Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church
March 24 Worship Service
“Spiritual Warfare: Defending Against the Attack” Ephesians 6:10-20 ~ Pastor Kirk Flaa
Locations & Times
Living Word Free Lutheran Church
7901 S Meredith Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57108, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Welcome to Abiding Savior! We pray you feel at home during your time with us. We are passionate about people coming to a saving faith in Jesus Christ and then grow deeper as a follower of Christ.
We are a Christ centered community, whose heart is to be a place where individuals are knowing Jesus Christ, growing in Christ, and going out into the world with Christ, in order that lives would be transformed by the gospel and God would be glorified.
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3) If you haven't joined us yet for our Lenten services, please join us this Wednesday. Supper from 4:45-6pm. Games and crafts at 6 for kids, and service at 6:30pm.
2) We encourage you to use the two Apps we are using at our church. One is called "YouVersion" where you can follow along electronically and take notes, and the other is called "Church Center", where you can give electronically, find groups and classes, and register for events.
3) If you haven't joined us yet for our Lenten services, please join us this Wednesday. Supper from 4:45-6pm. Games and crafts at 6 for kids, and service at 6:30pm.
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3) Via our App (ChurchCenter)
4) By texting any amount by texting the number 84321
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SERMON: “Spiritual Warfare: Defending Against the Attack” ~ Ephesians 6:10-20
“Because the Christian life is a battleground and not a playground, what is required to stand firm?”
1. The Right Confidence
2. The Right Attitude
3. The Right Equipment
“Because the Christian life is a battleground and not a playground, what is required to stand firm?”
1. The Right Confidence
2. The Right Attitude
3. The Right Equipment
APPLICATION QUESTIONS:
Review v. 10, and then compare the principle expressed to these other passages: 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Kings 6:13-18; Zechariah 10:12; Ephesians 3:7, 20; Philippians 4:13. Share with the group how you have experienced this same strength in your own life.
Read the following texts and compare them to armor listed in Ephesians 6:10ff. What similarities do you see, and what differences? What is the image or picture that is presented in these texts, and what are their encouragements for us? Isaiah 11:5, 52:7, 59:17; Romans 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:8.
Of all the weapons in the arsenal of Ephesians 6, which one do you think has the most established figurative meaning in the OT? Read the following as you answer: Genesis 15:1; Dt. 33:29; 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalm 3:4, 18:3, 84:10; Proverbs 2:7, 30:5. What is the encouragement we receive from this image?
How do these passages depict Satan’s defeat and what are their implications for us in our present struggle (battle)? Matthew16:18; Luke 10:18; John 19:30; 1 Corinthians 15:55-58; Colossians 2:13-15.
A most significant verse in the Bible dealing with spiritual warfare is 1 Corinthians 10:13. Why is this so, and what is the exhortation and encouragement of this verse for us?
Read 2 Corinthians 6:6-7 and review Ephesians 6:14-18. What piece (s) of God’s armor or “weapons of righteousness” do you feel that you lack and are there any you sense a particular aptitude towards? How can you enhance your ‘skill’ in areas you currently sense a lack in?
Review v. 10, and then compare the principle expressed to these other passages: 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Kings 6:13-18; Zechariah 10:12; Ephesians 3:7, 20; Philippians 4:13. Share with the group how you have experienced this same strength in your own life.
Read the following texts and compare them to armor listed in Ephesians 6:10ff. What similarities do you see, and what differences? What is the image or picture that is presented in these texts, and what are their encouragements for us? Isaiah 11:5, 52:7, 59:17; Romans 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:8.
Of all the weapons in the arsenal of Ephesians 6, which one do you think has the most established figurative meaning in the OT? Read the following as you answer: Genesis 15:1; Dt. 33:29; 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalm 3:4, 18:3, 84:10; Proverbs 2:7, 30:5. What is the encouragement we receive from this image?
How do these passages depict Satan’s defeat and what are their implications for us in our present struggle (battle)? Matthew16:18; Luke 10:18; John 19:30; 1 Corinthians 15:55-58; Colossians 2:13-15.
A most significant verse in the Bible dealing with spiritual warfare is 1 Corinthians 10:13. Why is this so, and what is the exhortation and encouragement of this verse for us?
Read 2 Corinthians 6:6-7 and review Ephesians 6:14-18. What piece (s) of God’s armor or “weapons of righteousness” do you feel that you lack and are there any you sense a particular aptitude towards? How can you enhance your ‘skill’ in areas you currently sense a lack in?
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