The central theme is that effective spiritual warfare and victory in the Christian life require the Word of God (the "sword of the Spirit") to be used in conjunction with the Holy Spirit, the full armor of God, prayer, and praise.
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God's Word has for us today and take the
sword of the Spirit which is the word of
God the Roman soldier carried a short
straight sword that was used for close
combat Satan doesn't stop with just
throwing fiery darts sometimes he and
his army move right in on us and the
only way to resist them is with the
sword of the Spirit which is the word of
God resists the devil and he will flee
from you says James 4:7 but you may be
saying well I believe the Bible and I've
studied the Bible and I enjoy listening
to the Bible and I try to use the Bible
in my everyday life but I must confess I
am still defeated why well perhaps
you're trying to use the sword all by
itself God wants us to use the sword but
he wants us to use it in conjunction
with the other provisions that he is
made for victory
don't deceptions that I want to give to
you today on the use of the word of God
in defeating the devil caution number 1
don't separate the sword from the Holy
Spirit of God
notice that the sword is the sword of
the Spirit the Bible was inspired by the
Holy Spirit of God the Bible was given
to us through the Ministry of the Holy
Spirit it is the Holy Spirit who teaches
us the Word of God it is the Holy Spirit
who guides us into all truth it is the
Holy Spirit of God who reminds us of
what we have learned and it is the Holy Spirit
Spirit
of God who enables us to practice what
he teaches us therefore we must be
careful to depend on the Holy Spirit as
we use the Word of God
the problem today is that we Christians
get knowledge of the Bible and we think
that Bible knowledge is going to defeat
Satan Satan knows the Bible better than
we do better than all of us put together
and simply quoting the scripture is not
enough the devil can quote scripture the
pharisees quoted scripture to the lord
jesus unbelievers can quote scripture no
we need the power of the Holy Spirit of
God to enable us to claim the Word of
God and then practice it Hebrews 4:12 is
a familiar verse for the Word of God is
living and powerful and sharper than any
two-edged sword piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit and
of the joints and marrow and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart
then the next verse says neither is
there any creature that is not manifest
in his sight but all things are naked
and opened unto the eyes of him with
whom we have to do what's he saying here
he's saying that the Word of God is a
spiritual sword it's not like a material
sword a material sword gets dull the
Word of God does not get dull we do
Hebrews 5 warns us about becoming dull
of hearing there are dull hearers and
there are dull preachers but the Word of
God never gets dull the Word of God
contains its own power no sword can
function under its own power it needs
the arm and the hand of the swordsman
but the Word of God has its own power
and the Word of God pierces the
spiritual not the material it pierces
even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit it is a discerner a critic a
judge it manifests what is in the human
heart now only the Holy Spirit can do
that and don't separate the sword from
the Holy Spirit secondly
don't separate the sword from the rest
of the armor now you can carry the sword
and not be wearing the armor or you can
be wearing the armor and not be using
the sword the sword is not number one on
this list it's number six and this is
saying to me the Word of God is an
integral part of the total picture it's
not enough just to go around with my
Bible what about the girdle of truth
integrity I have met people in my
ministry who can quote the Bible they
defend the Bible they argue about the
Bible but they have no integrity you
can't trust them now if you separate the
sword from the girdle of truth that
sword is not going to do much good there
has to be integrity in the life the
breastplate of righteousness
if we don't by faith claim the
righteousness of Jesus Christ the Word
of God is not going to work in our lives
the shoes of the preparation of the
gospel of peace if we're not standing
firm on the gospel and ready to share
the gospel the sword is not going to be
too effective the shield of faith the
helmet of the hope of salvation you see
all of the parts of the armor work
together the soldier does not wear one
part one day and then take it off and
put another part on nor does he go
around with the armor not carrying the
sword or carrying the sword and not
wearing the armor the soldier must have
on the whole armor of God every part
must be on him and don't separate the
sword from the rest of the armor it's
good to study the Word of God it's also
good to let the Word of God study us
it's good to let the Word of God be a
window that reveals God in God's world
it's also good to let the Word of God be
a mirror that reveals ourselves we'd
better examine our own armor are we
really living as we ought to live the
Christian soldier is carrying the
Lord of the Spirit but if the Holy
Spirit is grieved because of my lack of
integrity or my unwillingness to witness
or my doubt or my unbelief or my
discouragement if I'm grieving the Holy
Spirit how can the sword of the Spirit
be effective in my life
thirdly don't separate the sword of the
Spirit from prayer did you notice the
very next verse and take the helmet of
salvation and the sword of the Spirit
which is the word of God praying always
now the word of God in prayer go
together acts 6 for we will give
ourselves continually to prayer and the
Ministry of the word John 15:7 if you
abide in me and my words abide in you
you shall ask what you will and it shall
be done unto you that's the word of God
and prayer Samuel said but God forbid
that I should sin against the Lord and
ceasing to pray for you but I will teach
you the right way for Samuel 12:23 you
see the Word of God and prayer go
together the Word of God is
enlightenment prayer is enable meant the
Word of God shows us God's will prayer
enables us to do God's will and I wonder
if we don't today have too much Bible
and not enough intercession now I know
there are some churches don't have
enough Bible there's some Christians who
spend little time reading and studying
their Bible and they are the losers
I think we need to back up our preaching
with praying backup instruction with
intercession back up our studies with
supplication there needs to be the Word
of God and prayer don't separate the
sword from prayer finally don't separate
the sword from praise the Word of God
and prayer go together and the Word of
God and praise go together Psalm 149
verse 6 let the high praises of God be
in their mouth and a two-edged sword in
their hand
that's an interesting choir imagine how
you would feel if next Sunday your choir
walked into church carrying swords I don't
don't
Bibles I mean literal swords here we
have a singing army do you know why God
wins victories through praise the
two-edged sword in the hand the praises
of God the high praises of God in their
mouths there's a beautiful illustration
of this in the Word of God in second
chronicles 20 the Moabites the ammonites
and the all invaded and
Jehoshaphat the King was facing the
Battle of his life and so he sought the
Lord and he prayed and God said to him
through the Prophet don't be afraid
we're gonna win this battle
fear not you're going to get the victory
now how did they get the victory it's
interesting in 2nd chronicles 20 19 he
got the Levites together who stood up to
praise the Lord God of Israel with a
loud voice on high in verse 21 he took
singers and put them out in front of the
army now there may be some singers you
have heard you'd like to put in front of
an army I don't know he put these
singers out in front of the army to
praise the Lord and verse 22 says when
they began to sing and to praise the
Lord the enemy was defeated let the high
praises of God be in their mouths and a
two-edged sword in their hand don't you
separate the Word of God from praise
when Jehoshaphat and his choir went out
to praise God they won the victory
prayer changes things but praise also
changes things you say you're a Bible
student then you ought to love your hem
book as well because the hem book gives
you the high praises of God in your
mouth the Bible gives you the two-edged
sword in your hand don't separate the
sword of the Spirit from the Holy Spirit
let the Holy Spirit of God guide you in
your use of the word of God don't
separate the sword from the rest of the
armor unless we are wearing all of the
armor the sword will not be effective
don't separate the Word of God from
prayer and don't separate the Word of
God from praise
if we use the word of God the way God
wants us to use his word then we'll
stand and we will withstand and God will
give us the victory and like Joshua will
be able to enter into our inheritance
and claim all of the inheritance that we
have in Jesus Christ Ephesians 6 verses
18 through 20 praying always with all
prayer and supplication in the spirit
and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for All
Saints and for me that utterance may be
given unto me that I may open my mouth
boldly to make known the mystery of the
gospel for which I am an ambassador in
bonds that in this I may speak boldly as
I ought to speak well what is the
relationship between prayer and the
Christian armor and the Christian battle
why must we pray if we're going to have
victory as Christian soldiers well to
begin with it is through prayer that we
put the armor on notice in verse 18 it
begins praying now actually the original
Greek manuscript reads by means of
praying that's the way Paul wrote it by
means of praying how do we put on the
girdle of truth by means of praying how
do we put on the breastplate of
righteousness or the shoes of the gospel
of peace how do you put on the pieces of
the armor by means of praying now there
are two extremes we have to avoid in the
Christian life the first extreme is that
we do nothing slogans like let go and
let God well bless your heart God is not
going to get you up in the morning God
is not going to dress you he's not going
to prepare your breakfast he's not going
to read the Bible to you God expects us
to do some things
he has given to us a will for making
decisions now I know what these people
mean when they say let go and let God
they're saying don't fight don't argue
surrender to the Lord but remember it's
not enough to die you must also be
raised up from the dead like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father even so we also should
walk in newness of life we do the
walking God does the raising so the one
extreme is God does it all and I'm just
going to surrender I'm going to let go
and let God and you know what happens
you become a nonentity you become a
cypher a zero and God can't use you
now the other extreme is we have to do
everything alright God you've done your
part you've saved me now I'll do the
rest and of course that leads to failure
the answer is that God works in us and
through us for the accomplishing of his
purposes and he does this through prayer
Paul makes this clear in Philippians
chapter 2 verses 12 and 13 wherefore my
beloved as you have always obeyed not as
in my presence only but now much more in
my absence work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling for it is God
which worketh in you both to will and to
do of his good pleasure in other words
we work it out but God works it in it is
God that worketh in you both to will and
to do of his good pleasure now how does
God work in us well through his word
through suffering through the ministry
of his people through prayer God works
in and through us and prayer is an
important part of this ministry now you
put the armor on by faith and you
exercise this faith by prayer by means
of prayer putting on the various parts
of the armor I suggest that first thing
in the morning just after you've gotten
up even before you have any of your devotional
devotional
time your prayer time you surrender
yourself to the Lord
practice Romans 12:1 and 2 give him your
body give him your mind
give him your will turn yourself over to
him and then by faith put on the pieces
of the armor I don't know that the order
is necessarily that important but you
can begin if you want to and say now
father by faith I'm putting on the
girdle of truth by faith I'm putting on
the breastplate of righteousness and
just work your way through the armor
each piece put on by prayer and a
wonderful thing happens you find that
God has equipped you and prepared you
for battle that day now I can't put the
armor on for you and you can't put the
armor on for me I cannot in my praying
dress you for the battle you've got to
do it yourself
but through prayer we put the armor on
secondly through prayer we make the
armor work you see the armor is only on
us it does not accomplish anything for
us unless we really pray prayer is the
energy the power the strength for the
Christian soldier as he faces the
warfare please keep in mind that our
obligation is to stand verse 11 put on
the whole armor of God that you may be
able to stand against the wiles of the
devil the strategy of Satan the tactics
of hell verse 13 wherefore take unto you
the whole armour of God that you may be
able to withstand in the evil day and
having done all to stand verse 14 stand
therefore our job is to stand Jesus
Christ has already won the battle we
have now by faith claimed our
inheritance in Christ we are to put the
armor on by prayer and we are to make
the armor work by prayer so that we can
stand and Satan will not rob us of our
blessings for example the girdle of
truth that speaks of integrity
you don't have a divided mind a divided
heart a divided we'll now what is it
that unites the heart and the mind and
the will it's prayer and as we pray and
worship Him as we adore him as we ask
him for help it just pulls our lives
together and lo and behold we are
wearing the girdle of truth integrity
the breastplate of righteousness Satan
wants to accuse us as we talk to our
Father we claim that wonderful
righteousness in Jesus Christ we receive
that righteousness when we trusted him
as our Savior we were justified by faith
but it's a wonderful thing to take these
doctrines and pray them right back to
your Father in Heaven and say thank you
Father that I stand today in the
righteousness of Christ thank you that
you have declared me righteous and when
you do that it begins to work in your
life the shoes of the preparation of the
gospel of peace prayer gives to us the
strength to walk Satan is the destroyer
he doesn't want any ambassadors of peace
running around and you and I have the
power to bear witness to the gospel
because we pray it's only through the
Holy Spirit of God that we can witness
and ye shall receive power after that
the Holy Ghost is come upon you and you
shall be witnesses unto me we can take
courses in witnessing we can read books
on witnessing but unless the Holy Spirit
gives us power we cannot witness and
this power comes through prayer the
shield of faith
oh what a what a doubter Satan is he
throws those fiery darts of doubt and
yet as we pray our faith grows as we
read the Word of God our faith grows and
we can take the shield of faith and we
can stop and we can put out those fiery
darts from the wicked one you see the
armor begins to work when you pray
that's why prayer is so important in the
Christian life thirdly it's through
prayer that we keep the armor bright
every good soldier keeps his equipment
in good order
he wants to be ready for the battle how
do you do this through prayer but
there's a fourth blessing that comes
when we pray prayer not only enables us
to put the armor on and to make the
armor work and to keep the armor bright
but prayer enables us to help the
Christian soldiers to win notice in
verses 18 through 20 he says don't just
pray for yourself don't just pray about
your own needs you pray always with all
prayer with all perseverance for all saints
saints
now that's an amazing admonition Paul is
saying now look all of the Saints are
involved in this and you better pray for
them as well
our praying ought to be habitual prayer
praying always with all kinds of prayer
supplication Thanksgiving requests
gather all of your prayers together and
don't just pray for yourself but pray
for others and do it habitually you say
well some battles are so easy oh no
they're not
you had better pray pray always pray in
the power of the Holy Spirit
thank God the Holy Spirit helps us in
our praying Romans 8:26 Jude 20 tells us
praying in the Holy Spirit oh how we
need the Holy Spirit to help us in our
praying praying with all supplication
praying persistently no matter how
difficult the battle may be really
praying and Paul adds pray for me it's
good to know we can pray for great
Christians I have some friends where in
places of real leadership and it's my
joy to pray for them I'm not in the same
place they are in I don't have that
particular responsibility but I can
share in their ministry by praying for
them not everyone can be an apostle paul
but everybody can pray for those god has
called in the special places of
leadership and ministry prayer enables
us to put the armor on
prayer enables us to make the armor work
prayer enables us to keep the armor
bright and Prayer enables us to help the
Christian army to win praying always
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