Spiritual Warfare….What is That?

Spiritual warfare is spiritual. It starts when you become a Christian, by receiving Christ as your own Savior. Then you get into the Word of God, and read the Bible from cover to cover one time a year. That is much for a new Christian, but those who read, will become teachers eventually. To teach the Word, you need to be full of it. Sloshing full of it.

Ephesians 6: talks about warfare in the Spirit. It also talks about the armor of the Lord that you should be wearing daily. To wear it, you must have prayer and Bible study in your life on a daily basis. I rarely skip this, because the weapons we fight with in the spiritual realm are powerful to pull down strongholds. They are spiritual weapons that are available to you after you accept Christ as your own Savior.

Ephesians 6:12 talks about wrestling against something that is not flesh and blood. It is principalities, and powers, rulers of the darkness that we wrestle with. Let me get plain with you. You will always have your “self” or Satan fighting against you spiritually. You fight against spiritual wickedness in high places. They may be invisible to us, but they are real in the “Spirit.” You come against anything that won’t, or will not bow to the name of Jesus Christ. The whole armor of God is what is placed on your head…the Helmet of Salvation. You are His child, and no one can snatch you out of His hand. You receive Christ by faith, and that is when the helmet is placed on your head. You take on the whole armor so you can resist the devil. Standing against him, will eventually make you the winner. At times we have to take a stand, and not budge from it. Your loins are equipped with Truth. Christ is the way, the Truth and the life. No one comes to God except through Christ.

We take the stand with truth on us, and we have the breastplate of righteousness to wear. We receive the righteousness of Christ. Our righteousness on our own is like wearing filthy rags. Christ puts His Righteousness on us. Our feet are equipped with the shoes of the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace. You can not receive much from God without the peace of God on you. You hold a shield of Faith, which will quench the darts of the enemy. Satan will always throw darts. Being in the Word of God will help you become knowledgeable with the Word of Truth. You take the Helmet of Salvation and wear it. You use the Sword of the Spirit, which is God’s Word. Prayer has a big part to play in a Christian’s life. Supplication means that you pray through about something until you have peace that God has done for you what you have asked. There is no room for spiritual pride and arrogance. Our weapons are necessary to fight the good fight, and win against the enemy. Watching with prayer and supplication for the saints is a good idea. We must be diligent, and we are worth because of the blood of Christ that He shed for us. Our hearts are washed by the blood of Christ when we receive Him as our Savior.

Do you have doubts about this passage? Is something questioning whether the Word is the Truth? Well You might need to stop, and bind self, and Satan from talking to you. Do that now. Then loose the Holy Spirit to speak to you about the truth you should walk in and know. Ask the Holy Spirit to talk to you about the
passage you read. Remember our warfare is not with flesh and blood. It is spiritual. Therefore you have to believe that if we come to God He exists, and He rewards those who seek Him diligently.

Discouragement comes against those who teach the Word, or preach it.

I know someone who is discouraged because one of his sheep is not a believer. She pretends to be, but her actions show that she is not a Christian. There is no Holy Spirit there. Her ways are always toward the devil, and the crowd that doesn’t know Christ. She has no fruit of repentance, and yet she comes to church. It is her lifestyle that tells on her. A true Christian comes out from among the world, and is separate from the world’s ways. You can tell a change has happened. If there is no change once you receive Christ, then do it again. Receive Him by faith again. Confess your own sins, and repent. Then invite Christ to come live in you from head to toe. He will come to you by the Presence of the Holy Spirit of God.

For those of you who are struggling with discouragement, I say, rebuke it. See if you have the relief that God gives you. Bind Satan, bind self, and rebuke discouragement. There may be some more rebuking to do, but it will make you free when you do. Christ shed his blood on the cross for us. By His blood we are saved. The word saved means deliverance. Psalm 23 says I won’t fear evil. Thou art with me. That says much. Bind up the fear, and tell it to leave you in Jesus name. It will leave.

Many times when I want more freedom in prayer, I will say,
Father, I bind up every spirit not of Christ between me and You. I loose the Holy Spirit in this situation in Jesus name. This works for me. I hope this passage in Ephesians 6 has been helpful to you.