WHAT IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE AND IS REALLY ABOUT??

July 15th, 2007 by adrian-boon

‘Spiritual warfare’ is the struggle to have life in this material world reflect as much as possible God’s loving governance.

It is a ‘war’ because there are forces working vigorously to thwart God’s work. God is in charge, but there is an enemy that is in full-scale revolt, and it has powerful influence all around.

As with the unseen God, the forces behind the revolt are unseen, non-physical, and supernatural. They lust after power in the world of visible, material beings. Just because the battle is unseen doesn’t mean it isn’t going on. It is In every nook and cranny of our earthly existence.

In deciding to follow Christ, the believer accepts the rulership of Christ in his/her life (that’s what’s meant when Jesus is called ‘Lord’ — His authority and rule). This New You yields the throne of the self to Jesus, but the Old You doesn’t like it one bit.

The struggle against the Devil and all his empty promises is at its heart a ’second Person’ matter, a work of Christ Himself. The Holy Spirit leads us in our part of the struggle.

The Scriptures speak of spiritual warfare in several places, but most directly by Paul in Ephesians 6, where he speaks of the full armor of God. Most pointed is verse 12 :

Ephesians 6:12 (Revised Standard Version)

12For we are not
contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities,
against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness,
against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.


The Devil has already lost.


But the Devil is trying to take as many with him as he can, apparently just to hurt God. And however much the Devil succeeds in doing this, God hurts –

like a parent does over losing a child. This sort of spite is very much in keeping with the Devil’s character. Satan is a leech; he is so lacking in life that the only life he has left is what he can suck out of the living.


What Spiritual Warfare Is Really About?

I have recently felt God telling me to study up on spiritual warfare.

i think it might be because He has that in His plan for me in my future ministries.

All I have on it myself is on the pages. I am just a learner, and I share what I learn.

Spiritual warfare
is about loving God and other people, not about hating the Devil.

It is about doing right in your own life and doing right to the people around you before it is about anybody doing anything Satanic. It is about the simple and everyday decisions much more than it is about exorcisms and power confrontations (though be prepared….)

It is about reading the Bible more than it is about catching the latest hot ‘deliverance’ preacher, tape or book. And it is not something to engage in by yourself.

Just like all Christians are called to be evangelists by living their lives as Christ would have us do, all Christians are called to fight spiritual wars that same way. And, like with evangelism, a few are called for a more intense role in spiritual warfare. But those few must keep seeing things as they really are.

It is God who wins the war, not ourselves.

We just do what He gives us to do.

After so long… my own blog… and it’s continue… about recent Life…

July 8th, 2007 by adrian-boon

"Temptations everywhere, Doubts all the time, Ignorance everyday, Need and Embarrassments always, Life is so tough"

I always say this to myself:-

where there is hatred, let me show my love.

where there is despair, be faith.

where there is darkness, always towards the light.

where there is sadness, think positively and joy.

 

 

For me i think real world life is very tough and unfair. You go everywhere, you can experience all kind of people’s attitude and funny behavior example jealousy, ego, pride, gossip and selfish.Even among the church member you can experience this. When you think about it you will said "how come they don’t realize what they are doing? it’s so obvious silly, selfishness and stupid" then your second thought "oh, father god forgive them for they do not realize what they are doing".


The truth of my main concern is don’t they know Heaven and Hell really exist!? sorry to say this, most people.. o0oo not most people is majority of people didn’t experience or see with their own EYES. i seen it and it’s so unbelievable and so scary. how i know!?

SECRET!

and always ask yourself have ever think about it before and have you ever seek the right way? we all are great sinner even myself. That’s why we need to ask for forgiveness because we are helpless. who should you ask for forgiveness,

Find the answer yourself.

Every time when i think about this i am so scare and i ask myself "Why they are not worry or scare and yet still continue to do it" i felt so helpless and what i can do is to intercession for them so one day they will realize their mistake and walk the right path. wow! ..sound so simple just intercession for them ..but i think it’s not enough, that why i always seek for wisdom and knowledge to learn and progress. Recently i gain something new or maybe it’s my calling ( however i am not sure it’s a right way but always have Faith like "Ask you will receive, seek you will be answer").


"Money.. Money.. Money.. everything is about money, no money, no talk, no power, no love, no career,no food, no friend sometimes even family, finally no life…"


That’s the world we know today,money control everything, so sad.. because of money all the love and happiness we learn or teach by our religion all gone. HOWEVER not to give up, for that’s how our FAITH and LOVE were created because JESUS always with us and care us for we haven’t realize it.


set this prayer everyday and every time and anywhere, this is the most simple prayer and the most powerful prayer, keep repeating it every moment a blessing will fall upon you but you didn’t realize it.

"LORD JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON ME"

 

The story of my life continue next blog….