Spiritual Warfare & Worship

2 Corinthians 10:4, 8 “Our weapons are mighty…our authority is entrusted and commissioned”

• Satan's goal is to take away all attention from Jesus. (his 1st goal was to take you to hell…) Since he couldn't do that, he now seeks to pull your love for Jesus away. He does this to us by bringing about all kinds of attacks in various forms that will cause us to turn away our attention from the faithfulness and character of God. This is known as an imagination being made into a high thing, as Paul is describing.

Imagination logismos>consideration, counsel
High thing hupsoma>something made high, elevated. Figuratively used of a proud adversary.

• We are called to bring into subjection these high things, by the weapons of our warfare..

According to 2 Corinthians 10:6-8, we have both weapons and authority (the right, full power) from God in which to do this.

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WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH A WORSHIP STUDY??
Answer: Worship is divinely powerful before God. There is no better way to exalt God and cast down the enemy than by worshipping God!

...God always comes to the rescue of his people when they are boldfaced praising His Name.
• We’ve seen the example of agonizing prayer….but worship is also divinely powerful.
• The bible doesn’t say explicitly “Worship is a weapon”..but neither does it of prayer! We had to dig deep to find that.
Check out these gnarly examples of God's people worshipping, and th results that followed:
- 2 Chronicles 20 “When nothing is going right”
- Acts 16 “Trials”
- Joshua 6 “Persistence”

With these biblical examples of worship and the examples of prayer within the spiritual realm [Daniel] we can safely understand that there is battle going on with demonic forces when we worship Jesus! Plus….

Ephesians 6:12,13 “Put on the full armor of God so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against…
Principalities = heads of demons
Powers = demons
Rulers = Satan

So... Here is a summary of what the Bible teaches us about worship:
Our battle, in which we have been given heavenly authority(2Cor10:8), is in the spiritual realm(Eph6:12), against demonic forces(Eph6:13), and the most powerful way(2Cor10:4) we fight is by praying and worshipping Jesus! (2Chron20, Acts16, Joshua6)

Youth- ARE YOU DOING THIS?

As you worship the King of kings and Lord of lords, don't worry about the battle that is being engaged. Just know that it is happening, but keep your eyes on the Lord (2 Chronicles 19:12). The focus of our worship is Jesus Christ. Spiritual warfare is just a side effect.

God bless you all. Stay alert. Move forward by the filling of the Holy Spirit, and...
Worship the Lord:)

~Chris