The Good Fight against Evil Spirits for Eternal Life
Bible Study on June 20, 2010 at 6:30PM at Christian Missionary Alliance in Aurora, IN.
Introduction
There are two spiritual zones: the ________ of God and the _________ of Satan (Colossians 1:12-14; Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 2:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 1:5; Matthew 6:23; Luke 11:34-35; John 1:15; 12:35,46; Romans 13:12; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:8; c.f. Matthew 4:16)
The Complete Sovereignty of God
The God of gods (Deuteronomy 10:17) even uses evil spirits to achieve _______ purposes (2 Samuel 24:1 [c.f. 1 Chronicles 21:1]; Job 1:12; 2:6; 1 Kings 22:22 [c.f. 2 Chronicles 18:21]; Judges 9:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11; c.f. Ezekiel 14:9 and 2 Corinthians 12:7), even though evil spirits are not from God (1 John 4:1-3). Christ - who is God the Son - is above demons (Ephesians 1:20-21; c.f. Mark 1:26; 5:7; Luke 4:32-34; 8:28). Demons shudder about the reality of God (James 2:19).
The Agenda of Satan
Satan seems to desire worship (Matthew 4:9; Luke 4:7; Revelation 13:4). The worship of ‘gods’ is the worship of ______ (1 Corinthians 10:20-22). The gods can do nothing (Deuteronomy 4:28), and God is against the worship of any other god (Exodus 34:14; Psalm 31:6; 96:5; 97:7; Leviticus 19:4; Deuteronomy 5:7; 6:14; 7:4,16,25; 8:19; 11:16,28; 12:2-3,30-31; and on and on and on), commanding idolaters’ physical death in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 13:1-18; 17:2-7) and warning of their eternal torment in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 5:10;6:9; Galatians 5:19-21 Revelation 21:8; 22:15; c.f. 1 Corinthians 10:14 and Colossians 3:5-6). The devil can disguise himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), and the Bible warns us to avoid the worship of angels (Colossians 2:18-19; Revelation 22:8-9).
Satan does aim for our ___________ (John 8:43-45; John 10:10). The devil is the tempter (1 Thessalonians 3:5; c.f. Matthew 4:1) who lies (John 8:43-45; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 Timothy 4:1-3), setting his on things of man, not things of God (Mark 8:33; Matthew 16:23; c.f. Romans 8:5-6). Satan leads people into sin by entering people (John 13:27), filling them with evil (Acts 5:3) and enticing them to sin (1 Chronicles 21:1); nonetheless, it is our own desires that entice us to sin (James 1:14; 1 Peter 2:11). Example: ____________ (1 Corinthians 7:5).
Our Weapons and Christ’s Triumph
Christians engage in a good war (1 Timothy 1:18-20; c.f. 2 Timothy 2:3-4) against demons (Ephesians 6:12) in order to take hold of eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7-8). Without God, a human lacks power over demons (Acts 19:11-20; Matthew 12:43-45; c.f. Jude 1:8-10). Our spiritual weapons (2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:8) have divine power to pull down entrenched _____________ (2 Corinthians 10:4-6); one of the weapons is the word of God, which was Jesus’ response to Satan’s temptations (Matthew 4:4,7,10; Luke 4:4,8).
Before the cross, Jesus gave His followers the ability to crush Satan underfoot (Luke 10:17-19). In the _________, Jesus disarmed the murderers and triumphantly shamed them in public (Colossians 2:13-15). Soon, Satan will be crushed under our feet (Genesis 3:15; Romans 16:20); God will throw him into the eternal torment of a lake of burning sulfur (Matthew 25:14; 1 Timothy 3:6; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; Revelation 19:20).
Quotation
“Life is war. That’s not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. ...Prayer gives us the significance of frontline forces and gives God the glory of limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. ...Life is war because the maintenance of our faith and the laying hold on eternal life is a constant fight.”
~ John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions. Chapter 2. Page 65 and 66. Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2010.
Kill all bad ideas! DIE, oh bad ideas! DIE DIE DIE DIE!
Newsflash! You should fight against BAD IDEAS: "Our spiritual weapons (2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:8) have divine power to pull down entrenched _____________ (2 Corinthians 10:4-6);"
The passage simply states the following: "4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete."
I'm not joking, damn it! That's what it's saying! No, they're not going to dance around in your bedroom at night and reshuffle your sound tracks on your phone. No, they're... no... that's it. Bad ideas, BAD MATH. Forces for evil. Negative energies. Counterproductive impulses. Uh... That's bad. Don't be into that, people! Bad ideas are BAD! Newsflash! Hahahaha!
Bad ideas... KIIIILLLLL TTTHHEEEMMMM!!!
ALAHOO AUKBAR! Time to fight bad ideas!
Is this video a BAD IDEA for me? Does this add up to life? Uh, well, may be I should listen and... you know, it's... well, I mean, I'm not married or anything and, I mean, come on, you know...
Oh, Jonathan, what are you doing? Get to work! Goodness... Don't you have something to be doing with your time right now? "Santa Baby?" Grrrr... that was not the right answer, hahaha. Oh my... why are these fruitcakes targetting me? My life is actually very boring, people. Sigh. Oh well.
You Smiley Face Killers are a BAD IDEA!
The devil - the god of this world - is using you to make much go DOWN THE DRAIN! It's not the good math that makes go down the drain. Nope. BAD MATH! That's what's at the root of going down the drain.
Bad math is out to get you! It's out to get everyone. Drawing you under toe! DROWNING! Ahhhhh! Don't let the bad math get you. Steals, kills, and destroys! Bad math. Damn that bad math! It doesn't add up right!
No, FIGHT the bad math! Make it add up, damn it! It's got to add up. OBEY! It's got to OBEY the way of life! If it's bad, it won't. Get rid of that! DESTROY BAD MATH.... NOW!
ALL of it! Every bit of it! I want every single idea, argument, thought reigned in under control, people! Can't let the devil win, NEVER! You're in a fight for you life, people!
I swear! There are people; have you seen them? BAD MATH possessed! They're POSSESSED! The bad math's got 'em in its clutches, I say! No, that's not of God. They've got to be delivered! We should have a DELIVERANCE SERVICE! Cast out the demons of stupid that have gotten all into them!
