The Toward The Mark MINUTE about "I Don’t Have a Beef with You – It’s those Wicked Spirits" aiming us toward liberty and victory for ALL... countering satan and his wicked spirits by learning and sharing “who” we are, Whose we are, and what we are put on this earth to accomplish... Showing GOD BIG in a world that sees Him small.
As young Believers we kind of look at a suit of medieval armor; That's the first thing we think about when we hear of “the whole armor of God”. The thing is it’s NOT "a suit" of armor; IT’S GOD… Himself. If you listen to what (Ephesians 6:11-20) says, we are to put on the whole armor OF God... Himself. Be one "i-n Him" and one with Him.
The Scripture says in John 14:15-26 that we abide "in" Him, we make our abode "in" Him, we "reside" (or have "our residence") IN "GOD". I'm going to tell you, no unclean spirit in hell or flopping around the earth is going to try to get at us by a frontal attack on God. It's not possible. The beautiful thing about it is, the full armor of God, among so many other countless benefits it provides for us, it provides us with total protection.
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If you study The Scriptures, you also see in Proverb 18:10 where God is called our "strong tower", that the righteous run IN to and are saved; “our strong tower IS God”. See (in Matthew 6:33), seek ye first "the Kingdom of God"; the Kingdom that IS God... NOT a castle that's on a cloud. The same way as “the armor of God” IS GOD, Himself. It’s not a "suit of" armor; the Armor IS God.
IN God is where we reside continually. Look at the particular (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) Scripture that says we are to pray without ceasing. That passage is on the same line as (Ephesians 3:17-19) we are to dwell in God continually. We are to pray without ceasing. In other words, we are in continual communication with God. We don't ever break those lines... always listening and speaking out to Him. Exactly. Always God-conscious. And these are things we have to understand to be effective at seeing those unclean and wicked spirits in our lives be pulled down in the earth, so that we can work with God as His children, as His beloved heirs to the promise.
We have got to understand first how this enemy works and how we combat him. You know the (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) Scripture that talks about taking every thought captive. Why do we take every thought captive? Because those thoughts that so often come against us are from unclean wicked spirits and they come to steal, kill, and destroy. The Bible says (in John 10:10-29) that the devil comes not but for to steal, kill, and destroy our being able to rest in and relax in the reality of who we are and "Whose" we are. But satan is going to continually work. Satan's unclean spirits are going to continually work... to keep us from resting on the lap of God, to keep us from being able to enjoy God, from being able to rest our head on God's chest and listen to His heartbeat, and just enjoy, not doing, but just being. You see that? Just being. There is a concerted effort that continually takes place to keep us from our Father.
This point has got to be right in front of us, because it's so important to know. And the only way is to know God's written Word and wait and listen for God’s spoken Word. We read and listen, and that’s how we “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33)”... and all of our needs and supplications will be added to us. That's really powerful to know in order to know how to fight who the enemy truly is... it's not “flesh and blood”, not a person or people; it's the unclean spirits and the devil and his demons working through individual persons that are “willing vessels”.
Satan is like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:6-11), walking about looking for whom he may devour. And if he's looking, that means there are people that know about his ploys and plot. So, it stands to reason that he has to “walk around to seek” out those who don't know, those with a lack of knowledge of God and His Word.
Speaking of Satan, the devil, walking around like a roaring lion, I've heard some people say something interesting. They say that Jesus Christ, after He died and was resurrected to Life after three days, one of the things He did when He took the keys to death, hell, and the grave from the devil was to use a pair of pliers and pull “the roaring lion’s” teeth out. That’s a great visual and, really, when we learn how to trust in God, rest in God, and wait on God, we "enter IN" to God.
Once we learn to trust in God, rest in God, and wait on God, and are entered IN-to God, at that point is when we can work side-by-side with our Father. We begin oyfully fulfilling His plan and purpose for our own Life and for our part in everything He created in this universe. And, moreover IN Christ, not only are we protected against the dangers and demonic activity, Him being our "armor" also means we're ready to go into the battle, which means we are ready to go on "offense" as well, right!!??
THE BIBLE passages for studying and sharing (in order of mention in this video):
Ephesians 6:11-20
John 14:15-26
Matthew 6:33
1 Thessalonians 5:17-18
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
John 10:10-29
1 Peter 5:6-11
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