Ephesians 6 Part 3
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
I.Ephesians 6 Stand in Victory
Outline – The Book of Ephesians
A. Standing in God’s Armor
1. (Eph. 6:10-13)
a. Who is our enemy? (1 Pet. 5:8 NLT)
b. Why does Satan hate mankind?
~(Isa. 14:12-17 NKJV) Satan wants to be like God and God casts him out of heaven.
~(Eze. 28:12-19 NLT) Satan’s pride
~(Gen. 1:26-28) God made man to reflect, rule and replenish.
-Satan deceives man in the Garden
~(Gen. 3:14-15 NKJV) 1st prophecy about Jesus
~(Matt. 28:18-20 NKJV)
2. (Eph. 6:10-13) the whole armor of God.
a. (v10) We’re not to be strong in and of ourselves. It’s His power, His might and His armor!
b. (v11) Put on the whole armor of God (7 pieces) in order to stand against the wiles of the devil.
~(Isa. 59:16-17) Jesus wore this spiritual armor.
~wiles – craft, deceit, cunning devices
-(John 10:10) steal, kill and destroy
-(John 8:44) father of lies
-(Col. 2:15 AMPC) Satan’s weapons are temptation and deception. He needs your consent, cooperation and participation.
c. (v12) Our battles are spiritual even though the fruit of the problem is physical.
d. (v13) withstand – to set one’s self against, oppose, resist; stand – to make firm, fixed, established.
wrestle 1time vs. stand 4 times
[Pastor Lee Stokes]