Summary of the Armor of God

August 14 after church is our annual picnic.

There are many different levels of spiritual warfare, yet there are times when the battle is at a foundational battle. So the book is
Biblical Foundations of Freedom by Art Matthias
When Adam and Eve sinned, they hid from God. We have the same tendency. "When we chose to sin, we open the door for Satan's demons to manifest their nature through us."

Francis Frangipane says: By us being disobedient we give the enemy access to that area of our life. The mind, church and the heavenly places, these are the three battlegrounds.

We need to also recognize and discern the enemy. (Isaiah 5:13)

God's kingdom versus Satan's kingdom. The nature of God is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, virtue, purity, etc.

Satan's nature is rejection, hatred, violence, jealousy and envy, condemnation, etc.

The finished work of Jesus on the cross must be appropriated every day. Like the Israelites receiving their manna daily, we need to get our spiritual food daily, and to have sustenance for our spiritual man. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said to seek first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you.

Colossians 1:13
Colossians 2:15
Hebrews 2:14
These three passages are building up on what Jesus did, all the miracles. And these verses show how God is the same yesterday, today and forever. When Jesus walked on the earth He was fully divine and fully man, the mystery is that he fully emptied Himself. He appropriated the power of God.

1 John 4:4
Luke 9:1,2
Matthew 16:18,19
Some say that the "revelation from the Father" is the rock on which the church will be built.

Mark 11:22,24
Matthew 21:22
John 14:12
Revelation 12:11

Also, Romans 6:12-22 Let us not allow sin to reign in our body.

Ephesians 4:22-24 Put on the new man.