Spiritual Warfare

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Part of Spiritual Warfare has been a war of words or a war of thoughts.  How does someone perceive themselves?  How does someone perceive God?  I grew up a life long Christian in Evangelical Churches.  I did not know much about Spiritual Warfare past wearing The Armor of God, and prayer. God taught me the rest through his Holy Spirit. 

In War, there is an enemy.  Do you know your enemy?  Someone should know God first and be centered on God.  God is love.  God's love is fatherly.  God has good plans.  To engage in Warfare, there is an enemy.  What was the enemy doing?  Satan is nothing.  He is a liar and a thief.  He was worked to steal things from God and Christianity.    Humanism came from Christian Theologians.  Secular Humanism was where certain concepts and themes from Christians were stolen, twisted, corrupted, and then presented back to the public in a corrupt way.  That would be an example of Satan being a liar and a thief. 

Teaching people about God online, I may have written "Satan is a liar with a paintbrush" many times.  There have been certain spiritual realities, and they were painted over, or painted to look like something.  Looking at different mysticism we may have been able to find some themes.  These themes may have had something to them, but they were painted in different ways.   God through Moses lead the Israelite out of Egypt.   Moses went away for 40 days and 40 nights, and when he came back, he found a false idol.  The people of Israel had seen the miracles.  They had seen prophecy being fulfilled.  They were free.  They built a false idol and started associating things God had done to said false idol.  That would be "Satan is a liar with a Paint Brush. About a year or so ago, the game DOTA2 came out with a character named Grimstroke which was exactly what I had been describing with "Satan has been a liar and a thief." 

Spiritual Warfare 

Introduction article:

Article: Identifying strongholds

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Phrasing a question a certain way, or using certain words in a particular way, someone may be working to frame someone’s thoughts. How does someone perceive God? How does someone perceive themselves?

I was a teacher at a middle school one day. There were students who were labeled “Bad Kids.” They tended to misbehave and act a certain way. The teachers may have been talking about them in the teachers lounge. The teachers tended to treat them like they were bad. This may be an example, on some level, of a stronghold being put on someone.

I have been a Substitute Teacher, I didn’t really care about my student’s past. I didn’t care about what other teachers said about them. For the next hour or so, they were my students. I have standards. They get a fresh start with me. They need to meet my standards. Some students had issues with self-perception. They believed that had to act a certain way. I adjusted their perception. They would behave…..or else. They do not have to be “Bad Kids.” They may choose to be outstanding and high speed students. This is one example. Anyone phrasing a question about God or religion or Christianity or something like gay marriage may be engaging in a Form, a Form like Plato, “The Forms,” a Form of Spiritual Warfare using their words in a particular way to frame someone’s thoughts and perspectives.

Oppression

On r/Christian many months ago, a young man stated he was having some problems, and was asking for help. He stated he had issues with wedgies. He thought about them constantly. He drew them. He had an obsession or fetish with wedgies. Given someone has studied Demonic Possession and Exorcism, that young man may have been Oppressed. He was being oppressed by some spirit. Why did he come to r/Christian? He may not have known all the details about how the spiritual works, but he may have perceived some of what was going on, and came asking for help.

Given I were to go to someplace like Atheist Republic Facebook Page, what is their fruit? The majority of their posts have been working to mock God and Christians. They have worked to frame people’s thoughts and perspectives. Many of them seem to have an unhealthy obsession with God and religion and Christianity. They should seek help? What they are doing is actually proof of demons and spirits given someone is researching the subject in an honest way. They would be engaging in Spiritual Warfare.

Christians need to be centered and focused on God. What is God’s plan and where are we going? The Kingdom of God. God gave Christians The Great Commission. The following video is more examples of how Spiritual Warfare has been used.

Video: Control the Words, Control the Culture.