 at an introduction to spiritual warfare and we'll be looking at verses 10 through 13 in that introduction and so allow me to begin reading to at verse 10 Ephesians 6 verse 10 I read to verse 13 and we'll get into our study Ephesians chapter 6 beginning at verse 10 Paul writes finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this age against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand and so as we come to this portion of the letter to the Ephesians Paul is speaking concerning spiritual warfare now I want to remind you of a few things as I introduce this particular subject and these verses to you I remind you that the the book of Ephesians can be broken into three words sit walk stand from chapter 1 to chapter 3 he wrote concerning our position in Jesus Ephesians 2 6 tells us that we are seated with Christ in heavenly places places so he taught that believers are blessed he taught that because we're in Christ we've been blessed with every spiritual blessing he said we are chosen in him holy and without blame that we're adopted accepted in the beloved that we're redeemed through his blood forgiven of sins that we've obtained inheritance that we're sealed with the spirit of promise who guarantees our inheritance until he takes us to be with him resulting in praise to his glory so we who are Gentiles have been grafted into the vine we're heirs of the same body partakers of his promise in Jesus by the gospel and because this is true as Christians we need to know that we are seated in Jesus Christ because this knowledge gives us security it establishes our confidence so we have boldness we have access to God we have confidence through faith in Jesus like what it says in Hebrews 4 16 where the writer said let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need so from there Paul began to speak concerning the walk of the believer our walk originates with our understanding of who we are in him so chapter 4 tells us as believers we walk worthy of the call we have lowliness we have gentleness we have long suffering we have love for one another we are in the spirit we keep the unity in the bond of peace we have one hope we respect and listen to our spiritual leaders we exercise our gifts we do the work of ministry and as we mature we reject false teaching he says we live holy lives we speak truth reject carnal anger we live honestly regenerate others we reject corrupt words and instead we edify one another and this works out in our marriages our families and in our workplaces so now we're going to enter into the third portion of the letter stand we're gonna be looking at spiritual warfare notice how he begins here in verse 10 where he says finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might you know who you are you know how you're to live now you need to learn how to fight the battle that you're in is not a battle against human enemies the battle that we are in is spiritual in nature we need God's spirit in order to win notice how he says in verse 10 he says be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might now when he speaks of being strong in the Lord this is speaking of an internal strength be filled with power strengthen your resolve and our confidence is not in ourselves our confidence is in his might in his power in his ability in his strength it's like what it says in Jeremiah 32 27 behold I am the Lord the God of all flesh is anything too hard for me so your strength for the battle comes from God it doesn't come from within it doesn't come from our own resolve it comes to the power of the Holy Spirit in Psalm 20 verse 7 it says some boast in chariot some in horses but we will boast in the name of the Lord our God and so he speaking concerning the fact that we're seated in Christ we're walking worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ and in that position we fight he says in verse 11 put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wilds of the devil now putting on the whole armor of God is standing in the completeness of Jesus Christ this is another application of being strong in the power of his might in Romans 13 14 he had said put on the Lord Jesus Christ make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts you see because of our position in him we are clothed we are clothed in his righteousness and according to chapter 4 verse 13 it is his righteousness that we stand in he said in chapter 4 verse 24 that were to put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness so this is for us to be able to stand firm against the wilds of the devil the word wild speaks of his tactics when he says to stand that speaking of standing in a firm position and so we're going to be looking at a study on spiritual warfare and so for the next few studies I will systematically to teach you concerning a couple of things at least one we're going to today we're going to be looking at the origin of spiritual warfare then we're going to move on to the weapons of our warfare now the position I teach from is from the position of the victor that's because the war has already been won by Jesus Christ you see in the New Testament Jesus is declared to be the conqueror of Satan this victory was determined from eternity it was fulfilled on the cross in Revelation 13 verse 8 it says all inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast all whose names have not been written in the lamb's book of life the lamb who was slain from the creation of the world so God's plan for salvation was revealed very early in human history after Adam and Eve had fallen God immediately declared a plan of redemption God made a promise he said I will send a redeemer this redeemer will destroy the works of the enemy in Genesis 3 15 God said to Satan I will put enmity between you and the woman which was Eve and between your seed and her seed which is Messiah he shall bruise your head you shall bruise his heel and that happened on the cross that's something declared in the New Testament in Hebrews 2 14 and 15 the writer said in as much then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood he himself likewise shared in the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage so Satan promotes sin and death followed as its penalty and because of this he's presented as having the power of death but Jesus took upon himself human flesh he became a substitute for us he took upon human flesh that he might render Satan in operative it was Satan's activity that introduced sin death following as its penalty but Jesus destroyed him through his work of salvation on our behalf now it said that he destroyed him who had the power of death that were destroyed means to render powerless to make in operative you see in Jesus's resurrection he conquered sin the grave and the devil that means by virtue of the fact that we are in him we have victory in 1st Corinthians 15 verses 55 through 57 we read oh death where is your sting oh grave where is your victory the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ see so we don't have to fear death now I don't run around seeking to die I'm not gonna step outside in front of a car tonight saying I can't I know I die I'm not dumb I don't challenge those things I don't I don't act in a in a way that is foolish and I certainly respect the fact that in death there's a lot of things that happen to those who remain behind a lot of grief a lot of sorrow missing all of those things I understand that I don't negate that at all what I do though is I realize that death doesn't have the final victory I realize that though I closed my eyes here I opened my eyes there I know that my name is written in his book of life I know that I know there'll be a glad reunion with my family and friends who've gone before me I know that too that gives me hope and so it's not like we challenge the enemy and all of that he just hasn't kept me in fear I'm not afraid of death itself why because I have victory in Christ I have life in Jesus Christ and so he can't he can't keep me afraid you know and and there were many and even to this day there still are who are afraid of so many different things I still blow my mind and that's an old term but I'm an old man that's an old term but I still see that I I still see people driving by themselves with their windows rolled up with three masks on I still see that and it's that fear it's that fear of death that is keeping them in bondage it's that fear I'm not saying we had a tempt but I'm certainly not going to be afraid of something and so there are people who are still doing that and all of that but because we're Christians we don't have to live in constant fear we have victory through Christ and as a result of his victory we have a tremendous blessing you see we are already more than conquerors because of him in Romans 835 through 37 Paul said who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword as it is written for your sake we are killed all the day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter no in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us you see the war has been won but battles continue it's a spiritual war and our enemies aren't visible and the strategies that are planned against us are not human human strategies that means that we need to be constantly aware of this the enemy does everything he can to keep us in bondage to fear he does everything he can to steal our hope he does all that he can to undermine our joy we need to be aware of that now share a little bit with you right now about that I was wondering should I share this I will I'll share this with you why not okay so some of you notice I wasn't here this week we were gone my wife and I went to Idaho and so we left on Friday on Friday our plane was supposed to leave at like 1 o'clock but it was delayed so we didn't get out until about four or so and so three hour wait for that to go so we flew into Salt Lake City while we were there Marie became a Mormon we had a long talk about that but she walked away from it when we got on the plane for Spokane but we were there for three hours so we're there in Salt Lake City for three hours then we fly to Spokane we arrive in Spokane about 10 at night a little after 10 we have arrived waiting for us my friend Dan and his wife Debbie came to pick us up to drive us to a place at the Canadian border it's 12 miles away from the Canadian border so we went to a place called Bonner's Ferry that was an over two hour drive so we get to Bonner's Ferry at a little after two in the morning I got to sleep at three because Marie likes to talk you know I got to so we get to bed at three when we got to bed at three we got up at 7 30 Marie got up we together went and we had to drive to the church and so Marie left for a while with Debbie and the pastor's wife and I stayed there and I taught starting at 9 o'clock they had worship till 9 30 I taught then I was on a panel then we taught again and then the pastor's good guy took us out to have a meal we got into our room around 8 got to bed between 9 and 10 so we haven't had much sleep and we've been busy so get up the next morning and do two services for him so the services conclude around 12 30 he wants to take us to lunch which is great so we go to lunch but we have to drive two hours back to Spokane and so we got out of the restaurant a little late and now we're on the freeway and I'm thinking this is cutting it pretty close now I mentioned to the church the other day that when Marie and I came from Florida a few weeks ago we had a five and a half hour standing line in Dallas didn't get our flight left the next day so guess what I'm thinking oh I hope that we don't get stuck because there aren't a lot of flights going out of Spokane we had to go to Seattle on all of that so I'm not saying anything I'm just kind of sitting there burned out very tired and Marie and I you know we're old you know well she is I'm good world and there's a car fire on the freeway yeah and we are sitting in traffic and Debbie says wow it's 4 o'clock we haven't even entered into Washington yet we're still in Idaho and I'm thinking here we go so I call my daughter who made arrangements for us and I tell her we're stuck here what can you do she says dad I'm not here she says I'm out I'll have to go to the office see what I can do for you says I'm fine I'm not going anywhere so my friend my friend looks into his little map and we do a detour now I'm starting to get stressed when I get stressed I get very quiet so I'm just sitting there very quietly but Marie knows that I'm going to get in stress why because if we missed this flight I don't know when we're gonna get home right so we finally get to off the freeway we go around and now we're on our way we get to the airport at 445 after that it was 450 boarding was 445 but we still have to go through everything you know so we first go up to the ticket we speak to the guys at the ticket look at take a place can we what happens that they said you're gonna miss it and we said well we only have carry-ons he said then what you need to do is you need to run through the airport screaming at people to get out of your way I said yeah you should be on TV you're so funny so so we start running yeah picture that trying to hurry up but we have to go through all of the you know procedures to get into the area so and we have we usually get through we have certain things that I have that I can it's pretty it's a pretty I forget it's gonna preach something rather but we usually are able to bypass things not this time take off your shoes this and that holding us up holding us up and now I'm starting to go oh and I turn to Marie I said I don't know we finally get through but it's like it's it's it's after five well after five and then we're walking and now we're standing in this corridor and it's empty and you hear Marie Rosales Marie Rosales and it's coming over the intercom so I hear him say Marie Rosales so Marie turns to me and she says what are the and she starts talking what are they saying what do you think there's I don't know how can I know you're talking to me agent of Satan I couldn't hear them and so I said ask that lady so she finally goes and she and they say well it's on this gate Marie Rosales you have one minute to get to the gate so we go into this hall and guess where our gate is it's the very last gate in the hall so here we go dragging our suitcases and now the the airline lady is standing there and she yells out to Marie are you Marie Rosales and Marie and it's for the distance away and Marie says yes I'm Marie we're hurry up you've got to get on and I'm thinking oh please disrespect we finally get there we're friendly to her she acted as if we caught her hair on fire she wasn't happy with us at all we get on the plane and anybody who's been the last person on the plane knows how all the passengers smile at you hey glad you couldn't make it right and I'm sitting there and I and I had said to the church I said some of you might have heard me I said I'll be teaching on spiritual warfare we're gonna have some problems and so anyway I don't want to ever teach on this subject again that's what happens this is spiritual warfare sometimes when we think of spiritual warfare we think in terms of some cosmic battle that's taking place with Michael the Archangel and Satan and all it is small obstacles very often that the enemy puts before you to stumble you to get you irritated to cause you to lose your joy to get you stressed it happens all the time yesterday my glasses I bought new glasses because these glasses that I have they don't the prescription is not right for my eyes I had surgery so I bought new glasses and so what happens is the glasses aren't working they have me leave my glasses at the optometrist but I couldn't find where I put my old ones and so I'm sitting there at home and I'm telling Marie you know what I'm really stressed right now and so you know I did the smart thing I prayed I said I said God help me you know I'm tired you know and and you know everything calmed down and I was able to find my glasses Marie was wearing them I couldn't believe that and and and it's such a bit it's such a basic thing guys I'm telling you those silly little stories because sometimes we think of spiritual warfare in a way that it actually isn't always it's not always you cast in a demon out or whatever you might see that on TV or here's some fabulous testimony it's the stressful things and obstacles that the enemy puts before you on a daily basis to steal your joy to undermine your victory in Christ and that's where we fail it's the small things it's the small things the small foxes ruin the vines song of Solomon says it's a small things that cause us to just one after another after another till we're finally angry at the kids or mad at our mate or mad at our parents or whatever it's the small things that are added up one thing after another till you finally say I'm throwing my hands up I give up and so we're looking at spiritual warfare but not just the idea that there are times that you will confront actual evil that is and the number one thing that thief wants to do is steal kill and destroy that's what he wants to do and if he can take your joy of the Lord from you remember the joy of the Lord is my strength and if he can take the joy of the Lord if he can quench the work of the Spirit then he's gonna he's gonna he's disarming you we have to be aware of this in 2nd Corinthians 10 3 through 5 Paul said it like this though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds casting down imaginations in every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ so Paul says in verse 11 put on the whole armor of God and he says put on that that's that's a tense in the original language that speaks about sinking into or putting on permanently be in a state of rest put this armor on one time for all time you see we have put on Christ and his righteousness we need to be mindful of who we are and what has happened see God's armor is not to be put on occasionally and then removed we wear it at all times because we're in a constant state of war you see Paul is speaking concerning this he says put on the whole armor of God sink into this armor that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil he identifies our our our enemy he's the devil the word devil is a word diabolos it is slanderer it speaks of an accuser when you read your Bible the enemy is identified by various names he's called a badden which means destruction he's accuser he's the adversary he's a Pollyon which means destroyer he's the alzebub he's Belial he's the great red dragon he's called the god of this age he's Lucifer he's the murderer he's a prince of the power of the air he is Satan our adversary he's also the serpent and that's our enemy but who is this devil and how did he become the enemy of God and man well we know first that Satan is a fallen angel there are those who believe that that Satan is co-equal with God no he's infinitely less than God he was created along with all other creation in Colossians 1 16 it says in him all things were created things in heaven and on earth visible and invisible whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities all things have been created through him and for him he is infinitely less than God because he's created with other creation he was most likely created before God created the heavens and the earth Job 38 verses 4 and 7 says where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth declare if you have understanding in verse 7 he said when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy morning stars are very often a picture of the sons of God the sons of God are often the angels so in the beginning a great host was created there are billions of angels Satan rebelled he drew away a great number with him according to Revelation 2 3 and 4 there appeared another wonder in heaven behold the great red dragon his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven so there are billions of fallen angels this great host that fell with him make up a system of government notice verse 12 we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities powers against the rulers of darkness of this age against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places we do not wrestle when he uses the word wrestle that speaks of a battle a struggle but our battle our struggle is not against men against flesh and blood our struggle is against demons our battle is spiritual and not against humans strength and authority that's something I think the church needs to remember because there's so much evil going on right now that we're failing to remember the origin of that evil and so those who have been taken by the enemy and are doing as he wills because their eyes are blind towards the things of God and they reject the gospel we can see them as our enemies when in fact the true enemy is the one who's who's you know influencing them directing them they they are by nature children of wrath then they're moving in the direction that their nature takes them to so so you know I have to keep my my eyes on that because sometimes I think well that that person could be my enemy but in fact that person may act as an enemy but there's an influence that is making them do or encourage him and do the things that are so in opposition to the Lord and the things that I would like to see happen so my battle isn't against a human being it it's really something beyond that it's a it's a spiritual war that we're in and Paula's speaking about this notice how he gives four levels of authority and power that exist in and what would be called Satan's government you see he has strategies he has organization and and all of that and so what we see here are four levels of authority we see principalities the principalities would be if you were to be looking at it in a military way they're the chief ranking demons you have the enemy who who is the influencer of them all but underneath him you have the principalities the chief ranking extremely evil demons then you have what are called powers the word power is speaking about power that's been delegated to lesser demons from the chief demons and then you have another layer they're called rulers there they're actually world rulers they're demons who influence politics influence countries and this is of this age the age that is is overshadowed by corruption and sin and age that rejects God and then you have the spiritual host these are the foot soldiers these are the the ones who provoke vile and wretched immoralities these are the ones who influence the evil passions like greed and lust and violence hatred and perversion these are the ones who are influencing the laws the customs the opinions of values and the evil intentions of so many and these are the ones who promote false doctrine and encourage cults and doctrinal error and foster division and that's what you're seeing now somebody says well wait a minute you're speaking of Satan has he always been God's adversary has he always been opposed to God and the answer to that is no as a matter of fact when you read your Bible and you look in the book of Ezekiel at one time he was what is called a guardian cherub the guardian cherub had the special responsibility of as a being a picture of protecting the holiness of God and so he held great authority Ezekiel 28 12 through 17 reads like this son of man speaking to Ezekiel take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre say to him this is what the sovereign Lord says you were the model of perfection full of wisdom perfect in beauty you were in Eden the Garden of God every precious stone adorned you ruby topaz emerald chrysalite onyx and jasper sapphire turquoise and veral your settings and mountains were made of gold on the day you were created they were prepared you were anointed as a guardian cherub for so I ordained you you were on the holy mount of God you walked among the fiery stones you were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you through your widespread trade you were filled with violence and you sinned so I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God and I expelled you old guardian cherub from among the fiery stones your heart became proud on account of your beauty you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor so I threw you to the earth I made a spectacle of you before kings Satan pride led to his fall and the rebellion Ezekiel said your heart became proud on account of your beauty wickedness or iniquity was found in you and by pride you sinned and fell now Isaiah records what have been called the five I wills of Satan Isaiah 14 12 through 14 how you are fallen from heaven oh Lucifer son of the morning how you are cut down to the ground you who weaken the nations for you have said in your heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the far the sides of the north I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will be like the most high I will ascend meaning I deserve heaven by my own power and beauty I will preside over angels I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will be worship I will sit on the mount of the congregation I will sit in Mount Zion where God is worshiped I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I'm gonna reach unattainable heights I will be like the most high I shall be equal to God in every way well what was God's reaction is Ezekiel 28 17 again your heart became proud on account of your beauty you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor so I threw you to the earth so when he finally determined to make war on God as well as God's creation he entered Eden and began his warfare against man and it continues in his warfare to this day now again in verse 11 notice how he had said that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil the wiles of the devil that speaks of his schemes or his battle plans you see what are the battle plans of Satan how does Satan work against us let me give you a few very basic things what are the techniques the strategies the wiles of the enemy well one is the number one thing he cast doubt on the word of God he cast doubt on the word of God the first question mark you find in Scripture is found in the book of Genesis in chapter 3 when Satan is speaking to even says has God said the very first question mark in the Bible is found in the mouth of Satan questioning the word of God he has done that from the very beginning but we're told in John 844 that he is a liar and he is the father of lies what does he do one he tells you the word of God shouldn't be trusted it's just an old book there's a lot of holy books come on now how can you say you have God's word preserved for you please I mean there are Buddhists and there are Muslims and there are so many others so the first thing he says is you can't trust God's word the second thing he does is he convinces people they don't need Jesus Christ you don't need salvation through Jesus Christ in second Corinthians 4 verse 4 Paul said it like this he said the God of this age is blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ who is the image of God so he convinces people that they don't need God they don't need to be saved that God doesn't mean what he says and he has at his disposal all media the internet TV radio newspapers magazines books movies music education the judicial system political systems are all influenced by him and it's a 24 hour a day onslaught you know that I've shared this before bears repetition Marie and I were on our way to do some ministry in England I was sitting on a in a train sitting next to a woman and Marie was seated across from us it was one of those seating that you'd have seats where you actually would face other passengers Marie sat across from me and I was sitting and this woman is next to me she was from Massachusetts I still remember that and we were speaking and you know I'm you know I I like to say that I'm shy and I am in a lot of ways but I actually can be really friendly and I enjoy talking to people and so I turned to her and I said hi how are you know where you from you know that kind of thing I mean we're going to be going from from Dover we're going into London it's going to take a while so I say you know you know so what's up you know so when we're talking and she she tells me her story and I'm interested well I'm from Boston and I do this and I that and well why are you here in England oh she says I got a job working in bars they said really she goes yeah she goes I sing dirty songs in bars I saw is that right so do I no I said really and she says yeah I said well what do you do she asked me so I said oh I'm a pastor that's all I said I'm a pastor the next response I'll never forget she looks at me she says I hated when people shove their religion down my throat that's what she tells me I'm looking at her like I said so it's okay for you to do it she goes what I said it's okay for you to shove your beliefs down people's throats when did I shove my beliefs down your throats when do I shove my beliefs down anybody's throat she got angry and antagonistic I said when are your beliefs shoved down people's throats when are your beliefs shoved down my throat every time I turn on the TV every time I drive my car and I see a billboard every time I look at a magazine or turn on the radio every time I go and search something on you know for something that that for the information every time I turn around all day long 24 hours a day your beliefs are shoved down my throat and you're telling me that I shove my beliefs down your throat and she kind of sat there I said sing a song now no I didn't I'm just I'm playing but it's true guys you know it and I know it it's true you don't you you just if you walk in some places with with a Bible you tell me what your reception is going to be you tell me what this society that we live in is going to do that's called spiritual warfare and it's going on constantly the God of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so he convinces people that God doesn't mean what he says and these spiritual systems promotes the spiritual climate that rejects Jesus he doesn't destroy faith he misdirects it to the wrong savior in John 4 3 every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God this is the spirit of the anti-Christ which you've heard is coming and even now is already in the world he also inspires bad doctrine saying things about God that are not true and since truth set you free he inspires error keeping you in bondage so what do we do verse 13 we're to take up the whole armor of God that we may be able to withstand we're to be aware of his tactics and aware that we're finding a spiritual battle we are to withstand that we may stand the word withstand it says set yourself in opposition resist this oppose it the word stand me and stand still stand immovable stand firmly planted oppose until you are the last one standing we know that Jesus has overcome and we know that he strengthens us for battle in 1st Peter 322 he speaks of Jesus who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand with angels authorities and powers in submission to him so we fight from the perspective of the victor the war is one when Jesus was on the cross and he said it is finished it has paid in full when you and I open our hearts to Christ God be merciful to me a sinner Christ came in washed us cleansed us saved us and now he's just preparing us to be with him the enemy wants to do everything he can to destroy a man he wants to do everything he can to destroy that hope but he can't so we make a determination I will stand I will stand with my feet firmly planted I will not be moved there's nothing this world offers me that is greater than the hope I have in Jesus Christ why would I not be faithful to the one who was faithful to the death for me and so as a believer we hold firm we're in a battle but we fight from the position of the victor always understand that it's like a game that's already been played and we're watching the replay of it I was standing in line years ago we were going to a movie two young kids were in front of Marie and me and one of the kids was talking about a game and he said I think so-and-so is going to win and the other kid was saying no I think so-and-so this team is going to win and they were arguing the right in front of me and I was kind of like bored but I started watching the kids argue I think there's no I think that and so I tapped this one kid on the shoulder and I said bet on this team because it won you see they were watching a game that was a replay I already knew who won the game so I said bet on this team and bet big because they won well guess what we're on the winning side we are already conquerors to Jesus Christ understand that you see Paul reveals that God has given us armor and we wear this armor and we're gonna look at those things in detail but again we are fighting from the position of the victor not the victim you see Satan has already defeated and he ends up in the lake of fire revelation 20 verse 10 the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur where the beast and the false prophet have been thrown and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever we in Christ we win and so when the enemy comes at you stand don't give in I'm talking as somebody who's been walked with the Lord for a long time I'm telling you that just this last week he is the enemy it's the small things was putting me through so much and I finally said you know how dumb am I Jesus I just asked you please release this tension for me I don't want it and then where are my glasses Lord and there they are went and found him immediately I told Maria I said you know honey they're either in one of two places either John stole them or they're in my room hold on guys hold on so I gave you an introduction next week we begin looking at each of the articles of weaponry God has given us father we bless you