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NEHEMIAH 4 — continued
GETTING RID OF THE RUBBLE THROUGH SPIRITUAL WARFARE
LESSON #10
MEMORY VERSE: 2CO 10:5
THE SECRET CHAMBERS OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE
THESE CHAMBERS WERE MADE OF WOOD WHICH TELLS US THEY ARE OUR HUMAN SUBCONSCIOUS ANDUNCONSCIOUS AREAS. THE THINGS HIDDEN HERE ARE TO BE BURNED. THERE WERE 3LEVELS OF THESE CHAMBERS WITH 31 CHAMBERS ON EACH LEVEL. (93 CHAMBERS) THERE WAS ONLY ONEDOOR AT THE FRONT OF THE TEMPLE INTO THESE SECRET CHAMBERS. NOTICE THAT THE DOOR ISLOCATED NEXT TO THE PLACE WHERE WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS. THEREFORE, THE THINGS THAT ARESTORED IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS AFFECT OUR DECISIONS.
READ EZE 8:6-12
THE PRIESTS WERE SUPPOSED TO STORE THE OBJECTS FOR USE DURING WORSHIP IN THE TEMPLE INTHESE CHAMBERS. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FILLED WITH THE THINGS OF GOD. HOWEVER, INREALITY, IN THESE CHAMBERS THEY KEPT THEIR IDOLS, THEIR JUNK, AND ALL KINDS OF FOULTHINGS.
READ NEH 13:3-7
IN NEHEMIAH’S TIME, TOBIAH LIVED IN ONE OF THESE CHAMBERS. REMEMBER THAT TOBIAH REPRESENTSSATAN. WHEN WE GET TO CHAPTER 13, WE WILL SEE HOW NEHEMIAH DEALT WITH THISSITUATION.
WE STUFF OUR BAD EXPERIENCES AND NEGATIVE FEELINGS IN THESE CHAMBERS BECAUSE EITHER OUT OFIGNORANCE OR OUT OF DISOBEDIENCE WE HAVE NOT DEALT WITH THEM PROPERLY. WE ALSO STUFFUNTRUE BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS HERE. ALL THESE THINGS ARE THE RUBBLE IN THE BOOK OFNEHEMIAH. THIS RUBBLE KEPT THE PEOPLE FROM BUILDING THE WALLS AND GATES. WHEN WE CLING TOTHESE THINGS THAT WE THINK NO ONE SEES, THEY BECOME STRONGHOLDS WITHIN US. SATAN USES THEMTO DEFEAT OUR FAITH CHOICES.
READ 2CO 10:4-5
GOD WANTS TO REVEAL TO US THE CONTENTS OF THESE SECRET CHAMBERS SO WE WILL TAKE OUT THISRUBBLE AND BURN IT BY TAKING IT TO THE CROSS AND BECOMING HEALED. THIS IS THE PROPER WAYTO DEAL WITH IT. (2CHR 29:16)
GOD REVEALS THE CONTENTS OF THESE CHAMBERS A LITTLE AT A TIME, BUT ONLY AFTER WEHAVE GIVEN HIM PERMISSION TO DO SO.
HOW DO WE GET RID OF THE RUBBLE? THE PROCESS OF HEALING:
1. BE WILLING TO LET GOD REVEAL SIN BY GIVING HIM PERMISSION TO EMPTY THE RUBBLE FROM THESECRET CHAMBERS. ROM 12:1 BECOME A “LIVING” SACRIFICE WHERE YOU PUTYOURSELF ON THE ALTAR TO SACRIFICE YOUR WILL TO GOD’S WILL. BECAUSE WE ARE”LIVING”, WE CAN TAKE OURSELVES OFF THE ALTAR WHICH WE MUST NOT DO.
2. RECOGNIZE AND EXPERIENCE THE UNGODLY THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS AS GOD REVEALS THEM. DON’T BE AFRAID TO LET HIM REVEAL THE “REAL” YOU SO THAT HE CANHEAL YOU.
3. CONFESS AS SIN THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND WHATEVER IS NOT OF FAITH. ROM 14:23b
4. CHOOSE TO REPENT AND NOT LET NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND SIN INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONS.
5. READ GOD’S WORD AND FILL THE CHAMBERS WITH HIS TRUTH.
IF THEY ARE NOT FILLED WITH TRUTH, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MORE JUNK.
HOW CAN WE KEEP FROM BURYING MORE GARBAGE IN THESE SECRET CHAMBERS?
READ 2CO 10:5
1. CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS.
2. TAKING EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE.
3. PUT ON THE MIND OF CHRIST BY MAKING FAITH CHOICES. ISA 11:2-4
4. EXHIBIT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT GAL 5:22-25
5. PARTICIPATE IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE
SPIRITUAL WARFARE — WHAT IS IT AND WHY DO IT? EPH 6
WHY WARFARE?
SATAN WANTS TO DECEIVE AND DEFEAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE CAN.
1. PERSONAL REASON OF THE BELIEVER INNER CONFLICT WITH THE FLESH (OLD NATURE) ROM7:15-8:2
2. POSITIONAL REASON OF THE BELIEVER SATAN’S ATTACK BECAUSE WE ARE THE SHEEPOF CHRIST 1PE 5:8-9
3. PREPARATIONAL REASON OF THE BELIEVER WE ARE BEING PREPARED TO RULE ANDREIGN WITH HIM. 2TI 2:12
WARFARE AGAINST WHOM? CLAIMS:
1. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD — JOH 12:31 THRONE
2. GOD OF THIS AGE — 2CO 4:4 WORSHIP
3. PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR — EPH 2:2 AUTHORITY
SATAN’S METHODS AND ACTIVITIES?
1. BLINDS MEN’S SPIRITUAL EYES — 2CO 4:4
2. CHANGES INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT — 2CO 11:14-15
3. MAKES MEN DISOBEDIENT — EPH 2:2
4. ACCUSES BELIEVERS — REV 12:10
5. DECEIVES MEN — REV 12:9
HOW TO DO SPIRITUAL WARFARE:
READ ROM 13:12-18 ISA 59:17 EPH 6:12-18
GOD GIVES US THE ARMOR TO DEFEAT SATAN, BUT IT IS UP TO US TO USE IT. IF YOU DON’T USE IT,YOU ARE LIKE A SOLDIER GOING INTO BATTLE WITH NO WEAPONS AND NO ARMOR. THERE IS ONLY ONEWAY TO STAND AGAINST SATAN AND DEFEAT HIM: USING THE ARMOR OF GOD. WE ARE ALSO TOLD WEMUST USE ALL THE PIECES OF ARMOR, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO.
WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD EPH 6:12-18 ROM 13:11-14 ISA 59:17
| OUR WEAPONS: | A PICTURE OF JESUS CHRIST: |
| HELMET OF SALVATION:
THIS PIECE OF ARMOR COVERS THE THOUGHTS OF MAN. EVERY THOUGHT SHOULD BE GUARDED AGAINST THE ENEMYS ASSAULT AND TAKEN CAPTIVE. 2COR 10:5. WE ARE SAVED BY HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED IN THE PAST. WE ARE SAVED BY BEING SANCTIFIED IN THE PRESENT. WE ARE SAVED LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR GLORIFICATION IN THE FUTURE. |
SALVATION IS IN NO OTHER PERSON BUT JESUS CHRIST.
LUK 2:30 JOH 14:6 |
| SHIELD OF FAITH:
CONFIDENCE THAT NO TEMPTATION WILL BE BEYOND WHAT WE CAN BEAR. 1COR 10:13. A MOVABLE PIECE OF ARMOR ABLE TO COME TO YOUR DEFENSE FROM ANY ANGLE. THE ROMAN SHIELD HAD HOOKS ON THE SIDES ABLE TO BE HOOKED TO THE NEXT SHIELD TO FORM AN UNBROKEN LINE. JUST AS WE STAND TOGETHER WITH FELLOW BELIEVERS. HEB 10:24-25. OUR DAILY FAITH CHOICES SHIELD US FROM THE TEMPTATIONS OF SATAN. 1JOH 5:4 |
WE LIVE BY THE FAITH THAT JESUS GIVE US. GAL 2:20. |
| BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS:
IT COVERS THE HEART OF MAN AND IS ACQUIRED BY FAITH. ROM 5:5. THE CONDITION GOD FIRST INTENDED FOR MAN IS NOT CHRISTS RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER US. 1THE 5:8 TELLS US THIS BREASTPLATE IS FAITH AND LOVE: GODS LOVE COMBINED WITH OUR FAITH. |
HE IS THE ONLY RIGHTEOUS ONE. 2COR 5:21 |
| GIRDLE OF TRUTH:
WE RECEIVED A NEW SOURCE OF POWER WHEN WE RECEIVED JESUS INTO OUR LIVES. THROUGH GODS SPIRIT AND HIS WORD, HE GIVES US TRUTH. WE NEED THE GROWING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO FIGHT THE BATTLE. 2TIM 2:15. |
THERE IS TRUTH ONLY IN JESUS CHRIST. JOH 14:6 |
| SWORD OF THE SPIRIT:
EPH 6:17 TELLS US THE SWORD IS THE WORD OF GOD WHICH DIVIDES TRUTH FROM ERROR. HEB 4:12. THE WORD IN OUR HEARTS IS WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT USES TO DEFEAT SATANS TEMPTATIONS. (THATS WHY THESE LESSONS HAVE A MEMORY VERSE!) |
JOH 1:1,14 TELLS US JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND OUT OF HIS MOTH COMES A TWO EDGED SWORD. REV 1:16 |
| SHOD WITH THE GOSPEL OF PEACE:
HAVE YOUR FOUNDATION IN THE WORD OF GOD, WITNESSING EVERYWHERE YOU GO TO GODS PEACE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. BECAUSE WE HAVE CHRIST IN US, WE HAVE A NEW WILLPOWER TO LIVE PEACEABLY WITH MAN AND GOD. |
JESUS CHRIST IS OUR PEACE HAVING MADE PEACE FOR US WITH GOD.
EPH 2:14 |
THE ARMOR OF GOD IS PUT ON IN PRAYER. EPH 6:18.
HOMEWORK
MEMORY VERSE: GAL 5:1
