028 Spiritual Warfare Defence 3

In agreement with what Peter says in 2 Peter 2:10-12, people who teach wrong ideas on spiritual warfare, are often loud and assertive (bold and arrogant--Peter's words). They make their presence known and steamroll all opposition. They prey on godly Christians who have a more gentle disposition (and rightly so), taking every opportunity to pump out their errors. They are intolerant of believers who hold to the faith as taught by Jesus and the apostles. They are sensationalists and have no time for anything ordinary and fundamental.

In this message, I have considered the next 3 items Paul lists in the full armour of God: the breastplate of righteousness, feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace, and the shield of faith that extinguishes the flaming arrows of Satan.

I have again looked into the "ordinary" nature of this "extraordinary" war. While the forces involved are beyond our wildest imaginations, the way in which God requires us to fight is staggeringly ordinary.

May God use this message as a call to people I know and people I will probably never meet in this world, to help them to identify the practical nature of satanic attack, and to STAND by God's empowering grace.