Spiritual Warfare

(Study Sheet Compiled by Brother Zack Guess)

I. Know Your Enemy

A. Your own flesh (sinful nature)® Jer. 17: 9; 2 Tim. 2: 22; Gal. 5: 17; Rom. 7: 18; Rom. 6: 12, 13.

B. The World (your environment), Satan uses this to entice us. He has been doing this since he enticed Adam and Eve in the garden. (2 Cor. 2: 11; 11: 3).

1. 1 John 2: 15-17.

2. Matt. 4: 1-10.

3. Gen. 3: 6.

4. Philosophy (Secular Humanism), Pornography, Music, Peer Pressure, Materialism, etc.

C. The Devil and his demons.

1. The Devil®James 4: 7; 1 Peter 5: 8.

2. Demons®Eph. 6: 11, 12; 1 Tim. 4: 1.

II. Know Your Weapons® 2 Corinthians 10:4 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds”…). 2 Tim. 3: 16, 17.

A. The Word of God®Eph. 6: 17. See how Jesus used this weapon in the Wilderness (Matt. 4).

1. Get acquainted with the Bible.

2. How to study the Bible.

3. How to use the Bible® 2 Timothy 3: 16.

a) Memorization®Psalm 119: 9, 11.

b) Develop daily reading program®Either the Bible will keep you away from sin, or sin will keep you away from the Bible!

B. Prayer

1. How to pray.

2. Develop daily prayer life.

3. Prayer of confession and repentance®1 John 1: 9. Ps. 51.

4. Importunate prayer.

5. Intercessory prayer.

6. Prayer for rulers.

7. Thanksgiving and praise.

8. Particular Biblical Prayers (Hosea 14: 2)

a) Psalm 19: 12-14

C. Godly friends®Prov. 13: 20; Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12; 1 Cor. 15: 33.

1. Establish personal accountability.

2. Read Biographies.