:a. Imputed Righteousness – Salvation – Christ’s righteousness –saves me from the eternal punishment of my sinb. Personal Righteousness – Sanctification – my own righteousness,own goodness – saves me from the present cost of my sin2. A Spiritual Breastplate is strengthened as we obey the Lord, anddo right3. It is weakened when we disobey and turn away from God’s commands4. This is an area we MUST take seriously – a Christian’s personal righteousness is always underattacka. It is like a shield that can withstand dartsb. But, if Satan can punch holes in our shield, or actually take away our shield, or get us togive away our purity, He can march right over us!c. YOU WOULDN’T ALLOW THAT IN A PHYSICAL BATTLEd. Don’t do it with secret sins then, and disobedience, and losing temper5. Daniel’s personal righteousness helped defeat the Prince of Persia here in chapter 10, and ithelped defeat some lions previously (Dan 6:22)6. Realise that you are given righteousness through forgiveness – use it to defeat the wickedness ofour enemies (like an antibiotic kills germs)Page 6
Spiritual WarfareGod’s Secret Weapons Against Our Real EnemiesC. Prayer – Spiritual Reinforcements (Dan 10:12; Heb 4:16; Cf Ps 66:18,19)1. Make much of prayer – the hotline to heaven!2. Calling into headquarters for spiritual reinforcements3. God is looking in us for a CONSISTENT personal prayer lifea. Not spotty or haphazardb. A regular, normal, part of your life that is spiritualc. You have to MAKE yourself do it – a discipline!d. God honours a life of walking with Him (Gen 5:22-24;Heb 11:5)4. There is also the weapon of Public, Group Prayer (Acts 12:5) – never shy away from gettingothers to pray with you about a need!D. Fasting – Spiritual Activation (Dan 10:3)1. Fasting de-activates the flesh, and allows you to activate the spiritual part of youa. That’s why if you are yielding too easily to sin in your life, then you need to come awayfrom things – Teen Camp, Men’s Retreatb. Fasting from food – but also, the TV, and from friends2. Daniel fasted 21 days – he had fasted before as well (Dan 9:3)3. Jesus fasted 40 days4. Elijah fasted 40 days5. Moses fasted 80 days6. To overcome the demon possessed child in Matthew 17:21, he explained the battle is only wonwith prayer AND fasting7. DANGER – the new bibles remove the need for fasting!!!8. Decide what you can do without of for a while so that you can get the power of God, and thevictory over some spiritual enemy in your lifeE. Chastening – Spiritual Cleansing (Dan 10:12; 1Cor 11:30-32)1. Chastening is different than fasting2. Chastening means Examining yourself – doing a spiritual inventorya. Am I regularly reading my Bible? Praying? Confessing mysins? Giving out Gospel leaflets and witnessing of God’s savinggrace?b. Or, Am I hiding my sins? Secretly hating someone? Easily upsetand oversensitive?c. It is good to do a check on these things3. And Chastening means Correcting yourselfa. Confessing your sins and the sins of your generationb. Forsaking your sins – it costs you!c. Following the Lord now – making a course correction, back on trackF. Humbleness – Spiritual Openness (Dan 10:15-19; 1Pet 5:5)Examine Yourself1. This is probably the second most powerful weapon in our arsenal!2. God resists the proud – fights AGAINST YOU when you are proud3. God helps the humble! That’s the only kind that gets HIS help!4. Humility is not thinking low of yourself, but not thinking of yourself at all! Just thinking of others,and of Christ!5. Pride opens the door for the devil to take over6. Humbleness opens the door for the Lord to come in and get all the glory in the battle!Page 7
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