Weapons of our Warfare

Given all eternity, men would never come to the knowledge of the truth unless God revealed it to them supernaturally. The truth of Ephesians includes the eternal plan of God, which includes our election to salvation and spiritual blessings; Eph 1: 3-14.

The work of the ministry is a true spiritual warfare and it is not after the flesh. It is a spiritual warfare with spiritual enemies and for spiritual purposes. Any man who is in ministry though in the flesh and in the common affairs of life, should not go by the maxims of the flesh, and not work hard to please the flesh. They should crucify their passions and lusts and must be mortified and kept under control.

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Cori 10: 4-5.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph 6:12. The combat is not against human enemies but against several ranks of devils, who have a government which they exercise in this world, principalities, powers and rulers. They are numerous and very vigorous and they usurp power over all men who are in sin and ignorance of the Gospel.

Christ is the Kingdom of light and Satan is a Kingdom of deep darkness and there is no equality between the two and they war against each other. The doctrines of the Gospel and discipline of the church are the weapons of this warfare, and this is not carnal. Outward force is not the method of the Gospel but strong persuasions, by the power of the Holy Spirit, truth which is the Word of God in meekness and godly wisdom. Prejudices, ignorance, and lusts are strongholds in the soul and conscience is accountable to God only. Proud conceits always exalt itself against the knowledge of God and because of this they become very vain in their thinking. By these Satan endeavors to keep men from faith and obedience to the Gospel and secures the hearts of men as his possession and property.

Satan’s Opposition to the Truth
Satan is a liar by nature. We can safely say that Satan is a pathological liar (John 8:44). He would lie even when he didn’t have to. He is both self-deceived and a deceiver (Revelation 12:9). From the beginning of time, Satan has sought to oppose God and His people by opposing the truth. Consider some of Satan’s tactics throughout history, as exposed in the Scriptures. He works to keep men from the truth, or to keep the truth from men; Mark 4:15;2; Corinthians 4:3-4. He denies the truth, usually declaring a “new truth” in its place; Genesis 3:1-7. He seeks to deceive men about the truth by disseminating his false teaching and doctrines as the truth; 1 Tim 4:1-5. He distorts the truth; Matthew 23:23-24. He works to produce disobedience to the truth. Satan knows that to keep men from obedience to the truth is as good as keeping them from the truth; 1 Jn 2: 4-6. He seeks to fan the flames of man’s curiosity and of his ego, so that he will forsake God’s truth in the pursuit of “higher” truth; 1 Cori 4: 6. He even works among believers, to turn them from the truth and to incite them to be untruthful (see Matthew 24:24; Acts 20: 29-30; 5:1-11).

The weapons of warfare of a believer are mighty and very powerful because of God’s Word is truth and is convincing and cogent. God is our mighty warrior, commander in Chief and He is a Holy God, and He makes all the opposition to fall before His victorious Gospel. We observe here the conquest which God’s Word gains by the working power of His Spirit. The strongholds are pulled down by the message of the Gospel through the grace and by the Spirit of God accompanying is efficient. Indeed the conversion of a soul is the conquest of Satan in that soul.

A Christian should always stand in complete armor and this armor is Divine; Eph 6: 10-18. The divine armors are the military girdle or belt, the breastplate, the soldiers’ shoes, the shield, the helmet and the sword. Truth and sincerity will always be our girdle because God desires truth in our inward parts. The breastplate secures the heart because the righteousness of Christ secures us from the arrows of Satan. Shoes were used to defend against traps and sharp sticks laid in the way. Gospel brings all sorts of peace, and we need a resolved heart to adhere to the Gospel, which will enable us to walk with a steady peace in relationship with Jesus. Shield of faith is all in all to us in hour of temptation and is a very important one. Faith acted upon the Word of God and the grace of Christ, quenches the darts of temptation.

Helmet of salvation protects the head and our thinking and a good hope of this keep us from being troubled and tormented by Satan. The sword of the Spirit is the Word of God and this is very necessary to a Christian in order to maintain the spiritual warfare and to succeed in it. Prayer must buckle on all the other parts of our Christian armor, and we must join prayer with all these graces for defense against these spiritual enemies. We must continue in this with all perseverance as long as we live in this world.

One must not yield to the devil’s allurements and assaults, but oppose them against his schemes and devices. To stand against Satan is to strive against sin, and our business is to withstand against the assaults of the evil one. As soldiers of Jesus Christ our warfare will be accomplished and we will be victorious.

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