Exposing Witchcraft in the Church

E XPOSING W ITCHCRAFT IN THE C HURCH Because the battle we fight is not political but spiritual, we have tnhoet atnhsew pe ro lai nt idc i tahnes .wIet a' sp oans s itfo tsht eo pwi th—o lteh euanni vs we resre i swneorte t hsec rme ai lmi t ai nr yg ,, "sWomaektehuinpg,."church! Wake up to your destiny and to your heritage. Do T HE F ULL A RMOR B EFORE LISTING THE WEAPONS OF BATTLE in Ephesians 6, Paul prefaces his eGxopdl,asnoa tt hi oant ww hi tehnat hp ei edc ea yo of fa ed vvii lc ce o: m" Tehse, ryeof uo rme apyu bt eo na bt lhee t fou sl lt aanr md yo or uorf ground, and after you have done everything, to stand" (Eph. 6 :13, NIV ). Twice in Ephesians 6, Paul exhorts the believer to put on the full armor of God. In the Greek language, full armor is denoted by only one word— panoplia —from which we derive the English word panoply. A pp aa nn oo pp ll yy dreenf eortse s tao s itnhgel ecuo nmi tp loeftaer ma romr .sT ha ne dw aarrrmi oorrd ooef san ' twwaer ar iroor .n lAy pt hi ee c feusl l opf aanr ompol yr , t thhaet wa raer rcioomr fi so rl teasbs l et hoarn ceof nf evcetni vi ee nat nbde cs auus cs ee pwt i ibt lheo ut ot inju P ry au . l continues by explaining what the panoply—the full armor— is: a n dSht aanvdi n gt hoenr etfhoer eb, rhe aa vs ti np gl a tyeooufr rliog ihntse ogui rs tn easbso; uAtn dw iyt oh utrr uf eteht, st ahkoidn gwt iht eh sthhiee l dp roefpfaari at ht i, own hoefr et wh ei t hg oysep sehl aol lf bpee aa cbel e; At ob qo vu ee naclhl , as al ll vtahtei o nf i, earnyd dt haer tsswoofr dt hoef t hwei cSkpei rdi.t , Awnhdi c ht aiks et htehwe ohr edl mo f eGt o od f: Pa nr adywi nagt cahl wi n ag ytsh ewr ietuhnat ol l wp ri tahy ea rl l ap ne dr s es vu eprpal ni ccaet iaonnd i snu tphpel i cSaptiiroi tn, for all saints. —Ephesians 6 :14-18 It is important to understand the function of each piece of armor. 100