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Christian Warfare

Christian
Warfare

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Wanted: Fighting Christians

“Fight the good fight of faith.” I Timothy 6:12
“Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” II Timothy 2:3

The Christian life is a warfare, not a picnic. There are battles to be fought, enemies to be conquered, victories to be won. Of course, there are wonderful feasts to be enjoyed all along the way; but fighting, not feasting, is our special business.

I. Who Are Our Enemies?

  1. The devil. Ephesians 6:11-12.
  2. The world. I John 5:4. The world seeks to bring us under the dominion of its ideas, etc. It is our business to fight the world, to resist its attempt to bring us into bondage to itself.
  3. The flesh, our own flesh.
  4. Sin. Sin will attack us. We should fight back, and not yield or be overcome by it.
  5. False doctrine. Some think false doctrine is not worth fighting against. It is more worth fighting against than political tyranny in its worst forms. True doctrine is salvation and life. False doctrine brings damnation and death.

II. How Should We Fight?

  1. We must fight to win. No Christian has a right to expect defeat or to be defeated.
  2. We must fight energetically.
  3. We must fight wisely. The way to get wisdom for our holy war is by prayer. James 1:5. Much of our fighting must be done on our knees.
  4. We must fight persistently. This warfare is not to stop until Jesus comes or God calls us home. The trouble with many a Christian warrior is that he fights intermittently.

III. Conditions of Victory.

  1. Faith in Jesus Christ. I John 5:4-5.
  2. We must be strong. Ephesians 6:10, 3:16; I John 2:14.
  3. We must be ready to suffer hardship. II Timothy 2:3.
  4. A knowledge of weapons. The great weapon of our warfare is the Word of God. We must have the weapons—and use them!—Dr. R.A. Torrey

Answer the following questions from the outline by R.A. Torrey on the previous page:

  1. Who are our enemies?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    E.
  2. Ephesians 6:11 says we should put on the
  3. We must fight...
    A. to .
    B. .
    C. .
    D. .
  4. Ask God for . (James 1:5).
  5. What are the conditions of victory?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
  6. We can overcome the if we are born of God (I John 5:4)
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The Soldier’s Enemy

  1. What is the theme of this chapter?
  2. There is a great danger in thinking that all we need is a head and a but can lead careless Christian lives.
  3. The battle is being fought wherever a man is giving out the Word of God, where a church is standing for the Word of God.
  4. What is to the Old Testament, Ephesians is to the New Testament.
  5. What were the three enemies that confronted Joshua when he entered the promised land and what did they represent?
    A.
    B.
    C.
  6. The Gibeonites lived just over the hill from Jericho, but they took old, moldy and wore worn-out and made everything look as if they had come on a long .
  7. The enemy whom the Christian is to fight is not and . The enemy is , and the warfare is .
  8. The is the enemy of every believer and the one here whom we are told we fight.
  9. What had kept the angel from Daniel during his 3 weeks of mourning and praying?
  10. Describe the organized powers.
    A. Principalities:
    B. Powers:
    C. Rulers of darkness of this world:
    D. Spiritual wickedness in high places:
  11. Where there is a spirit of , bitterness and , the Spirit of God cannot work.
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The Soldier’s Protection

  1. Nowhere is the believer urged to and . The key to Ephesians 6:13 are the words
  2. , the evangelist, attracted a great deal of at- tention by saying that up on the speaker’s platform he was fighting the devil.
  3. What is that truth which holds everything together?
  4. Only the of Christ can enable the believer to stand before men and before God, but the heart that is to be protected should be a heart that is not the believer.
  5. Christ is both the to salvation and the that protects the believer from the enemy without.
  6. When a fiery dart comes our way, and we don’t have the answer, we are to put up a of .
  7. All the parts of the armor mentioned so far have been for . There is no protection for his back; nothing is provided for .
  8. What are the two weapons for offense?
    A.
    B.
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The Soldier’s Example—Paul was
a Good Soldier of Jesus Christ

  1. Tychicus was the pastor of the and is an example of the many faithful servants of Christ in the early church.
  2. The exhibited in the early church is the un- dertone of all of Paul’s epistles.
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The Soldier’s Benediction

  1. Match the following
    Eph. 6:23 A. The form of greeting of the Jewish world
    Peace B. The word “love” here means love for the other believers
    Eph. 6:24 C. The word “love” here is of the believer for the Lord Jesus Christ
    Grace D. Means trust in Christ which produces active love
    Faith E. The key word of the epistle
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Chapter One
Who is the Invisible Enemy?

  1. The does not give us any direct statements concerning the genesis of the .
  2. “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the , and , which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:7-9).
  3. In the we have the facts and history of man’s .
  4. The Bible assumes God’s and reveals His and character.
  5. God is revealed not by but by .
  6. The revelation of the devil is presented without introduction or ceremony as the one, a graduate in the school of deception and .
  7. The Bible reveals the devil as a — not a mere figure, not simply an .
  8. To deny the reality of possession as recorded in the is simply inconceivable.
  9. The Bible clearly states that the devil has a host of fallen followers who are ready and eager in their efforts to hurt man and defeat God’s on earth.
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Chapter Two
Identifying the Devil’s Personality

  1. The devil is a being.
  2. As an angel, the devil was .
  3. The devil is double- but never double-, never undecided, vague, or feeble in his or ends.
  4. The devil and his angels are of a higher than the fallen sons of , by rank, order, and intelligence.
  5. By calling him the Devil, Christ invested him with an infamous and clothed him with all the , craft, and attached to that name.
  6. By using the name Satan, Christ put him as the of God and man.
  7. By designating him as “the of this world,” Christ recognized Satan’s power and ruling authority over in this world.
  8. The conflict between the devil and Jesus is seen in the .
  9. The exalted revelation and experience of the person and power of are closely followed by the revelation and experience of the person and power of the .
  10. Jesus made a clear distinction between the human who was possessed by a , and the of the who held possession.
  11. The devil is the of Christ and of .
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Chapter Three
Recognizing the Prince
of This World

  1. The Holy Spirit is the , representative, and of Jesus Christ.
  2. Satan is the author of , sin and .
  3. The Son of God was given this mission: to and the devil.
  4. The world is by the power of the .
  5. Christ affirmed the devil’s position, but also signed and sealed his and .
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Chapter Four
What is the Devil’s Business?

  1. and his are the only beings who have experienced heaven, earth, and hell.
  2. Satan infuses , makes suggestions, and does it so deftly that we do not know their .
  3. Christ expressly declared that some , at least, was directly inflicted by Satan.
  4. Satan is always trying to make the good and the bad .
  5. The temptation of Christ was a struggle between the and the , between religion and the religion!
  6. The conflict surges around three points: the , the presumptuous, and the .
  7. The conflict of Jesus with Satan was not , accidental, or , but was essential and .
  8. On the threshold of , Jesus exclaimed, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death” and He began to be grieved and very heavy (Matt. 26:37-38).
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Chapter Five
Satan’s Main Target

  1. The devil is a hydra-headed monster who is in plans and wisdom as well as in .
  2. One of Satan’s most perverse schemes is to establish a wrong estimate of strength.
  3. To mistake the true power of the strength is to mistake the true character of the .
  4. The strength of the lies in its devotion to .
  5. The most deadly symptom that can be seen in a church is the transferring of its strength from to forces, from the to the .
  6. If we do not change our , our ideas concerning the strength of the local church will become .
  7. Men who have religious leadership positions are often blinded by a false attachment to what they think is and what they consider to Christ.
  8. , a chief apostle, advocated schemes that would have discrowned Christ of His and brought heaven’s favorite plan to a disastrous and shameful !
  9. Men’s views eliminate all the unpopular principles of the —self-denial, life , and from the world.
  10. The very heart of this disgraceful apostasy, this of Christ and of the devil, is to remove the Holy Spirit from His in the Church.
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Chapter Six
Satan’s Subversion of the Church

  1. There are two ways of directing the Church: way and the way.
  2. To save is a kind of religious fad to which much enterprising work is committed.
  3. The purpose of the Church of God is to and sanctify the individual, to prepare him by purifying and for the high pursuits of life.
  4. The is distinctly, preeminently, and absolutely a spiritual institution.
  5. It is not by the obvious works of that Satan perverts the church, but by quiet displacement and unnoticed .
  6. The original were faithfully .
  7. The Church cannot become allied with agencies.
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Chapter Seven
Overcoming The Enemy of God

  1. to both God and to the world is impossible.
  2. The world is one of the which must be fought and on the way to heaven.
  3. The is represented as a training school in which denying worldly desires is one part of its .
  4. The world includes the mass of humanity that is alienated from God and therefore hostile to the cause of .
  5. The world is the world.
  6. In order to “overcome the one,” the , its love, and its things must be renounced.
  7. “ yourselves therefore to God” and “ the devil” are the keynotes of unworldly religion.
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Chapter Eight
Satan’s Mobilizing the World’s Forces

  1. The touch of the world because fingers are in its touch.
  2. The world rulers are and under the direction of the devil.
  3. is another of the world’s ruling forces which could be used to beautify the earth and to lay up a good foundation against the time to come.
  4. The world is the devil’s .
  5. God establishes a kingdom of which is not of this .
  6. The world’s opposition and enmity have always been against true religion, but often its are more fatal than its .
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Chapter Nine
How Powerful is the Devil?

  1. Jesus exalted the to the pinnacle of power as the of this world.
  2. In the parable of the , Christ sets forth the unseen but powerful influence that the devil exerts to the Word of God.
  3. The Son of God was led to the pinnacle of the and the high by the fearful spell of .
  4. Doubtless much is due to the power of the devil.
  5. The power of the devil over the is further seen and illustrated by a number of cases of possessions in the New Testament.
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Chapter Ten
Exposing the Rulers of Darkness

  1. The power of is far greater than that of God’s highest and earthly .
  2. There are special seats or of Satan’s power, places where he makes his and rules with an absolute control.
  3. perverted the religious instinct and debased worship for sinister, worldly, and selfish purposes.
  4. The Testament declares that “the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to , and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with .”
  5. The power of Satan finds its great increase and expression in the efforts and operations of the .
  6. fell from his high position—tempted, possessed by Satan, and filled with remorse.
  7. Peter acted as the spokesman for the , becoming the advocate of a non-cross-bearing, non-self- denying, worldly .
  8. John and fell prey to the devil as they wanted fire to come down from heaven and burn up the .
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Chapter Eleven
The Devil’s Battleground

  1. Those who serve are the ones who demand Satan’s attention, provoke his , and call forth his strategies.
  2. Satan works by .
  3. The devil affects the and, through the , affects our loyalty to Christ.
  4. Satan has the wisdom of an and the experience of half an eternity as the captain of all the hosts of .
  5. Other than Himself, a wiser and more powerful spirit than Satan does not .
  6. Satan’s in the flesh changed sorrow into joy, his poverty into wealth, his weakness into strength, his reproaches into sweet heavenly consolations.
  7. Satan’s methods are as as the people with whom he deals.
  8. Satan’s desperate venture was to seduce by the world’s array of grandeur, power, and glory.
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Chapter Twelve
Satan’s Clever Strategies

  1. The devil is seldom in his movements and methods.
  2. Satan was involved in the private council of and Sapphira, a party to their .
  3. Satan perverts the things which are truly works of and misemploys to obscure God’s glory.
  4. The devil may tempt us to think too little of ourselves as did and too highly of ourselves as did.
  5. Satan’s method with some is to make them rely too much on .
  6. According to the Bible, his plans are “.”
  7. Satan’s will make room for God’s greatest power in us and on us.
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Chapter Thirteen
Our Most Vulnerable Areas

  1. To be of the existence, character, and ways of the is the prelude to fatal results in the fight for heaven.
  2. The devil is to be considered and dealt with from the most standpoint, and only people can deal with it.
  3. A paralyzing attitude in which we remain to listen to Satan’s is fatal.
  4. An spirit invites Satanic .
  5. Satan tempts the earnest to go a little too far and their zeal degenerates into ungodly fervor that causes in the church.
  6. Becoming unequally yoked with in intimate and confiding friendships creates exposed positions of which the devil takes great .
  7. “The man who is taken out of the world by Christ cannot again become the friend and companion of men and their schemes, without passing into with God.”
  8. If is removed from our faith, our against Satan are weakened.
  9. An body readily us to Satan’s assaults.
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Chapter Fourteen
Where Does Satan Attack?

  1. To put believers in places of spiritual leadership causes them to become filled with .
  2. Men of questionable who are placed in church or official positions bring reproach and help the devil in his disgraceful business.
  3. Young can also be a vulnerable condition in the church.
  4. There are strong natural desires in which the Scriptures term .
  5. The term “drawn away” means to “ .”
  6. To allow sin or the tendency to sin in us is .
  7. aims in the spiritual life and satisfaction with present create an exposed condition.
  8. The devil may visit the and mountain ranges of spiritual elevation, but he makes his home in the .
  9. Israel lost by not possessing .
  10. Making additions to our treasury is the essential condition for in the Christian life
  11. The tendency in is to be satisfied with spiritual birth and then to in infancy.
  12. It is true that Paul calls the Corinthian saints saints.
  13. Spiritual always leaves us vulnerable to attacks.
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Chapter Fifteen
Using Our Defenses

  1. If we bravely and strongly what the devil proposes, the is half won.
  2. directs us to “resist”—to set ourselves against the devil with and thought, conscience and .
  3. Vigilance and sobriety , giving us maximum strength.
  4. Paul urges a spirit of as a barrier against the devil’s .
  5. The Word of God is the conquering in warfare with the devil.
  6. “ ourselves” is the surest pledge that Satan will not us.
  7. is the keynote to safety.
  8. To watch implies a wakeful state as if in the of some great .
  9. Satan cannot stand against a display of the of .
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Chapter Sixteen
Weapons That Work

  1. The Devil’s easiest target is a Christian.
  2. Principalities and are under Satan’s and subject to his order.
  3. We are charged twice to make doubly sure to take the whole .
  4. Heart righteousness makes righteousness and life righteousness.
  5. The “shield of ” is the all-important and the all-covering piece of .
  6. “The ,” the aggressive and powerful weapon, is the Word of God.
  7. The soldiers in the warfare against the devil must understand how to wear the armor of all .
  8. The soldier fully equipped in God’s armor is a against the devil and to all of his attacks.
  9. brings God into the situation with commanding force.
  10. Paul said the Lord “is able to do exceeding abundantly above that we or , according to the that worketh in us.”
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Answer the following questions as you read

IN IT TO WIN IT
By Roy C. Putnam

Chapter 1
BE WHAT YOU ARE

  1. That atomic word “” is the operative word of the Bible.
  2. The Book of Ephesians tells us three important things integral to the Christian life:
    A.

    B.


    C.

  3. The phrase “in heavenly places” occurs times in the course of this letter.
  4. What makes heaven heaven is not the pearly gates, golden streets, jasper walls, and multi-throated angelic choir. It is “the on the .”
  5. God has already blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies “in .”
  6. Once we hear, faith is born. We .
  7. The word “believe” is a , not a . A believer is one who .
  8. A seal bears witness to a transaction. When the seal is placed, the business is .
  9. A seal brings a mark of to the life.
  10. The second part of Ephesians teaches us how to be supernaturally .
  11. We need again to be reminded that is not .
  12. One who has set his heart upon following Christ is brought up against another imperative: “Be with the Spirit!” (Eph. 5:18).
  13. After the voice of God comes the . And this venture is predicated in .
  14. Be ! Be ! And now—be in the Lord, and the power of his might!
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Chapter 2
YOU ARE ABLE

  1. Write Ephesians 6:11: “
  2. Christ stands ready to do us that which He has already done us.
  3. Let it be noted here that the Bible speaks less of in general than it does of the .
  4. What is the devil’s cleverest wile according to the poet, Charles Baudelaire?
  5. The devil often makes more ; but God can muster greater !
  6. Vance Havner said: “I am thankful for a Bible that begins and ends with the devil of .
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Chapter 3
THE INTERGRATING CENTER

  1. What is the first piece of armor?
  2. God something before He something.
  3. Our faith is not good , but good .
  4. Our gospel is set forth as , identifiable, data.
  5. Putting on the is more than knowing . It is a matter of .
  6. It is an inward of that girds us for the battle of life.
  7. The belt of truth girds us about so that we do not lose our .
  8. The devil’s first attack is upon that in God. Jesus came to restore that .
  9. God has predicated the entire Christian enterprise in and we are put in that context.
  10. The girding of the belt of the truth has to do with our , our and our .
  11. A Christian is one who is moved only by what he !
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Chapter 4
IN BALANCE

  1. When we respond to truth, the result of that response is .
  2. Belief always results in or it isn’t belief.
  3. The content of my is what God is.
  4. Man cannot with himself, nor can he himself until his subconscious mind has the light of God’s countenance to be lifted upon it.
  5. The problem of the Bible is not that of finding ; it is getting right with the who is there.
  6. Just what does it mean to be in Christ?
    A. B. C.
  7. There is not a problem we will have to face that He has not already solved in His .
  8. To give up our way of righteousness and take His way is the sum of .
  9. God is so in His greatness and in His goodness that He is free to permit a child of His to , so free in His divine action that He can be to be good even when trouble comes and when disaster strikes.
  10. To be found in Him! That is what it means to have on the of .
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Chapter 5
ENJOYING THIS WAR IN PEACE

  1. The shoes of peace speak to us of the of the Christian life.
  2. We should never allow the enemy to take the . We should not go through life to what others are doing.
  3. We must stand in as we make our decisions. Otherwise we only reflect the of the day.
  4. The shoes of peace enable us to stand without .
  5. We are in a , but we should be able to enjoy it in Christ’s . For the Lord Jesus has the world in which we live.
  6. Prayer does not always change . Prayer changes .
  7. Don’t rush into God’s presence and tell Him your . Learn first to .
  8. We must go right through the of things to God. Don’t be intimidated by .
  9. When we recognize His presence, our common days will be , our circumstances will become a , and our disappointments will be .
  10. Set your goal to God.
  11. Jesus Christ has already made before we have the .
  12. Our problem is not to get a full of people but to get a full of !
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Chapter 6
DEFLECTED DEFEAT AND REFLECTED TRIUMPH

  1. In taking the shield of faith we meet the devil as a .
  2. The devil’s is endless.
  3. The devil from many directions.
  4. In the ! That is how we the devil. …this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (I John :).
  5. Believing does not make a thing . Believing accepts what is already .
  6. Faith that us is a faith that has moved from the generalities of life to a limitation: “This one thing I do.”
  7. What does the shield of faith reflect?
  8. The shield of faith enables us to quench the darts of .
  9. You and I are called upon to give ourselves to Him who can turn our sin into , our solitude into , our defeat into , and sunset into the of an eternal morning!
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Chapter 7
DOWN FROM VICTORY ALREADY WON

  1. The mind of man is made to God’s after Him.
  2. A retreat from is a retreat from .
  3. Hope is a condition. This is a contradistinction from .
  4. If the human mind is not , it will shift with the changing tides of men’s bankrupt .
  5. As we sail through life, we need to know the of the waters that we might not be grounded; but we also need to know the of the heavens, for they guide us into the safe harbor of .
  6. means nothing to the one outside of the household of faith.
  7. Every problem, situation, or difficulty is simply an opportunity for Christ to become the .
  8. Paul had put his - down deep in the knowledge that God had anticipated every and would according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  9. Paul’s second anchor was cast deep down in the indestructible truth that Christ is now .
  10. Paul’s hope was predicated, not upon what happen but what happen because he was walking in the predetermined of a loving God.
  11. By His mighty power God Christ from the dead.
  12. Paul ransacks his vocabulary of power words to describe the resurrection. There are three types used to describe it.
    A. First, there is power.
    B. Then there is power.
    C. The Lord Jesus was given power.
  13. The only thing the devil has is power.
  14. The devil is the thief that comes to , steal, and . God comes to , elevate, and life.
  15. Christ wants to as Lord in our lives so that He can share that with us.
  16. Every storm becomes an opportunity for to rise in our little human vessel and spread His .
  17. We have an with the Father, Christ Jesus the righteous One.
  18. God’s is seen in choosing His Church.
  19. Our task is to the Word of Faith until blind eyes are opened and all are reduced to before the invisible throne of our God and His Christ.
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Chapter 8
THAT WORD ABOVE ALL EARTHLY POWERS

  1. With the Sword of the Spirit we pass from defense to attack and meet the devil as a of God’s Word.
  2. Christians are not to to the situation around them. They are to !
  3. Jesus specified as the first and foremost principle of perpetuating the Christian witness.
  4. When we preach, it becomes more than it becomes a .
  5. Wielding the sword is to the Spirit.
  6. It is the who enables us to appropriate the Word of God.
  7. The Holy Spirit the saving energy that raises men from the dead, His word into their minds and hearts, and His witness.
  8. A man filled with the of is always a threat to the enemy.
  9. The enemy always aims at those Christians who stand their Captain.
  10. How many times did Jesus thrust the Sword of the Spirit into the devil?
  11. To demand a sign is evidence we cannot His simple word and the of it in time.
  12. If Jesus had worshiped Satan, He would have repudiated His .
  13. The optimistic that passes for Christian idealism today is deceptive.
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Chapter 9
THE MORAL EQUIVALENT TO WAR

  1. Prayer does not make difference in the outcome. It makes difference!
  2. Ian Thomas once said that these first-century Christians were “utterly , divinely unafraid, incorrigibly and always in trouble.
  3. No one can be in the presence of a Spirit-filled Christian, so conflict is inevitable.
  4. This insistence on being is tempting us to do a lot of things today that constitute a denial of our gospel.
  5. Prayer was not a with them; it was a .
  6. All problems are but for God to work a miracle!
  7. It is quite one thing to be about our faith. It is quite another to be by our faith.
  8. It is a wonderful thing that God always comes to us on the of our need.
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Spiritual Warfare and Pastoral Ministry

  • 1,500 ministers leave the ministry each month due to moral failure, being simply worn out, or due to contention in the churches. 80% of seminary and Bible college graduates who enter into the ministry will leave the ministry within 5 years.
  • 50% of pastor’s marriages will end in divorce. 40% say they have had an extra-marital affair since beginning the ministry.
  • 80% of pastors and 84% of pastor’s wives feel unqualified and discouraged in their role as a pastoral family. 80% of pastor’s wives feel their spouse is overworked.
  • 50% of pastors are so discouraged they would leave the ministry if they could, but have no other means of making a living.
  • 80% of pastor’s wives wish their spouse would choose another profession. A majority of pastor’s wives said the most destructive event that has ever happened to their marriage and family was the day they entered into ministry.
  • 70% of pastors fight depression.
  • 70% said the only time they spend studying the Bible is in sermon preparation.

Pastors are under attack! Pray that your pastor may “resist the devil” and make Satan flee!

Resist the Devil

The Bible exhorts us to fight. James 4:7 says, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” The word “resist” literally means “fight back.”
The police officer goes to arrest a man, and the man resists arrest. What does that mean? It means he is doing everything in his power to keep the policeman from arresting him. He is fighting back.
When Satan attacks, the average Christian prays. Now there is nothing wrong with praying, but the promise is not, “Pray, and I will make the Devil flee from you.” The promise is, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Many Christians don’t know what it is to have the Devil flee, because they have never resisted him.
The Devil is too powerful for us, but he is not too powerful for the indwelling presence of Christ. We must say, “In the name of Jesus, get thee hence,” or “Depart.”
If you knock on my door at night and say, “Let me in,” I might not let you in. But if someone knocks on my door, shows me a policeman’s badge and says, “In the name of the law, let me in,” I don’t have much choice. And when we say, “In the name of Jesus,” the Devil doesn’t have a choice. When he hears that name, he trembles. He still remembers Calvary. He knows that he is a defeated foe and that on the cross Jesus Christ bruised his head.
If we resist the Devil by quoting an appropriate verse to combat the temptation and tell him to leave in the name of Jesus, he will depart. Oh, he may come back; and if he does, repeat the same process, even if he comes back five or six times the same day with the same temptation or the same doubt.
This may seem strange at first, but I assure you that it works: first, because the Bible says so; and second, because I have seen it work in my own life.
I once gave this Bible lesson on resisting the Devil to my congregation. The next week a dear lady came to me screaming, “It works! It works!”
“What works?” I asked.
“Resisting the Devil. It works!” Then she told the story of how she had been tempted and how she quoted an appropriate verse and commanded the Devil to leave in Jesus’ name. “And as soon as I did it, the temptation was gone.” The temptation was gone because the tempter had departed.
To be successful in resisting the Devil, you must be familiar with your weapon—the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Think of your worst temptation, the one you have the most often. Find an appropriate verse, and get ready to resist the Devil. Then find verses for every other temptation, and resist the Devil. He will flee from you.
The Word of God is not given to decorate coffee tables or bookshelves but to use. It is the Sword of the Spirit, and you are a soldier of Jesus Christ.
One final thought: the first part of James 4:7 says, “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.” Before resisting the Devil, we should pray and get as close to God as we possibly can.—Curtis Hutson

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