SPIRITUAL WARFARE

WE ARE BORN INTO A SPIRITUAL WAR:
Revelation 12; Ephesians 6:10-20

BELIEVERS ARE AMBASSADORS OF JESUS CHRIST:
2 Corinthians 5:20; Ephesians 6:19-20

THE ENEMIES COMBATED IN THIS SPIRITUAL WAR:

WORLD James 4:1-4
FLESH 1 Peter 4:1-4
DEVIL 1 Peter 5:8
FALLEN ANGELS Ephesians 6:12

THE BIBLE CALLS SATAN:

THE RULER OF THIS WORLD John 12:31; 14:30
GOD OF THIS WORLD 2 Corinthians 4:4
RULER OF THE KINGDOM OF THE AIR Ephesians 2:2
AN ANGEL OF LIGHT 2 Corinthians 11:14

THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBES WHAT THE ENEMY WILL BE LIKE BEFORE JESUS' RETURN:

2 Timothy 3:1-9

THE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO BELIEVERS BY JESUS CHRIST:

Matthew 12:29-30; 1 Timothy 1:18-19; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7-8

BELIEVERS ARE 'SOLDIERS OF CHRIST' (2 Timothy 2:3)

OUR SPIRITUAL WEAPONS

WEAR THE SPIRITUAL ARMOR OF GOD Ephesians 6:10-17
AVOID WORLDLY ENTANGLEMENTS Timothy 2:4-5
PRAY Ephesians 6:18
DENY SELF 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
ENDURE HARDSHIP 2 Timothy 2:3-10
BE SELF CONTROLLED 1 Thessalonians 5:6
BE ALERT 1 Corinthians 16:13
READ THE BIBLE John 15:7; 8:51; 17:6, 14
KNOW THE BIBLE Ephesians 6:17
HAVE FAITH 1 John 5:4-5
LIVE IN CHRIST'S PROMISE John 16:33

BELIEVERS ATTITUDE TOWARD 'THE WORLD':

SENT INTO IT BY JESUS CHRIST John 17:18
NOT CONFORMED TO IT Romans 12:2; Galatians 6:14
UNSTAINED BY IT James 1:27
DENYING THE DESIRES OF IT Titus 2:12

WE HAVE OVERCOME IT 1 John 5:4-5

THE BATTLE WILL BE WON BECAUSE OF GOD: 2 Chronicles 20:15; Revelation 20:10
THERE IS A VERY HAPPY ENDING: Revelation 20-22