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- 8.2. The Gospel as a Spiritual Weapon
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- Who is Our Enemy in Spiritual Warfare? (Ephesians 6:12)
He tries anything he can to prevent the spread of the gospel, since the good news of Jesus sets people free from his control.
He makes people feel bad about "proselytizing" and shuts them up with the fear that they'll offend someone and appear "intolerant. We must not let Satan's deceptions keep us quiet! As we'll see as this lesson progresses, sharing and preaching the gospel to lost people is spiritual warfare, pure and simple.
It is bringing the truth of Jesus to dispel the darkness and lies that have kept people in Satan's bondage for so long. And when Satan's dominion is attacked, we shouldn't be surprised that he counterattacks.
8.2. The Gospel as a Spiritual Weapon
This is war, dear friends. And it calls for courage and faith on our part. No wonder it is so hard to share your faith sometimes. You are engaged in spiritual warfare, and often don't realize the dimensions of it. Hopefully, you can see the battlefield now for what it is. For Satan, this is a life and death struggle for dominance. He'll use every trick he has. So what are our weapons of warfare? Paul says:.
Strongly fortified forts or walled cities seemed impenetrable in the ancient world, except through long sieges by determined armies, and large, specialized equipment of one kind or another used to scale a wall, or to breach it -- and after the victory, ropes and cables to literally pull it down to prevent that city from defending itself in the future.
Paul says that our weapons are not physical, but have equivalent power in the spiritual realm to pull down and destroy the defenses of the most fortified of military installations. In other words, our spiritual weapons are of the most powerful kind known in spiritual warfare. Some of them we don't even recognize as weapons against Satan. But it would be well to take an inventory of our spiritual arsenal. As we've seen, Satan does everything possible to prevent Paul from preaching the gospel.
Because of its raw power to change lives. Paul wrote to the Romans:. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
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The first building block in setting people free is a foundation of truth. And that takes preaching or communicating or witnessing -- in a word, evangelizing. And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? Of course, our lives must be consistent with our message! But it's questionable that St. Francis ever said this.
None of his earliest biographers include the line. And St. Francis himself was constantly preaching -- in up to five villages a day, often outdoors. He would stand on a bale of straw or some steps of a public building and preach to whoever would gather.
Who is Our Enemy in Spiritual Warfare? (Ephesians 6:12)
Declaring the good news is "the sword of the Spirit, the word of God" Ephesians b , in Paul's analogy of putting on the full armor of God. Preaching -- declaring the good news of Jesus from pulpits, in the marketplace, and from house to house -- is a vital weapon in the arsenal of the kingdom. Your personal witness to what Jesus has done for you is a form of declaring the good news. Satan will try to prevent you, by making you afraid of opening your mouth.
But do so anyway, relying on the Spirit of God. Don't sheathe one of your most powerful weapons because your enemy tells you to. Why is the sharing and preaching of the gospel so threatening to him John ; Romans ? Why do you think it is so difficult to share your faith or preach in the world outside the church? If preaching the truth is a powerful weapon, so is repentance.
The issue is that men and women are held captive by Satan Acts How can they be set free? A better translation might be "oppressed by demons" ESV or perhaps "demonized," that is, afflicted to one degree or another by a demon. Paul talks about the influence of Satan in a fascinating passage we just looked at. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I see demonization on a continuum, rather than a "possessed" or "not possessed" judgment. The continuum might look something like this though you might disagree a bit with the order :.
I believe that the early stages of demonization, perhaps steps 1, 2, and 3, and often 4, can successfully be treated by truth followed by repentance and subsequent obedience to the truth. Paul talks about this:. In the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth.
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Neil T. In his biblical counseling practice he saw many people freed from symptoms that looked very much like demon oppression or possession. When people grasp the truth of the gospel, and embrace it -- thus repenting of their former beliefs that have kept them in bondage -- they become free in Christ. There is certainly a place for people who have a "deliverance ministry" of casting out demons, as we'll see shortly. But the first step in spiritual warfare is to repent of all known sin, and ask forgiveness.
If you have to do this a thousand times, so be it. Jesus will change you as you come to him for help. When you examine Paul's ministry, he doesn't hesitate to cast out demons when necessary, but this is rare in our accounts of his ministry Acts ; , though we can assume that the exorcism attempt of the seven sons of Sceva was in imitation of Paul's practice of exorcism while in Ephesus Acts What we see primarily is how Paul deals with the demonic pagan religions entrenched in Ephesus and Corinth and elsewhere.
He does it by defeating error with truth and thus bringing repentance. If repentance towards sin is a spiritual weapon, so is repentance toward blame and hurt. Another word for this is forgiveness. Of course, forgiveness was an important theme for Jesus. Forgiveness is the fruit of one who has himself or herself been forgiven Matthew , 14; So also for Paul. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. But we must understand that forgiveness is very much a spiritual weapon against Satan. In a discussion Paul is having with the Corinthian church about someone who had apparently sinned against him and was now being excluded from the church, Paul appeals to the church to forgive the person.
For we are not unaware [] of his schemes. Unforgiveness is anger that is retained, grudges that remain unforgiven. Paul reminds the Ephesians of wisdom from Psalm Then he admonishes them:. In your own personal war with the devil, don't allow him a place or a foothold in your life by holding onto anger, grudges, hurts, and wrongs done to you. Jesus was able to say about "the prince of this world," that, "He has no hold on me" John , literally, "hath nothing in me" KJV. When we give Satan an internal platform to operate through unforgiveness -- or for that matter, any unconfessed sin -- then he can continually attack us from within.
We must give up those places within us through repentance and faith! Yes, forgiveness is hard. But being continually attacked by the devil because we won't forgive is even harder. Forgiveness is a defensive weapon related to the power of love. For you, who is the most difficult person to forgive? Why is your unforgiveness more damaging to you than to the person who hurt you? There's another kind of spiritual warfare -- prayer and praise -- that brings about the defeat of the enemy. This may seem strange to you, but Paul teaches about this practice in some depth to the Philippian church Philippians Nine hundred years before Paul, we see praise and prayer as the key to King Jehoshaphat's victory over the combined armies of Moab, Ammon, and Edom in the Judean wilderness.
When Jehoshaphat hears that the armies are coming, he prays publicly in the temple for God's mercy. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you. Then Mattaniah the prophet speaks out to the assembly in the temple courtyard. For the battle is not yours, but God's. Tomorrow march down against them You will not have to fight this battle.
Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you.