Miracles, healings, supernatural knowledge, people being raised from the dead. No wonder our Christianity sometimes seems powerless when we compare it to that manifested by the Early Church. What was that dynamic power those first Chris¬tians had, and why don't we see more of it today?
Never before has so much of the world been at war—nation against nation, culture against culture, brother against brother. Yet as far-reaching as this natural warfare is, it doesn't compare to a much more extensive war in the spiritual realm.
In Part I of Spiritual Warfare we learned that we are all soldiers in the Lord's army and that our job is to enforce Jesus' victory over Satan which He won by His death on the cross. We also learned what the Bible teaches about Satan and about our commander-in-chief Jesus Christ.
In Part 2 we will look at the authority every Christian has and the weapons our commander-in-chief has issued to us.
In Parts 1 and 2 of Spiritual Warfare, we learned that we are soldiers in the Lord's army. Our job—to enforce the victory Jesus won over Satan when he died on the cross. In order to prepare us for our part in the battle, Jesus has delegated His authority to us and given us powerful weapons to fight with.
In Part 3 we will look at some important principles of spiritual warfare and at examples of warfare taken from the Old Testament to see how they apply to our spiritual warfare today.
Christians are encouraged to be good stewards. But good stewards of what? What does the term imply? In this study, we will take a broad look at stewardship.