By Elder James W. Parroott, Jr.

Copyright(C)2012.James Parrott.Treasure The Moment Ministries. All Rights Reserved.

 

Introduction:Spiritual Warfare is CSI(Circumastances, Situations, Issues) in everyday life facing the believer. The Christian must fight this fight; however, the CSI are not alays the same. This is the mistake believers can make in their as believers(see  https://jamesparrott1.tripod.com/treasurethemomentministriesinc/id76.html

"Standing and State of Believers".

     Saints of God must no when a spritual problem is of the Devil, or when it involves common sense, and when it involves knowlege(authority). This is called cause and effect of spiritual warfare, because the causes may be one of these categories, but the effects will be spiritual. The Children of Israel were in this captivity and facing holocaust, but God needed not a prophet priest in this situation, but a principality(Queen Esther).

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1.  Three Areas of Spiritual Warfare--Matt. 4:1-11

   A. Cause--Flesh--Matt. 4:1-4

           Temptation--Physical Hunger

 

   B. Causes--Mental Intellectual--Matt. 4:5-7

           Challenging knowedge of the Word of God

   C. Causes---Spiritual---Matt. 4:8-11

            Demanding of worship for favors

11. Strategy of The Devil Which Are Causes(Root Strongmen

      That Always End Up Having Spiritual Consequences, But

      Its Beginnings are Not Always Spiritual.

   A. Curiosity(Gen. 3:1:5;)---Flesh--Adam-Eve

   B. Ambition(Luke 10:17-21)---70 Disciples

   C. Desires(1 John2:15;Psa.27:4;11 Tim.4:10--Demas

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111. Knowing How To Fight(11 Cor. 4:1);Co. 3:1-5)

  A. Fleshly Curious Nature--Common Sense/Nature

      1. 1 Cor. 7:6;1 Cor. 11:14---The Will of God(Rom. 12:1-2)

          1 Cor. 4:4,5;1 Cor. 10:23

  B. Ambition Anointing Nature---God's Word and His Power

      1. 1 John 4:1-6; Hos.4:6

  C. Desires Authority Nature--The Love of God But Also

                                                        Deep Knowledge

     1. 1 Cor. 2:9,10; Acts 22:25-28;Esther 4:14-16

     2. Deep Relationship with God but also having

         Authority(Academic Knowledge andScientific

        Knowledge, Legal Knowledge, Political Economic

        Positions of Power)

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CONCLUSION: The Apostle lets us to know our warfare deals with the Flesh(Rom. 7:,5-7, 14, 18;Mind(Rom.7:23; the Spirit(Rom. 7:6;11 Cor. 10:4,5). God created Evil(Isa. 45:6,7;James 1:12-15), but he did not create sin(1 John 3:4;Rom. 6:1-6). You can eat an apple, but not the leaves.The Fruit of a plant can be poisonous or by a doctor used as medicine, but its not for you to use. This is why spiritual warfare the WHY,WHEN, WHERE,HOW is very necessary lest we make a shipwreck and mockery(1 Tim 1:19;11 Tim 2:15).