Our conversation today is going to be a long one, but I'm sure it will be worth it. These are three very important things I want to share with you. The first thing you need to know is that the Lord God has entrusted His power to you, so that you are able to overcome all your problems. Second, that the purpose of this is for us, in Christ, to have peace. And the third thing I'm going to teach you is how to put on the armor of God, and how to use the Sword of Spirit to defeat the forces of evil. These Words that I am going to give you will make you a winner in the spirit world. And they will bring, in addition to solving your problems, true peace to your heart.
Biblical references used in this study:
“But, as we were approved of God so that the gospel could be entrusted to us, so we speak, not as to please men, but God, who tries our hearts.” (1 Thessalonians 2:4)
“… Lord, don't be troubled; for I am not worthy that you enter under my roof; that is why I did not even consider myself worthy to go to your presence; but speak a word, and be my servant healed. For I too am a man under authority, and I have soldiers at my command; and I say to this one: Go, and he goes; and to another: Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.” (Luke 7:6-8)
“Bless the LORD, your angels, magnificent in power, who do his bidding, obeying the voice of his word.” (Psalm 103:20)
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; because without me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)
“... every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a proprietor, who takes from his treasury things new and old.” (Matthew 13:52)
“For, as many as the promises of God, in him is the yes; wherefore, through him is the amen, to the glory of God through us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20)
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Arise and cast thyself into the sea; and not to doubt in your heart, but to believe that what you say will be done, whatever you say will be done to you.” (Mark 11:23)
“I have told you these things, that you may have peace in me. In the world you will have afflictions; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
"What do we say, then, to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who spared not even his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how can he not also give us all things with him? Who will bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies them. Who will condemn them? For it is Christ who died, or rather who rose from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, and who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? The tribulation, or the anguish, or the persecution, or the famine, or the nakedness, or the danger, or the sword? As it is written: For your sake we are given to death every day. We were reputed as sheep to the slaughter. But in all these things we are more than conquerors for him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor the present, nor the future, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:31-39)
“I leave you peace, my peace I give you; I don't give it to you as the world gives it. Do not be troubled your heart, do not be afraid." (John 14:27)
“He who has my commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.” (John 14:21)
"Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him." (John 6:56)
"If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you will ask what you will, and it will be done for you." (John 15:7)
“Infidels, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who wants to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God.” (James 4:4)
“For everything that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, does not come from the Father, but from the world. Now the world passes away, and its lust; but he who does the will of God remains forever.” (1 John 2:16-17)
“If the world hates you, know that, first than you, it hated me. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you from the world, that is why the world hates you. Remember the word I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours.” (John 15:18-20)
“The Lord took no pleasure in you, nor chose you, because you were more numerous than all other peoples, for you were less in number than any people; but because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, he brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. You shall know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy, even a thousand generations, to them that love him, and keep his commandments;” (Deuteronomy 7:7-9)
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power." (Ephesians 6:10)
