In exhorting us to take up the whole armor of God in Eph. 6, Paul puts the offensive weapon, the sword of the Spirit, at the very end. First, he encourages us to be girded with the truth (living Christ as the reality), put on the breastplate of righteousness (apply the blood of Christ to […]
Be Empowered in the Lord and Put on the Whole Armor of God so that You may Stand!
We cannot fight the spiritual warfare in ourselves, no matter how “strong” and “powerful” we think we may be in the spiritual realm. Firstly, we need to be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength (Eph. 6:10). We need to exercise our will to let the Lord empower us with the […]
12 Ways to Engage in the Spiritual Warfare and Bring in God’s Kingdom
Because there’s a spiritual warfare going between God’s kingdom and Satan’s kingdom, and because we are on God’s side as His people, everything we do for God is in the nature of a warfare. Preaching the gospel is actually delivering people from the authority of darkness (Acts 26:18). The purpose of the spiritual warfare and […]
spiritual warfare is not an individual matter – we fight the battle in the Body
The whole universe is in a state of warfare, and the believers in Christ are at the forefront of the battle. We need to see that this spiritual warfare is not an individual matter – it is not an individual believer that puts on the whole armor of God and fights against the enemy. Satan […]
the dispensing of the Triune God into the members of the Body of Christ as revealed in Ephesians
What an epistle the book of Ephesians is! Part of the heart of the Bible and speaking from the standpoint of God’s purpose and His economy, the book of Ephesians speaks of God’s economy being accomplished through the exercise of our spirit – for the producing and building up of the church as the Body […]