The Rules of Engagement

Gearing Up for Battle

better than strength…Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. —Emphasis added The Word of God In Ephesians 6 we find the spiritual armor that we are to gird ourselves with. Verse 17 talks about one of the most formidable weapons we have access to—the Word of God, which is referred to in this text as the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit. The sword of the Spirit enables us to quickly and keenly discern spirits, thoughts, and intents (Heb. 4:12). The name of Jesus The name of Jesus calls us to repentance (Acts 2:38). It is by repentance, as we have already discovered, that God gives us a change of mind, and we are then able to ward off the temptations of the enemy. In Philippians 2:9–11 we read, “God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (emphasis added). The person of Jesus With Jesus dwelling in us, we are greater than any power at work in the world (1 John 4:4). The anointing According to Isaiah 10:27, every burden that is on our shoulders and every yoke around our necks will be destroyed by the power of the anointing. The anointing is the power, provisions, and presence of God manifested through the person of the Holy Spirit. The prophetic anointing Revelation 11:5–6 talks about the power of the prophetic in the midst of spiritual warfare: “And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.”

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