
WARFARE: SATAN & DEMONS
Ephesians 6:10-20
Worldview - The lens through which you view your world
Naturalism - the philosophical belief that everything arises from natural causes, supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted
A Biblical Worldview - Seeing and understanding your world through a lens that derives from Scripture
Colossians 1:16
• Visible - Invisible
• On Earth - In Heaven
CREATOR - GOD
• Creation - Angels, Humanity, Natural Realm
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils: One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” – C.S. Lewis
ANGELS
Ephesians 6:12 - …not against flesh and blood…
“Angels are created, moral, sentient and accountable beings.”
Terms:
• messengers
• sons of God (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Ps. 29;89)
• spirits (1 Kings; Heb.1:14)
• holy ones (Psalm 89:5,7)
• watchers (Daniel4:13,17,23)
• Powers (Eph.1:21)
• Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Authorities (Col.1:16)
Other Heavenly Beings:
• Cherubim (Gen. 3:24)
• Seraphim (Isa.6:2-7)
• Living Creatures (Ezek. 1; Rev.4:8)
Responsibilities:
• Messengers
• Protectors
• Guardians
• Ministers
Angelic Hirarchy:
• Archangel (Jude 9; 1 Thess. 4:16; Rev. 12:7-8)
• Chief Princes (Daniel 10:13)
Individually Named Angels:
• Gabriel - Lk.1:19;26
• Michael - Jude 9; Rev.12:7
• Lucifer? - maybe Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28
Satan & Demons:
• Revelation 12:3-4
• Revelation 12:7-10
• Luke 10:18
THE ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY OF THE SPIRITUAL REALM
Acts 19 - Paul In Ephesus
• Paul’s Ministry
• 7 Sons of Sceva
• A Book-burning
• A Riot in Ephesus
SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL
Ephesians 6:11 - …the schemes of the devil…
• Lies: John 8:44
• Accusations: Revelation 12:10
• Fear: 1 Peter 5:8
• Murder: John 8:44
• Unforgiveness: Ephesians 4:26-27+31
• Deception: False Doctrine
• Questioning the Character of God: Genesis 3
OUR HOPE IS JESUS!
• Colossians 2:15 - He disarmed the rulers and authorities…triumphing over them in Him
• Hebrews 2:14 - …through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8 - …whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth and… the appearance of his coming.
• Revelation 20:10 - and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire
• Revelation 12:11 - And they conquered him by the bood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.