STUDY II. THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE.

 

We learn that our fight is not against human beings and the weapons of our warfare are not made by humans. Eph 6:12, 2Cor 10:4

It's very important to know the enemy we are fighting because he often hinds himself so that we don't recognise him. 

Every child of God has strength to fight but unfortunately many fight the wrong things.

If you fight with human beings, you will never succeed fighting the devil. The devil uses strife, to drain you, and you must never strive or argue with anyone for anything. 2Tim 2:23-24. if you are serious about fighting the the devil.

Now that we know what not to do, let us us look at the weapons themselves.

1. THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS.

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,Phil 2:9-10

The devil and all the demons must bow at the name of Jesus.

The devil fears the name of Jesus when it is mentioned. It can destroy all the works of the enemy and we must learn to use it against the enemy.

David said to Goliath, that I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of armies...1Sam 17:45 and he slew Goliath.

Goliath is a picture of the devil. We must go against Him only in the name of Jesus Christ.

2. THE POWER OF PRAYER AND FASTING.

This is another weapon to fight against the devil. It's much neglected by modern Christianity but it has power to loose the yokes of the enemy.

Jesus said that some demons can only come out with prayer and fasting. Mathew 17:21.

There are some oppressions and attacks of the devil you may face which will only be overcome when you decide to pray and fast.

Isaiah 58:6 .“Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke?

We see here that there are some sins which may enslave you and can only be overcome through fasting.

There are yokes that make your life miserable and limit your life and make you fruitless and hinder everything you try to do or accomplish. You will live in that oppression until you get tired of it and break free from it through prayer and fasting.  

Gen 27:40b

But it shall come about when you become restless, That you will break his yoke from your neck.”

Don't be satisfied with living under the oppression of the enemy, decide to break free, decide to seek God through prayer and fasting 

There was a decree to kill all the jews which couldn't be changed in Esther's time but prayer and fasting made what could not be changed null and void. Esther 4,5,6,7

Pray and fasting has power to change that impossible situation and make it possible.

Jer 29:11-13 tells us that God has good plans for us, our responsibility is that we may seek Him with all our hearts and those promises would be fulfilled. Daniel having read this promise in Jeremiah, decided to pray and seek God through prayer and fasting. Dan 9:2-3.

Through this, God's promise was fulfilled in Israel. 

Daniel read God's promise and he not only believed, but sought God through prayer and fasting, what about you, when you see God's promises, what else do you do?

When was the last time you fasted and prayed?