According to Scripture, the followers of Jesus and early church fathers endured spiritual warfare with the world. Satan, the prince and power of the air, convinced men that Christianity was evil and that it must be silenced on earth (Acts 7:12).
This project created a preaching series that uses warfare preaching to train Christians for spiritual warfare. This sermon series covers spiritual warfare and the sinful nature. This project was designed to equip and educate Christians on how to live the Christian life in the midst of spiritual warfare. The preaching series exposes the believer's sinful nature, Satan and his strategies and God's response to them so that the church can better understand what takes place when a believer gives in to sin. Exegetical, biblical preaching as a weapon in spiritual warfare is what God uses to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. Utilizing Scripture to combat the sin nature opposes the carnal behavior of the believer. It stands against false doctrine, heresies and other temptations believers face. Warfare preaching is a primary catalyst in the Scriptures for spiritually forming the church. God uses preaching to speak to the hearts and minds of His people and to redirect behavior. As shown in chapter 2, preaching has encouraged and equipped the saints for the work of the ministry throughout the history of the church. God uses it to rebuke, to correct, to challenge, and to instruct all who have been called unto Himself (Heb 4:12). Warfare Preaching is designed to rescue and recover those whom God had called but whose sin nature had discouraged them so that they had rebelled against God. The project was designed to assist believers to stand against the attacks, temptations and influences of the wicked one and the sinful nature. This sermon series uses exegetical, biblical preaching that is strategically aimed at the sinful nature and spiritual warfare. Preaching with the Anointing of God is not a given factor, it is a Holy activity. Some believe that just because you are a proclaimer of God's word, that you are already anointed to do so. I would strongly disagree with the idea of this notion. The Anointing of God comes from God, and is given only to the servant whose life is lived in close communion with God. The divine authority of God rest in the authoritative use of the scriptures and allows one to preach with assurance that God is speaking when they are proclaiming scripture. Since scripture is the final authority of God's word on the earth, scripture is the thing that must be proclaimed. God uses His word to change lives, and He uses the power of His word to do supernatural things in the earth. It therefore behooves the messenger of the gospel to preach the scripture, uphold the scripture, believe the scripture and stand on the scripture when preaching Gods truth. The preacher is a sacred ambassador, commissioned by the highest personality in the Universe to speak on His behalf. Knowing who we are and what it is we have been empowered to do we should do so with fear and trembling. The Apostle Paul spoke clearly to Timothy his prot g in the ministry about this sacred task. In the following passages we can evaluate what Timothy was being asked to do and how He was to handle, the anointing, authority and ambassador's calling upon his life. In the epistle of Timothy, Apostle Paul instructs a young Pastor on the duties of discipleship. He engages Timothy to understand the dynamics of Warfare preaching, soul care, and to instruct those he is mentoring, teaching, leading and feeding to be good disciples of Jesus Christ. According to the scripture he was to remind everyone of these things, and command them in God's name to stop fighting over words. Warfare preaching is concise, it is biblically based and it challenges and confronts evil doctrines, theology and demonic influence, temptations and unbelief. In the following chapter we will examine the personal encounters of a pastoral practitioner using Warfare preaching in the three different context of ministry. Biblical preaching encourages Christians in spiritual war. Preaching the good news opposes the works of Satan. (2 Co
The key to church planting is to have a diverse philosophy of Preaching, teaching, praying and fellowship that brings people together and will keep people together. If this is done correctly and people are able to connect with God, they will experience true worship as a congregation. If you are a church planter or desiring to be one, this is a great read to help you understand what one should think about as they undertake the unseen challenges in the ministry. Church planting isn't for everyone. However, if you are called to do it, you want to listen to those who have tried it and succeeded. This is a must read for you.
If you are interested in making disciples, and leading them into a missional life of serving and saving others, then this work book is for you. The book of ACTS is a book of History that reminds us of what the Holy Spirit started doing in the life of the Church. This workbook will push you to remember our calling and make decisions about allowing God to use you in the earth.
Today's text is crucial because we get to hear a conversation taking place in hell. I don't believe it is a regular conversation; it is more of a crying plea for assistance in the time of need. Because of this plea there are 12 identified things you need to know, to avoid this place and to warn those whom you know about it In the gospel of Luke, this story is told by Jesus to warn us of the dangers of this place. This is a must read for the student of the gospel who is thinking about life after death.
