SPIRITUAL WARFARE

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SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Pastor Phillips Koh
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How REAL is the spirit world?
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A spiritual shiftAn unhealthy preoccupation
with the spirit world today
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There are two equal and opposite errors into
which our race can fall about the devils. One is
to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to
believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy
interest in them.
The prophetic words of CS Lewis (in the book
The Screwtape Letters)
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Attacking the teaching rather than the person
Not fair to tar all charismatics with the same
brush
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How did a militant approach to spiritual warfare
arise?
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Are we called to militancy in spiritual warfare?
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What is the biblical teaching on spiritual
warfare?
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• Ephesians 610-20
• The Greek verb here is wrestle not attack
• The spiritual weapons are mainly defensive in
  nature
• The emphasis falls on the believer taking the
  following steps
• to stand firm (verse 11)
• to resist (verse 13)
• to stand firm (verse 14)

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This is confirmed by the teaching on the Lords
Prayer Deliver us from the Evil One
 
What important lesson can we draw from Ephesians
6?
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How then do we overcome Satan?See Revelations
1211, James 47