Understanding AND WINNING The Battle
Understanding the power and reality of spiritual warfare is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL and CRITICALLY NECESSARY if we’re going to victoriously stand for the restoration of our marriages, which means having CERTAIN faith and knowledge that we have ALL POWER and ALL AUTHORITY over EVERYTHING Satan brings against us, our husbands and our marriages! This week David Cerullo offered an in depth study of spiritual warfare on the Inspiration Today broadcast, and it’s been an excellent study. So I hope everyone standing for marriage restoration will take the time to watch the broadcasts at the links below, because if we’re REALLY serious about the restoration of our marriages, we HAVE to get serious about spiritual warfare.. And that includes understanding its origin, how it’s conducted, what the Bible teaches about Satan, and how to be victorious over it. These are very detailed studies, so grab a notepad and pay close attention. In fact, I STRONGLY recommend saving this page and watching these programs often. The following passages of scripture are also a great help when seeking a better understanding of spiritual warfare:
Ephesians 2:1-7
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
John12:27-32
“Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”
Ephesians 6:10-18
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
2 Corinthians 10:2-5
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. 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.
Matthew 16:15-19 (NKJV)
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this
to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Battle For Your Life! – 7/10/2006
Join David and Barbara Cerullo today to discuss God’s strategies for victory in our
lives. Don’t miss this powerful message!
Battle For Your Life! – 7/11/2006
Join us today as David and Barbara discuss the weapons God has provided us for spiritual
warfare against the enemy.
Battle For Your Life! – 7/12/2006
Today David and Barbara discuss “battle strategies” for overcoming every attack by
the enemy. You won’t want to miss this life-saving message!
Battle For Your Life! – 7/13/2006
Today David and Barbara discuss “battle strategies” for overcoming every attack by
the enemy. You won’t want to miss this life-saving message!
Battle For Your Life! – 7/14/2006
Join David and Barbara today for our Battle for Your Life! series as we discuss how
to draw near to God and immerse ourselves in His Word as protection against the devil.
Frankly, if we’re not willing to do whatever it takes to prepare and equip ourselves for the battle, then we’re not all that serious about winning the war. And spiritual warfare, just like all warfare, is a matter of life and death, as the following verses demonstrate:
Revelation 12:10-11
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
Luke 9:23
Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
John 12:24
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
Fortunately, spiritual warfare rarely requires physical death, but most everyone standing for marriage restoration would probably agree that physical death might be easier than bringing our flesh under the control of the Holy Spirit by taking EVERY thought captive and making it obedient to Christ. But it’s just like Satan to try to tell us how difficult or impossible that is, especially when the Bible tells us otherwise and even gives us very specific instructions for doing just that, which we can find in Philippians 4:4-9, which says Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. And do NOT buy into Satan’s BIG LIE, which is that we just can’t do it, because Philippians 4:13 tells us otherwise by saying I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And we must NEVER forget what Jesus said in John 15:5, when He said “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. So, WE can’t do it, but God CAN and WILL!!!