Dr. David Jeremiah - The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book

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The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book

2016 by Dr. David Jeremiah

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Contents

M icroeconomics is about your ATM activity; macroeconomics is about global financial markets. There is a big picture and a small picture to everythingeven the spiritual life.

Understandably, most people focus on the micro issues in lifewhats happening to me today. But without a solid biblical backdrop (the macro view), todays challenges can be misunderstood and can cause discouragement. The biblical context for viewing all of lifes events is called spiritual warfarethe age-old conflict between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light. Paul says in Colossians 1:13 that God has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.

The ruler of the powers of darkness, Satan, is none too happy about what God has accomplished in Christ. So Satans main goal is to destroy the faith of Christians by getting us to doubt Gods goodness, love, forgiveness, protection, provision, and promises. When Satan choreographs difficult circumstances in our lives, it is not just to inflict pain; it is for the purpose of destroying our trust in God.

We know from Scripture that Satan will not win the spiritual war, but every time he gets a Christian to give up on God, he wins a spiritual battle. The Bible begins (Genesis 3:15) and ends (Revelation 20:8) with Satan attempting to deceive humanity in order to make God look bad.

The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book reveals Satans strategies against God and manthe big picture. But it also describes the Christians path to spiritual victory: how to defeat Satan and remain faithful to God in lifes most challenging moments.

Although Satan has been given temporary freedom to oppose God in this world (1 John 5:19), Christ came to ultimately destroy his efforts (1 John 3:8). In the interim, God gives us promises and power by which we can win every spiritual battle (1 Corinthians 10:13).