1 / 24

Spiritual Warfare…

Spiritual Warfare…. A Cosmic Battle…. Overt and Covert Warfare…. “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” Mt 11:12

amiel
Download Presentation

Spiritual Warfare…

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Spiritual Warfare…

  2. A Cosmic Battle…

  3. Overt and Covert Warfare…

  4. “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” Mt 11:12 “…on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it.” Mt 16:18

  5. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10: 4,5

  6. Secondary Defences PERSECUTION PrimaryDefences CONTROL

  7. Examples from the book of Acts: • Acts 2 (Pentecost)Control • Acts 3 (healing of cripple) Breakthrough • Acts 4: 1-22 (before Sanhedrin) Persecution

  8. Examples from the book of Acts: • Acts 4: 23- 5: 10 (boldness, money) Control • Acts 5:12-16 (Peter’s shadow) Breakthrough • Acts 5: 17,18 (apostles in jail) Persecution

  9. What does the enemy’s control system look like? • Built up over time, often generations • A pattern in the way we think or behave • Operates in cultural ‘blind spots’ • Leads to unbiblical behaviour

  10. The Biggest Enemy… …Consumerism Safetyand security – the primary concern of the middle classes… …mixes with comfort and convenience in a consumer society to become an enemy of the Gospel (Alan Hirsch)

  11. Typical strongholds in the West • Security in money (poverty spirit) • Individualism (private life) • Fear of ridicule (pride) • Fear of risk (cowardice) • Rationalism (unbelief) • Self-focused leadership (vanity) • Overwork (Striving)

  12. Have you become a prisoner of war?

  13. How do we break free? We act based on… Invisible Visible The Bible, our relationship with the Holy Spirit Our 5 senses, our experience and reason

  14. How do we break free? "The time has come,” he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" Mark 1: 15

  15. Kairos B E L I E V E Act Observe R E P E N T Reflect Account Discuss Plan Persevere

  16. Walking out Faith… Hope Faith We believe the new possibilities to the point that they become our reality New possibilities enter our mind from heaven ‘Now faith is the substance of things hoped for.’Hebrews 11:1

  17. New Possibilities… ‘Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.’ St. Paul (Romans 10: 17)

  18. “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” Jesus (John 14: 12-14)

  19. Breaking Out of the Box… • What are your expectations of God when it comes to… • provision? • health? • salvation? • support as you take risks?

  20. Walking out Faith… God’s Word (Invisible realm) Battle Our Experience (visible realm)

  21. ‘And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.’ St. Paul (Romans 5: 2-5) Battle

  22. The Process… Knock Seek Ask ? Persevere!

  23. God’s sovereignty… Father – ‘Day of the Lord’ (Acts 2:20) Spirit – ‘Works in all things’ (Romans 8:28) Son – ‘Greater things shall you do’ (John 14:12) Fallen Earth Eden New Earth

  24. “…anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. “ Matt 10: 38,39 “So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36

More Related