Our heavenly Father is a legal father. QUIZ: (LESSON 4,5 AND 6) Our heavenly Father is a legal father. The heavenly Father desires worship, prayer, faith and true sonship. The Lord Jesus Christ is both human and God. The Lord Jesus Christ was compassionate, meek, gentle and loving. The Holy Spirit is our Eternal Counselor.

The Holy Spirit teaches us and reminds us all things in Christ. QUIZ: (LESSON 4,5 AND 6) The Holy Spirit teaches us and reminds us all things in Christ. Water Baptism is an act of obedience. We have been given authority by the Lord Jesus Christ to evangelize. Witnessing should be part of our daily lives and is an ______ call. Witnessing involves ________ (being friendly).

LESSON 7: KNOW YOUR ENEMY

I. SPIRITUAL WARFARE When a person commits his life to Jesus Christ and desires to follow Him, through life, an entire ARRAY OF FORCE begin to seek to DESTROY that commitment and severe that person’s relationship to Christ

II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN His Origin Satan was one of GOD’S ANGELS who decided that he wanted to TAKE God’s place and become the RULER of the universe; thus his principle of sin was PRIDE.

II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN His Origin As a result of his rebellion, his nature become CORRUPT and he became the ultimate source of all evil in the universe. As an enemy of God, Satan also became the enemy of any human being who wants to SERVE God. (1 Peter 5:8)

II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN His Activity Satan exercises an INFLUENCE over all people by means of his ability to TEMPT them to sin and to BLIND them to the light of the Gospel message.

II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN His Activity As part of his work of DECEPTION, we can identify all the world’s CULTS and religious system which delude people into thinking that they are right with God. (2 Corinthians 4:3-4)

Satan and the Christian II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN Satan and the Christian The only way that Satan can influence the Christian is by deceiving him into thinking that he (Satan) has CONTROL over us. (John 8:44)

Satan and the Christian II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN Satan and the Christian In OVERCOMING Satan’s attack through temptation and deception, here are things we need to know:

Satan and the Christian II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN Satan and the Christian In warfare, we must constantly be on the ALERT, so it is with our adversary, Satan. (1 Peter 5:8) Christians must submit to God to RESIST Satan and his cohorts. (1 Peter 5:9, James 4:7)

Satan and the Christian II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN Satan and the Christian We do not need to DEFEAT Satan ourselves because Jesus Christ has defeated him and DELIVERED us from his power by dying for us on the cross. We will just let Satan know that we know (by faith) that he has NO POWER over us.

Satan and the Christian II. OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: SATAN Satan and the Christian 2 Corinthians 2:6-11 emphasizes the importance of FORGIVENESS within the body of Christ for Satan wants to DESTROY the bond of LOVE among believers which is the most important PROOF that we are true DICIPLES.

OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE FLESH” Definition This term refers to a principle within each person which causes them to REBEL against God’s commandments and thus to SIN. (Romans 7:23)

OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE FLESH” Dealing with the Flesh If we are to live as Christ wants to, we must constantly put this part of our nature to DEATH by refusing to SUBMIT to its desires and instead subjecting ourselves to the INDWELLING Holy Spirit who is seeking to lead us into a life of holiness and RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Romans 8:4,12-14)

OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE FLESH” Walking in the Spirit This is the key to putting to death the INFLUENCE of the sinful nature. This is done by SETTING our minds on the things of the Spirit which means simply that we must learn more and more to give each moment of our thought life to God.

OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE FLESH” Walking in the Spirit This includes thinking over the TRUTHS of Scripture as well as PRAYING and giving praise and THANKSGIVING to God in our hearts continuously. (Galatians 5:16, Psalms 119:11, Ephesians 5:1-20)

OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE WORLD” Definition This refers to “the spirit of the Age”, that is the ATTITUDES of human society with all its VALUES, GOALS and LIFESTYLE which leave God totally out of the picture. (1 John 2:15-17)

Our Mission to the World OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE WORLD” Our Mission to the World Christians are people who have been SENT into the world by Jesus Christ in order to PROCLAIM the Good News of Salvation and make disciples of all men.

Our Mission to the World OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY: “THE WORLD” Our Mission to the World We must see ourselves as GOD’S AMBASSADORS, His representatives with a message to our fellowmen. We are here not to CONFORM to it but to see it TRANSFORMED by the power of the Gospel. (John 20:21, Matthew 28:19-20, 2 Cor. 5:20)

SPIRITUAL WEAPONRY Our Armor

(Are you right with God?) Breastplate of Righteousness (A life that is above accusation) Helmet of Salvation (Are you right with God?) Shield of Faith (Our faith in God and His promises will sustain us) Belt of Truth (We will triumph in Him) Gospel of Peace (We are Christ’s Ambassador)

SPIRITUAL WEAPONRY Our Weapons The Word of God Prayer

SPIRITUAL WEAPONRY Our Weapons Paul emphasized that we do not wage war ACCORDING to the FLESH that is, with purely human strengths, but rather, we must learn to fight using God’s DIVINELY POWER WEAPONS being “…strong in the LORD and in the strength of His might. (2 Corinthians 10:3-4, Ephesians 6:10)