John 8:44 "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." Our enemy in this war is a liar as we see in this excerpt from John. In our armor we have the belt of truth which we gather from the Word of God. A belt in the natural allows us to hold up our pants which is very important. When we do not have our belts on, we either either have one of two options; first, we can stand still. We are afraid that if we walk our pants will fall and we will be exposed. The second option is with a false confidence in self, we can walk without the belt. We take a couple of steps and soon find out that we cannot move because we will trip and fall with our pants around our ankles. See the enemy feeds you lies constantly and without the Word of God to combat those lies, you are in a constant state of paralysis were you are not growing and maturing in Christ or you are constantly falling in to temptation or falling for the lies that hinder your relationship with Christ. The enemies voice; "You have no choice, you can't, you will not be able to, and you have to do it!!! God's voice; "You have the choice to follow my will or the devil's, I can in you, I will through you, I will carry you, I love you, you don't have to, and you have a choice!!! Here is a truth to hold onto in the midst of the battle; in the fruit of the spirit there is not one emotion; love, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness, long suffering, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control. All of these are choices that we can make in the midst of a situation that we are going through. We must exercise love in the midst of fear. We must exercise gentleness in the midst of an attack. We must exercise self-control in the midst of temptation. All of these choices have been given by God and are being exercised in us by the Holy Spirit because we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior. The enemy's "weapon of mass destruction" is death and eternal life in hell, we have conquered death by being hide in Jesus Christ who over came death on the Cross. We are more than conquerors because not only have we defeated death in Christ Jesus but we also conquer this life when we choose daily to die to our flesh and allow the truth of God's Word to keep us from falling to the lies of the enemy. YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR, FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of fighting the good fight on purpose!!!!!
2 Corinthians 10
Paul’s Defense of His Ministry
1 By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
Ephesians 6
The Armor of God
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. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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