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(Ephesians 6:10-18) Read again to refresh your memory.
As Christians we need to understand that there are two spiritual kingdoms. When we got saved, we entered the Kingdom of God. This automatically put us in conflict with the other kingdom, which is the kingdom of Darkness, or Satan’s kingdom.
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Because too few Christians know and understand that Satan, also has a kingdom, they are left vulnerable to this invisible kingdom, and thus an invisible enemy, Satan and all his hordes of demons.
It’s very important that we know about Satan’s kingdom and that he is at war with us. It’s also very important that because at our New Birth in Christ we entered the kingdom of God, and the Kingdom of God is at war with the kingdom of Satan.
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We ‘AUTOMATICALLY’ are at war with the Prince of Darkness’s kingdom, and we are at war with Satan, and his many, many spirits of destruction.
So, we better prepare ourselves to fight, and understand that in order to win our battles, we must learn about the ‘WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, WHAT EACH PIECE OF ARMOR IS FOR, AND HOW TO SKILLFULLY USE IT’S OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.
WE ALSO MUST PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD DAILY, AND KNOW WHAT EACH PART OF THAT ARMOR PROTECTS.
(Eph. 6:10-18) “Brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might….”
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The only way we can be strong enough to war against the devil and his demons is to come into full union with Jesus, and link up with Christ.
(v-13) “Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand (resist) in the evil day, and having done all to stand….STAND FIRM…”
The reason we are to put on the whole armor of God is so that we can stand and fight and win. Without having on the full armor of God, the Apostle Paul plainly tells us that we will not be able to stand.
There’s an evil day coming to every believer. A day of trouble and assault by the enemy so severe, that unless we have on the complete armor of God we will fall, and maybe even fall from grace and be lost.
THINK ABOUT THAT. SO DEFINITELY TAKE HEED AND LEARN ABOUT, PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, AND FIGHT WITH THE ‘SWORD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.
Paul tells us, if we put on the whole armor of God and fight, we will win. We will be victorious, and along with others we’ll have the shout of victory in the camp.
(Matthew 12:24) Jesus had just healed a man and cast out a ‘DEAF AND DUMB SPIRIT’. (by Derek Prince) “How many of you know that deafness is caused by a deaf and dumb spirit?
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My wife and I were ministering in Pakistan a few years ago and advertised that we’d be praying for the sick.
Now, Pakistan is 98% Muslim. Eleven thousand people, mostly Muslim showed up, mostly for one reason, and one reason only. WE WERE PRAYING FOR THE SICK.
After I preached I called all those up who wanted healing. A man standing in front of me pointed to his ears, and then his mouth. I knew by that, that the man was deaf and dumb.
He didn’t understand English. I thought, “I’m going to see if this works”, so, in English I commanded that ‘Deaf and Dumb spirit’, to come out of the man. And instantly His ears popped open and he could hear.
SADLY, THE ANGELS ARE BEING CALLED BACK TO HEAVEN, BECAUSE CHRISTIANS AR’NT USING THEM ANYMORE
Then, excitedly he began making noises. Well, it worked, without the man knowing what I had just done. However, the Deaf and Dumb spirit knew English, the Word of God, and the power of God, and instantly left after the command for him to leave.
Then my team and I moved throughout the crowd finding people who were deaf and dumb, God obviously healing them.
Satan hates when Christians aggressively witness, and pray for people to be healed of sickness, or delivered from Satan’s power, because when we, command a spirit to leave a deaf person, it manifests the power of God and directly exposes the Devil who’s tried to hide.
When you command a spirit who has bound and tormented a soul, to leave and he does, you know you have just seen the power of God.
when the demon cries out and says, “Leave me alone, I don’t want to leave”. And then the demon leaves, everyone hears the demon literally speak and they see the problem ceases, they know that God has just delivered a tortured soul.
Then when they praise God for their deliverance, those around them can’t help but see and many will acknowledge that the kingdom of God has come unto them.
Satan hates that, because he is brought out into the open and exposed, and then everyone around sees that a demon had caused their sickness, and the demon who wants to hide, screams out against the command to come out, exposing himself, and the result is, that of a person set free and at peace.
Derek Prince gives his version of Ephesians 6:12. He calls it the ‘PRINCE VERSION’. Brother Prince said, I’v learned Greek when I was ten years old. And you ask if I’m qualified to teach Greek?
Yes, I am. I am qualified to teach it at a University level, so here goes. I’m going to give you the ‘Amplified Prince Version’.
(Ephesians 6:12) “For our wrestling match is not against persons with bodies…(Now that phrase is taken from the Living Bible)…with rulers with various areas and descending orders of authority…”
This is a highly organized kingdom, with greater spirits of authority and intelligence at the higher levels of rulership descending to lower and lower orders of authority, but each level is absolutely necessary for Satan’s kingdom to be able to operate successfully.
And under each descending level of authority these spirits have many sub-rulers taking orders from them, right on down to the wicked spirits that are assigned to each person, and yes, especially to every Christian.
Because it is only a Christian and an on fire Holy Ghost filled Christian that gives them trouble. The Christian binds them, casts them out, undoes all the hard work the demon does to destroy their victims.
Therefore, demons will do their best to distract, and delay, or stop the work of Christians to win souls, to deliver souls they have bound, and to even bind the demons in chains. THEY ARE TERRIFIED OF CHRISTIANS TOTALLY GIVEN TO JESUS CHRIST AND THE PROMOTION OF GOD’S KINGDOM.
“….Against the world dominators of this present darkness”
The use of the word dominators is very significant. God never dominates, but Satan does. Satan rules by domination. Satan’s desire is to dominate the whole world, not just some little portion of this world.
v….”Against spiritual hosts of darkness in the heavenlies, or (heavenly places”).
(Derek Prince) “There are vast armies of spiritual darkness arrayed against us”.
To end this message, I’m going to say that God has provided victory over all the power of the Devil through Jesus sacrifice, death, and resurrection. He has provided an armor for protection, and a sword (the sword) which is the Word of God, and the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the Devil.
It is real, it’s powerful, and it works. We’ll talk more about this very important substance next time. GOD BLESS AND CAUSE YOU TO WIN ALL YOUR BATTLES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.
