The Unseen War
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The Totaling of my last car. The thing I did not see was a sudden road block. And I crashed into it.
What protected me and my passenger that day was the fact that the manufacturer took the time to install the things that would protect me from the
It’s not the enemy you see that get’s you, it’s the one you don’t see that is a real threat.
1. We Fight From Our Strength
1. We Fight From Our Strength
Jesus is the strength that you have That is where we start.
10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength.
1. We Fight From Our Strength A. Our Strength is Jesus
1. We Fight From Our Strength A. Our Strength is Jesus
2. Get Dressed for Battle
2. Get Dressed for Battle
11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil.
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It’s about action on your part. you don’t wake up dressed in the morning.
13 This is why you must 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.
eph 6 13
Paul has a baseline list that is expanded upon here but I don’t want to focus on that today
3. Because The Enemy is Formidable
3. Because The Enemy is Formidable
12 For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
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Get Dressed for Battle, Because the Enemy is formidable. If you are going to fight from a place of strength you must recognize that the things you don’t see are more dangerous than the things you do see.
They Are powerful
2. They Are Wicked
Power itself is neutral.
3. They are Cunning
The Wiles of the Devil
Compared to
14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
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4 since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.