SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Contents:

1. Nature of the war.
   
1. Spiritual Vs carnal.
   
2. Battlegrounds
   

2. The enemy

1. His person
   
2. His purpose
   
3. His powers
   
4. His weapons
   
5. His defence/armour
   
6. His allies
   

1. The friends/ helpers of the war
   
   1. God and the Hosts of Heaven
      
   2. Fellow Christians
      
2. The armour and weapons
   
   1. armour
      
   2. weapons
      
3. Requirements for victory
   
4. Wining strategies
   
5. The prize/ rewards.
   

1. Nature of the war. Ref.: "war in the camp"
   
   1. Spiritual
      

1. Spiritual warfare is not a war after the flesh; it is not a physical war against flesh and blood

Eph. 6:12; 2 Cor 10:3

Even though the devil uses men, human agents, to carry out his evil designs, yet we are not at war with these men but with the spirit behind them. (All things that we see, everything that is seen that can be touched, every action etc are made of things that we do not see, i.e. are conceived from things that we do not see, from the spirit realm) Heb 11:3

2. The weapons being used to wage this war are not of a physical nature- not carnal

The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses.

2 Cor 10:4 (Weymouth New Testament); 1 Sam 2:9

Though the enemy will employ physical things e.g. poisons, guns persecutions etc through his human agents.

3. It is a fight of faith

1 Tim 6:12

B: Battlegrounds

It is a fight to gain grounds in the following area's:

1. The soul(mind) and heart (spirit) of man
   
2. And hence control over men and their bodies
   
3. Which leads to control of the physical resources of the earth.
   

Ultimately, it is a battle for the souls of men.

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