The document discusses the reality of spiritual warfare and the existence of the devil. It acknowledges that some Christians are unaware or dismissive of spiritual warfare. However, it argues that we are in a conflict with spiritual forces of evil that seek to destroy us. The Bible instructs Christians to put on the full armor of God and resist the devil through faith, as the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking to devour people. Victory over spiritual forces comes through Jesus, who disarmed the powers and authorities through his death on the cross.

2. The Devil?...What Devil?!!
 We live in an age of particle
accelerators, microchips, and organ
transplants. The Devil?
 “The devil’s best trick is to persuade you
that he doesn’t exist!”- Charles
Baudelaire.

3. Denial
……………….Fascination
• There are two equal and opposite
errors into which our race can fall
about the devils.
• One is to disbelieve in their
existence. The other is to believe,
and to feel an excessive and
unhealthy interest in them.
• They themselves are equally
pleased by both errors and hail a
materialist or a magician with the
same delight.

4. The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
 Many Christians are either blissfully
unaware of our involvement in this conflict,
or greeting the subject with little more than
a casual dismissal.
 “…Indeed the safest road to Hell is the
gradual one—the gentle slope, soft
underfoot, without sudden turnings, without
milestones, without signposts.” (61)
 There is an enemy. He seeks my
destruction. And this is war.

5. The Reality of Spiritual
Warfare
 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his
mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of
God, so that you can take your stand
against the devil’s schemes. 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.
Eph. 6

6. The Reality of Spiritual
Warfare
 14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am
unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I 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 For I know that good itself does not
dwell 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. 19 For I do not do the good I want to
do, but 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.

7.  21 So I find this law at work: Although I
want to do good, evil is right there with
me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in
God’s law; 23 but I see another law at
work in me, waging war against the law
of my mind and making me a prisoner of
the law of sin at work within me. 24 What
a wretched man I am! Who will rescue
me from this body that is subject to
death? 25 Thanks be to God, who
delivers me through Jesus Christ our
Lord! Rom. 7

8. The Reality of Spiritual
Warfare
 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your
enemy the devil prowls around like a
roaring lion looking for someone to
devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in
the faith, because you know that the
family of believers throughout the world
is undergoing the same kind of
sufferings.
 1 Pet. 5

9.  16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you
will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For the flesh desires what is
contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit
what is contrary to the flesh. They are
in conflict with each other, so that
you are not to do whatever[c] you
want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit,
you are not under the law.
The Reality of Spiritual
Warfare

10. Victory 101
 13 When you were dead in your sins and
in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God
made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave
us all our sins, 14 having cancelled the
charge of our legal indebtedness, which
stood against us and condemned us; he
has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
15 And having disarmed the powers and
authorities, he made a public spectacle
of them, triumphing over them by the
cross.[e]

11. Spiritual Warfare
 “The conflict of two opposing wills—
namely that of God and his followers
versus Satan and his followers.” –
Chuck Lawless and John Franklin
 There is no neutral ground in the
universe: every square inch, every split
second, is claimed by God or counter-
claimed by Satan.” – C. S. Lewis

12. Spiritual Wafare: OT
 The lordship of Yahweh is displayed in
the Old Testament through power and
authority encounters. God’s claim upon
Israel, His rule over the nations, and the
truth of His words were validated by His
ability to overcome all opposing powers
and fulfill His words.

13. Spiritual Warfare: NT
 Authority, power and truth are localized
in the person of Jesus Christ.

14. Rev. Teddy A. Jones
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