What are you battling today? Remember our true fight is on a spiritual plane!Today's Scripture:
Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world's darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world.
Ephesians 6:12
Sometimes Fran becomes dismayed. As she reads the daily newspapers, she often feels heaviness in her heart. She wants to do something to counter people who promote illicit sex or try to curb religious expression. She doesn't like confrontation with outsiders.
Ephesians 6:12 tells another story of the world. It isn't you versus "them." Instead, it's you plus God, God's people, and God's angels versus the real enemies of God - demons, fallen angels, and Satan. You are not alone my brothers and sisters! It isn't your battle. It is a battle the whole world is engaged in, and God is on your side. Seeing the world through the lens of Ephesians 6:12 will change your perspective. God is in this with you. It isn't the people of the world you must fight, but forces beyond this world who simply use those people as their pawns. My son likes to play a video game on the computer called "Ages of War" and in it the soldiers march into battle from both sides much like the game lemmings I remembers from back over 20 years ago. They march blindly into battle and when the battle begins to seem that your side can't defeat the other you play what I call the "act of God button". Fire or lighting comes from the sky and destroys the enemy. Such is life.
Selah people' and friends when you and I feel evil in the world, you are not actually fighting against other people. The people who think it is okay to take a life or act in immoral manner aren't your enemies. Instead, the battle rages on a spiritual level all about you. That's where the true battle rages. From that spiritual plane come the temptations, deceptions, and scams that fill your world. When you do battle in prayer or service, or when you tell others the good news that God loves them, you are battling those forces as much as anything in this world.
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The true battle my friends is on a spiritual plane. You must fight it with God's spiritual tools and weapons...truthfulness, righteousness, peacemaking. Use those tools, and victory will be God's and yours."
The true battle my friends is on a spiritual plane. You must fight it with God's spiritual tools and weapons...truthfulness, righteousness, peacemaking. Use those tools, and victory will be God's and yours."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston
Selah Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Four Oaks, NC
If you missed our Sunday message are beyond or physical address please listen online at the following link:
Sermon: "Christ Kingdom Is Not of This World"
Scripture: John 18: 33-37
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