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Know Your Enemy’s Strategy
Know Your Enemy’s Strategy
Know Your Enemy’s Strategy
This past week, the New England Patriots of the NFL, and their coach were fined when one of their team’s assistant coaches was caught with a video camera at the opposing team’s bench.
Apparently he was not making family videos of his special trip to an NFL game – he was recording the defensive plays for the benefit of his own team.
He was a spy.
Several years ago, Patriots and their coach were fined when one of their team’s assistant coaches was caught with a video camera at the opposing team’s bench.
Apparently he was not making family videos of his special trip to an NFL game – he was recording the defensive plays for the benefit of his own team.
He was a spy.
If you are a sports fan – you know how beneficial it would be to know what your opponent’s strategy before the contest – if you know the strategy it is much easier to defend against.
In real life, the situation is no different.
We are, as Christians, in a battle.
It’s not a game; it’s not a sporting contest - where you give your all for an hour and then have a shower, and go back to normal life.
Every Christian, the moment you come to saving faith in Christ - you enter into a lifelong spiritual battle against an enemy whose great intention is to besmirch God’s glory by destroying His treasures.
If you are a football fan and you watch the NFL - then there is one team that you either love or hate.
The New England Patriots are a team that absolutely nobody is neutral about.
To some - they are one of the great teams of all time .... to others, they are a bunch of cheats with an arrogant coach and quarterback and you would love to see ANY team win, except them.
“Why, they are cheaters!”
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Several years ago, Patriots and their coach were fined when one of their team’s assistant coaches was caught with a video camera at the opposing team’s bench.
Apparently he was not making family videos of his special trip to an NFL game – he was recording the defensive plays for the benefit of his own team.
He was a spy.
Verse 11 says, “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the ‘schemes’ of the devil.”
Schemes – the Greek word here is “methodias”, from which we get our word ‘method’ or ‘strategy’.
Satan has a strategy to destroy you.
Have you ever thought about that?
Maybe not – Maybe, when you think about the devil’s temptation against you -
the old image from the cartoons comes to mind: There you are, faced with a choice.
On one shoulder you have the angel in white - the good angel, whispering in your ear - to do the right thing.
You’ve seen an elderly man drop his wallet on the sidewalk just ahead of you.
The angel in white says, “Take that wallet back to the man.”
And, on the other shoulder, you have the little creature with the red jump-suit and horns whispering in your other ear - - “Don’t do that.
Keep it for yourself!
You need some more cash - you can put it to good use.”
Duelling angels - - one whispering good and one whispering evil in every decision you face.
Is that your idea of temptation?
Verse 11 says, “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the ‘schemes’ of the devil.”
Schemes – the Greek word here is “methodias”, from which we get our word ‘method’ or ‘strategy’.
Satan has a strategy to destroy you.
Have you ever thought about that?
Maybe not – Maybe, when you think about the devil’s temptation against you -
the old image from the cartoons comes to mind: There you are, faced with a choice.
On one shoulder you have the angel in white - the good angel, whispering in your ear - to do the right thing.
You’ve seen an elderly man drop his wallet on the sidewalk just ahead of you.
The angel in white says, “Take that wallet back to the man.”
And, on the other shoulder, you have the little creature with the red jump-suit and horns whispering in your other ear - - “Don’t do that.
Keep it for yourself!
You need some more cash - you can put it to good use.”
Duelling angels - - one whispering good and one whispering evil in every decision you face.
Is that your idea of temptation?
If you are a sports fan – you don’t want to cheat ….
But you know how beneficial it would be to know what your opponent’s strategy before the contest – if you know the strategy it is much easier to defend against.
According to the Bible - when it comes to your enemy the devil – he is not standing on the sidelines, with his fingers crossed, hoping that you and I will fall into sin – that we will mess up.
No, the Bible makes it clear that Satan has a ‘method’ - a battle plan – a strategy - to kill your joy and suck the vibrancy out of your spiritual life.
This is NOT the only place we read about his method.
Turn with me to
Paul is talking to a church with a need for forgiveness to be shown by some members to other members.
Verse 10: ANyone whom you forgive, I also forgive.
Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.”
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In real life, the situation is no different.
We are, as Christians, in a battle.
It’s not a game; it’s not a sporting contest - where you give your all for an hour and then have a shower, and go back to normal life.
Every Christian, the moment you come to saving faith in Christ - you enter into a lifelong spiritual battle against an enemy whose great intention is to besmirch God’s glory by destroying His treasures.
"in order that Satan might not outwit us.
For we are not unaware of his schemes."
(, NIV)
“His schemes” There are million different plays in the devil’s playbook against you and in one morning, we can’t possibly look at every specific way the devil’s scheme, his methods will work themselves out.
But if you boil everything down to the lowest common denominator, Satan’s strategy against you has 2 main parts.
What I want to do this morning is to prepare you who are God’s people, to stand firm against the devil’s schemes, by looking at those 2 main parts: 1) To Tempt 2) To Trouble.
He will tempt you TO sin.
And, when you have fallen into that sin - he will trouble you FOR your sin.
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To Tempt
Verse 11 says, “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the ‘schemes’ of the devil.”
Schemes – the Greek word here is “methodias”, from which we get our word ‘method’ or ‘strategy’.
Satan has a strategy to destroy you.
Have you ever thought about that?
Maybe not – Maybe, when you think about the devil’s temptation against you - the old image from the cartoons comes to mind:
First part of Satan’s strategy is to tempt you to sin against God.
To persuade you to rebel against Him.
Let’s be clear, as we saw last week, Satan has no power over any child of God.
He cannot take control over you, possess you, indwell you, or body check you into sin.
“Greater is He who is in you, than He who is in the world.”
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If you are a Christian, then you cannot truly say, “The Devil MADE me do it.”
Oh, but the devil is a powerful being.
Don’t dare take him lightly.
So, how DOES the devil have power in your life?
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The only power that Satan has in your life, is the power of SUGGESTION.
You’ve seen an elderly man drop his wallet on the sidewalk just ahead of you.
……..There you are, faced with a choice.
On one shoulder you have the angel in white - the good angel, whispering in your ear - to do the right thing.
“Take that wallet back to the man.”
And, on the other shoulder, you have the little creature with the red jump-suit and horns whispering in your other ear - - “Don’t do that.
Keep it for yourself!
You need some cash - you can put it to good use.
GOD’S PROVISION.”
Duelling angels - - one whispering good and one whispering evil in every decision you face.
Is that your idea of temptation?
Okay, so how does he use his power of suggestion?
I want us to look at 3 different time-specific situations .....
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