Spiritual Weapon 9 - 7/19-20/20

19-20 July 2020 – Spiritual Weapon of our Warfare Part 9

 Manna by Dorothy and Tony Callies

Theme: Spiritual Weapon is Love.

“We fight with weapons that are different from those the world uses. Our weapons have power from God that can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’s argument and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ” 2 Cor. 10:4-5 (NCV).

The King James Version says: “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds” (2Cor. 10:4).  One of Paul's weapon is love. Christianity is all about love one another.  Without love, Christianity means nothing.  Paul talked about that love is the greatest gift (1 Cor. 13). His motto was “Without love, I am nothing.”

Question:  What kind of weapon do I need to know about true love for God then?
What God asks of those who believe in Christ and receive His salvation is our devoted love. Our devoted love to God is very important to Him because this will influence us to love our neighbor, including our enemies. Holy Spirit is the one who helps us to keep our devoted love to God and to keep the love in our character because God is love.

Question:  Why is this weapon of God’s love in us so important?

Jesus had predicted that “love of many will become cold” because iniquity (falls into sins) will get worse (Matthew 24:12).

Question:  What would cause this? “Many false prophets will come and cause many people to believe lies. There will be more and more evil in the world, so most people will stop showing their love for each other” (Matt.24:11-12 NCV). This may be discouraging, but wait, Jesus has more.

Jesus also said that there will be people who will keep their faith until the end and we will be saved (Matt.24:13). That is, the presence of God’s love will be powerfully manifested (shown) in our character. By using this Spiritual weapon of love against the enemy, we, the born-again believers will come forth victorious.

May God’s love enrich your soul!

Dorothy

PS. Manna from March 21, 2010

Song: Love Found a Way

Love found a way

     to redeem my soul,

Love found a way

     that could make me whole;

Love sent my Lord

     to the cross of shame,

Love found a way,

     O praise His holy name!

(Lyrics: Avis Burgeson Christiansen,

 Sing His Praise)