Date: September 16, 2015
Bible Study Topic:
Spiritual Warfare
Scriptures: John
17, 2 Corinthians 10: 3-4, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 1:18 Mathew 4, Ephesians
6:10, Luke 10:19, Acts 1:8, Romans 7, 1 Corinthians 9
Bible Study Notes:
We are in the world but not of the world. John 17 – We have
to stay in this world, because we all have a purpose to serve.
Whenever you’re under spiritual attack, know that you have
the victory. You also need to know how to recognize a spiritual attack. Once it’s
identified where do you go from there. 2 Corinthians 10: 3-4 – We don’t fight
our wars with physical weapons.
We need to know what the weapons are and how to fight
because every born again believer needs to know how to fight. We will all face
adversity.
He takes over your mind. How you think – your mindset and
how you respond to things are affected. Responding negatively takes you out of
where you are. It’s the little things that comes to initiate us. The adversity
will use whatever he has to distract/deceive.
The enemy will come but he wont be successful. Pride and
intelligence must be removed. We can’t reason when comes to the word of God. God
calls us to be a unified body.
Romans 12:16 - Be
humble, you don’t know everything. Let the spirit five full revelation, Don’t argue
scripture.
1 Corinthians 1:18 – Use spiritual weapons to defeat
opposition.
Weapons are:
- Prayer
- The word of God
- Love – the most powerful weapon
No matter what’s going on – continue to show love – no matter
how they treat you – they will still see the love of Christ. Because we have
the power of the holy spirit in us. We have the power to love. We move away
from conditional love. I love you because of who I am not because of who you
are.
People crucify us with their mouths and the things they do –
we must pray for them like Jesus did – father forgive them, they know not what
they do. We have the holy spirit who teaches, strengthens and guides us. When we
come into situations where we’re being crucified we must say father forgive
them. It’s amazing when you can take the abuse and continue to love. That’s
because of God.
Wisdom and discernment are weapons to know when we’re being
attacked. The name of Jesus is a weapon – demons tremble at his name.
We have power in the blood of Jesus. They are weapons.
Praise and worship is a weapon. Give God thanks in the midst of it all. Any
weapon we have is only as effective as your knowledge of how to use it. Satan doesn’t
respond to verbiage – he responds to knowledge.
Mathew 4 – Lack of knowledge causes us to lose balance.
Ephesians 6:10 – I can’t be strong on my own. The enemy tries to draw us from
our dependence on God.
Prayer is very important if we want to win battles. We have
the weapon, but we must know how to use them.
Luke 10:19 – Believe this word – verbalize this word daily.
Verbalize that nothing by any means shall hurt you. I’ll keep saying it because
faith comes from hearing.
Acts 1:8 – you shall receive power once the holy ghost comes
and takes up residence in our lives. You’ve got it now but to be victorious or
live a victorious lifestyle. You need a disciplined thought-life – cast down
foolish thoughts.
You can’t prevent the thoughts from coming but you don’t have
to receive it.
Romans 7 – The things I would do, I don’t do – you have to
deal with your flesh. In this flesh dwells no good thing. It’s just a house for
our spirit man.
1 Corinthians 9 – I must control my body if I plan to
witness to others.
Weapons of enemy
- Fear of being overwhelmed by something that’s greater than us
- Frustration – inability/ lack of knowledge to make you give up
- False teachings – false prophets. You must know the word so you can examine it and discern between truth and a lie
- Fatigue – have you ever read the bible? You fall asleep before you know it
We need spiritual allies. It’s good to have prayer partners.
The devil is fighting us so we lose faith in things. He attacks our assurance.
The world is an enemy. The world has its own religions. They
seek to seduce Christians into believing false doctrines.
Human nature is an enemy the flesh lusts to get us to do
contrary things to what the word of God says.
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