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YAG 16th Retreat : Session 1
25 October 2012
YAG 16th RETREAT
25-27 October 2012
Theme: Spiritual Warfare
(Time: 8.00 pm)
Message #1 Thursday, 25 October 2012
GOALS OF THE RETREAT
1. To instruct
2. To waken
3. To warn
4. To challenge
5. To equip
6. To be strengthened
7. To resist
8. To enlist soldiers for spiritual warfare
9. To engage in spiritual warfare
10. To win spiritual battles
THE DOCTRINE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE
1. Reference to Spiritual Warfare
a) Specific reference to spiritual warfare
b) Significant reference to spiritual warfare
2. Biblical writers
a) The apostle Paul
i) Ephesians 2:1-3 The prince of the power of the air
ii) Ephesians 6:10-18 Principalities and powers
iii) 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Satan hinders
iv) 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Workings of Satan
v) 1 Timothy 4:1 Deceiving spirits, doctrines of demons
vi) 2 Timothy 2:26 Snare of the devil
b) The apostle John
i) Revelation 12:9 The great dragon, that serpent of old, the Devil, Satan
ii) 1 John 3:8 The works of the devil
iii) 1 John 3:12 The wicked one
iv) 1 John 4:3 The spirit of the Antichrist
c) The apostle Peter
i) 1 Peter 5:8 The devil, a roaring lion
ii) 1 Peter 5:9 Resisting the devil through a steadfast faith
3. What is Spiritual Warfare?
a) Our adversaries
i) Satan
ii) Principalities and powers
iii) False teachers/false prophets
b) Their goals
i) To oppose
ii) To harm
iii) To deceive
iv) To ensnare
v) To hinder/obstruct
vi) To destroy
vii) To set up an ungodly-worldly system
viii) To cause to rebel and sin against God
c) Their strategy
“The working of Satan” 2 Thessalonians 2:9
i) To snatch away God’s word Matthew 13:19
ii) To sow tares Matthew 13:39
iii) Possession Gospels (In the days of Jesus and the Apostles)
iv) Suffering (Persecution) 1 Peter 5:9
v) Thorn in the flesh 2 Corinthians 12:7 (messenger of Satan)
vi) Unrighteous Deception 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
vii) Doctrines 1 Timothy 4:1-2
4. Appropriate response
a) Understanding what it takes to be a good soldier of Christ 2 Timothy 2
b) Desire to engage in spiritual warfare
c) Put on the armour of God
d) Prepare for battle