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 There is this really interesting account

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 in 2 Kings 6.

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 The king of Assyria is seeking to attack Israel.

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 And so he surrounded himself with a war council

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 and they make decisions of when and where to attack Israel.

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 But what the king of Assyria didn't know

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 is that God was supplying the information

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 to the prophet Elijah.

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 And Elijah would tell the king of Israel

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 where he was going to attack.

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 And so the king of Israel always had a defense ready.

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 And so the king of Syria

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 brings his war council together

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 and he says,

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 which one of you is a traitor?

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 What's going on here?

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 And his war council says to him,

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 it's the prophet Elijah.

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 He's letting the king of Israel know everything you're doing.

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 And so the king of Syria says,

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 well, go get him.

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 Where is he?

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 He's in the city of Dothan.

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 Go get him.

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 And so the king of Syria sends an army down to Dothan

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 where Elijah is residing with his servant.

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 And that evening they surround the city.

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 The next morning they wake up.

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 Elijah's servant walks out

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 and he is dismayed

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 because the city of Dothan is surrounded by chariots and horses

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 of the Syrian empire.

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 And do you know what Elijah says to him?

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 He says, don't be afraid.

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 Don't freak out!

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 Don't freak out!

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 There are more numbered with us than with them.

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 And then Elijah prays,

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 O Lord,

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 open the eyes of this servant

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 so that he may see.

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 And do you know what?

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 God opened his eyes.

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 And do you know what he saw?

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 Do you know what?

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 The angelic host of God.

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 Surrounding them on the hillside.

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 Surrounding Elijah in chariots of fire.

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 And then Elijah prayed

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 and they were delivered.

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 The reason why I bring this account up is this.

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 We're at the front step of Ephesians 6.

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 This section on spiritual battle.

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 And my prayer for you

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 is that God would open your eyes

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 through His Word.

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 That we would be made aware

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 of the spiritual realities

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 and the spiritual conflict that surrounds us.

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 So having said that,

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 let's pray one more time

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 as we open God's Word.

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 O Lord, please open our eyes

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 that we may see

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 that we are in the midst

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 of a spiritual war

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 and we are fighting forces

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 that are greater than us.

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 But not so for you, Lord Jesus.

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 O God, strengthen us this morning

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 with your mighty strength

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 that we may stand firm.

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 And having done all,

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 stand firm.

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 In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Ephesians 6.

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 I'm going to read through Ephesians 6.

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 Just a few verses here.

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 10-13.

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 Would you please read along with me

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 if you can?

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 Otherwise, hear God's Word.

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 Finally,

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 be strong in the Lord

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 and in the strength of His might.

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 Put on the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able

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 to stand against

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 the schemes of the devil.

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 For we do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood,

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 but against the rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 of this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 Therefore,

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 take up the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able

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 to withstand in the evil day

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 and having done all,

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 to stand firm.

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 That initial moment

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 that you first heard

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 and believed the Gospel

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 there was a dramatic shift

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 of kingdom allegiance.

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 Colossians 1.13 says it this way,

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 God delivered us

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 from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred us

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 into the kingdom

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 of His beloved Son.

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 And brothers and sisters,

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 this morning,

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 what you need to understand

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 is that this isn't

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 metaphoric language.

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 This is the Apostle Paul

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 speaking of a real

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 spiritual conflict.

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 A real spiritual reality.

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 Each of us,

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 if you're in Christ,

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 has been transferred

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 from one kingdom

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 to another.

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 We've been pulled out of one

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 and placed into another.

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 And the prince of darkness

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 who we once followed

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 Ephesians 2,

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 he's not pleased.

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 This morning,

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 what you must see

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 through God's Word

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 and be sobered by

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 is that as Christians,

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 we are at war.

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 There is a battle raging.

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 There's a conflict happening.

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 We're in the midst of it.

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 We are under imminent threat

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 of spiritual attack

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 by forces greater than us,

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 but not greater than our God.

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 In fact,

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 what we're going to see here

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 is that God has provided

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 spiritual enablement,

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 strength for us

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 that we may stand firm

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 against our enemy.

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 Or as 1 Peter says,

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 to resist Him.

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 For the next four Sundays,

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 we're going to learn

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 about spiritual warfare

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 from this section

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 in Ephesians 6.

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 And this morning,

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 I want you to think of it

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 as a battle briefing.

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 Next Sunday,

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 we're going to analyze

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 the biblical recon

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 on our enemy.

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 On the 17th,

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 it's to the armory we go.

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 We're just going to walk

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 through the spiritual armor.

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 We'll take stock

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 of the essential,

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 vital equipment

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 God has provided

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 each of us,

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 has issued each of us,

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 so that we understand

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 what it is,

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 how it works,

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 and how we put it in play.

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 We're just not to strap it on

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 to look good.

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 We're strapping it on

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 to war.

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 And then finally,

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 on the 24th,

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 we're going to see

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 the vital role of prayer

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 in this spiritual battle

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 to advance the mission

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 our King has called us to,

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 to make known His great name

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 among the nations.

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 We're at war.

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 And we fight against

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 an unseen, powerful,

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 indetermined enemy.

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 So this morning,

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 for the remainder of our time,

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 we've got a battle briefing.

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 And we're going to walk

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 through Ephesians 6,

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 10 through 13,

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 and there's a real clear logic

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 of the Apostle Paul here.

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 And so we're going to look

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 at what we need to do,

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 be strengthened.

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 We're going to look at

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 how we are to do that,

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 put on the armor,

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 and then we're going to look

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 at why we must do this.

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 We've got an enemy.

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 And then the so what?

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 Stand firm.

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 It actually will follow

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 Paul's logic in this passage.

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 But this morning,

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 my prayer for you has been

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 is to realize that we are

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 in fact at war.

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 So point number one,

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 what we are told we must do.

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 If you look at Ephesians 6, 10,

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 we see it.

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 Finally, be strong in the Lord

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 in the strength of His might.

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 What we're being told to here,

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 commanded to do,

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 is to be strengthened by God.

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 Be strong in the Lord

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 and in the strength of His might.

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 So right out of the gate,

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 we've got to realize

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 that it's only by God's strength

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 that we will be able to stand

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 against our enemy.

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 In other words,

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 we will be unable to stand

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 against the spiritual forces

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 of darkness

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 in our own strength.

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 in and of ourselves,

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 we are outgunned

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 by the devil.

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 Which leads me

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 to something glorious.

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 Do you realize

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 what kind of strength

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 Paul has in mind here?

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 That phrase,

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 the strength of His might,

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 you see that?

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 Be strong in the Lord

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 and in the strength

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 of His might.

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 This isn't the first time

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 that phrase has showed up

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 in the book of Ephesians.

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 If you flip back

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 to Ephesians 1,

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 verse 19.

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 Now,

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 just to jog your memories

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 a little bit,

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 Paul has been praying

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 for the Ephesians

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 that God would open

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 the eyes of their heart,

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 that they would realize

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 some glorious truths

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 that are true of them

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 And he says in verse 19,

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 and he prays

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 that they would understand

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 what is the immeasurable

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 greatness of His power

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 towards us who believe.

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 And here's the phrase,

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 according to the working

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 of His great might.

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 You could translate it,

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 the strength of His might.

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 It's the same words.

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 Do you know what

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 it's in reference to?

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 God's great immeasurable strength

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 that He put on display

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 when He raised Jesus Christ

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 from the dead,

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 seated Him in heaven,

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 and then put all things

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 under His feet.

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 that's the strength.

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 That's the power

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 He's talking about here.

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 It's not some kind of

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 vague power,

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 but a real power.

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 It's a power

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 that has rendered

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 the devil and his demons

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 of no authority.

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 He's disarmed them.

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 Now,

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 this power is of

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 immeasurable greatness,

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 and it's exercised

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 for our good

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 in the putting

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 of all things

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 under the feet

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 of Christ.

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 So what you need

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 to see here

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 is that we are

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 to be strengthened

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 by the same power

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 that has dominated

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 the spiritual forces

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 of evil.

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 God has already

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 subjugated our foe.

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 our strength

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 is from the Lord,

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 not ourselves.

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 We must be

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 constantly strengthened

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 by His power

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 that has already

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 been put on display

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 through His cross

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 and resurrection.

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 So that's the power.

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 That's where we find

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 our strength.

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 That's some awesome power,

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 isn't it?

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 Now the question becomes,

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 how?

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 How do we appropriate

00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:43.439
 that kind of power?

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 How does that power

00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:46.139
 get to us

00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:47.100
 in such a way

00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:48.000
 that we are

00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:49.139
 to be enabled

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 by it?

00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:51.240
 Well,

00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.039
 we're told here

00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:54.059
 in verse 11,

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 we read this.

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 Put on the whole

00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:01.079
 armor of God

00:12:01.079 --> 00:12:03.480
 that you may

00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:04.460
 be able

00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:05.480
 to stand.

00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.519
 Here's God's strength

00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:09.720
 and the way

00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:10.440
 that we bring it

00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:10.800
 to bear

00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:11.580
 in our own lives

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 is by putting

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 on the armor.

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 And in two weeks,

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 we're going to get

00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:17.720
 a close look

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 at the armor.

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 But here's what

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 I want you to see

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 this morning.

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 The source

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 of the armor

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 is God Himself.

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 Notice

00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:29.139
 verse 11,

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 put on the whole

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 armor

00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.940
 of God.

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 And then look

00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:35.880
 at verse 13,

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 therefore take up

00:12:36.660 --> 00:12:37.460
 the whole armor

00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:40.900
 of God.

00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:43.300
 This armor

00:12:43.300 --> 00:12:44.820
 is God

00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:46.520
 forged armor.

00:12:46.760 --> 00:12:47.340
 This armor

00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:48.100
 is God

00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:50.120
 fashioned armor.

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 And this armor

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 has a God

00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.900
 enforcing function

00:12:53.900 --> 00:12:54.860
 to enable

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 Christians

00:12:55.420 --> 00:12:56.460
 to stand

00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:57.120
 against their

00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:58.360
 formidable foe,

00:12:58.660 --> 00:12:58.980
 the devil.

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 The devil.

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 God uses means.

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 And the way

00:13:06.699 --> 00:13:07.559
 that we are

00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:08.360
 strengthened

00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.439
 with the Lord's

00:13:09.439 --> 00:13:09.799
 strength

00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.919
 is by strapping

00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:12.039
 on this armor.

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 God's strength

00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.559
 for us.

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 Which leads me

00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:17.639
 to the next point.

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 The intended

00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:19.840
 effect of this

00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:20.199
 armor

00:13:20.199 --> 00:13:21.519
 is to strengthen

00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.120
 us.

00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.559
 God is the

00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:24.960
 source

00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:25.860
 of this armor

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 and He gives

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 it to us

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 in order

00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:29.079
 to resource

00:13:29.079 --> 00:13:30.079
 us

00:13:30.079 --> 00:13:31.219
 for the battle

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 at hand.

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 This armor

00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:36.000
 of God

00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:37.119
 amazingly

00:13:37.119 --> 00:13:37.959
 strengthens

00:13:37.959 --> 00:13:38.379
 saints

00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.319
 with the

00:13:39.319 --> 00:13:39.839
 power that

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 raised Christ

00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.239
 from the dead.

00:13:42.599 --> 00:13:43.379
 The power

00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:43.839
 that's already

00:13:43.839 --> 00:13:44.559
 subjugated

00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.319
 our foes.

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 So with this

00:13:47.719 --> 00:13:48.599
 armor on,

00:13:49.599 --> 00:13:50.279
 a Christian

00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:50.919
 poses

00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:51.699
 a kind

00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:52.459
 of a threat

00:13:52.459 --> 00:13:53.159
 to the

00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:53.579
 spiritual

00:13:53.579 --> 00:13:54.099
 forces

00:13:54.099 --> 00:13:54.699
 of evil.

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 Which means

00:13:56.459 --> 00:13:56.939
 this,

00:13:56.940 --> 00:13:58.140
 if you

00:13:58.140 --> 00:13:59.120
 don't have

00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.820
 the armor

00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:00.460
 on,

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 you are

00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:01.920
 rendered

00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:03.160
 powerless

00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:05.480
 and vulnerable

00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.440
 to a

00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:07.940
 desperate,

00:14:09.160 --> 00:14:09.840
 dangerous,

00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:11.800
 and determined

00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:12.860
 enemy,

00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.120
 the devil.

00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:16.220
 So up until

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:16.700
 this point,

00:14:16.760 --> 00:14:17.100
 we've looked

00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:17.600
 at the what.

00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.600
 We are to be

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.260
 strengthened

00:14:19.260 --> 00:14:20.260
 in the Lord

00:14:20.260 --> 00:14:20.900
 with the strength

00:14:20.900 --> 00:14:21.460
 of His might.

00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.160
 And then we're

00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:22.760
 just being told

00:14:22.760 --> 00:14:23.180
 how.

00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:24.359
 we're strengthened

00:14:24.359 --> 00:14:25.000
 by putting

00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.919
 on the

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.679
 whole armor

00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.299
 of God.

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.719
 We'll come

00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:28.259
 back to that

00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:28.579
 in a couple

00:14:28.579 --> 00:14:29.000
 weeks.

00:14:31.719 --> 00:14:32.479
 But I want

00:14:32.479 --> 00:14:32.879
 you to see

00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.279
 why.

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.959
 We are told

00:14:35.959 --> 00:14:36.779
 why we need

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.559
 God's strengthening

00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:37.959
 armor.

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.059
 To stand

00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:39.839
 firm against

00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:41.659
 the schemes

00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:43.559
 of the devil.

00:14:45.839 --> 00:14:46.620
 Several things

00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.139
 you know about

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.740
 the devil.

00:14:47.819 --> 00:14:48.439
 This is a battle

00:14:48.439 --> 00:14:48.799
 briefing.

00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.259
 I'm not going

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.500
 to go into

00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:50.199
 great depth.

00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:50.779
 I'm going to

00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.359
 come back to

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.399
 this next week

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.279
 so we can

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:53.779
 have a greater

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.580
 understanding

00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.720
 of some

00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.039
 of his

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.580
 scheming.

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.580
 But for

00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:58.940
 today,

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.440
 know this,

00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:00.899
 the devil

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.580
 is real.

00:15:03.820 --> 00:15:04.480
 Paul is

00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:04.899
 writing of

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.300
 the same

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.820
 being that

00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:06.680
 deceived Adam

00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:06.960
 and Eve

00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.519
 in the garden

00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.460
 and that

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.000
 will one

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.940
 day war

00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:10.680
 against the

00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.039
 returning

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.600
 Christ.

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:14.919
 Jesus

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.740
 himself was

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.340
 tempted by

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.860
 the devil

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.420
 in Matthew

00:15:17.420 --> 00:15:18.080
 chapter 4.

00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.240
 Do you

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.680
 remember that?

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.200
 And in

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.919
 Matthew 4,

00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.620
 just as a

00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.139
 side note,

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.019
 the second

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.300
 Adam,

00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:26.659
 Jesus,

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:29.080
 did what

00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:29.779
 the first

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.960
 Adam didn't

00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.220
 do.

00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.060
 And that

00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.539
 was obey

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.019
 God's

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:35.460
 word and

00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.500
 send the

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:38.139
 devil packing.

00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:40.720
 The second

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.680
 Adam did

00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:42.800
 what the

00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.480
 first Adam

00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:44.340
 didn't do

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:45.480
 and in so

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.120
 doing he

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.080
 undid what

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.500
 the first

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.039
 Adam did.

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.100
 He did.

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.820
 for us.

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.159
 So the

00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:57.519
 devil is

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:57.860
 real.

00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.440
 The devil

00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.060
 opposes

00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.580
 God.

00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:00.279
 Look at

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.879
 verses 11

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.379
 and 12.

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.060
 And if

00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.379
 you're looking

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.820
 in the

00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:04.659
 ESV,

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:04.960
 you're going

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.500
 to notice

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.139
 a repeated

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.740
 word.

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.419
 Put on

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:08.700
 the whole

00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:09.159
 armor of

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.539
 God that

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:09.840
 you may

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.120
 be able

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.620
 to stand

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:12.460
 against

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:12.960
 the schemes

00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.220
 of the

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.460
 devil.

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.000
 For we

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.259
 do not

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:14.620
 wrestle

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.460
 against

00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:15.899
 flesh and

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.120
 blood,

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.159
 but against

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.580
 the rulers,

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.240
 against the

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.580
 authorities,

00:16:18.800 --> 00:16:19.240
 against the

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.860
 cosmic powers

00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.560
 of this

00:16:20.560 --> 00:16:20.820
 present

00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:21.100
 darkness,

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.960
 against the

00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.220
 spiritual

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.720
 forces of

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.000
 evil in

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.240
 the heavenly

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.759
 places,

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.100
 against,

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.440
 against,

00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:25.860
 against.

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.899
 The devil

00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.940
 opposes the

00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.300
 work of

00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:30.580
 God.

00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:34.540
 Ephesians

00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:35.139
 1.9

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.300
 informs us

00:16:36.300 --> 00:16:36.879
 that God

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.600
 has a plan

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.040
 for the

00:16:38.040 --> 00:16:38.580
 fullness of

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.139
 time to

00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.879
 unite all

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.680
 things in

00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.100
 Christ.

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.580
 To unite

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:44.180
 all things

00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:46.000
 in Christ.

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.560
 So what

00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:47.019
 the devil

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.519
 is seeking

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:47.960
 to do

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.480
 is to

00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.340
 oppose

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.519
 God's

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.399
 redemptive

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.860
 work

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.460
 to

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.179
 unite

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.699
 all

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.240
 things

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.620
 in

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.000
 Christ

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.240
 for

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.480
 the

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:55.840
 glory

00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.059
 of

00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:56.460
 Christ.

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.139
 But what

00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:57.539
 the devil

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.079
 really does

00:16:58.079 --> 00:16:58.620
 not want

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.120
 you to

00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.419
 know

00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.179
 is this,

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.740
 that God

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.319
 in His

00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:03.100
 glorious

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.779
 sovereignty

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:05.920
 uses the

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.500
 schemes

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.200
 of the

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.700
 devil

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:09.099
 to advance

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:09.819
 His plan

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.139
 for the

00:17:10.139 --> 00:17:10.339
 fullness

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.920
 of time.

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:12.859
 God

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.240
 works

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.079
 all things

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.599
 out for

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:14.900
 the good

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.240
 of those

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.639
 who love

00:17:15.639 --> 00:17:15.799
 Him

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:15.940
 and have

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.279
 been called

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.740
 according to

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:16.879
 His

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.220
 purpose,

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.240
 even the

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.700
 schemes of

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.039
 the devil.

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.680
 That's the

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.220
 scope of

00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:21.539
 God's

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.940
 sovereignty.

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.039
 The devil

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.440
 is not

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:26.759
 God's

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.000
 equal.

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.580
 In fact,

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.120
 though the

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.620
 devil would

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.180
 not care

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 to admit

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 this either,

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 he's actually

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 dependent

00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:32.779
 on God

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 and subservient

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 to Him.

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.720
 He was

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.279
 created

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 by God.

00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.779
 He's been

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.380
 around for

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:43.740
 a while.

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 He took

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.539
 the form

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.759
 of a

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.139
 crafty

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.480
 serpent

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.799
 in the

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.240
 garden

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.920
 and deceived

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.460
 Adam and

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:49.799
 Eve.

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.240
 He's been

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.779
 around for

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.099
 a while,

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 but you

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:51.779
 know what?

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.720
 Don't think

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.119
 he's from

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.779
 everlasting

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.659
 to everlasting.

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.399
 That's

00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:57.019
 God

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.680
 alone.

00:17:59.519 --> 00:17:59.940
 The devil

00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.740
 was created.

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.259
 The devil

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.920
 isn't stupid.

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:06.879
 Throughout

00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:07.460
 the millennia,

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:07.879
 the devil

00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.259
 has been

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.639
 opposing

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.059
 God's

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.319
 eternal

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:09.740
 plan of

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.059
 salvation,

00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:10.539
 so he's

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:10.839
 picked up

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.200
 some best

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.619
 practices

00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.059
 along the

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 way.

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:14.360
 He's

00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:14.640
 very

00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:14.980
 cunning.

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.339
 He may

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.799
 even have

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.220
 a top

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.640
 ten

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.339
 ways to

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.680
 deceive

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:18.819
 and

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.200
 distract

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.660
 God's

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:19.960
 people.

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.740
 The devil

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.259
 is cunning,

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:24.920
 but he's

00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.940
 not omniscient.

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.100
 Only

00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.940
 our God

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.920
 knows all.

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.079
 The devil

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.900
 is organized.

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.059
 You can

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.360
 see that

00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:36.819
 played out

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.839
 in 6.12

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.180
 where we

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.440
 do not

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:38.720
 wrestle

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.019
 against

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:39.420
 flesh and

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:39.660
 blood,

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.539
 but against

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.120
 the rulers,

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:41.720
 against

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:41.900
 the

00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.319
 authorities,

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:42.680
 against

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:42.839
 the

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.140
 cosmic

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.579
 powers

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.759
 over

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:43.940
 this

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.240
 present

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.600
 darkness,

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:44.940
 against

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.120
 the

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.400
 spiritual

00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:45.779
 forces

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:45.980
 of

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.220
 evil.

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.559
 He's

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:47.860
 talking

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.299
 about

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.120
 the

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.440
 demonic

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.160
 host.

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.120
 He doesn't

00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:51.740
 go into

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.339
 explaining

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.279
 how they're

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.880
 organized,

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.200
 just that

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.299
 there are

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:56.640
 a lot

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:56.980
 of them

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:58.160
 with

00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:58.519
 seemingly

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.059
 different

00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.579
 titles.

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.200
 The devil

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.559
 may be

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:04.900
 organized,

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.360
 but he's

00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:06.140
 not omnipresent.

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.079
 Only God

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:08.120
 is omnipresent,

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.940
 our God,

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.759
 and our

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.240
 God has

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.880
 promised to

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.680
 be with

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.060
 us

00:19:12.060 --> 00:19:12.760
 always,

00:19:13.260 --> 00:19:13.780
 strengthening

00:19:13.780 --> 00:19:14.480
 us.

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.480
 The devil

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.200
 is powerful.

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.760
 Ephesians

00:19:21.760 --> 00:19:22.460
 6.12

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:24.500
 For we

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.820
 do not

00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:25.400
 wrestle

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.140
 against

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.920
 flesh and

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.320
 blood.

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.920
 Our fight

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.500
 isn't

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.200
 mano y

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.460
 mano.

00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:31.960
 We're not

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.560
 fighting the

00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:33.320
 same kinds

00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.220
 of people

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.620
 as we

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:34.800
 would

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.260
 ourselves.

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:35.940
 Our fight

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.560
 is against

00:19:36.560 --> 00:19:37.480
 something in

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.160
 the spiritual

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.060
 places in

00:19:39.060 --> 00:19:39.720
 the heavenlies.

00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:43.740
 against

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.200
 rulers,

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.640
 against

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.300
 authorities,

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:45.820
 against

00:19:45.820 --> 00:19:46.640
 cosmic

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:47.680
 powers,

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.160
 spiritual

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.920
 forces.

00:19:52.260 --> 00:19:53.600
 We may

00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.680
 be outgunned,

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.300
 but our

00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:56.680
 God is

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:56.940
 not.

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:58.300
 His power

00:19:58.300 --> 00:19:58.860
 prevails

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.620
 against the

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.560
 cosmic powers

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.140
 over this

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:01.460
 present

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.860
 darkness.

00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:02.360
 Remember

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.820
 Ephesians

00:20:02.820 --> 00:20:03.540
 1.22.

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.740
 He has

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.300
 already

00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:06.040
 set all

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.720
 things under

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.140
 the feet

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:07.800
 of Christ.

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.860
 So the

00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:13.220
 devil is

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.880
 more powerful

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.420
 than any

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.120
 of us,

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.420
 but he's

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.820
 not more

00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:16.480
 powerful than

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.960
 our God.

00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:17.860
 The cross

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.460
 of Christ,

00:20:18.540 --> 00:20:18.780
 this is

00:20:18.780 --> 00:20:19.320
 Colossians

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:20.100
 2.15,

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.600
 has disarmed

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.120
 the rulers

00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:22.840
 and authorities

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.420
 and put

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.800
 them to

00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:24.560
 open shame

00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:25.540
 by triumphing

00:20:25.540 --> 00:20:26.280
 over them.

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.880
 The power

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.280
 of the death

00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:29.800
 and resurrection

00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:30.240
 of Jesus

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.960
 Christ has

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:32.080
 triumphed

00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:32.580
 over the

00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:32.840
 devil.

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.000
 Christ's

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.320
 cross

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:34.860
 defeated

00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.300
 sin,

00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:35.940
 defeated

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.440
 death,

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.840
 and has

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.160
 defeated

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.759
 the devil.

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.920
 So the

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.220
 devil's

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.400
 already

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.559
 been

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:43.880
 defeated.

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.660
 He knows

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:46.840
 it.

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:50.019
 So for

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.360
 those of

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:50.680
 us in

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.180
 Christ,

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.160
 because we've

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.500
 been moved

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.120
 from one

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:55.779
 kingdom to

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.180
 another,

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:58.299
 the devil has

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.320
 absolutely no

00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:00.080
 authority over

00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.460
 us.

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.660
 Ephesians 2.6,

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.700
 Paul is very

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.160
 explicit.

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.340
 We have been

00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:06.059
 seated with

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.799
 Christ in

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.240
 the heavenly

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.799
 places,

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.279
 far above

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.119
 these

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.659
 authorities.

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.960
 Do you

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.359
 remember when

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.679
 the United

00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:17.879
 States invaded

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.759
 Iraq?

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.440
 He toppled

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.519
 Saddam Hussein.

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.859
 Remember that?

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.940
 We established,

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.519
 the United

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.759
 States established

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.359
 a stable

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.119
 government there,

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.240
 but there was a

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.659
 time when

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.460
 Saddam Hussein,

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.119
 though toppled,

00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:33.019
 was on the run.

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:34.139
 He was alive

00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:35.480
 and he was

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:35.879
 exerting

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.480
 influence.

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.079
 That's where

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.440
 we're living

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.920
 right now.

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.359
 The cross has

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.940
 toppled the

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.200
 devil,

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.220
 but he is

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.059
 present and

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.379
 exerting

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.000
 influence.

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.400
 He's been

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.819
 defeated.

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.119
 He's been

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.900
 defeated by our

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.180
 King,

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.779
 Christ.

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.279
 The devil's

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.900
 doom has been

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.379
 determined.

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.579
 Would you look

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.220
 back at

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.480
 Revelation?

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.259
 You've got to

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.759
 see this in

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.160
 your Bible.

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.900
 Because our

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.620
 enemy knows

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.079
 this is in

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.480
 our Bible

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.779
 too.

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.400
 Revelation

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.220
 chapter 20

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.779
 verse 10.

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.180
 Christ comes

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.700
 back.

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.720
 He cleans

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.420
 house.

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.000
 So here's

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.380
 something to

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.000
 bank on that

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.680
 we were singing

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.440
 of just moments

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.819
 ago.

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.519
 Thank you

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.120
 Martin Luther.

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.519
 Revelation

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.339
 20 verse

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.980
 19.

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.859
 Excuse me,

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.139
 10.

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.759
 20 verse

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.000
 10.

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.099
 And the

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.680
 devil who

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.240
 had deceived

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.539
 them was

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.379
 thrown into

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.059
 the lake of

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.660
 fire and

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.319
 sulfur where

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.019
 the beast and

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.420
 the false

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:43.099
 prophet were

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.119
 and they

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.579
 will be

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.200
 tormented

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.259
 day and

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.339
 night forever

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.379
 and ever.

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.339
 His doom

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.379
 is sure.

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.740
 But it

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.059
 makes them

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.319
 all the

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.500
 more

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.079
 dangerous.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.759
 Though

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.259
 defeated,

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.419
 he's

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:03.940
 dangerous.

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.000
 Peter in

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.759
 1 Peter 5

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.460
 8 describes

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.339
 him as a

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.980
 prowling

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.980
 lion seeking

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.659
 for someone

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.460
 to devour.

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.279
 Though he

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.659
 has no

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.679
 authority over

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.559
 us, he

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.339
 can still

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.440
 assault us

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.460
 especially if

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.940
 we go

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.639
 unarmed.

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:25.920
 he is

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.340
 determined.

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.200
 He's

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.680
 determined to

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.180
 wreak havoc

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.820
 on anyone

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:31.140
 but especially

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.680
 the saints

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.220
 of God,

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.860
 those of us

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.160
 who have been

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.900
 transferred from

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.380
 the kingdom

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.160
 of darkness

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.100
 following the

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.540
 prince of the

00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:37.040
 power of the

00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:37.259
 air,

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.400
 transferred into

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.780
 the kingdom

00:23:39.780 --> 00:23:40.500
 of the beloved

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.920
 son.

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.000
 It's safe to

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.640
 say he hates

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.940
 us.

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:49.860
 our battle

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.799
 is against

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.420
 a defeated

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:53.799
 foe whose

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.740
 demise is

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.000
 sure, but

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.920
 it's made him

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.660
 all the more

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.299
 desperate,

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.240
 dangerous,

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.360
 and determined.

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.080
 Our enemy is

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:03.720
 not flesh and

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.220
 blood.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:06.660
 So we need

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.620
 God's strength

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.420
 to stand

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.539
 against his

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.160
 raging.

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.620
 C.S.

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.380
 Lewis wrote

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.600
 this book,

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.259
 The Screwtape

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.660
 Letters.

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.460
 If you

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.900
 haven't read

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.279
 this,

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.759
 read it.

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.700
 But in

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.259
 the preface,

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.340
 he writes

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.740
 this.

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.720
 There are

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.320
 two equal

00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:31.840
 and opposite

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.519
 errors in

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.940
 which our

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.400
 race can

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.000
 fall about

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.900
 the devils.

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.640
 One is to

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.300
 disbelieve in

00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.000
 their existence,

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.680
 disregard them,

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.680
 the other is

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.660
 to believe and

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.180
 to feel an

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.080
 excessive and

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:45.180
 unhealthy interest

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.620
 in them,

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.380
 to be enamored

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:47.840
 by them.

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.759
 We are being

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:51.620
 called to

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:53.040
 soberly stand

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:54.500
 firm against

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.800
 them.

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.080
 So we've

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.800
 looked at

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.160
 the what?

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.380
 Be

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.900
 strengthened in

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.220
 the Lord.

00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:02.759
 We looked at

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.240
 the how?

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.279
 By putting on

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.800
 God's armor.

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.300
 We looked at

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.759
 the why.

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:07.420
 We have a

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.700
 defeated but

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.140
 dangerous foe.

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.120
 Now let's

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.920
 look at the

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.560
 so what.

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.820
 We are

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:15.060
 exhorted to

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:16.820
 stand firm.

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.600
 And we see

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.040
 that in

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:19.980
 Ephesians 6,

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.779
 11, 13,

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.320
 and 14.

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.640
 But let me

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.120
 just let you

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.600
 know this.

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.279
 We live in

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.300
 between the

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:28.259
 defeat of the

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.880
 devil through

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.620
 Christ's death

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.240
 and resurrection

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.400
 and the final

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.700
 demise of the

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.300
 devil when he

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:33.840
 gets thrown

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.440
 into the lake

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.940
 of fire.

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.620
 So we live in

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.680
 the already but

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.380
 not yet.

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:41.180
 We live in

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.759
 between.

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.820
 So our enemy

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.680
 continues to

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.299
 prowl though

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.779
 defeated.

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.380
 Defanged as

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.900
 some say.

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.920
 But he still

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.960
 exerts influence.

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.200
 When Jesus

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.440
 returns and he

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.320
 tosses the devil

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.960
 into the lake

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.580
 of fire, do you

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:57.940
 know what?

00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.980
 We don't need

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.860
 the armor anymore.

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.860
 There will be no

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.740
 need to suit up.

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.779
 Maybe our

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.680
 heavenly mansions

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.940
 will have display

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.920
 cases for armor.

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.299
 But we live in a

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.819
 time, this present

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.319
 darkness, verse 12.

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.319
 In the evil day,

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:20.700
 verse 13, when we

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.140
 must take up the

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:25.200
 armor so that we

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.299
 can stand firm

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.339
 against the devil.

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.920
 There remains a

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:31.620
 threat by a

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.680
 dangerous though

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.500
 defeated foe.

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:36.180
 God enables us

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.019
 to stand against

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.500
 the spiritual

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.420
 forces in

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.240
 his strength.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.860
 We are

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.539
 strengthened with

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.200
 God's strength

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.820
 through putting

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.519
 on the armor.

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.779
 That enables us

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.100
 to withstand the

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.759
 attacks of the

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:51.980
 devil.

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.240
 Notice that

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.940
 word stand.

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.820
 We see that in

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.420
 verse 11.

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.519
 Put on the

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.060
 whole armor of

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.519
 God that you

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.340
 may be able to

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.059
 stand against the

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.740
 schemes of the

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:04.959
 devil.

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.199
 Verse 13, take

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.879
 up the whole

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.220
 armor.

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.679
 That purpose you

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.599
 may be able to

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.659
 withstand in the

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.159
 evil day.

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.459
 And having done

00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:14.059
 all to stand

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.500
 firm.

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.519
 Look at 14, the

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.919
 first word, stand

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.519
 therefore.

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.220
 Now up until this

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.000
 point in Ephesians,

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.639
 God has been

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.619
 exhorting us to

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:22.919
 walk.

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.240
 We were dead and

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.500
 used to walk in

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.319
 trespasses and

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.679
 sins.

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.159
 Two, one.

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.220
 Now we've been

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.959
 made alive in

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.779
 Christ Jesus and

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.440
 we walk in the

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.200
 good works that

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.839
 he has prepared

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.839
 beforehand for us.

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.599
 2.10.

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.119
 We are to walk in

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.819
 a manner worthy

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.579
 of the calling to

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.079
 which you've been

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.379
 called.

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.940
 4.1.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.079
 We must no longer

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.700
 walk as non-Christians

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.440
 do in the futility

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.039
 of their minds.

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.740
 4.17.

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.420
 We are to walk in

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.519
 love as Christ loved

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.500
 us and gave himself

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.160
 up for us.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.680
 5.2.

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.819
 We are to walk as

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.639
 children of light,

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.399
 finding out what

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.379
 pleases our God and

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.259
 exposing the

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.240
 unfruitful deeds of

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.599
 darkness.

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.940
 5.8-11.

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.599
 We are to walk not

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:01.039
 as unwise but as

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.000
 wise, making the

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.719
 most of the time

00:28:02.719 --> 00:28:03.579
 because the days are

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.819
 evil.

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.459
 5.15.

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.919
 Empowered by the

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.899
 Spirit, submitting to

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.339
 one another.

00:28:07.719 --> 00:28:08.439
 Walk, walk, walk,

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.719
 walk.

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.699
 Walkity, walkity,

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.439
 walkity, walkity,

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:10.799
 walk.

00:28:11.219 --> 00:28:12.119
 Walk, walk, walk.

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.759
 Ephesians is just

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.659
 packed full with

00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:18.199
 exhortations to walk.

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.219
 Walk, walk, walk,

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.779
 walk, walk.

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:21.839
 Walk.

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.859
 6.11.

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.159
 Stand.

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.279
 Stand.

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.479
 Walk, walk, walk.

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.059
 Stand.

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.299
 Stand firm.

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.500
 It's a change of

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.839
 posture.

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.119
 It's climactic.

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.439
 There's a reason why

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:46.319
 Paul is closing the

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.399
 letter on this note.

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.599
 In the midst of all

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:50.439
 these glorious calls to

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:53.639
 holiness, to walk as

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.320
 Christ would have us, to

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:56.700
 walk in the ways of

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.820
 Christ, Paul sobers us

00:28:58.820 --> 00:29:00.960
 up by exhorting us to

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.420
 stand firm against the

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.680
 devil.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.600
 Up until this point,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:07.080
 walk like Christ.

00:29:07.520 --> 00:29:09.900
 Now we are to stand in

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:11.720
 the strength he provides.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.759
 This fight is close

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.860
 quarter combat.

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.259
 That word wrestle,

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:23.980
 in verse 12, for we do

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.680
 not wrestle.

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:27.559
 That's literally to lock

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.420
 somebody up.

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.920
 Close quarter combat.

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.740
 It's exerting an effort.

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.900
 It's being close proximity

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.500
 to things.

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:43.039
 And we are called here to

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.379
 persevere by God's

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:47.480
 strength, having done all

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.759
 to stand firm.

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.980
 And so here's where he

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.579
 wraps it up.

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.319
 You need to be

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.640
 strengthened.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.539
 Put on the armor.

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.759
 We've got a really strong

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.200
 foe.

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.400
 So put on the armor and

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.240
 stand firm.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.740
 Fight.

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.779
 Wrestle.

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:03.720
 Resist him with the

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.500
 strength that God has

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.339
 provided for you.

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.660
 Until Jesus comes back

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.120
 and tosses him into the

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.339
 lake.

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:16.039
 There's something I just

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.980
 want to note before I

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.519
 close.

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.619
 He's writing to a

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.059
 church.

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.919
 It's easy to think

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:27.099
 about putting on the

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:28.299
 armor and standing firm

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:30.459
 in terms of individualistic

00:30:30.459 --> 00:30:31.159
 thinking.

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.539
 But he's writing to a

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.000
 church.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.559
 We are to stand firm

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.879
 together.

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.819
 against the schemes of

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.139
 the devil.

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:44.599
 Each of us is to suit up

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.039
 daily with the empowering

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.720
 armor of God so that we

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.539
 can stand together united

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.959
 against the schemes of the

00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:51.159
 devil.

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.399
 Imagine.

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.899
 Look around.

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.099
 We've got everybody wearing

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.679
 their civvies.

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.059
 Dressed for the day.

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:02.259
 Now imagine all of us

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:05.039
 clad in the armor of God.

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:08.419
 Singing God's praises from

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:10.180
 the depths of our hearts

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:12.480
 in the midst of a raging

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.039
 battle.

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.039
 We're to do this together.

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.519
 What?

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.680
 Be strong in the Lord.

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.600
 How?

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.700
 Put on the armor.

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.560
 Why?

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.100
 Our enemy is real and

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 powerful, defeated yet

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.900
 dangerous.

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 So we must stand firm

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:35.620
 together against our enemy.

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:37.000
 One point of application.

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 When the U.S. was drawn into

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.720
 World War II, the U.S.

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:45.200
 industry was dramatically

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:47.840
 transformed in a really short

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.600
 amount of time.

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:50.620
 It went from peace time to war

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.680
 time really quick.

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 So auto plants became tank

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.200
 plants.

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.779
 Manufacturers of blue denim

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:59.779
 started producing green

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.039
 camo outfits.

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:04.220
 Luxury liners became troop

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.759
 transports.

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:08.380
 The war united our country.

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.960
 It's a testament to those who've

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.620
 gone before us, both our citizens

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:13.240
 and our leaders.

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.900
 Real war has a real effect.

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:22.240
 Real war really transforms a

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.780
 people's thinking and way of

00:32:23.780 --> 00:32:24.120
 living.

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 And so in light of the real

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:29.820
 spiritual battle that we are in

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:34.640
 right now, do you have a

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.820
 wartime mentality?

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:41.019
 Are you thinking battle?

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:44.100
 Are you thinking skirmish?

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:47.140
 Are you thinking and are you

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.500
 living?

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.740
 Are you taking up the armor

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.820
 and light of the spiritual

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.560
 fight at hand?

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.300
 We will unpack this in the next

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.900
 few weeks.

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.240
 But I just wanted to ask,

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.940
 is it in your mind?

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh Lord, open our eyes that we

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.820
 may think and live empowered

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:10.880
 with your strength against the

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.740
 spiritual forces of this present

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.160
 darkness.

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 God, would you keep us from

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.899
 disregarding the spiritual

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:21.299
 realities and keep us from

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:23.319
 becoming enamored with them?

00:33:23.719 --> 00:33:25.799
 God, would you help us to be

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:28.500
 sober and to stand firm with the

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.439
 strength you provide?

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:32.099
 In Jesus' name, Amen.

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.239
 Amen.

00:33:32.239 --> 00:33:32.399
 Amen.

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:34.439
 Amen.

00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:36.399
 Amen.

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.039
 Amen.

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.879
 Amen.

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:39.019
 Amen.

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.079
 Amen.

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.639
 Amen.

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.779
 Amen.

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.299
 Amen.

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.339
 Amen.

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.359
 Amen.

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.839
 Amen.

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:42.899
 Amen.

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:42.919
 Amen.

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.419
 Amen.

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.319
 Amen.

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.339
 Amen.

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.419
 Amen.

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:45.399
 Amen.

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.419
 Amen.

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:46.279
 Amen.