Satan's Weapon
I.
Deception is Satan’s ONLY
weapon-Ephesians 6:16
A. The only weapon of
Satan’s mentioned is fiery darts which are his lying words
1.
Jeremiah 9:3-They bend
their tongue, which is their bow for lies they shoot 8 Their tongue is as an
arrow shot out; it speaks deceit
2.
Psalm 64:3-Who whet their
tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter
words
3.
Proverbs 26:18-19-As a
mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, So is
the man that deceives his neighbor and says, Am not I in sport?
B. If deception is his
weapon then words are his method
1.
Romans 16:18-By good
words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple
2.
Jeremiah 9:5-They will
deceive everyone his neighbor and will not speak the truth: they have taught
their tongue to speak lies
3.
Proverbs 24:28-Deceive
not with your lips
II.
Ephesians 6:10-11-We are
to stand against the lies, the deception, the deceit of the devil (not the
“power” of the devil) and we’ve not majored on this the way we should have been
majoring on this;
A. We are to stand against
the lies of the devil (not the “power” of the devil)
1.
11-13-Stand against-To stand firm, To stand
immoveable, Not wavering, Make firm, fix, establish, To cause a person or thing
to keep it’s place
a. He’s trying to move you
with his lies and you’re going to stand firm and not be moved by these lies,
that’s a fight
2.
12-Withstand-To
set one’s self against, to resist, to oppose (James 4:7-Resist-Same word)
3.
All
this standing is standing against the lies of the devil
B. The armor is for standing
against deception; It is the armor of light and light is your protection
against deception-Romans 13:12
1.
In
the dark deception is easy, but in the light it’s not possible; Satan wants to
keep you where you can’t see so that he can deceive
2.
It’s
no coincidence that the first piece of armor you use to stand against lies is
the truth
3.
Rulers
of the darkness of this world
(Darkened eyesight, blindness; person in whom darkness becomes visible and hold
sway)
C. We’ve focused too much on
the principalities, power, rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual
wickedness in high places and not enough on these fiery darts
1.
Any
spirit that has play in your life has it because you first yielded to one of
these fiery darts, these lies, this deception
2.
To
stand against the wiles of the devil; we wrestle not against flesh and blood
but against… - What exactly do you think these principalities and powers and
rulers of the darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places are doing? Lying
and waiting for you to take it
3.
We’re
looking for demons and fireballs and while we do BOOM we just got hit with
another arrow
D. Regarding thoughts we have to ask two questions: What is
it? Where did it come from?
1.
It’s a fiery dart
2.
It was fired by the enemy; it
came from him