The Art of War: Part 1

THE ART OF WAR: Part 1 Spiritual Warfare 101

If you’re not in the ,

you’re in .

Whatever doesn’t get

gets .

You can’t you

and stay .

(Luke 10:17-20 NIV) The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

The goal is not .

The goal is .

(Revelation 12:7-9 NIV) Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Four Basic Truths of Spiritual Warfare

1. There is a

(Ephesians 6:12 NLT) For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

(Ephesians 1:3 NLT) All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

(2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV) So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2. We are involved in .

(1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV) Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith…

(2 Timothy 3:5 NIV) No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.

Spiritual Warfare:

The fight to believe and obey over the .

(2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV) For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Believers need deliverance from .

Unbelievers need deliverance from .

(2 Corinthians 2:11 NIV) …in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

3. There are .

1. The .

The enemy operates through .

(Colossians 2:15 NCV) God stripped the spiritual rulers and powers of their authority. With the cross, he won the victory and showed the world that they were powerless.

(1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV) Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

3 Main Entry Points of Strongholds

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2) The .

(1 John 2:15-17 NIV) Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

3 Doors of Strongholds

Lust of the Flesh –

Lust of the Eyes –

Pride of Life –

3) The .

(1 Peter 2:11 NIV) Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.

4 Stages to Carnal Strongholds

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4. The devil is .

(1 John 4:4) You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

(James 4:7 NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

(1 Timothy 6:12 NIV) Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.