Into the hearts and
home of my parents so long ago,
I was born, raised,
and there, Christ Jesus I came to know.
As a mere babe,
into their church I was introduced.
Growing and hearing
God’s Word, faith in me was produced.
Into my young heart,
I asked Jesus to come on board,
Then grew to
understand the meaning of Him as ‘Lord’.
Both at home and
church, saints’ would pray fervent prayer,
Thus I came to know
the roots of spirit warfare.
By God’s Spirit,
Earth was created and richly endowed.
Into Earth, spirits
of good and evil He has allowed.
He added human
spirits to this design,
With the choice: ‘With
which of these groups to align’.
He sent His Word
and Christ so to us Light would dawn,
So we’d have a clue
of what’s really going on.
His Word speaks of
a war on page-after page,
That started in
Heaven and now through us rage.
This war started
when Lucifer wanted to be God,
And a third of
God’s holy angels thought that wasn’t odd!
So in rebellion,
they attempted a coup d’etat.
‘To hell with you!’ They were kicked out of utopia!
But this sentence
on those whom God overthrew,
Has only been
carried out on but a few. 1
On the rest, this
sentence has been postponed,
Until some future
time to us unknown. 2
Meanwhile, the
angelic fool who wanted to
take God’s Throne,
Works through demons to make sure in hell
they’ll not be alone.
They exalt
themselves above God and
what He’s said. 3
Thus in our minds
and hearts, deceptions they embed.
Some may not
believe into a war they were recruited,
When in Jesus Christ,
righteousness to them was imputed.
Not knowing God’s
Word, or not understanding
what they’ve read,
They’re not sure
what exalts itself against
what God has said.
In this war their
lives may be so dominated,
Not knowing God’s authority
delegated.
Things from God and
devils are not well correlated,
Since deceptions
into their lives have infiltrated.
Things of
significance in life have a spirit root,
Like flaming arrows
that at us devils love to shoot, 4
And blessings from
God that we all appreciate.
Between the two,
how should we differentiate?
If in Christ your
sins have been, and are being forgiven,
All God’s promises
to the righteous to you are certain.
By faith, in your
life each promise must be appropriated, 5
So in spirit
warfare, you will not be emaciated.
In-depth knowledge
of God’s promises to us in Christ,
Gives clear insight
into who
spawned what comes
in your life.
If it exalts itself
above what God about you
has said,
By all means, stand and speak
against it til in your life
…it’s dead!
…it’s dead!
This is spirit
warfare with which God is pleased,
How He tells us to
resist His enemies.
This I learned so
long ago while just a lad.
And this chance to
share it with you …makes me glad!
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1 ‘…And the angels who did not
keep their proper domain, but left their own
abode [became humans and married women and corrupted the human race before the flood],
He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the
great day…’ (Jude 6)
2 Sometime after the Millennial Reign (Revelation 20:10)
3 See: 2 Thessalonians 2:2-3
4 See: Ephesians 7:16
5 Through meditation and profession. See:
Philippians 4:8, Psalm 1:2, 119:48, 119:148, and Revelation 12:11
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