BATTLING THE ENEMIES IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY JUNE 26, 2021.

SUBJECT : BATTLING THE ENEMIES IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM!

Memory verse: "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6 vs 12.) 

READ: Ephesians 6 vs 13 - 18:

6:13: Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

6:14: Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

6:15: and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

6:16: above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery dirts of the wicked one.

6:17: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which the word of God;

6:18: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.

INTIMATION:

In the Christian life, we battle against principalities and powers (the powerful evil forces of fallen angels headed by Satan, who is a vicious fighter). To withstand their attacks we must depend on God's strength and use every piece of His armor. We fight against the demons over whom Satan has control. They are very real, and not mere fantasies. We face a powerful army whose goal is to defeat the body of Christ. When you believe in Christ, these beings become your enemies, and they try every device to turn you away from Christ and back to sin. 

The battle is in spiritual realm with manifestations in the physical. Although we are assured of victory, we must engage in the struggle until Christ returns, because Satan is constantly battling against all who are on the Lord's side (First Peter 5 vs 8). We need supernatural power to defeat Satan and God has provided this by giving us His Holy Spirit within us and His armor surrounding us. 

The war is a spiritual warfare—the war of prayers, and not the war of rifles such as "AK 47" to shoot down the devil and his cohorts. The failure of all Christian enterprises is a prayer failure. Prayer alone gives success. Preaching, and personal work are God-honored, and blessed vocations or ministries, but prayer is the foundation of it all. A man might preach with a superb eloquence and be the most skilled of diplomats as a soul winner, but he will fall short of his ministry in both fields if he isn't backed up by the prayer life. 

The demons (principalities and powers) and their master are spirits which you don't see nor engage physically, and the fight against them is also in the spirit realm via prayers. We need supernatural powers to defeat Satan, and God has provided this by giving us His Holy Spirit—the sole interpreter of the needs of the human heart—within us, and His armor surrounding us.

The armor of God is utilized in battle through prayer; praying at all times, that is, on every occasion, in every season, in the Spirit, with all manner of prayer and entreaty. And to that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance. 

Prayer: Abba Father, without You I can do nothing. O Lord, endue me with the spirit of constant communication with You in prayers, that I may be empowered by Your whole armor for the battle against Satan and his cohorts, that I will overcome them, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!