The Story & Strategies of Spiritual War
KNOW THE ENEMY. KNOW CHRIST’S VICTORY.
In his classic work, Chinese General, Sun Tzu famously wrote, "If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." As we learned back in Ephesians 6:10-20, there is a real spiritual battle being raged all around us. A real enemy of our souls and a whole host of dark forces that are opposed to the progress of our mission and our pursuit of maturity, unity, and joy in Christ together. But taking a page out of Sun Tzu's book, if we know the enemy of our souls and are wise to his schemes, and we know ourselves - that we are safe and secure with the victorious Christ, we need not fear the result of a lifelong - history spanning, bigger than us, war of the seen and unseen worlds - battle of spiritual war. Revelation 12:1-17 is given to us so that we would more clearly understand the story of spiritual war - who our enemy is - and the strategies of spiritual war - what he does to oppose us - so that we'd more urgently, intentionally, and expectantly respond by taking refuge in Christ, placing his armor over the weak spots where we're most vulnerable, and marching on in the confidence of his victory.