Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare

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Holiness through Sanctification I – An Inconvenient Truth
2007-09-02 15:54:00
Have you ever wondered why some things in the Bible make you feel even more confused?If you answer yes to the above, then you are probably one of many who are experiencing a fair bit of uncertainty over certain words that are tossed around without much consideration for historical meaning. While the bible is an essential ingredient for your deliverance journey, there are some things in scripture that the modern church is not clarifying. You cannot use illogic in your walk with God. If you are not fond of, or are unable to use reason and apply logic, then you are potentially going to fall foul of deception. There are a string of biblical concepts which are imperative to our understanding of what we should expect to get out of the faith. As the saying goes, “if you are not in business for pleasure or profit, then why are you doing it? Same applies to the faith. If you do not understand what you ought to be doing and what the rewards are, then why are you in the faith? You can't exp...
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Understanding the word “heart”, unlocks the higher truths of scripture
2007-08-31 10:12:00
There is continuous mention of and reference to the word “heart” in the NT scriptures.Some of the references imply that we should get in touch with or open up to God from our innermost being. We often here of people saying “God spoke to my heart” or my “heart tells me to do this”. Have you ever heard someone say, “I poured out my heart” to God etc etc. When I first heard other Christians talking about the heart, I aways imagined a literal heart for some reason (beating & with valves), rather than a figurative one. I don't know why I thought that, but I did. I am sure there are many of you have this image spring to mind when “hear” pops up in conversation.The word “heart', also points the way to a deeper meaning, in that it implies the "core”. Indeed, the heart of something is it's core. The dictionary defines it as the “central or innermost part of something”, “the vital part or essence” If you remember, St. Paul refers to the human being as having...
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How the Enemy wages war through deception
2007-08-29 21:59:00
As I have mentioned before, the real danger at the close of the age is not going to be from the natural (physical) realm, but the supernatural (spiritual) realm.In 1 Tim 4:15 “The spirit clearly says that in the latter times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” Penn-Lewis sums it up better: “These supernatural beings are hypocrites who give teachings that appear to bring about greater holiness by producing ascetic severity to the flesh, while they themselves are wicked and unclean and bring the foulness of their own presence to those they deceive. For where they deceive, they gain a foothold; and while the deceived believer thinks he is more holy, more sanctified and more delivered from sinful desires, these hypocritical spirits defile him by their presence and, under the pretense of sanctity, hold their ground and hide their activity”.(Secrets of Spiritual Warfare, 1:p.16) Significantly, the deception is planned to beguile m...
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Why are we attacked in the spirit and which kinds of people are at risk?
2007-08-28 23:03:00
Our adversary is using people's ignorance of the spiritual realm to achieve his objectives. This is where he is reaping his greatest harvest because he can and we don't fully understand his tactics, so he takes maximum advantage of the situation. Humans are like sitting ducks, or perhaps it would be better to say that they are more like ostriches who have their heads buried in the sand. You don't know what you don't know, as the saying goes. There are many people out there who are silently going through a torturous time, for they are dealing with spirit attacks, chronic depression, anxiety, panic, fear and constantly negative thought intrusions, not to mention worsening health.The people who are most at risk to demonic activity in the spiritual realm, are, surprises surprise, Christians. Satan has little reason to slay the men at the top who are wielding power over the meek, or whose deeds perpetuate evil. What would be the point, since these are the very people responsible...
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My people perish for lack of knowledge
2007-08-27 20:41:00
Sincere believers are being cheated out of their salvation and felled by the thousands because they fail to pray diligently and seek knowledge and also because they are reluctant to keep an open-minded attitude to all truth. Having a closed mind and convincing yourself that you only need the word for your background knowledge is a very arrogant and dangerous attitude to have in Spiritual Warfare. Pride comes before a fall as they say!Most of the knowledge I have gained, was assimilated from outside the bible, but when I came back to scripture, suddenly the deeper wisdom jumped out at me and I discovered wonderful and amazing things in the word which I will reveal to you in due course. In short, what you too will also uncover, is that the bible is actually a handbook for those seeking salvation. It is a spiritual warfare manual par excellence, but you should at all times keep in mind that much of what the bible might once have contained by way of practical experiential knowledge has ...
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Where is the battle being fought?
2007-08-26 11:41:00
Many Christians are very much aware that there is a war going on, but precious few seem to realize that the battle is an inner one, involving the spirit, or spirit-man.When I say inner, I am going to spell it out for you and state that it occurs within our physical bodies. (I will clarify later)As Jesus said plainly, the Kingdom of heaven will be revealed within each one of us.It is not going to be found here, or there, but inside each body. Most Christians are not reaching maturity, because they are oblivious to the workings of the spirit. I am not talking about God's Holy spirit, but each and every human spirit. What the spirit looks like and how it moves, speaks and acts are all areas of knowledege which must be fully understood.I see this knowledge as the final frontier of which an understanding will be necessary for those who are called and are doing the spiritual work necessary for entrance into the kingdom in their lifetimes.So many website are talking about different levels...
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