Ephesians 6:10-11 (NKJV) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
We should be strong in the Lord and not in ourselves because we cannot wage a spiritual battle with our physical bodies. We must all be prepared for the conflict and it should begin by knowing that we are seated with Christ. In order to fight and stand the ground well, we must first be secure about God’s love and acceptance.
Ephesians 2:6 (NKJV) and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Once we know that we are seated in the heavenly places, we can stand before our foe in a position of victory and authority. The devil has been defeated and his rightful place is under the feet of Jesus. We are in Christ, which means part of His body and being in union of Him, and we are co-heirs with Christ. Therefore, the devil’s place is also under the feet of the body of Christ and every believer! The devil has no more power over us, and we are no longer in the kingdom of darkness but the Kingdom of light! We should enforce the victory from the position of being seated with Christ in the heavenly places, and stand against the devil.
Ephesians 1:22-23 (NKJV) And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Our task is one of holding and standing the ground. The devil has been defeated and the job of the church is to keep him defeated. He wants to deceive us, tempt us, create trials and tribulation so that he can steal the Word that has been sown into our hearts. He also wants us to give up and dismount from our position of victory and walk in the flesh again. Therefore, we need to know and watch out for the schemes, strategies, and deceits of the devil.
Romans 8:37 (NJKV) Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
The Bible tells us that we are more than conquerors because Christ has won the victory. It is Christ’s victory that has enabled us to sit with Him at the right hand of God the Father, and it is because we did nothing to achieve the victory that we are more than conquerors. It is God’s perfect love that has placed us in that position. We are not trying to win the battle because the battle has already been won!
Sermon Series: Believers’ Authority
争战已得胜！
以弗所书 6:10-11 我 还 有 末 了 的 话 ， 你 们 要 靠 着 主 ， 倚 赖 他 的 大 能 大 力 ， 作 刚 强 的 人 。 要 穿 戴 神 所 赐 的 全 副 军 装 ， 就 能 抵 挡 魔 鬼 的 诡 计 。
我们要靠主刚强，而不是靠自己，因为我们不能靠我们的肉体进行属灵上的争战。我们每个人都必须为争战做好准备，首先要知道我们是与基督同坐的。为了在争战中站立的住，我们必须先对神的爱和接纳有确信。
以弗所书2:6 他又叫我们与基督耶稣一同复活，一同坐在天上，
一旦我们知道我们坐在天上，那么我们就能以胜利和权威的质态站在敌人面前。魔鬼已被击败，牠应有的位置是是服在耶稣脚下的。在基督里，就意味着我们是祂身体的一部分，与祂联合，与基督同作后嗣。因此，魔鬼的位置也应该服在基督的肢体和每一个信徒的脚下！魔鬼再也无法控制我们，我们不再处在黑暗的国度，而是在光明的国度里！我们应该在天上与基督同坐的位置上执行胜利，并抵挡魔鬼。
以弗所书1:22-23 又将万有服在他的脚下，使他为教会作万有之首。 教会是他的身体，是那充满万有者所充满的。
我们的任务是坚守阵地。魔鬼已经被击败，教会的工作就是让牠继续被击败。牠想要欺骗我们、诱惑我们，并制造试炼和患难，这样牠就可以偷走已经撒在我们心里的道。牠也想让我们放弃，从得胜的位置上下来，重新凭血气行事。因此，我们需要知道并谨防魔鬼的诡计、谋略和欺骗。
罗马书8:37 然而，靠着爱我们的主，在这一切的事上已经得胜有余了。
圣经告诉我们，我们已经得胜有余了，因为基督已经得胜。因着基督的得胜，我们能够与祂同坐在父神的右边，我们不需做任何事情来取得胜利，因此我们已经得胜有余了。正是 神完全的爱将我们放在这样的地位。我们不需试图去赢得这场争战，因为这场争战已经得胜了！
讲章系列：信徒的权柄
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