“The Believer’s Call to Spiritual Warfare.” #2 Ephesians 6:10-17

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Date: October 15, 2023 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

Understandably, the war in Israel has captured our hearts and minds, and we must pray for the families of those who have lost loved ones, and for those whose family members are being held hostage. Of course, we must pray for peace to be restored, but true peace is not the absence of conflict, true peace is the ability to trust the Lord even when we are in the midst of the battle. However, as Christians, we must not allow the barbarity and savagery of this war to capture our hearts and minds, lest we give Satan an opportunity to fill our hearts with the same evil spirit that is in the hearts of the terrorists. “No hate,” said Betsy ten boon to her sister, Corrie , after one of the guards at Ravensbruck concentration camp had beaten her brutally. As Corrie discovered, that which we are unable to do, because of our sin nature, the Lord Jesus who is in us, can do, and will do, if we will yield to him. Hatred is in the DNA of the devil – love is in the DNA of every born again believer! I have no crystal ball into the future. However, if you haven’t already, you best be putting on the whole armor of God. This is the subject of our next sermon in this series on Spiritual Warfare. The title is “The Believer’s Call to Spiritual Warfare.”

Understandably, the war in Israel has captured our hearts and minds, and we must pray for the families of those who have lost loved ones, and for those whose family members are being held hostage. Of course, we must pray for peace to be restored, but true peace is not the absence of conflict, true peace is the ability to trust the Lord even when we are in the midst of the battle.

However, as Christians, we must not allow the barbarity and savagery of this war to capture our hearts and minds, lest we give Satan an opportunity to fill our hearts with the same evil spirit that is in the hearts of the terrorists. “No hate,” said Betsy ten boon to her sister, Corrie , after one of the guards at Ravensbruck concentration camp had beaten her brutally. As Corrie discovered, that which we are unable to do, because of our sin nature, the Lord Jesus who is in us, can do, and will do, if we will yield to him. Hatred is in the DNA of the devil – love is in the DNA of every born again believer!

I have no crystal ball into the future. However, if you haven’t already, you best be putting on the whole armor of God. This is the subject of our next sermon in this series on Spiritual Warfare. The title is “The Believer’s Call to Spiritual Warfare.”

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