THE BELT OF TRUTH (3 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20
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The Belt of Truth (3 of 5)
Series: Spiritual Warfare
Scott Maze
Ephesians 6:10-20
The Bible says you are involved a war, but it is a spiritual war. This warfare affects every area of your life and every individual in your life. Christianity sees the world as a battleground where you have human good and human evil on one level but you also have supernatural good and supernatural evil on another level.
Keep your Bibles open to Ephesians 6 with me (page 1163 in your pew Bibles). As you are turning, please know that we are so glad you are joining us for worship today. These are discouraging days but we want you to sense the hope that comes from Jesus Christ on the Throne. You're not alone and you are loved.
Spiritual warfare is the mother of all wars! There is not one boy, one girl, one man or woman who can extricate themselves from this battle of the ages. There's no place to run and there's no place to hide. There is no bunker or foxhole that you can get into that will alleviate you from the repercussions of this battle. This battle is called spiritual warfare and let me show you the gravity of it.
Paul was in prison when he wrote Ephesians and he's likely seeing a Roman soldier as his prison guard nearly all day long as he's in captivity.
The image of the Roman soldier leads Paul to write, ''Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil'' (Ephesians 6:11).
Two Fights
But spiritual warfare is also a personal fight. Would you hold up two fingers with me for a moment? I won't ask you to do it long but I do ask you to make the ''peace sign'' with me? The two you're holding up reminds us of life's two battles. We were born at war with God because we are born in sin. But when we lay down our arms at the cross of Jesus Christ in unconditional surrender, God declares peace with us. When God declares peace WITH us, the devil declares war ON us and we must be permanently at our battle stations from ea ...
Series: Spiritual Warfare
Scott Maze
Ephesians 6:10-20
The Bible says you are involved a war, but it is a spiritual war. This warfare affects every area of your life and every individual in your life. Christianity sees the world as a battleground where you have human good and human evil on one level but you also have supernatural good and supernatural evil on another level.
Keep your Bibles open to Ephesians 6 with me (page 1163 in your pew Bibles). As you are turning, please know that we are so glad you are joining us for worship today. These are discouraging days but we want you to sense the hope that comes from Jesus Christ on the Throne. You're not alone and you are loved.
Spiritual warfare is the mother of all wars! There is not one boy, one girl, one man or woman who can extricate themselves from this battle of the ages. There's no place to run and there's no place to hide. There is no bunker or foxhole that you can get into that will alleviate you from the repercussions of this battle. This battle is called spiritual warfare and let me show you the gravity of it.
Paul was in prison when he wrote Ephesians and he's likely seeing a Roman soldier as his prison guard nearly all day long as he's in captivity.
The image of the Roman soldier leads Paul to write, ''Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil'' (Ephesians 6:11).
Two Fights
But spiritual warfare is also a personal fight. Would you hold up two fingers with me for a moment? I won't ask you to do it long but I do ask you to make the ''peace sign'' with me? The two you're holding up reminds us of life's two battles. We were born at war with God because we are born in sin. But when we lay down our arms at the cross of Jesus Christ in unconditional surrender, God declares peace with us. When God declares peace WITH us, the devil declares war ON us and we must be permanently at our battle stations from ea ...
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