Spiritual Warfare is an important topic in the Bible. There are over 130 passages that say something about Satan and his follower’s activity including attacking or trying to attack people. Here are a few examples.
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Spiritual warfare is a term like the word "Trinity." It isn't in the Bible. Just as "Trinity" is a good word to describe what the Bible teaches about God, spiritual warfare is a good term to describe the spiritual conflict described in the Bible. Every serious student of the Bible agrees spiritual warfare exists. That’s where the agreement ends. There’s a wide range of opinion as to exactly what it means. There are at least 7 different views regarding the nature of spiritual warfare.
This wide range of views has had some unfortunate consequences.
This causes other problems! Here are two biblical warnings for all of us.
Would you know if your thoughts were led astray by Satan? Do you know how to resist him?
You can know! You can resist Satan! God would not tell us to do something unless it were possible to do it.
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In coming posts we’re going to dig deeper into this important topic. We will see what the Bible says about spiritual warfare. We will learn to recognize and resist it. And we will understand we have nothing to fear.
What do you think? Do you have a view of spiritual warfare different from what I listed above? Please leave a question or comment below.
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