Armed for Battle Dressed for Victory Part 8 THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
Channel: Holbrook First Assembly of God
Date: 15/10/2019

August 4, 2019
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Ephesians 6:17 (NKJV) Take…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 
Voltaire: “Within a hundred years of my death, the Bible will be forgotten and eliminated.”  
Gladius = a short two-edged sword used to cut and thrust in close combat. 
The “word” is the Scripture, the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews4:12). 
The “word” is the good news of eternal salvation in Jesus (Romans1:16).  
The “word” is the personal, spoken word of God.  
Rhema = the spoken word of God.  
The Holy Spirit shines His light on the Word of God so we can clearly understand it (John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:14). 
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly” (Colossians 3:16).  
I. The sword of CONVICTION 
Convict = “to reprove, to rebuke, to induce guilt.”  
I.A. DECEPTION 
“A lamp to [our] feet and light for [our] path” (Psalm 119:105).  
I.B. EXCUSES 
Romans 14:12 (NKJV) “Each of us shall give account of himself to God.”  
I.C. INTELLECTUAL objections to the faith of Christ 
II. The sword of COMMUNICATION 
Jesus is portrayed in the Book of Revelation with a sharp double-edged sword coming from His mouth (1:16; 19:15).  
Speech in Proverbs is compared to a sword (12:18).  
The sword of the Spirit means the sword the Spirit uses to meet the critical need of the moment.  
He promises to give us the right words to say when we have to witness for Christ (Matthew 10:18-20).  
Peter used the sword of the Spirit when he told the crowd about Jesus and 3,000 people were saved on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:41). 
III. The sword of CONQUEST 
“It is written…” was Jesus’ word of defense (Matthew 4:4).  
We are to “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ “(2 Corinthians 10:5). 
 ·        Take captive every thought of low self-esteem and make it obedient to Psalm 139:14.
·        Take captive every thought of fear and worry and make it obedient to 2 Timothy 1:7.
·        Take captive every thought of depression and make it obedient to Psalm 42:5.
·        Take captive every thought of weakness and make it obedient to Micah 7:8.
·        Take captive every thought of failure and make it obedient to Mark 9:23-24.
·        Take captive every thought of guilt and shame and make it obedient to Romans 8:1.
·        Take captive every thought of victimization and make it obedient to Romans 8:31.
·        Take captive every thought of insufficiency and make it obedient to 2 Corinthians12:9.
·        Take captive every thought of loneliness and make it obedient to Hebrews 13:5.
·        Take captive every thought of discontentment and make it obedient to Philippians 4:11.
·        Take captive every thought of inadequacy and make it obedient to Philippians 4:13.
·        Take captive every thought of hopelessness and make it obedient to Jeremiah 29:11.