Post on 30-Dec-2015
2Sa 22:35 He teaches my hands to war, so that my hands may
bend a bow of bronze.2Sa 22:36 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and
Your gentleness has made me great
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
A. Knowledge Is Needed
a. The Flesh
1. Knowledge of the enemy
1Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I exhort you as
temporary residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war
against the soul,
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
1Jo 2:15 Love not the world, neither the
things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in
him.
a. The Flesh b. The World
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
a. The Flesh b. The World c. Satan
1Pe 5:8 Be sensible and vigilant, because
your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking someone he may devour;
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
2. Knowledge of tactics
2Co 2:11 Lest Satan should get an
advantage of us: for we are not ignorant
of his devices
1. Knowledge of the enemy
3. Knowledge of weaponry
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare
are not fleshly, but mighty through God
1. Knowledge of the enemy
2. Knowledge of tactics
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
B. Experience Is Needed
1Ti 3:6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he may
fall into the condemnation of the
Devil.
A. Knowledge Is Needed
Exo 13:17 And it happened, when
Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by
the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near. For God said,
Lest the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.
Jdg 3:1 And these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, as many as had not known all the wars of
Canaan; 2 only that the generations of the sons of
Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least those who before knew nothing of it:
Exo 17:16 And he said, A hand is on the throne of Jehovah; war is to
Jehovah with Amalek from generation to generation.
Psa 144:1 A Psalm of David. Blessed is Jehovah my Rock, who
teaches My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Last Week
Essentials For Victory In Warfare
Knowledge Is NeededKnowledge of the enemy
Satan – Flesh - WorldKnowledge of tactics
Knowledge of weaponry
Experience Is Needed
Confidence In Christ:
Impacts Our Thinking
I Can Do… Action
all things… Faith
through Christ… DependenceWho strengthens me… Power
Illustration Of False Confidence
Isa 36:5 "I say, 'Your counsel and strength for the war are only
empty words.' Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled
against me?
Our Confidence Will Be Tested By The Enemy
1Sa 4:9 "Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves
to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and
fight."
Confidence In ChristCommitment To Christ
1Ki 18:21 …How long are you hesitating over two opinions? If
Jehovah is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, then follow him. And the
people did not answer him a word
The Cause Of Christ
Confidence In ChristCommitment To Christ
I Sam. 17:28… Is there not a cause.
Pray More
Unite More
Give More Expect More
Jos 1:15 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, even as you, and they also have possessed the land which
Yahweh your God gives them
Jos 1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying: We will do all that you
command us, and wherever you send us we will go.
Josh. 1:14…But you shall go armed before your brothers, all the mighty men of valor, and help them
The Cause Of Christ
Confidence In ChristCommitment To Christ
Soldiers Of ChristFaith In Christ
Num 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and possess it. For we
are well able to overcome it.
Both faith and fear are contagious
Num 13:27 And they told him and said, We came to the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey. And this is the fruit of it.
Num 13:28 However, the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are walled, very great. And also
we saw the children of Anak there.
2Sa 21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.