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Victory Over the Enemy Part 1

May 24, 2020
Victory Over the Enemy Part 1
Pastor Clark Pfaff 

 

Key Point #1: We Have a Real Enemy

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” (Genesis 3:1, MIV)

Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. (1 Chronicles 21:1, NIV)

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. (Matthew 4:1, NLT)

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. (Revelation 12:9, NIV)

Key Point #2: We Are in an Ongoing Spiritual War 

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. 
(Ephesians 6:11-12, NIV)

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.(John 1010a, NLT)


Key Point #3:  
We Fight from a Position of Victory

“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 
(Luke 10:18, NIV) 

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.(1 John 4:4, NLT) 

For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. 
(1 John 5:4-5, NLT)

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7, NIV)