Sermon Notes 4/28 – Cosmic Conflict

  Ephesians 6:10-20

verse 12 – Struggle or wrestle – is an intense hand to hand conflict/a spiritual battle

        – we do not wrestle against people, but against demon forces

        – do not make the battoe personal

1. Demons are against things

2. Satan uses 4 levels of demons to come against believers

-the word against is used 4 times in verse 12

-4 levels of demonic forces – verse 12

       1. Principalities – hold high positions of authority & oversee other demons

       2. Powers – receive delegated authority from the principalities

       3. Rulers of the darkness of this world

-this is the military aspect of demonic forces – are an organized army

       4. Spiritual wickedness in high places –

wickedness – means something vicious that wants to constantly pull us down

verse 13 – not everything is from the devil and demons

able – the Lord has given us an excessive dose of supernatural, miraculous, dynamic, ability, power and authority to walk in victory over demonic forces

Resist – we get the word antihistamine.  It relieves irritations from allergies and unclogs barriers so we can breathe well…

Matthew 4:1-11

-resist the enemy in the evil day with the Word of God

          The Evil Day

-this is a huge attack of the enemy

-they will come at certain times, but not all of the time

-Having done all – Stand

        *Jesus did everything to defeat the devil and demonic forces