“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Luke 4:1-2
1) Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from
the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the
desert,
2) where for forty days he was tempted by the
devil. He ate nothing during those days, and
at the end of them he was hungry.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Luke 4:13
When the devil had finished all this tempting, he
left him until an opportune time.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Luke 22:44
And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly,
and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to
the ground.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Revelation 2:1-7
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Revelation 2:1-7
1. They lost their first love for Christ
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Revelation 2:1-7
1. They lost their first love for Christ
2. Compromise with the world
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Revelation 2:1-7
1. They lost their first love for Christ
2. Compromise with the world
3. Tolerance of sin
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Revelation 2:1-7
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They lost their first love for Christ
Compromise with the world
Tolerance of sin
Contentment with programs and activities
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Revelation 2:1-7
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They lost their first love for Christ
Compromise with the world
Tolerance of sin
Contentment with programs and activities
Satisfaction with possessions and wealth
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
I. Our Preparation (v.10)
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
I. Our Preparation (v.10)
Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through Him who gives me
strength.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
I. Our Preparation (v.10)
Philippians 4:13
I Corinthians 15:56-57
56) The sting of death is sin, and the power of
sin is the law.
57) But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
I. Our Preparation (v.10)
Philippians 4:13
I Corinthians 15:56-57
Hebrews 2:14
Since the children have flesh and blood, He too
shared in their humanity so that by His death He
might destroy him who holds the power of
death — that is, the devil —
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
II. God’s Provision (v.11a)
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
II. God’s Provision (v.11a)
II Corinthians 10:3-5
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.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
Isaiah 14
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
Isaiah 14
Ezekiel 28
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
Revelation 12:7-9
7) And there was war in heaven. Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon
and his angels fought back.
8) But he was not strong enough, and they lost
their place in heaven.
9) 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.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
I John 2:15-16
15) Do not love the world or anything in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
16) For everything in the world — the cravings
of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the
boasting of what he has and does — comes not
from the Father but from the world.
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
I John 2:15-16
1. The lust of the flesh
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
I John 2:15-16
1. The lust of the flesh
2. The lust of the eyes
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
I John 2:15-16
1. The lust of the flesh
2. The lust of the eyes
3. The boastful pride of life
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
III. Satan’s Schemes (v11b)
I John 2:15-16
1. The lust of the flesh
2. The lust of the eyes
3. The boastful pride of life
“Spiritual Warfare”
Ephesians 6:10-13
Genesis 3