Learning Spiritual Warfare
    from Practical Spiritual Warfare

  Teacher’s Study Guide

  2008 Edition

  Materials copyrighted © 1992, 1993, 1996, and 2008 by James Dale Coldiron

  2008 Study prepared for the Cawood Church of God
  at Cawood, Kentucky under Pastor Eric Richardson

 

Table of Contents

1. The Nature of our Warfare and its Reality - Enemy Identification

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Part One

 

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THE NATURE OF OUR WARFARE AND ITS REALITY

The Bible paints a very vivid picture for us from Genesis to Revelation of a warfare that is occurring right now among spiritual elements of the cosmos.  God, Yahweh who is the Creator, is the God of light and good.  All good comes from Him. 

And long before humanity existed, there was among God’s creation an element of his created beings known as angels (literally, His messengers) who rebelled against God in their pride and put their allegiance behind God’s greatest angelic being, a cherub known as Hallel, who would after his fall be known as Satan or the Devil.

Mankind is in this warfare, and you see it being waged around and inside of man from Genesis to Revelation.  Man or the race of Adam is also a spiritual race as well as a physical one.  1 Thessalonians speaks of us being body, soul, and spirit.  The spirit is the breath of life that God breathed into Adam to make him a living soul… an immortal being having a temporary physical existence here on earth made into the image or reflection of God to stand for and with God.

Man was to be God’s companion and friend, and God gave man dominion over this Earth. And on this Earth there was a prisoner from before named Satan, who is the crooked serpent or the Great Red Dragon.  He tempted the woman as this warfare began with our race, and she and her husband fell to sin, and the war was on. 

Jesus Christ has won the decisive victory of this war at the cross winning a triumph over Satan and sin and over all of his demonic powers, but the war will continue for a while yet while God redeems from sin those who are willing to be redeemed, and brings judgment on the rest.

If you like it or not; and if you want to or not, you are already a part of this war.  You can be on God’s side (the winning side), or on Satan’s side (the losing side that will join the Devil in his fate in the Lake of Fire), or even as a Christian you can become still a victim by not learning or being willing to fight the fight of faith.

Some would say, we don’t need a study on spiritual warfare.  Some are afraid of the very idea of spiritual warfare not understanding that Satan’s forces are set to destroy us already.   I admit we don’t need what a lot of people call spiritual warfare, but things are getting darker all of the time.  We are seeing things in these last days that we have never seen before and having to face attacks that we have never had to face before.  We are called to make a stand against the darkness for Jesus Christ and be a light in this dark world and resist the darkness.

It is not a fight with people or flesh or wits, but it is a spiritual fight and it takes the spiritual weapons that God has given us to overcome.  Here are some quick verses on this warfare before we actually start digging into it:   2 Timothy 2:3-4 (KJV)3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.   4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.  

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (KJV)3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:   4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)   5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;  

1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.      

1 Peter 5:8-9 (KJV)8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:   9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.      

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

THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE :

STUDY TEXT:   Ephesians 6:10-18 “ 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 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]. {flesh...: Gr. blood and flesh} {spiritual...: or, wicked spirits} {high: or, heavenly} 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. {having...: or, having overcome all} 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; “

Does it make sense to be called out of darkness into God’s light to be a soldier of the Lord, and then we not take the time and energy to learn how to fight with faith this spiritual war the way that God intends?  Does it make sense to try and resist the enemy if we have not first submitted to God first so that we are operating in the power of God when we try?  Does it make sense to go out on a battlefield and not bother to take the powerful spiritual weapons and protection that God has given to us?

How long will a soldier in a regular war last in a battlefield with no training, and no armor, and no weapons?

Everything that we have from God is ours through faith in what He has promised in His Word.  God will back up His Word.   We literally activate the Word of God by praying in faith.

Jesus Christ told us to pray for deliverance from evil or the “evil one”, so we need to pray daily and take the whole armor of God. Matthew 6:13 “ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. “

The bible makes it clear that HE has made us more than conquerors through Him that loved us and that greater is HE that is in us than he that is in the world, and that we have overcome the world through our faith.  In delivering us from the evil one and his traps, God makes us strong in the Lord and in the power of HIS MIGHT.

Ephesians 6:10 (AMP) “ In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].”

Be strong “in the Lord”.  Our strength must come from nowhere else, but the Lord.  We must be connected to the Lord through faith and our very lives if we want the strength that comes from the Lord.  We are not operating in our own strength or might, but we have what comes from Jesus Christ.

Demons are not afraid of you or me, but they are afraid of us when we get filled with the power and presence of the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ begins to be manifested through us.  Jesus has already triumphed over them, and when Jesus flows from our lives, it terrorizes the demonic.

When we keep ourselves in the Lord and in His Word and faith and love, then we are strong.  When we go our own way, we make ourselves spiritually weak every single time.  It is the submission to the Lord that brings strength in us, and without it, then we make victims out of ourselves.  James 4:7 (KJV) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  

Be strong also in the power of His might, or that strength that He has given specifically unto you in this walk with Him.  Walking in faith and having a strong bond with Jesus will bring spiritual power.

Put on the whole armor of God.  You must take the whole armor of God. It is not automatic just because you are a Christian or go to church, but you are being commanded here to put it on (verse 18 tells us that we do it by praying the prayer of faith).  We are to take these spiritual weapons of God that He has given to us, and not just assume that they are already active in our lives automatically.

If just having the blood of Jesus Christ was enough in our lives to deal with things, then why are we told to resist the Devil steadfastly.  Why are we told to not be ignorant of his devices?  Why are we told to fight the good fight of faith?  The blood of Jesus in our lives gives us the authority to move in the power of God and to take the whole armor of God, but we have to still take it and use it by faith.

Ephesians 6:11 (AMP) “ Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. ”

Here is a truth that you need to understand.  Satan already is fighting against you.  You are already a target.  He wants you in Hell.  If he can’t get you that far, then he at least wants to cripple you and compromise you and keep you ineffective to God so that you become useless and a victim.  He already knows your weaknesses and is using them against you already He knows your fears and your lusts and your disgusts, and he come against those weak places in your life.

You might as well understand that now, and put on the whole armor of God so that those weak places are covered by Jesus Christ!  You might as well obey the Word of God and stand for Jesus, while covering the weaknesses of your flesh with the strength of God.

This armor includes both defensive and offensive weaponry.  It is both for protection and for tearing down of Satan’s strongholds.  It is the whole armor of God.  It is the panoplia or panoply of the armor of God.  It is the greatest and most complete weaponry that can be had.

This spiritual armor is of God and literally is the Lord Jesus Christ, but you must take it yourself.  We are told to be strong in the Lord, not ourselves.  And God doesn’t just pour that strength on us for we are told here for US TO TAKE the whole armor of God.

It is a spiritual war against demonic forces, not humanitySo, the weapons must also be spiritual for them to be effective against spirit beings.    2 Corinthians 10:3-4 “ 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) “

One of the most effective tactics of the enemy is to seduce us into fighting people and other brothers and sisters in the Lord especially, instead of the good fight of faith.  He knows that we cannot fight a spiritual fight and a carnal one that is based in sin and pride at the same time.  We cannot be good soldiers for Jesus Christ if we are attacking our own troops just because something is different about them, or they are in a different troop with a different denominational name.

We are called to a spiritual warfare with spiritual weapons against spiritual opponents, not flesh and blood as some are prone to fight.

Put on this complete armor of God.  It is interesting to note that Paul was most likely at this time chained between two of these Roman soldiers.  In fact, he had quite a ministry of converting them and the household of Caesar while he was in Rome.  He had an up close and personal example of these very armed soldiers to draw on.

Why should we do this?  We do this so that we can successfully stand up against all the strategies and deceits of the devil.  Satan uses wiles or deceitful tactics. He is a liar.  The only time that he tells the truth is to be able to stuff a lie in the middle of it. 

John 8:44 (KJV) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.  

He is wiley, and will use deceit to trap you and convince you that you are absolutely right when you are absolutely wrong and will use your own prideful need to be right to do it.

The armor of God protects us against his wiles and attacks and gives us an advantage that he cannot overcome God is greater, and when we clothe ourselves in God, then the enemy cannot use our own weaknesses against us.

Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) “ 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. “ 

Ephesians 6:12 (AMP) “ For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.”

Ephesians 6:12 (Peshitta) “  For our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are beneath heaven. “

Do not get enemy identification problems, but understand that behind that situation and behind that evil person and that evil situation are evil spirits part of a world system of evil that Satan rules.  That is where we are to put our energies, and not in the carnal fighting of carnal men and women.

We are in conflict for sure, but it is with both fallen angelic and demonic powers.  There is a difference between fallen angels which is a higher order of being, and the demonic or unclean spirits that possess human beings at times, and we shall explore that at a latter point.  But you see the hierarchy of that structure and difference here in this verse.

We are locked into combat with the forces of evil, and we as born again children of God, are called to resist this enemy steadfastly.  This is combat, or a wrestling, and we are locked into it.  We need to understand who we are in God and the strength that God has given to us.  But we must also understand our enemy and understand how to deal with his attacks, and how to resist him.

This has been called the hierarchy of Hell, and shows the power structure of evil under Satan.

GREEK OF EPHESIANS 6:12 “ BECAUSE NOT IT IS WRESTLING AGAINST BLOOD AND FLESH; BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES; AGAINST THE WORLD’S RULERS OF THE DARKNESS AGE OF THIS; AGAINST THE HOSTS OF EVIL SPIRITS  [SPIRITUAL (POWERS)]  IN THE HEAVENLIES. “ 

This scripture represents what we call a hierarchyA hierarchy is defines as this, a group of persons or things arranged in order of rank or class.  What you see here is the top to the bottom.


 

Satan’s kingdom is organized much like God’sSatan’s wisdom has been corrupted, and if you will notice, most of what he does is a perversion of what God has created.  There doesn’t seem to be any true creative ability in him.  He wants to be like God, so he has mirrored his kingdom like God’s.

God has holy principalities and powers.  Michael is the principality or prince or archangel of Israel.  The word speaks of the principalities and power of being holy sometimes, of being fallen at others.  Here are some examples of holy principalities and powers.

Ephesians 3:9-10 “ 9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, “

Colossians 1:16 “ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: “

And in Titus 3:1, you see a reference to human principalities and powers....  Titus 3:1 “ Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,“

 

We know our fight isn’t against flesh and blood, so these in Ephesians 6 and Colossians 2:15 aren’t human enemies Plus, we aren’t fighting against the holy angels of the Lord, for they are our allies and not our enemies.  But we wrestle against those who have fallen with the Devil.

[1] PRINCIPALITIES = arche {ar‑khay'} = the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader; the first place, principality, rule, magistracy of angels and demons.

It is literally a prince.  The word of God uses this for the angel Michael.  

Jude 1:9 “ Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. “

The word for archangel is a combination of this word, arche or archo and angelos, or literally a prince angel. 

Daniel 10:13 “ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. “

The Hebrew here is sar which means principality or prince or leader.

There is one Devil and many fallen angels who followed him.  Some of them are very powerful and they sit as kings. 

Are there fallen angelic principalities mentioned by name in scripture?  Yes, there are.

Daniel 10:11-13 “ 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. “  

The angel of the Lord (probably Gabriel as he had been sent before) came to bring the revelation of what the vision Daniel had had really meant.  He had fallen out (slain in the Spirit) before the messenger of God and the angel had set him up and starts this discourse.

Although Daniel had fasted and prayed a pleasant food fast for 21 days, the prayer was heard in Heaven the very first day.  God had sent the angel the first day, but there had been spiritual resistance to Daniel receiving this revelation from the Lord.

Sometimes the answer is on its way.... don’t give up before the answer comes.  Don’t give into the pressures and say, “well, God is not listening to me anyway”.  The angel had been sent the first day, but had troubles literally getting down to the earth for wrestling with a spiritual principality.

The prince of the kingdom of Persia... which is interesting since that is the kingdom that ruled the ancient world at that time.  In fact, the Medo-Persians were the ones who had Daniel captive at that time.  They had already taken the Babylonian Kingdom for themselves.  It is interesting that the dominating principality is the one who withstood the angel of the Lord.

This was not the human prince of the kingdom of Persia.  I have never seen a man, king or not, that could go into the air and keep an angel from getting to the Earth.  They fought for 21 days.

A CONCEPT FROM GOD’S WORD: HOLY ANGELS FIGHT IN THE HEAVENLIES FOR US AGAINST FALLEN ANGELS SET TOWARD DESTROYING US AND SEPARATING US FROM GOD.

The word for prince here is once again is sar.  So, there are holy princes or principalities, and there are evil, fallen principalities who under the rule of the chief principality, Satan, is actively trying to destroy our lives and hinder us.   1 Thessalonians 2:18 “ Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. “

On the 21st day, God sent Michael, the principality of Israel to help Gabriel in this fight against the principality of Persia.  God knows when you have reached the point where reinforcements are needed.  Michael was big enough to bind the prince of Persia while Gabriel brought the message.

There are in fact great spiritual battles at times with the angels of Heaven although you might not be aware of it.  You might be aware that you are in a battle and when you pray you sense things getting clearer.... many times over your head there is a spiritual conflict occuring.

Daniel 10:20-21 “ 10 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and [there is] none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. “

It is interesting to note that the Grecian Empire followed the Persian, and here the angel makes the statement that the spiritual king of Grecia is on the way to help the spiritual king of Persia and I’ve got to hurry and tell you this so I can go and join Michael in the fight.  You see it clearer in the New American Standard translation of the Holy Scriptures:  Daniel 10:20-21 (N.A.S.) “ 20 Then he said, "Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of Persia; so I am going forth, and behold, the prince of Greece is about to come.21 "However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these [forces] except Michael your prince. “

I must go back to assist your prince. Why is it Daniel’s prince?  Because he belongs to the house of Israel, and Michael is the principality of Israel.

I want you to see that the forces that are both of God and the forces that we are opposing are very organized.

QUESTION: Have you ever felt that a series of events that on the surface Seemed to be unrelated, but happened Together in what seemed to you to be a Well Planned Attack on your life?  Maybe your faith was shaken in a few areas. . . and it seemed that all these unrelated things occured together accoding to some plan.  WELL IT PROBABLY WAS !

We are not only to pray against the unclean spirits that we deal with daily that you see on the bottom of the list, but we are to organize our prayers also against the rulers over our towns and communities, and up to the principalities over the regions where we live.

[2] POWERS = Greek exousia {es-oo-see’-ah} one who has authority, a magistrate or governor.

It is a ruler of a smaller order than principalities.  It would be like a grand duke.  A grand duke is the one just under the prince of the kingdom.  Many times he will rule his own duchy under the prince.

Many times these are bundled in together under the principalities in scripture.  We understand that they rule many rulers under themselves, under the commands of their own principality.

You see, when you say the Devil is attacking you, in a sense you are right but in a sense you are wrong.  It is a very organized attack carried out by different ranks of fallen angels and unclean spirits, but there is only one very finite and limited Devil at the top of it.  He doesn’t know everything and is not everywhere as God is, but he does have a lot of help.

Both principalities and powers are mentioned in the triumph scripture of Colossians:  Colossians 2:15 “ [And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. “

Jesus has already triumphed over the principalities and powers of the enemy in the cross.  His blood destroyed their authority.... and we as the body of Christ need to take up that authority that Jesus has given unto us and put the forces of Hell under our feet.

When you speak of principalities and powers, you are speaking of rulers over quite a bit of land.  They have a rule or dominion that encompasses more than just a local city or area These are the big fallen angels.  Now, God did not make them evil.  They were once good, but have fallen.

[3] RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD = The word ruler = Greek kosmokrator = a world system ruler = this is a lesser ruler than that of the principalities and powers, and they are over things such as cities, towns, sections of cities, over certain areas.  They rule over the spiritual darkness of this world system which belongs to the devil.

Ephesians 2:2 “ Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: “

John 16:7-11 “ 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. “

Notice that the lord of this world system is the devil, but the devil does not own this world.  The bible says in PSALM 24:1 "THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF; THE WORLD, AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREIN."

The devil only rules in the world system of spiritual darkness where men give him leave to rule them because of their greed or lust or hate.  And these world rulers fall under the direction of the powers.  You will find sometimes the influence of one of these fallen angels over sections of your town, or the whole town itself.

Have you ever been walking (especially at night), and you seemed to cross a boundary and you could just suddenly feel evil around you, or suddenly your mood changed for the worse for no reason.  You have just crossed into the boundary of influence of some kind of fallen angelic ruler.

I have walked into houses where you could just feel a certain atmosphere demonic in nature radiating through the walls, such as depression, or wrath, or lust, or even sickness.

These are still fallen angels with quite a bit of spiritual influence, but they are much inferior to the principalities and powers.

[4] SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES = Greek translation: hosts of evil spirits in the air (or heavenlies).

These are the demons that seduce or oppress both Christians and the ones who give themselves over to them.  These are unclean spirits that the bible says can literally inhabit a person who gives themselves over to them. 

Note to possess means to own, and if you are in fellowship with Christ, you can be oppressed and to a degree controlled, but they cannot come in and own you.  If a Christian becomes possessed, they had to backslide first.

Demon possessed people have these unclean spirits.  They are the lowest on the list of rank given here.  They are the demonic warriors who follow the orders of their superiors.  They are the strong men that Jesus said takes the Holy Ghost to first bind them before they are cast out.

The word for spiritual hosts is pneumatikos; and pneuma = spirit, wind, breath = suggests that these are disembodied spirits, like the human soul without the resurrected glorified body.  This is why demons seek a house (a human body), they need one.  This would seem to separate them from angels although most people think that demons who possess you are fallen angels.

This would separate them into a different class from an angel who does have a spirit body, much like the one we will have when we are resurrected.  Though it does not directly say what demon spirits who possess and oppress people come from, I personally have the opinion that they are not angels. 

The principalities, powers, and rulers of the darkness of this world are fallen angels.  There is ample scripture to support that.  But the bible is definitely not clear about where unclean spirits came from.  And note that they do appear to be disembodied.

[5] More on Hosts of Wicked Spirits in the Heavenlies...  demons:

Heavenlies = Greek epouranios = against the sky.... the first heaven primarily, although it can mean the stars as well.  Usually it refers to the first heaven.... the visible sky and clouds of the earth.

Ephesians 2:2 “ Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: “

Job  1:7 “ And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. “

John 16:11 “ Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. “

Who are these wicked spirits?  They are demons.  And demons according to Vine’s expository dictionary of New Testament words is <A‑2,Noun,1140,daimonion> the neuter of the adjective daimonios, pertaining to a demon, is also mistranslated "devil," "devils." In Acts 17:18, it denotes an inferior pagan deity. "Demons" are the spiritual agents acting in all idolatry. The idol itself is nothing, but every idol has a "demon" associated with it who induces idolatry, with its worship and sacrifices,

Acts 17:8; 1 Corinthians 10:20,21; Revelation 9:20; Deuteronomy 32:17; Isaiah 13:21; 34:14; 65:3,11

Unclean spirits means literally unclean or morally impure, wicked,  or foul spirits.  This is a further description of a demon.

Ephesians 6:13 (KJV) “ 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. “

Ephesians 6:13 (AMP) “  Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].”

We are commanded to put on the whole armor of God in light of this enemy that has just been described to us.  These spiritual enemies require spiritual weaponry, and God is telling us through His Word to put on this weaponry and make a stand!

In the evil day, when the attack is on and everything seems set against you, then you can take God’s holy armor and stand for Jesus Christ and not be moved!  STAND for Jesus and do not be moved back.  Do not compromise and do not give up, but clothe yourself in Jesus and make a stand.

God has not called us out of darkness to compromise with the darkness or to run from the darkness, but to stand as soldiers of light in the power of God and His might, and to say… NO FARTHER… evil shall not win, for we are going to take this for Jesus Christ.

Matthew 11:12 (KJV) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.  

Matthew 16:18 (KJV) And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  

When the day is done and all has been said and done, you are still there standing in the power of God and the will of God as His Own, and the enemy has not found victory.  You have found the scripture true that says “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world!”  God is greater!

 

Delivered at the Cawood Church of God by James Coldiron on April 30, 2008

Recorded LIVE on April 30, 2008
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