Jesus thru Jesse: Sunday Morning Message Summary

This morning I spoke on Spiritual Warfare. I find it interesting that some people make to much of warfare by demonizing every problem in their life. While on the other hand, some people place to little significance on the issue of spiritual warfare. It is very plain in scripture that there is an enemy of our souls. His weapon of choice. "Lies" Jesus said when he (Satan) speaks , he is speaking his native language. Jesus said that Satan is the father lies. I believe the first step in getting victory is this war in which we are engaged, is to realize that Christians are called to a standard of life that is different from this world.

In our text scripture, we find the standard reference scriptures that are always used when speaking about about Spiritual Warfare. In 2 Corinthians 10:1-5 Paul writes the following:

“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

Understanding what Paul is writing here is such a powerful key to our victory. I want you notice that our victory doesn’t begin with an understanding of verse three but it begins with what he wrote in verse two.

He says, “I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.”

We must understand that, as Christians, God has called us to a different standard of living than the rest of the world. We are under different laws and principles that are designed for God’s kingdom verses the kingdom of this world.