Spiritual Warfare Training Manual. Psy.D. / Philothea

the west they'll fear the name of God,

      in the east they'll fear the glory of God,

      For he'll arrive like a river in flood stage,

      whipped to a torrent by the wind of God.

      20 "I'll arrive in Zion as Redeemer,

      to those in Jacob who leave their sins."

      God's Decree.

      21 "As for me," God says, "this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I've placed upon you and the words that I've given you to speak, they're not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and won't ever stop." God's orders.

      You see, we are given the same armor worn by God Himself!! Powerful stuff!

      Know who you are in Christ

      It is vital to know who you are in Christ and to understand the authority you have through Christ.

      You are loved 1John 3:3

      You are accepted Ephesians 1:6

      You are a child of God John 1:12

      You are Jesus' friend John 15:14

      You are a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him Romans 8:17

      You are united with God and one spirit with Him 1Corinthians 6:17

      You are a temple of God. His spirit and his life live in you 1 Corinthians 6:19

      You are a member of Christ's body 1 Corinthians 12:27

      You are a Saint Ephesians 1:1

      You are redeemed and forgiven Colossians 1:13

      You are complete in Jesus Christ Colossians 2:10

      You are free from condemnation Romans 8:1

      You are a new creation because you are in Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17

      You are chosen of God, holy and dearly loved Colossians 3:12

      You are established, anointed, and sealed by God 2 Corinthians 1:21

      You do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind 2 Timothy 1:7

      You a God's co-worker 2 Corinthians 6:1

      You are seated in heavenly places with Christ Ephesians 2:6

      You have direct access to God Ephesians 2:18

      You are chosen to bear fruit John 15:16

      You are one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house 1 Peter 2:5

      You have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God 2 Peter 1:4

      You can always know the presence of God because He never leaves you Hebrews 13:5

      God works in you to help you do the things that He wants you to do Philippians 2:13

      You can ask God for wisdom and He will give you what you need James 1:5

      Luke 9

      1 THEN JESUS called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, 2And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing.

      Luke 10:19

      19 Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.

      So now, you know who you are in Christ, you know that you are in a battle. Know too that you are not left defenseless! Don your spiritual armor. Don't leave home without it! (and keep it on at home too; sometimes that's a battlefield as well.)

      Belt of Truth-Breastplate of Righteousness

      Ephesians 6:14

      “Stand therefore , having your loins girt about with truth , and having on the breastplate of righteousness”

      A belt, or "girdle" as it is called in the KJV, implies something by which you are bound. A bond of truth, as it were. Let truth encircle you, let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. The girdle of truth protects you from the waist down. Here is what TRUTH- alētheia means:

      reality, a fact, a certainty

      free from pretense, falsehood, deceit, not fictitious

      Adherence to what is true will protect. For instance, be mindful of what is truly good for you and eat only that which is truly good. That will protect your stomach and the rest of your digestive system. Truth will protect your loins; the region we refer to as our “privates.”

      (Gen 35:11)

      And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty : be fruitful and multiply ; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ;

      What is the “truth” concerning your loins? Sex is reserved for marriage and only within the marriage. Marriage is the bond. Be free from Untruths such as pretense, falsehood, deceit, or fictitious relationships.

      BREASTPLATE of RIGHTEOUSNESS -

      Being in right standing with God protects your heart. In a broad sense: it is the state of being as we ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God.

      The breastplate protects you from the waist up to your neck. Your heart is protected and God's got your back.

      How do we attain righteousness? This is what Matthew Henry says about that:

      Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

      3:21-26 Must guilty man remain under wrath? Is the wound for ever incurable? No; blessed be God, there is another way laid open for us. This is the righteousness of God; righteousness of his ordaining, and providing, and accepting. It is by that faith which has Jesus Christ for its object; an anointed Saviour, so Jesus Christ signifies. Justifying faith respects Christ as a Saviour, in all his three anointed offices, as Prophet, Priest, and King; trusting in him, accepting him, and cleaving to him: in all these, Jews and Gentiles are alike welcome to God through Christ. There is no difference, his righteousness is upon all that believe; not only offered to them, but put upon them as a crown, as a robe. It is free grace, mere mercy; there is nothing in us to deserve such favours. It comes freely unto us, but Christ bought it, and paid the price. And faith has special regard to the blood of Christ, as that which made the atonement. God, in all this, declares his righteousness. It is plain that he hates sin, when nothing less than the blood of Christ would satisfy for it. And it would not agree with his justice to demand the debt, when the Surety has paid it, and he has accepted that payment in full satisfaction.

      We can't earn it; we can't buy it, but righteousness is impugned upon us through our faith in Jesus Christ. Without faith it is impossible to please God.

      Hebrews 11:1-6

      1 NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

      2 For by [faith--trust and holy fervor born of faith] the men of old had divine testimony borne to them and obtained a good report.

      3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.

      4 [Prompted, actuated] by faith Abel brought God a better and more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, because of which it was testified of him that he was righteous [that he was upright and in right standing with God], and God bore witness by accepting and acknowledging his gifts. And though he died, yet [through