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SPIRITUAL WEAPONS OF WARFARE 16

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Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of this ONE MONTH BROADCAST ON THE WEAPONS OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
Yesterday, we talked about the HELMET OF SALVATION. The same way your head controls  your natural senses is the same way your spiritual senses are controlled by your head. I am not referring to Christ now. Because, many may say  the Scripture says that Christ is the Head of the Church (Believers). Eph. 1:22-23. Yes, but, we are talking about OUR INDIVIDUAL SPIRITS.
 Protect your head from contaminations. Thank God for the teachings of the New Creation Realities, you need to be grounded in them.

Today's focus is
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT

Eph  6:17 '...and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God'.

A closer look at the WEAPONS OF WARFARE itemised in Eph. 6 reveals all the weapons of warfare discussed before are DEFENSIVE WEAPONS. The only offensive weapon mentioned in this passage is THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.

There are some things to be said about this weapon under discussion:
1. The Sword of the spirit is THE WORD OF GOD. The Greek word used for 'the Word of God' here is RHEMA- the revealed word of God at the spur of the moment.
 It is the part of the LOGOS-the whole word of God- quickened to your heart at the point of need.

2. The sword of the spirit here is NOT THE SWORD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. It is the sword of the RECREATED HUMAN SPIRIT.
It is the revelation of the word of God to YOUR HEART/SPIRIT.

The challenge with this verse is that the translators of the King James Version of the Bible were not able to discern the meaning of PNEUMA (the Greek word for 'spirit') as used in this passage.
 'PNEUMA' can be translated as air  breathe, wind, spirit (Holy Spirit, Human spirit and demonic spirit). So, it is the contextual usage that makes us to know which spirit is being referred to.

The word of God to your heart is the sword of the spirit to you. This is to be used in spiritual warfare to defeat the Devil and his cohorts. There are some believers, bless their darling heart, that don't believe in spiritual warfare. Well, they do that at their own peril. The Bible made it clear in many verses that we have an adversary called 'The Devil'. This is clear both in the Old and in the New Testament. The fact that you have given your life to Christ has made Satan to become your enemy.
 The way many go about spiritual warfare is very unscriptural and this makes many to turn away from the subject.
Jesus our perfect example, during His earthly ministry defeated the Devil using THE WORD OF GOD. In Matthew 4: 1-11, we have the account of the temptation of Jesus by the Devil in the wilderness. Every time the Devil tempted Jesus, He always reply him with 'IT IS WRITTEN' Mt. 4:4,7,10. Jesus quoted the Word of God using it as A SWORD against the Devil. Jesus didn't combat him in any other way. Glory to God! The Devil left defeated.
Jesus is our example in ALL THINGS including the subject of spiritual warfare. If you have to defeat the Devil, it has to be on the ground of faith in THE WORD OF GOD not with your intelligence, tradition, religious beliefs, etc.

Let me stress else something here.
According to Vine's Expository Concordance of the Bible, the prerequisite for receiving RHEMA-revealed word of God at the spur of the moment is THE PRESENCE OF LOGOS-the written Word of God in you.
Though, there are some exceptions to this rule but, many times, it is out of the abundance of the LOGOS that RHEMA comes from. Jesus Christ must have been familiar with those Scriptures He quoted before the Devil showed up. Luke 4:16 made us to know that He had a custom of going to the Synagogue to read the Scriptures.

The Word of God is very powerful.

Hebrews  1:3 says God upholds ALL THINGS by THE WORD OF HIS POWER.
Hebrews 4:12 says 'For the word of God is quick (moves very fast) and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword (very high penetrating power), piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart'.

So, when you speak the word of God revealed to your spirit, that word will travel faster than the speed of light and moves powerfully to kick the Devil out of the way.
 Go after any yoke that binds you with the word of God. It is the Sword of the Anointing. Set yourself free from those things whatever they are that Satan tries to bind you with and walk in the liberty Jesus has purchased for you using God's Holy Words revealed to you.
Hebrews 11:34  talked about people waxed valiant in fight, and PUT TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS.
 Brothers and Sisters, the Devil can run. You can put him to flight. James 4:7 says Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
To 'flee' means to fly and run simultaneously. It means to run away in terror. The Devil can run when you combat him on the ground of 'IT IS WRITTEN'.

Begin from today to store up God's word in your heart.
Start by storing them into your head through:
Cramming,
Intensive reading and studying,
And confessing them.
A time will come when they will move from your Memory to your spirit. Oh my! You are on your to victory.

So many believers are constantly being harassed by the Devil both in real life and in the dream. It is the LACK OF THE WORD OF GOD IN THEIR SPIRIT THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
 My brother, if the Word is in you, it will come out of ITS OWN VOLITION in the day of battle or in the time of need.
My Sister, you cannot call the name 'Jesus' in the dream if that name is not dwelling in you. Haven't you notice many funny exclamation remarks of some people in times of trouble?
If the Word of God concerning healing is not dwelling in you, you cannot have faith for Divine Healing.

Apostle Paul tells us in Col.  3:16 'Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord'.
One way to quicken RHEMA is by PRAYING IN TONGUES. May God give you understanding.
I like to stop here today and continue tomorrow. Thank you.
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