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î î R î î î Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú ÿÿÿÿ Well let’s turn in our Bibles to Ephesians
chapter 6. And the title of my message is, “What the Devil Doesn’t Want You to Know.” Let’s pray. Father we are going to talk
now about the battle that we are all in. This spiritual war. It is very real. We have a
powerful adversary. But we have an even more powerful God. That is You. And You have told
us greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. So Lord help us to know what
we need to know about this battle and how we can be more than conquerors through Jesus
Christ. We commit this time of Bible study to You now. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Ok. We are in our series that we call Essentials:
What Every Christian Needs to Know. And the title of our message today is, “What the
Devil Doesn’t Want You to Know” from Ephesians 6. I am sure the greatest day in your life was
the day you put your faith in Jesus Christ. And I think as we grow in our faith and our
knowledge of what God actually did for us we become more aware of how significant that
day really was. Because that was the day that we literally had our eternal address changed
from a place called hell to a place called heaven. That was the day we turned from darkness
to light and from the power of Satan to God. That was the day, according to Jesus, when
there was a party in heaven given in our honor. A victory shout if you will. From those who
have gone before us as well as the angels that we had believed. But I must also add that was the day that
a very real spiritual battle began too. In fact it has been said conversion has made
our hearts a battlefield. Yes it is true. Just as surely as there is a God who loves
you there is also a devil who hates you. A devil that wants to stop the work God is doing
in your life. Jesus in the parable of the sower talked about the seed that went on the
roadside that was eaten by the little birds and He said, “These are they that hear the
Word of God and Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their
heart.” It is called attack. And you better get ready for it. You might say, “Well look
dude. Look. I am a total pacifist ok.” Then you are going down on the battlefield. You
are going to have to man up, woman up, toughen up, and put on the armor of God because in
this spiritual battle you are either advancing or retreating. You are either winning or losing.
But you can’t be a spiritual pacifist. You have got to fight to win. And this is a battle
that can be won if we march with our Lord. I remember when I first became a Christian
the other believers told me, “Greg you have to be careful because the devil is going to
tempt you now.” And that was the craziest thing I had ever heard. The what is going
to tempt me? The devil. And of course I envisioned this caricatured version of Satan. I didn’t
think of him as a spiritual being. And temptation. I had never really dealt with temptation.
I saw temptation as opportunity you know. When one of these thoughts would come to my
mind I would say, “Yeah. I will try that now.” And another thought would come. “I
will try this other thing now.” So I didn’t know about trying to resist temptation for
the most part. I just pretty much did whatever I wanted to do. I said to the Christians,
“How will I know when I am being tempted?” They said, “You will know.” Ok. Fine. So I went back to class. I am in my junior
year of high school. And I am sitting in class and there was this really attractive girl
that was in that class with me that I noticed but she never noticed me. And so after class
was over this girl comes walking up to me. She has never walked up to me before. She
actually addresses me. “Hi. How are you?” I am dumbfounded. Why is this girl talking
to me? What is happening? She says, “What is your name?” And I momentarily forgot
my name. “I think it starts with a G. I am not sure. Why are you talking to me?”
You have to understand. Girls never hit on me. As hard as that is to believe. You know.
I am just being honest. It didn’t happen in my universe. Never. And this attractive
girl is talking to me. And then she said. And I am wondering, “Maybe this is a temptation
the Christians warned me about.” Then she said, “Hey you know what? My parents have
a cabin up in the mountains. I was thinking of going up there this weekend. Why don’t
you come with me?” I thought, “This is a temptation. This is it.” She didn’t
have horns. There was no pitchfork. But it was attractive. It was enticing. And it was
real. And I knew this was the devil because as I said these things did not happen to me.
Thankfully I resisted that. But I thought also, “This is how it works.” See the enemy is quite clever. He knows how
to package his wares in an attractive way. But don’t ever underestimate him. As the
old hymn written by Martin Luther says. For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work
us woe His craft and power are great, And armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his
equal. Don’t ever underestimate the devil. He is
a sly and skillful adversary. He has had many years of experience dealing with mankind.
But yet I want to also point out to you he can be overcome. And that is we are exploring
some important principles in this message that we are calling, “What the Devil Doesn’t
Want You to Know.” In our last message in this series that we
called, “Angels and Demons” we pointed a few things out about Satan. First of all
we discovered that God did not create the devil as we know him today. God created a
high ranking angel known as Lucifer, Son of the Morning. Well Lucifer rebelled against
God and in this rebellion he took one-third of the angels with him and they became his
partners in crime. His compatriots. His minions. His soldiers. His fallen angels. His demons.
That helped him do his dirty work today. And so Lucifer wanted to be worshipped instead
of worshipping God. So he fell to the earth. Now though he no longer is in his exalted
position he once had he still has access to heaven. And there are many names that the
Bible gives to him. He is called Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the devil, the father of lies,
the god of this world, the prince of the power of the air. Sometimes he comes in all of his
wicked depravity showing his true colors. And sometimes he is more subtle coming in
an attractive way or coming in the form of a cute girl, an attractive guy, or something
that is very enticing to you. But one of his best tactics he uses is imitation.
He pretends to be something he is not. I read an article from the newspaper about how widespread
cell phone use is over in Denmark. Did you know they actually have more cell phones in
Denmark than America? And I thought how is that even possible. I thought everyone had
a cell phone here. By the way here in California didn’t they pass a law that you are not
supposed to use your cell phone when you are driving? Is anyone obeying this law? I don’t
think so. But cell phone use is so widespread in Denmark a weird phenomenon is taking place.
Many of the birds in the city, according tot his article, have changed the way they sing
and now instead they imitate the sound of a cell phone ringing. Is that not totally
obnoxious? Can you imagine? I have had enough work in the office. I have got to get out
into the open. And the birds sound like cell phones. One guy said, “I have a little bird
in my garden that sounds just like my cell phone and we nicknamed him Nokia.” Crazy
stuff. But that is how the enemy comes. He comes
as an imitator. Well let’s discover some things now about
the devil. Things he doesn’t want you to know. Number one. Satan is nowhere near to being
the equal of God. Again. Satan is nowhere near to being the equal of God. In one of
the first messages in this series we pointed out that God is omnipotent, which means all
powerful. God is omniscient which means all knowing. And God is omnipresent which means
present everywhere. In sharp and direct contrast we know that the devil does not reflect these
divine attributes. For instance Satan is not omnipotent. He has great power. More than
most angels. More than any man. But his power is clearly limited. And he is not near to
being the equal of God. Number two. The devil is not omniscient. He knows many things, but
he doesn’t know all things. Thirdly. He is not omnipresent. He can only be in one
place at one time. So when we say, “Hey the devil has been really hassling me lately.”
The fact is it probably wasn’t the big guy himself but one of his minions doing his work.
But in effect he was tempting you through that demon power. But Satan himself can only
be in one place at one time. Number two. The second thing the devil doesn’t
want you to know is he can do nothing in the life of the Christian without the permission
of God. Let me repeat that. He can do nothing in the life of the Christian without the permission
of God. In our last message, “Angels and Demons Part 2” we pointed out how the angels
of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan was among them. And God said
to Satan, “So where have you been?” And the devil said, “Oh I have been going back
and forth across the earth watching everything that is going on.” Then the Lord starts
bragging on his boy Job. “Hey have you considered My servant Job. A perfect and upright man.
One that fears God and shuns evil.” And Satan retorts, “Does Job fear You for nothing?
Have You not put a hedge around him and his household and everything that he has.” Or
as another translation puts it, “Why no one ever had it so good. You pamper him and
you make sure nothing bad ever happens to him or his family or his possessions. You
bless everything he does. He can’t lose.” But a number of truths strike us from this
text. First of all we see that Satan even after the fall still has access to the throne
of God. And then we also see that even though he has a wicked agenda he has to ask permission
to the child of God because of the hedge of protection around us. You have an impenetrable
wall that God has placed around you that Satan cannot penetrate. Now that doesn’t mean
you can’t be tempted. It doesn’t mean you can’t be harassed. It doesn’t mean
you can’t be attacked. But God will never give you more than you can handle. This is illustrated in the story of what Jesus
said to Simon Peter one day. He turned to the fisherman and said, “Simon, Simon, Satan
has been asking for you by name that you would be taken out of the care and protection of
God.” Now let me ask you something? If Jesus said
that to you, would that freak you out just a little bit? “Hey Greg, Greg, John, John,
Cheryl, Cheryl, whatever your name is.” He says it twice. “Yes. Yes.” You listen.
“Satan has been asking for you by name.” “What? He knows I exist.” “Oh yeah.
And he wants you taken out of the care and protection of God.” But then the Lord continues
and says, “But I have prayed for you that your faith would not fail, and when you are
converted, or when you have returned, you will strengthen to others.” Wow. That is
sure good to know. You know what? When the devil comes knocking
at your door I suggest you say, “Jesus would You mind getting that.” I am so glad the
Lord is there because I am no match for the devil. You see temptation is going to come
into our life. Jesus even taught us to pray, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil.” Or literally, “The evil one.” And God will never give you more than
you can handle. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “There hath no temptation taken you but
such as is common to man: but God who is faithful, will not allow you to be tempted above what
you are able; but will with the temptation make a way to escape, that ye may be able
to bear it.” Loose paraphrase. He will never give you too much. He won’t allow too much
in your life. But here is the problem. Sometimes we unnecessarily
put ourselves in the way of temptation. We dip our hands into the fire. And then we are
surprised when they get burned. One person put it this way. “Lead me not into temptation.
I can find it myself.” And that is the problem. Is instead of hearing what the Lord is saying
and taking practical steps to stay away from the things that could drag us down we unnecessarily
put ourselves in the path of temptation. Look. We live in the real world. And all around
us are things that distract us. That could ultimately entice us. But it is another thing when you put yourself
in a place where you know you are weak. Now let’s say you have a problem with drinking.
Maybe you were an alcoholic. Almost ruined your life. You have three DUIs. And you have
destroyed a marriage or two. And you struggle with this. And so I run into you and you say,
“Man Greg I am so struggling with temptation to drink. To drink all the time the temptation
is there.” “Yeah that is tough man. Hey by the way where were you last night at church.”
“At the bar.” “Oh. You weren’t in church. You were at the bar. What were you
doing at the bar?” “Just you know the peanuts are really good. But man when I am
in the bar I get tempted to drink.” Yeah. That kind of happens doesn’t it? You know
what the problem is? You are an idiot. No seriously. You are putting yourself unnecessarily
in the way of temptation. A young guy says, “Man I am always getting
tempted you know to have sex with my girlfriend. I don’t know why this temptation comes.”
“Yeah. Well you know what did you do last night?” “Laying on the bed with my girlfriend
with the lights out.” Yeah. Temptation will come when you do stuff like that. Well how
do I get out of these things? Did you see the door there? Did you ever think of walking
through the door? Go back to 1 Corinthians 10:13. “No temptation
has There taken you but such as is common to man: but God who is faithful, will not
suffer you to be tempted above what you are able; but will with the temptation make a
way to escape.” Sometimes the way of escape is the door. We are asking God for some surge
of power. “Lord here I am.” The Lord says, “Just would you walk out the door? Stop
it. Just leave.” Case in point. Joseph. Red blooded young man.
Sexual drive. Being hit on by the wife of Potiphar. Day in. Day out. Finally she lays
all subtlety aside and pulls him down on the bed. What does he do? He does what any clear
thinking young man would do under such circumstances. He runs like crazy. And sometimes we just need to take the practical
steps you see. But we need to remember that God will never give us more than we can handle.
And there always is a way out. Ok. Now. Understand this. The devil does not
work alone. He as a well organized network of demons/fallen angels that do his bidding.
Let’s learn a little bit more about them and how to overcome them as well as the enemy
himself. Ephesians 6 verses 10 to 13. We read, “Finally, my brothers, be strong in the
Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able
to stand against the wiles (or the strategies and deceits) of the devil. For we are not
wrestling against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Paul uses an interesting phrase. “We wrestle
not.” It is a term describing a life and death conflict. It is mortal hand to hand
combat you see. So this is not shadow boxing. This is not even boxing with padded gloves.
This is a fight to the death that we are in. Another translation puts it this way. J. B.
Phillips. “For our fight is not against any physical enemy: it is against organizations
and powers that are spiritual. We are up against the unseen power that controls the dark world,
and spiritual agents from the very headquarters of evil.” That helps us to grab it a little
bit easier in our mind. Just as God has His holy angels. They are His secret agents doing
His bidding. The devil has his unholy angels doing his dirty work from the headquarters
of evil. What is the agenda of demons? We pointed it
out last time. They want to hinder the purposes of God and extend the power of Satan. Again.
The purpose of demons, fallen angels is twofold. To hinder the purposes of God. They want to
stop the work that God is doing. Whenever we engage in the work of the Lord we should
expect, anticipate, and brace ourselves for demonic attack. And secondly they want to
extend the power of Satan. Yes God will allow demons to tempt us. To bother us. To harass
us at times. Even the great Apostle Paul had to deal with
this. In fact he talked about his thorn in the flesh. We don’t know what it was. Most
commentators believe it was some kind of a physical disability that he probably acquired
after one of his multiple beatings or stonings. But here is what Paul said in 2 Corinthians
12. “To keep me from becoming conceited, because of the great revelations, there was
given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me. Three times I pleaded
with the Lord to take it away.” And by the way the word that Paul uses there for buffet
means to strike with a fist. This is the real thing. But why? Why would God allow this? You know
why does God allow attack? Why does God allow hardship? Why does God allow illness? Why
does God allow tragedy? And we can go on and on asking why. We can’t always answer these
questions. But listen to what Paul said as he continues on and explains why it was allowed
in his life in particular. This is from another translation. He says, “Because of the extravagance
of those revelations that I had. S I wouldn't get a big head, I was given the gift of a
handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan's angel did his best
to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking
around high and mighty!” The devil wanted to get him down. Paul said,
“It worked. I got down. On my knees and I call on God.” And the devil said, “Doh.
It backfired.” See he wanted to drive you away from God and instead you clung to the
Lord that much tighter. Listen. When we go through times of suffering
and hardship it is hard. I have never had a harder time in my life than this last year.
I mean it has just been difficult. So difficult at times. But yet the fellowship I have had
with God has never been sweeter. I have never been more dependent on Him. There are times
I don’t think I can handle it. And then the Lord just gives me the strength that I
need. And you learn things you would not learn anywhere else. And you don’t know why. But
you trust God. And you cling to God. And you rely on God. Number three. The devil does not want you
to know that he cannot control you. He would love you to think that you are powerless against
his attacks. That you have no recourse. You are no match. You will always be a victim.
An addict. A puppet for him to control. And I want to tell you that is 100% wrong. Though
it is true that the believer can be hassled like Paul was or tempted and oppressed the
devil cannot control us. Now if we yield to his power he is going to
have his sway in our life. But if we resist him we can be free from that. And here is
what you need to know. That God is greater than Satan, and as the Bible says, “Greater
is He that is in you than he that is in the world.” And when Christ comes into the life
of a man or a woman he becomes the sole occupant. Some people have suggested that Christians
can be demon possessed. That you can have Christ and demons living inside of you. That
is so ridiculous. Listen. Jesus is not into a timeshare program with your heart. The Bible
says, “What agreement does God have with the devil” 2 Corinthians 6:15. 1 John 5:18
tells us, “If a man is born of God the wicked one does not touch him.” Or literally cannot
attach himself to that person. I have heard of churches that have exorcism
services for believers where believers who are struggling with various vices and issues
come in and have the alleged demons cast out of them and they throw up and just a wonderful
time at church. “How was church today?” “Great. Vomited up four demons. Really nice.” A lot of times what we are trying to cast
out is something we need to deny and resist. You can’t cast out temptation. You can’t
cast out things that attack you. You need to put your armor on as we will discover in
a moment. So no. When you are a Christian you cannot be possessed or controlled by the
devil. The Bible says, “Submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” See
the key is to stay as close to God as you possibly can. Bringing us to this next verse. Look over
here now at verse 10. “Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of
His might.” Or literally, “Strengthen yourselves in the Lord.” Know this. In our
own strength we are no match for the devil. He is a powerful spirit. We don’t want to
engage him. It is like the police when they are called somewhere and they see it might
be a little more than they thought. They call for backup. Right. That is what we need to
do. Call for backup. Years ago I was living in New Jersey and I
was walking down the street with my newly acquired six shooter cap guns, a little holster,
little cowboy hat, feeling very good. The weird thing is I was 30. But still. No. I
was just a little kid. And I am walking down the street and there are like these hoodlums.
Hoodlums standing on a street corner. You know East Coast hoodlums. And one of them
was probably named Vinnie. “Yo. What? What?” You know. “What? You talking to me. What?”
And so they see this little cowboy kid and they start pushing me around and knocked my
hat off my head and take my gun belt and my pistols and pushed me to the ground and walked
off laughing. So I was devastated. I go home. I find my brother who is five years older
than I am and I said, “Doug go with me. I want to go back and get my guns back.”
And I find these kids on the corner. And all of a sudden I was feeling pretty courageous
because my brother was behind me and he was bigger me and them. So I pushed them, took
my guns back, felt really good. The problem was I had to keep my brother with me from
that point on for the next years consecutively lest these guys come and kill me. But here is the thing is we can have greater
boldness in spiritual battle when we know we are standing there with the Lord. The Lord
is with us. We are not alone. I am not taking the enemy on in my own strength. I am standing
in the Lord and in the power of His might. And that is why the devil wants to separate
from your powerbase. His chief aim is to get between the soul and God. To separate man’s
heart from God and inspire confidence instead in himself. But remember Jesus Christ Himself
is in your corner. Listen. Our defense against the accusations of the devil is the interceding
Son of God. 1 John 2:1 says, “My little children, these things I write to you, so
that you will not sin. If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous.” Romans 8:33 says, “Who will bring any charge against those whom God
has chosen? It is God who justifies. Christ Jesus who died and was raised to life.”
Listen. “He is at the right hand of God interceding for us.” Picture it this way. You are in a courtroom.
God the Father is the judge. Behind Him on the bench are the commandments engraved in
stone that you have broken. The prosecuting attorney is slick and effective. Most people
know him as Lu. Last name Cipher. He is seasoned. He is articulate. He knows how to win a case.
On trial is you. Or me. And our defense attorney is Jesus Christ. So here is how it goes. Lu
Cipher stands up. “Today we have in our courtroom Greg Laurie, who is on trial for
breaking the commandments of God Your honor. And we all know that Greg has broken these
commandments. In fact I am going to now go over all the things that he has done wrong
in his life.” And he begins. And I am thinking, “Well his is not going to be good.” A
month later he is still talking. I realize I am in big trouble. I look over at my defense
attorney Jesus. He doesn’t seem too stressed at all. He is very calm. In fact He is just
kind of doodling there on the paper. Looks over and smiles at me and says, “It’s
ok Greg. Don’t worry. I am thinking, “Easy for Him to say, “He is not on trial.”
So Lu Cipher continues on. Now steam is coming off of him you know as he goes on and on and
on. He seems to be enjoying this. I don’t even want to look up at the judge. I don’t
want to make eye contact with Him. I am so embarrassed. And finally Lu Cipher completes
his attack against me and says, “And so Your honor. Your own law says, ‘The soul
that sins shall surely die,’ therefore this man is worthy of death. I rest my case.”
And he sits down with a satisfied smile on his face. I look over at Jesus like, “What
are You going to say?” Jesus says, “It’s all right Greg. Just be calm.” He says,
“Permission to approach the bench.” The judge says, “Permission granted.” Jesus
walks right up there to the front of the courtroom, leans into the judge and says, “Hey Dad
we both know Greg is guilty of everything Lu Cipher accused him of. But we both know
that I died on the cross and shed My blood for every sin he has ever committed.” And
the judge says, “That’s right Son.” And He pounds His down the gavel and He says,
“All is dismissed and forgiven. The price has already been paid.” That is how it works
when the enemy attacks you. The devil doesn’t want you to know that.
He wants you to think it is on your worthiness. Your merit. No. I rest in the finished work
of Jesus Christ. Ok. So what does the devil not want me to
know? He doesn’t want me to know he is not the equal of God. He doesn’t want me to
know he has to ask permission before he attacks us. He doesn’t want me to know he cannot
control me. Here is a big one. Number four. Don’t miss
this one. He doesn’t want you to know that he was soundly defeated at the cross of Calvary.
Let that one sink in. John 12:31 Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world. Now
shall the prince of this world be cast out.” Referring to that same event on Calvary Jesus
said when the Holy Spirit came He would convict of judgment. And then He explained, “Of
judgment because the prince of this world is judged.” Through His death on the cross
Jesus destroyed him that had the power of death. That is the devil. Remember when the
Lord cried out that statement, translated in the three words, “It is finished.”
But the statement was actually tetevlestai, which was a common word at the time that meant
completed. Accomplished. Finished. It was used by people after a job was done. You just
finished that table. You would say tetevlestai. It’s done. You don’t need to work on it.
Jesus uses that phrase from the cross. It is accomplished. The stranglehold of Satan
has been broken when a person puts their life in Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:14, a different
translation says, “God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven,
the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ's cross. He
stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross
and marched them naked through the streets.” I like that translation. Listen. You don’t fight for victory. You
fight from it. You don’t fight to get victory. You fight because it has already been obtained.
You don’t need to say, “Lord give me victory.” You need to say, “Lord I have victory and
I am going to live accordingly because you have told me in Scripture that I am more than
a conqueror in Jesus Christ.” One final point. We can win in the spiritual
battle. We can win in the spiritual battle. We can overcome the enemy if we put on the
armor of God. I am not saying you will win every skirmish and every conflict. But I am
saying you will win the war. I am not saying you will never sin again and you won’t stumble
because you will. I will. We all will. But what I am saying is you can win the battle
over all. Let’s read a little bit more of Ephesians
6. Verse 13. “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist
with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet
with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with
which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet
of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” All right. Now I don’t have enough time
to do justice to these verses. This is a whole other series that we will get to in another
time. But we are just going to do a flyover of the armor of God. Ok. Just to get the big
picture. Because this is saying you need to suit up. You need to put the armor on. It
starts with a breastplate, excuse me, it starts with the belt of truth. Now when you think
of a belt here don’t think of a fashion belt you know. And by the way. A quick little
fashion tip. Guys listen now. You don’t wear a belt and suspenders at the same time.
Ok. One will do. Just something to think about. You know what about Mork? He wore the. I know.
You didn’t even get the joke. Remember Mork and Mindy. Mork. Ok. Forget it. Suspenders.
First service laughed at it. You are obviously harder to please. But I want you to think now on this belt of
a utility belt. The kind of a belt that a police officer would wear. Not to hold his
pants up or her pants up. But rather they keep all of their gear on. You know that a
police officer has a radio. They have their handcuffs. They have their holster and gun.
Their taser gun. Chemical sprays. Flashlight. Another place to hold extra magazines with
bullets. Maybe a place for their baton. A special little holder over to the side here
where they keep a doughnut. It is. All the cops are like what? Ok. Kidding. Just a joke.
But you know the officer needs that belt. They call it the Sam Browne. And he wears
it when he is on duty to hold all of his equipment. In the same way the Roman soldier would have
his belt. It was essential. Now when you think about armor you think yeah
breastplate, helmet, shield, sword. Big stuff. Belt? How important is a belt? If your belt
isn’t on all of this other stuff doesn’t work. You know why? The breastplate for the
Roman soldier was attached to the belt. The sheath for the sword attached to the belt.
Also with the belt you cinched up your garment that would be sometimes below your knees giving
you freedom of movement. So if someone yanked your belt off your dress falls down, your
breastplate falls off, and your sword lands on the ground. You are going ok. But I have
a helmet still. What is this speaking of? The belt of truth
it says. This represents a life and a mind that is pulled together and ready to serve
for the glory of God. It talks about a man or a woman that is living in truth before
God. Because if I am living a lie, if I am saying I am a Christian when I am living in
a way that is contrary to that, then nothing else is really going to matter. I am going
to be cut down on the battlefield of life. Don’t be a person that is living as a hypocrite.
Put on the belt of truth. Then there is a breastplate of righteousness.
This piece of armor protected the vital organs of the Roman soldier. If you are going against
your opponent you are going to try to strike a blow right across this central area. Not
unlike where you shoot with a gun. This is the kill zone. They even train police officers
you don’t shoot for the head. You shoot for the chest. Because you can miss the head.
You want to hit here. That can take a person down permanently. And when an officer draws
his weapon he shoots to kill not to wound or to maim. In the same way in a battle you
go against your opponent you want to strike one blow and bring them down. Ok. Put on the breastplate. What does that
represent? Righteousness. The breastplate of righteousness. What does that mean? It
is talking about the imputed righteousness of Christ. When you become a Christian God
justifies you. Justification means that He forgives you of all of your sin. Then He puts
the righteousness of Jesus Christ into your spiritual bank account. So I stand positionally
as a righteous person. Do I always live as one? No. Am I technically one? Yes. Why? Jesus
gave me His righteousness. Here is how it works. The devil says, “You
are not worthy. You fail. You fall short.” True. But you know what? I stand in the righteousness
of Christ. He has made me accepted in the beloved the Bible says. Listen. You are accepted
by God. Not based on what you have done but based on what He has done. Again. Remember
you fight from victory not for it. So when the devil tries to strike that fatal blow
against you it is repelled by the breastplate because you stand right with God and you know
it. Number three. Gospel footwear. Got to have
the right shoes. Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. The Romans wore interesting
shoes. They had various kinds of shoes for different types of things ranging from boots
to sandals. But when they were going into battle their shoe had three qualities. Number
one it was gripping so it had spikes in it giving them the ability to hold ground. It
was tough protecting from the blow of a sword. And thirdly it was light. A Roman soldier
could cross 100 yards of open field in one minute. So the idea is we need to have this ability
as we put our shoes on to continue on when everyone else is quitting. To keep our footing
when others are failing and to move when others are weighed down. What does the shoe represent? The preparation
of the gospel of peace. The Bible talks about how beautiful the feet are of those that preach
the gospel. Look at your feet for a moment. They are probably covered in shoes. Those
feet. If they carry you to bring the message of Jesus to others in the sight of God are
beautiful you see. And this how we gain ground in the spiritual
battle. Sure with the breastplate it protects me. As we will see in a moment so does the
shield and the helmet. But with my shoes I am moving forward. I am gaining ground. The way the church gains ground is through
evangelism. Through gospel proclamation. And I ask you today when is the last time you
looked for an opportunity to share the gospel? When did you last pray for a person by name
who was not yet a believer? Hey for that matter when is the last time you brought someone
to church with you? That is how you gain ground and advance in the kingdom. Number four. We have the shield of faith.
Verse 16. “Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench
all the fiery darts or flaming arrows of the wicked one.” The words above all means that
this is of great importance. Now the shield the soldier used was like a
door. They had two kinds of shields. They had a small round shield for close hand to
hand combat with their smaller sword. Then they had the shield they marched into battle
with. It was basically like a big door. And they would hold it up and they would have
their sword or their spear and they would often lock shields together. And then when
they came under a barrage of flaming arrows they would pull together, pull the shields
over the top, around the back, and be like a big wooden box there. Because one of the
tactics of ancient warfare was to barrage your opponent with arrows that were on fire.
If the arrow hit you obviously you could catch on fire. It was to disorient the enemy. And
so you would be marching into battle and you would look up and here come thousands of flaming
arrows. So you get behind the shield to absorb them. Ok. You say, “Well what is that talking
about?” Well the enemy has his flaming arrows. His guided missiles if you will. Sometimes
they are just wicked thoughts. I mean have you just been sitting somewhere and all of
a sudden this wicked thought comes and you are thinking, “Where did that come from?”
I will tell you where it came from. The devil. You were just you know it is a funny thing
all of a sudden there it is. You even hear it. Hiss. What is this? An arrow you know.
What is it? It is from hell. It might be a blasphemous thought. It might be a thought
of doubt. It might be a thought of lust. It might be a thought of hatred. Whatever it
is it is ungodly. And as I said to you earlier you don’t have to take this stuff. You can
say, “I know where that came from. I know the origin of it. I am not owning it. I am
not engaging it. I am resisting it. And I am standing in my faith.” Look. There are times when you have to defy
emotions and feelings and even circumstances and stand on the Word of God. Sometimes they
are easier than others. Sometimes it is not all that hard. Often when we are together
worshipping it is a little easier isn’t it? You know why? It is sort of like we are
locking our shields together. You realize you are not alone out there and there are
others there fighting the battle with you. But it is when you get away on your own and
the flaming arrows start coming your way and you think this is hard. You have got to stand
on faith in the Word. Because the Bible says, “The just shall live by faith.” Stand
in the truth of that Word. And then of course there is the helmet of
salvation. Again I apologize for not having more time to deal with these things. They
are so important. But the helmet protects the mind, the brain, and in the same way we
are going to be hit with those impure thoughts. Keep your helmet your on guarding your mind
bringing every thought into the captivity of the obedience of Jesus Christ and filling
your mind with the things of God. And then finally there is the sword of the
Spirit. The sword of the Spirit is the only offensive piece of weaponry God has given
to us. The Roman soldier had his breastplate to protect him along with his helmet. His
shoes to help him gain ground. His big old shield he would hide behind. But the sword
was to attack. With the sword he inflicted damage. And what is the sword? The sword of
the Spirit, which is the Word of God. The devil doesn’t want you to read your
Bible. Did you know that? Have you ever noticed that you get up in the morning you read the
newspaper. Every section of the newspaper. All of it. Everything is fine. No phone calls.
No disturbances. Nothing going on. And then you say, “I will read the Word of God.”
And the moment you open the Bible up all kinds of crazy things start happening. The phone
starts ringing. Kids start screaming. 747s fly into your backyard. What is going on?
Birds that sound like cell phones chirping in your backyard. That is if you live in Denmark.
Or 101 thoughts. Oh I forgot to pick up the dry cleaning. Oh I have to call so-in-so.
And it is not they are not always evil things. They are just things. They are distractions.
Because the devil is saying, “Oh no no no no don’t unsheathe that sword. Don’t get
that sword out. Keep that thing put away.” Oh no. I am pulling it out. I am going to
sharpen it. I am going to study it. I am going to know the weight of it. How it works. How
it moves. And most importantly I am going to use this sword. And I ask you the question right now what
shape is your sword in? Is it polished from daily use as you study the Scripture on a
regular basis and sharpen it on the anvil of experience as you have applied and obeyed
its truth in your life? Or is your sword dulled from disobedience? Or rusty from lack of preparation? You know what? I like to see thrashed Bibles.
I like to see Bibles that are falling apart. Because it has been said, “A Bible that
is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.” It is ok to wear a Bible out.
“Man I just wore this Bible out.” Good. No go wear another one out. Binding is coming
apart. Pages are falling out. That is ok. Write in your Bible. Use your Bible. Learn
your Bible. Quote your Bible. Be familiar with your Bible. Know the Word of God. The devil. He is nowhere near to being the
equal of God. He can do nothing in the life of the Christian without the permission of
God. He can’t control you. He was defeated at the cross of Calvary. And we can win in
the spiritual battle. He doesn’t want you to know that. And you know what else? Here is one other
thing he would like to say to you. Don’t worry about this stuff. If you are not a Christian
just let things go on as they have always gone. You will be ok. C. S. Lewis in his book
The Screwtape Letters, which is an interesting book that he said was the hardest book he
ever wrote, where he sort of tries to enter into the imaginary conversations between the
devil and his demons and with touches of irony and humor he tries to illustrate some spiritual
truths that turn out to be very poignant and effective. And here is one of the writings
from his book. Talked about a legend about Satan and his imps planning their strategy
for attacking the world that is hearing the message of salvation. One of the demons says,
“I have got the plan master. When I get on earth and take charge of people’s thinking
I will tell them there is no heaven.” The devil responds, “No they will never believe
that. The Book of Truth is full of messages about the hope of heaven through sins forgiven.
They won’t believe it. They know there is a glory in the future.” On the other side
of the room another demon says, “I have got the plan. I will tell them there is no
hell.” “No good,” says the devil, “Jesus when He was on earth talked more about hell
than of heaven. They will know in their heart of hearts that is wrong and they have to take
care of these things. They know they deserve hell.” Finally one little brilliant imp
in the back of the room said, “I know the answer. I will tell them there is no hurry.”
And that is the one the devil chose. Pretty good huh. So the devil will say, “You know what? There
is no hurry. You don’t have to worry about these things now. Have a little bit more fun.
Live the way that you want to live. More importantly. The way I want you to live.” Because he
just wants to accomplish that end game to steal, kill, and destroy. Do you feel like you are under the power of
Satan in some way today? Maybe some vice. Some addiction. Some lifestyle. Something
has control of you. You try to break free and it keeps pulling you back in. You wonder
if you are ever going to be free. And there might be others of you here right
now that say, “Well Greg that is very interesting what you have said and you have entertained
me momentarily. A little bit here and there today.” But I don’t really believe in
a devil. I am too sophisticated for that.” Really. I think it takes more faith to not
believe in the devil than to believe in him. How do you explain evil? You see here is the
thing. There is a devil. And he is real. And he is powerful. And he will try to keep you
from Christ. But there is also a God who loves you so much He sent His Son Jesus to go to
the cross and die in your place and pay the price for every sin you have ever committed
if you will turn from your sin and put your faith in Jesus you can be forgiven and free
from the power of Satan. And then you can begin to live the life God has called you
to live and have the guaranteed assurance that when you die you will go to heaven. If you have never asked Christ to forgive
you of your sin, if you don’t know what it is to have the certainty of heaven, if
you are living in turmoil, respond to this opportunity I will give you as we close in
prayer. Father now I pray for every person hearing this message. I pray that You will
help them to see their need for You. Help them to see the rip off the enemy has perpetrated
in their life. Help them to turn to You for forgiveness and salvation now so they can
know with certainty they will go to heaven when they die.
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