Spiritual Warfare:
Spiritual Warfare has been exercised and is now being exercised upon humanity.
I Peter 5:8 KJV “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:“
At the beginning of His ministry, after He had fasted for forty days, the Lord Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit, to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 4:1-11 KJV
[1] Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
[2] And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred.
[3] And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
[4] But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
1) The devil, knows our physical weaknesses, and he comes to tempt us physically.
[5] Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple,
[6] And saith unto Him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.(Part of an Angelic Code, found in Psalms 91:10,11)
[7] Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
2) The devil, knows how to deceive, and distort, and cast doubt on what God has said, to deceive us. He told Eve “...Yea, hath God said,...”Gen. 3:1
[8] Again, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
[9] And saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
[10] Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
3)The devil, knows that God has created mankind to be “the temple of the Holy Spirit.
I Corinthians 6:19,20 KJV
[20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Vessels, created to be men and women of worship.
II Timothy 2:21 KJV
“ A vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work."
The enemy tries to fill the spiritual void in men, with earthly things, leaving them empty, of the presence and power of God.
(It has been said that all men will bow to some one, because we have not only been created physical beings, but spiritual as well.)
[11] Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.
Jesus taught us how to fight the enemy, by doing what He did.
Matthew 4:
[4] But He answered and said, It is written, (The Word of God)
[7] Jesus said unto him, It is written again, “ “ “ “
[10] Then saith Jesus unto him, “ “ “ “
The Apostle Paul:
II Corinthians 10:4 KJV “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;”
Ephesians 6:11-18 KJV “
[11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
[13] Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
[14] Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with (1)truth, and having on the breastplate of (2)righteousness;
[15] And your feet shod with the preparation of (3)the gospel of peace;
[16] Above all, taking the shield of (4)faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
[17] And take the helmet of (5)salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is (6)the word of God:
[18] Praying always with all (7)prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Hebrews 4:12 KJV “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Revelation 12:11 KJV “And they overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
I Corinthians 10:12 KJV “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
I Corinthians 16:13 KJV “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”
James 4:7 KJV “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Luke 10:19 KJV “Behold, I (Jesus) give unto you power...over all the power of the enemy:”
Romans 8:35,37-39 KJV “
[35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
[37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
