Fighting Back:
The Helmet of Salvation
and the Sword of the
Spirit
Sue Bohlin
October 15, 2002
Helmet of Salvation
• Protects the head (thought life)
• Assurance of salvation
• What you think
– The content of your beliefs about who
you are as a Christian
• How you think
– How those beliefs apply to your life
WHAT YOU THINK
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I am a child of God
Nothing can separate me from His love
I am a new creature
I am not stuck with ”It's just the way I am"
I belong to Jesus
I am a forever member of his forever family
The enemy cannot crush me, touch me, or do
anything to me without my Father's
permission
WHAT YOU THINK
Key verse:
There is therefore NO
CONDEMNATION for those
who are in Christ Jesus.
(Romans 8:1)
HOW YOU THINK
Exercising Discernment about
Halloween
HOW YOU THINK
Halloween DON'Ts
• The Occult
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Witches, warlocks, sorcerers and sorcery
Casting spells
Mediums
Magic
Ouija boards, crystal balls, tarot cards, and
astrology
– Satan/Beelzebub masks and costumes
• Darkness
HOW YOU THINK
Death
– Vampires, ghosts, goblins and
gargoyles
• Fear
– A feeling and a reality where
Satan dwells.
– Spooky things: cemeteries,
haunted houses, and scary
stories.
– Gruesome things
– Slasher movies and horror films
HOW YOU THINK
Worldliness
– Little girls dressing
like female pop stars
– Costumes of movie
and TV characters
that represent antibiblical values are
inappropriate for
believers (and
believers' children).
HOW YOU THINK
Halloween Do's
• Halloween alternative event
• Child Evangelism Fellowship
– Good News Clubs
• American Tract Society
– (www.atstracts.org)
– The Halloween Rescue Kit
– Make your own tract kit
HOW YOU THINK
Halloween Do's
• Look for teachable moments to relate
the things of Halloween to spiritual truth.
– Fear is glorified at Halloween: Jesus
promised to give peace in the face of fear
– "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to
you; not as the world gives do I give to you.
Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it
be fearful" (John 14:27)
HOW YOU THINK
Halloween Do's
• "God's no-no list" in Deuteronomy 18
– Identify those things when they see them
advertised or used as decorations.
– Identify all the Halloween items that strike
fear in them
– Stand against their power by saying out
loud, "God has not given me a spirit of
fear!" (2 Timothy 1:7)
• Pumpkin-carving object lesson
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
• The spoken word of God
• Matthew 4
• Fighting back!
– Scriptures that stand against the lies and
deceptions of the enemy
– The name of Jesus
– The blood of Jesus
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
• "In every situation where you sense that
you are under the attack of Satan or
needing special protection, that is the time
to plead the Blood. By so doing, you are
reminding God that you are trusting in His
mercy; you are reminding Satan that he
cannot touch you as long as you are under
the Blood; and you are reminding yourself
of the ground of your confidence in Christ."
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
Kay Arthur's plan for dealing with
immoral thoughts, nightmares,
and suicidal thoughts
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
1. Lord, this is demonic. I'm asking in
Jesus' name and by His blood that you
set me free.
2. I confess my sin, including open doors
to the enemy through the occult.
3. I renounce these doors to Satan.
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
4. I command the spirit of immorality to
leave me alone in Jesus' name.
5. I claim the power of Jesus' blood that
cleansed me from all sin and bought
me forgiveness.
6. I ask the Holy Spirit to fill and control
me.
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
True Stories
• "Bad Things Are Happening After I
Talked to My Angel"
• Spondelitus
• A Strange Curse
• Post-Abortion