March 7, 2012 – Spiritual Warfare Basics part 3

It’s getting dark out there so we are leaving the LIGHT on!
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The title of this article is “warfare basics” so let’s keep it simple and stick with the basics of spiritual warfare.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6 ( NKJV ) ³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.  ⁴For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,  ⁵casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,  ⁶and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 10:2-6 ( KJV ) ²But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.  ³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  ⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)  ⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;  ⁶And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

There is an interesting term in this scripture – the obedience of Christ.  What is the “obedience of Christ”, what is “your obedience”-how do we find it and fulfill it?

Luke 11:2 (NKJV) – ²Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

John 5:19 (NKJV) – ¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

John 5:30 (NKJV)  ³⁰I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

John 8:28 (NKJV) – ²⁸Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.

John 10:30 (NKJV) ³⁰“I and My Father are one”.

We find the obedience, or submission, of Messiah/Christ by seeing and following the examples of the Lord’s submission to the Father.  His obedience becomes our obedience.

That example is found in the Word and the guidelines of it are found in the Ten Commandments and the things the Lord did while He was on Earth.

Our thoughts (perceptions) have to line up with His Word and the One who the Word is about.  It’s not optional.  Your opinion, or argument/imagination about His Word, is not going to help you.  In fact, you argument/imagination makes you no better then Satan and enjoins you in his rebellion.

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