2. I. THE BATTLE IS REAL
We “WRESTLE”

3. Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

4. Jude says we should EARNESTLY CONTEND
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

5. JESUS Speaks of the Battle
Matthew 16:18
“ And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

6. II. The Enemy is REAL You can be CERTAIN you have an enemy
Our enemy is described as a SPIRITUAL enemy
Our Enemy is not FLESH and BLOOD

7. Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

8. Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

9. The Enemy is Satan
1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

10. Your adversary the DEVIL
ROAMING your life
His DISIRE is to destroy your life

11. III. The Enemy is DEFEATED
God made Satan a PROMISE concerning victory
Genesis 3:15
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

12. God PAID the PRICE for Victory
Romans 6:23:
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal Life through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Revelation 1:18
“ I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”

13. c. God gives us a GLIMPSE of Satan’s ultimate defeat Revelation 20:10 “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”