Sunday, December 20, 2020

Walk Like a Warrior (Ephesians Series)

Walk Like a Warrior

We are still in Ephesians at my church. Today's sermon title is Walk Like a Warrior. The following are my Bible study notes based on my pastor's sermon. You are invited to watch, listen, and worship with us here.

Our scripture passage for today is Ephesians 6:10-17.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. ¹¹Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. ¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and having strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. - Ephesians 6:10-17

The walk of the believer leads to war of the believer. Christianity is not a playground. It is a battlefield. We are at war with the devil.

Walk Like a Warrior

1. A warrior knows his or her enemy.

With a supernatural life comes a supernatural enemy. Sometimes we misidentify the enemy. Who is our enemy? Our enemy is the devil.

Sometimes we think the people around us are our enemies. This is not true. The real enemy, the devil, works to steal, kill, and destroy us.

Our struggle is with the flesh. (Ephesians 6:12)

Satan is after your mind. If he gets your mind, he can get your life. He can get your marriage, your family, your church, etc.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” ²The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; ³but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” ⁴The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die! ⁵For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil.” ⁶When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. ⁷Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings. - Genesis 3:1-7

To get your mind, Satan will make you question God's Word, God's character, and God's goodness. Satan wants you to view your life apart from God's Word as he did Eve in the garden.

2. A warrior knows his or her equipment.

Consider the armor of God, His Word. (Ephesians 6:13)

Take up God's army, not your own. We don't need to fight on social media posts. We fight with God's Word through the power of Christ Jesus. We fight with prayer. We fight on our knees.