2020 09 20 - Armor - Gear Up for the Real Battle
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Welcome
Today’s Passage: Ephesians 6:10
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Does it feel like you are on a battlefield and you aren’t sure that you are winning?
SERIES INTRODUCTION
We are on a spiritual battlefield
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EXPLORE
PRIMARY SCRIPTURE
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 firm.
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF THE SCRIPTURE
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MAIN IDEA
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THE MAIN THING:
We are in a spiritual battle and will have victory when we stand in Christ.
We are in a spiritual battle and will have victory when we stand in Christ.
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Have you ever been in a conflict with someone and then couldn’t remember what you were fighting about?
Have you ever been in a conflict with someone and then couldn’t remember what you were fighting about?
1. To have victory you have to be fighting the right battle.
1. To have victory you have to be fighting the right battle.
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10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 firm.
We are in a spiritual battle not a physical one.
We are in a spiritual battle not a physical one.
3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
Application:
Stop letting Satan distract you from the real fight.
Stop letting Satan distract you from the real fight.
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You are going to be stranded on a dessert island, what three items would you bring.
You are going to be stranded on a dessert island, what three items would you bring.
2. To have victory you have to have the right equipment for the battle.
2. To have victory you have to have the right equipment for the battle.
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10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 firm.
You can only fight a spiritual battle with spiritual weapons.
You can only fight a spiritual battle with spiritual weapons.
1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Application:
Focus your energy on your spiritual weapons not your physical weapons.
Focus your energy on your spiritual weapons not your physical weapons.
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3. To have victory you have to have the right objective.
3. To have victory you have to have the right objective.
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10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 firm.
Our victory is found in standing.
Our victory is found in standing.
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Application:
Use scripture to build your base.
Use scripture to build your base.
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Coming Back to the Main Thing:
We are in a spiritual battle and will have victory when we stand in Christ.
We are in a spiritual battle and will have victory when we stand in Christ.
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