SPIRITUAL WARFARE

KNOW THE ENEMY . The Unholy Trinity

1. The devil 2. The world 3. The flesh

Know The Enemy 1. The devil

Eph. 6:12 For our struggle is: not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

How Do We Prepare?
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. (Even though we are Victorious against the enemy.)

KNOW THE ENEMY 2. The world.

EPHESIANS 2:1-2 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world .

 1 JOHN 2:15-17 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

KNOW THE ENEMY 3. THE FLESH

James 4:1-2 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight.

Romans 7:14-25 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God s law;

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but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God s law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

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THE SINFUL HUMAN NATURE: GALATIANS 5:19-21 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

TO LIVE VICTORIOUSLY AGAINST THE ENEMY (The Unholy Trinity) IS TO LIVE YOUR NEW LIFE!

Romans 12:1

John 14:21

John 15:7 Philippians 4:6, 7 2 Corinthians 5:17 Matthew 18:20 Hebrews 10:24, 25 Matthew 4:19 Galatians 2:20

Romans 1:16

Joshua 1:8

2 Timothy 3:16, 17

THE WORD
The Word is like a mirror. As we read it, it will reflect our image, most specially any defects. The Word is the standard God gave to believers for living in His Kingdom.

There Are Christians Who Do Not Live Victorious Lives. Why?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Self centered lives vs. Christ centered life Rebelliousness/Disobedience. Ignorance of the Word. Prayerlessness. No desire for fellowship

6. Issues of the soul.

GOD desires to see people delivered from spiritual, emotional and physical bondages that keep them from being all God has created them to be. He wants to see this freedom manifest in the life of every believer, so each one can do all the Lord has called them to do.

We Can Be Mirrors That Brightly Reflect The Glory Of The Lord!

WHO IS GOD?
1.God is triune. (...in the name of the Father...Son...Holy Spirit...), *Matt. 28:19. 2.God, the Father, is the Creator and the Judge. Gen. 1:1-31, 2:1 3.God is the Son and Savior. ... the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 1 John 4:14 4.God is the Holy Spirit. ...Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you... Rom. 8:11;

WHO IS MAN? Man is the creation of GOD. Man is created to have the likeness of God. ..then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostril the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. (Gen. 2:7)

THE TRIUNE MAN Man Is Spirit, Soul and Body

1 Thess. 5:23....may your whole

spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

CAN CHRISTIANS BE DEMON POSSESSED 1Co 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Dont you know that you yourselves are Gods temple and that Gods Spirit lives in you?

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Conclusion: We can be influenced by the demonic in our souls and bodies.

Satan can only take the ground we give him. Each time we react to circumstances and the deceptions of Satan in the flesh, we open a door for enemy forces to move in.

OUTSIDE APPEARANCE CAN BE DECEIVING.

WHAT IS SALVATION? RE-CREATION, RE-CREATION, HEALING, DELIVERANCE, HEALING, DELIVERANCE, RESTORATION

Salvation, we believe, is a lifelong process. It is received with the initial decision to receive Jesus Christ as Savior (Salvation of the spirit) and continues through the time we give up this mortal body and receive the immortal, eternal body promised by our Lord (salvation of the body).

FEAR is a hindrance to salvation (re(re-creation, healing, deliverance, restoration).

1 John 4:17-18, .There is no fear in love. Rom. 8:15; You did not receive the spirit of fear, but the spirit of adoption...

THREE MAJOR STAGES IN THE PROCESS OF SALVATION. 1. Salvation of the SPIRIT occurs in an instant through grace and not by anything we can earn. Our spirit, in an instant, becomes mingled, somehow, with the Holy Spirit.

Therefore if any person is [engrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! 2 Cor. 5:17-21 (Ampl.)
Gal 5:16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never fulfill the desires of the flesh. 17 For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

2. Salvation (healing, deliverance, restoration) of the SOUL

Jer. 17:9-10; The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked; who can know it? Mark 7:21-23; Out of mens hearts come unclean thoughts...... Prov. 23:7 as he thinks in his heart, so is he...

The lamp of the body is the eye...If therefore the light that is in you is darkness; how great is that darkness! Matt. 6:22-23. Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. ...be transformed by the renewing of your mind... Rom. 12:2; ...put on the new man...renewed in knowledge... Col. 3:10; ...be renewed in the spirit of your mind... Eph. 4:23; Take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Cor.10:5.

James 1:21-22, ... receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. John 17:17.Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.,

Matt. 22:37...You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind....

3. Salvation (RESTORATION) of the BODY

2 Cor. 5:1-4. For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.

We RENOUNCE our sins giving them up and putting them aside voluntarily. We begin to recognize the patterns of our behavior are displeasing to God and are harmful to us and to others. We disown those behaviors and attitudes. We are counseled to make this declaration to one another.

...we have renounced the hidden things of shame...commending ourselves to every mans conscience in the sight of God. 2 Cor. 4:2; Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed... James 5:16 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony... Rev. 12:11.

We ask the Lord to DELIVER us and cleanse us of the power of sin. He has delivered us from the power of darkness... Col. 1:13; ...the Lord will deliver me from every evil work... 2 Tim. 4:18

The process of healing is not complete until RESTORATION has taken place.
Psalm 23:3, He restores my soul... John 10:10, The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy.

JESUS LEGALLY CLAIMED BACK AUTHORITY OVER THE EARTH, BECAUSE HE DEFEATED SATAN AS A MAN WITHOUT SIN. ...He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, All this authority I will give You...for this has been delivered to me... Luke 4:6. far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named...He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Eph. 1:19-23.

Behold, I give you the authorityover all the power of the enemy Luke 10:19; He Itells the authorityover all the power ofthe world... us, ...Go into all the enemy Luke 10:19; Behold, give you
Mark 16:15-18.
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

 Root Cutting A part of the process of sanctification.

Mat 7:16-20 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

Mat 12:33(GNB) "To have good fruit you must have a healthy tree; if you have a poor tree, you will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it bears. Mat 3:10 The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire. Mat 15:13 "Every plant which my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up," answered Jesus.

GENERATIONAL INIQUITY
Exo 20:5-7 (ESV) You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, Num 14:18 'I, the LORD, am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.'

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH

Gen 9:4 The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.

Fetus in the womb

PRAYER
Heavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank you for setting me apart. I thank you for the gift of grace by which I am washed and justified. I thank you for your living word that renews my mind and destroys the power of the lies of the god of this age. I thank you for cleansing and restoring my soul and for giving me the ability to prosper in all things even as my soul prospers.

 I repent of all the sins of my past. I renounce all the hidden things of shame and the power of those things to control me. I know that Jesus Christ, my Lord, has delivered me from the power of darkness and from the power of sin and death. I have been freed from captivity and restored into Your loving care. I praise Your Holy Name. Amen

Lord Jesus Christ, I praise You for blessing me with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies. I praise You for the privilege of being raised up a child and heir of my God and Father. I praise You for the awesome power working in me. I praise You for the spiritual weapons and authority You have delegated to me. I ask You to quicken my mind and soul to the revelation of this truth so I can serve You in a greater way. I Thank You for the faith and confidence to use this authority to bring You an abundance of glory and honor. Amen.

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now renounce all generational and cultural iniquity I inherited from all my ancestors. I claim the power of the blood of Jesus Christ for the destruction of all spiritual connections between any of the sins of my ancestors and me. I proclaim the destruction of all generational and cultural curses upon any part of my life or being.

I claim back all my soul and humanity lost to Satans control because of these sins, iniquities and curses. I bind and renounce all spirits serving Satans kingdom that I received from my earthly parents by any means. I command all these spirits serving Satans kingdom to leave every part of my life and being and go where the Lord Jesus Christ sends them. Amen.

 I renounce the spirit of sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies. I renounce the spirit of bitterness, unforgiveness, greed, slander and pride. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I now command all these spirits to go where the Lord Jesus Christ sends them. I claim the restoration of my original image, stolen by the enemy, the image of my true Father in heaven when he first created man. Amen!

 Bloodlines and cultural heritage, astrological signs, personality types, emotional inclinations, cultural distinctions or psychological categories. In the minds of some people, these labels could define their identity and/or destiny, either positively or negatively. Are we blindly accepting these labels as descriptions or definitions of who we are?

POWER TO BLESS OR TO CURSE WITH THE TONGUE

Jas 3:9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. Jas 3:10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Girl, 12, kills self after mom told her she's 'dumb Sun Star Wed, May 4, 2011
CEBU CITY -- A 12-year-old girl committed suicide last Monday, a day before her birthday, after her mother allegedly scolded her and told her she would be enrolling in a public high school. Mary (not her real name) hanged herself inside their house in Pardo, this city. Mary, the second child among four children, was supposed to enter high school next semester.

 Mary s aunt said her niece and nephews told her Mary hanged herself in the upper floor of their house using a rope tied to a beam. Mary s relatives rushed her to the hospital but it was too late. Reports said Mary became depressed after her mother allegedly kept scolding her and calling her dumb.

What our Creator says about us?

(But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation,{God s} own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.), 1 Pet. 2:9 (Ampl.).
Also see Eph. 1:3-8, 2:4-10 and Rom. 8.

PRAYER

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now renounce all cultural heritage, birthrights, nobility, royalty, significance, blessings, and gifts I ve received as a result of my physical bloodline, ancestry, or culture; I renounce all pride, arrogance, attitudes, expectations, perceptions, beliefs and lies that have deceived any part of my humanity. I renounce looking down upon or up to anyone as being less or more intelligent, important or valuable than I. I renounce all personality traits associated with any people group.

 I renounce all familiar spirits of any person who has filled my heart with these lies. I renounce any royal spirit guides and familiar spirits I ve received from my earthly ancestry, or by any other means. I renounce all real or perceived benefits I ve received from these sources in any other way, and I renounce having given any part of my soul or humanity over in return.

 I now command all spirits, powers and effects serving Satan s kingdom to leave every part of my life and being, release everything claimed as a result of sin and go, now, to wherever the Lord Jesus Christ sends them. I claim back all my soul and humanity killed, stolen or destroyed, because all my sins have been paid for by the Lord Jesus Christ. I now proclaim that I am a child of God Almighty, the King of the universe and that is my only source of royalty or heritage.

I am a member of the body of Christ and, as such, have the same status as all other members. I ask the Lord Jesus Christ to restore to me all my soul and humanity, gifts, abilities, dignity, selfrespect, health, well-being, and my true identity and destiny as His child and friend. I ask You, Lord Jesus, to do whatever it takes to accomplish these things and make me whole as You created me to be. Thank You. Amen.

Soul Ties and Spiritual Transfer

... all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body...and have all been made to drink one Spirit. 1 Cor 12:12-13 ...if one member suffers, all the members suffer...if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.), 1 Cor. 12:26;

 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul...), Acts 4:32 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ...the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 1 Sam. 18:1

Our goal is to maintain the good soul and spiritual connections and sever the harmful ones. Perhaps the worst way to spiritually connect with someone is through sexual union. The Bible says that when two become one in marriage, they become one flesh. (Matt. 19:5-6)

 In marriage doesn t, necessarily, mean you go through a legal ceremony. It means you join sexually. ...sin that dwells in me. Rom. 7:17, 18, 20, 23; For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another...works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness... Gal 5:17, 19.

The message here is that, although the physical consequences of promiscuity can be grave, indeed, the spiritual consequences are much worse. ...do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For the two, He says, shall become one flesh. 1 Cor. 6:16.

PRAYER
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now proclaim the destruction of all ungodly soul ties and demonic connections, between me and any other person, by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. I renounce and bind every spirit, power and effect serving Satan s kingdom that I have received from any other person at any time, by any means, including sexual union.

 I command all these to leave every part of my life and being and go where the Lord Jesus Christ sends them. I reclaim all my soul and humanity turned over to Satan s control through any of these connections. Lord Jesus, I give You all honor and glory for accomplishing these things in me. Amen.

Finally!
Lord Jesus, fill me immerse me now with your Holy Spirit and with your fire. I desire every fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit in my life to be manifested empowering me to be your witness all the days of my life, for the glory of your name. I desire to be a mirror that reflects the glory of God. Amen!