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The Struggle That Prevails

The Struggle That Prevails. Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. What Afflicts the Human Condition?.

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The Struggle That Prevails

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  1. The Struggle That Prevails Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

  2. What Afflicts the Human Condition? Why are we so helpless?

  3. What Afflicts the Human Condition? Ephesians 6:10 • Evil rulers & authorities of the unseen realm • Mighty powers in this dark world • Evil spirits in the heavenly places. For the whole world lies in the power of the Evil One. 1 Jn.2:17

  4. What Afflicts the Human Condition? Jesus mentions Satan over 100x What’s Your Explanation?

  5. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” Mark 3:22 (NASB) The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul…”

  6. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • Wasted lives. John 8:44 the devil… He was a murderer from the beginning.

  7. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • Wasted lives. • Based on lies. John 8:44 (NASB) “…Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of the lie.

  8. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • Wasted lives. • Based on lies. Revelation 9:11 Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Greek, Apollyon— the Destroyer.

  9. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • The System: a history of garbage dumps.

  10. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • The System: a history of garbage dumps. • Expendable Human Life Modern Era Child Sacrifice

  11. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • The System: a history of garbage dumps. • Expendable Human Life • We cannot correct the problem • We merely rearrange the problems. The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain…Brief and powerless is mans life -- Bertrand Russell

  12. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • The System: a history of garbage dumps. • Enslaved Within Darkened Minds Ephesians 2:1-2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

  13. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • The System: a history of garbage dumps. • Enslaved Within Darkened Minds • Victims of Lies and More Lies 2 Corinthians 4:4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe…

  14. “The Lord of the Flies” • “Lord of the garbage dumps…” • The System: a history of garbage dumps. • Enslaved Within Darkened Minds • But Jesus Came to Deliver Us Colossians 1:13 (NASB) For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 1 John 3:8 The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

  15. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! Acts 26:18 …open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

  16. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! • Life with a future! Acts 26:18 …open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritanceamong those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

  17. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! • Life with a future! • Set apart from the garbage dump! Acts 26:18 (NASB) …that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

  18. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! • Christian: You Have Been Delivered! • From a long history of emptiness. 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

  19. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! • Christian: You Have Been Delivered! • From a long history of emptiness. • From frustration and darkness. Ephesians 4:17-18 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding,

  20. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! • Christian: You Have Been Delivered! • There Is No Neutral Ground. Matthew 12:30 "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

  21. “The Struggle” Means: • The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! • Christian: You Have Been Delivered! • There Is No Neutral Ground. • Jesus is Plundering.

  22. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering • The Selfish Realm • The most divisive force • My life, my will… • My tribe, my world…

  23. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering • The Selfish Realm • The most divisive force • My life, my will… • My tribe, my world… • It Means Emptiness… • A great garbage heap… • ‘The Lord of the Flies’ • “Gehenna” is hell

  24. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering The Spiritual Struggle Releasing prisoners. Healing broken lives. Remove divisions, racism... Restore love, families... • The Selfish Realm • The most divisive force • My life, my will… • My tribe, my world… • It Means Emptiness… • A great garbage heap… • ‘The Lord of the Flies’ • “Gehenna” is hell

  25. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering The Spiritual Struggle Releasing prisoners. Healing broken lives. Remove divisions, racism... Restore love, families... It Means Prevailing The power of the cross Their testimony Their sacrifice • The Selfish Realm • The most divisive force • My life, my will… • My tribe, my world… • It Means Emptiness… • A great garbage heap… • ‘The Lord of the Flies’ • “Gehenna” is hell Revelation 12:10 (NASB) Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

  26. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering James 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. • James 4:6 Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

  27. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering James 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. • James 4:6 Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

  28. Which Struggle Prevails? Scattering Gathering Acts 26:17-18 “I am sending you to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God…” Silence of the Lambs

  29. 1 Samuel 2:9 (NASB) "He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail. • 2 Chronicles 14:11 (NASB) Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, "Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”

  30. 1 John 5:5 (NASB) Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? • Revelation 12:11 (NASB) "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

  31. What Ails the Human Condition? • Evil rulers & authorities of the unseen realm • Mighty powers in this dark world • Evil spirits in the heavenly places. 2 Timothy 3:1-7 (NASB) But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money…ungrateful, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power;……always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. 1 Timothy 4:1 (NLT) “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. Matthew 24:11-12 (NASB)

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