(1) Our Weakness Is Implied – by the inspired imperative – to ‘be strong in the Lord…' Left to ourselves, we are morally and spiritually WEAK, helpless and vulnerable…
(2) Our Spiritual Weakness Is Realized In Our Personal Experience – you and I still struggle with the sinful, self-oriented demands, and tendencies of our old nature… and if that weren't enough, We live in a fallen world – full of temptations and troubles… and if that weren't enough… We have a very powerful, spiritual enemy – who hates us… and is out to get us (kill us)… and this enemy is invisible...
2nd Spiritual Reality – WE ARE IN A WAR! – we're in a spiritual conflict that goes on every hour of everyday – 2 Tim 2;1,3-4… 11-13.
John MacArthur wrote, ‘A Christian who no longer has to struggle against the world, the flesh, and the devil is a Christian who has fallen either into sin or into complacency. A Christian who has no conflict is a Christian who has retreated from the front lines…' – NT Commentary on Ephesians (p.332)
3rd Spiritual Reality ... WE HAVE ALL THE HELP We Need For This Fight! – ‘be strong in the LORD and in the power of His might.' The verb ‘BE strong' is a passive, present tense imperative… (lit.- constantly be strengthened… As Christians, any strength we have comes to us from the Lord…
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Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987...