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<div class="SSN_title">"SPIRITUAL WARFARE"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. The Apostle Paul tells us that we are in a war. The flesh is fighting against our spirit and the spirit against our flesh.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The outcome of the this battle is the mastery over my life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Will I be mastered by my flesh, or by the spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Man a threefold being, body, soul, or mind and spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. When God created Adam, He created him spirit, soul, and body.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. When the spirit rules you have fellowship with God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. When your flesh rules, then your fellowship with God is broken, for God will have nothing to do with your flesh. He has one order for the flesh, "Kill it"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. When man first sinned, and the sin was giving into the lust of the flesh, man became inverted and became body soul and spirit. The flesh began to reign over him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. My flesh relates through my senses to the world around me.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. My spirit relates to God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Note that the mind is always in the middle, if my flesh is ruling, then I have what is termed in the scripture as the mind of the flesh. Paul wrote they do mind earthly things.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. If my spirit is ruling, then I have the mind of the spirit, and His Spirit is bearing witness to my spirit that I am a son of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Paul said that the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the spirit is life, joy and peace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. Satan relates to my flesh, God relates to my spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. SATAN IS A SPIRIT BEING, AND HIS ATTACKS ARE SPIRITUAL ATTACKS WITH THE PURPOSE OF GETTING ME IN THE FLESH.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Satan however is very subtle and he often tricks me to respond after my flesh, rather than after the spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. If Satan can get me into the flesh, he has a decided advantage over me for my flesh is very weak. In fact, the moment I get into the flesh, he has won the battle.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. My only hope for victory is to keep the battle in the realm of the spirit. In the realm of the spirit, I have the decided advantage. More than that, I have the victory.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Let me illustrate. Years ago when my two sons were growing up in the home, it seemed that every Wednesday afternoon they would get into a fight, it would start out with name calling and progress from there. Now I would devote Wednesday afternoon to study for the Wednesday night service. But to break up the fight, I often would have to get in the middle of it, and by the time I got back to the study, I would feel miserable for I often got into the flesh in breaking up the fight. This seemed to happen every Wednesday. One Wednesday afternoon I heard them begin to get into the name calling phase of the battle and I was about ready to put down my pen and go out and give them the orders to separate to separate rooms, when that still small voice said to me, "This is a spiritual battle" handle it in the spirit. So I began to pray, and to bind the work of the enemy who was seeking to bring discord again into our home. Soon the name calling ceased, and they were headed out together to go play football. I learned a valuable lesson from this.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. It only stands to reason that if our warfare is spiritual, then fleshly weapons are of no value. I need spiritual weapons to fight spiritual battles.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Paul tells us that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they are mighty through God by which we can pull down the strong holds of the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Often I try to use carnal weapons. I will try the count ten before you respond.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. I sometimes try to mesmerize myself, I will try auto suggestion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. I try the, I think I can, like the little red engine.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. There is that poem to the power of the will. They said that it couldn't be done, But I lit in with a bit of a grin, For I had the determination to win, They said that it couldn't be done but I did it. I heard a sequel to that poem. They said that it couldn't be done, But I lit in with a bit of a grin, For I had the determination to win, They said that it couldn't be done, and they were right It couldn't.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. I always find that I need help from the outside, the help of the Holy Spirit if I am to have victory in this spiritual battle.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. As Paul equips us for this spiritual battle he will speak of the two weapons by which we can go on the offensive in this battle.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The one weapon is the sword of the Spirit which he tells us is the word of God. One of the other fellows is going to tell us about this weapon a little later in the day.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Suffice it to say for now, that this is the weapon by which our Lord fought off the temptations of Satan.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. He answered each temptation saying, "It is written" as He would quote the scriptures to Satan.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. The other spiritual weapon is prayer. He closes this list of armament by saying, "Praying with all pray and supplication in the Spirit."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT OUR LORD HAS WON THE VICTORY OVER THESE DEMONIC POWERS AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TO STAND FAST IN HIS VICTORY.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Paul wrote to the Colossians about this victory of Jesus over these powers that are seeking to destroy you. Let me give you a very free translation of</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Col',2,15);">COL 2:15</a> On the cross, Jesus triumphed over the spirit forces of darkness, that are against us, those principalities and powers were defeated there at the cross as He openly triumphed over them.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Our battles are against the principalities and powers, the rulers of darkness in this world. Satan's kingdom is the kingdom of darkness and death in opposition to our Lord's kingdom which is kingdom of light and life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. When Jesus commissioned Paul he said: I am sending you to the Gentiles</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Act',26,18);">ACS 26:18</a> To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Know that the reason people do not believe the gospel is that Satan has blinded their eyes to keep them from seeing. Paul wrote:</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('2Cr',4,4);">2CO 4:4</a> In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. All of the logic and arguments in the world cannot open their eyes, it takes work of God's Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. If you are here today and these things do not make sense to you, my heart goes out to you, I will pray for you that the Lord will open your understanding to the truth, and deliver you from the kingdom of darkness that you might come into the kingdom of light.</div>
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