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wins championships.
>> The Unseen War takes place on three primary fronts:
1. The
around us.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 NLT
…in the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
2. The
within us.
Galatians 5:16-17
I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.
3. The
against us.
1 John 5:19 NLT
The world around us is under the control of the evil one.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
>> When should we expect attack?
>> How do we fight this Unseen War?
2 Corinthians 10:3-4
For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds.
Ephesians 6:12-18
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest, and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace. In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God. Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
Isaiah 11:5
Righteousness will be a belt around [the Lord’s] hips;
faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.
Isaiah 59:17
[The Lord] put on righteousness as body armor,
and a helmet of salvation on his head.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things,
who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 49:2
He made my words like a sharp sword;
he hid me in the shadow of his hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
he hid me in his quiver.
1. The Belt of
a) We need a true understanding of who
b) We need a true understanding of who
2. The Breastplate of
2 Corinthians 5:21
[God] made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
3. The Shield of
4. The Helmet of
5. Feet Prepared with the
of Peace
6. The Sword of the
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Greek : machaira = “a small sword”
7.
Ephesians 6:18
Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
“Prayer is the mightiest of all weapons a created creature can wield.” – Martin Luther
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