Our Enemy

Do you guys smell that?

I smell spiritual street fight going on.

I need my biblical binoculars.

Not big enough.

Bring out the big boy.

My big biblical binoculars.

And the thing about this baby is

I can hear some stuff as well.

Okay, dial it in, check it out.

All right, what do we got here?

University, freshman philosophy class,

we got a prof saying something to the extent of

in the 21st century,

can a rational human being actually believe

in the God of the Bible?

Now, our war isn't against flesh and blood.

But that smells like a spiritual street fight to me.

We've got something else going on.

We've got some distortion going on.

There is a 38-year-old man

with three kids.

His wife's in bed

because she is duking it out every day.

He is sitting in front of a computer screen

clicking on porn site after porn site.

It's a distortion of God's good gift of sexuality.

Oh, Lord, he's going to get ensnared.

There's a spiritual street fight going on.

Three clicks out, got a church,

splitting up, taking parties, two parties.

What's the fight over?

Oh, look at that.

It's the color of the sanctuary carpet.

And yes, it is a foothold for the devil.

There's a spiritual street fight going on.

Dear brothers and sisters,

war is raging.

We're under attack.

In the early 1940s,

the U.S. transformed itself

from a peacetime production

to wartime production,

and we must transform our thinking

from peacetime to wartime in 2015.

We're not at peace.

God's people are not at peace.

Peace with God.

But we have a conflict at hand.

In order to stand firm against our enemy,

the devil,

we must know our enemy and his schemes.

We cannot ignore our enemy

or be intrigued by our enemy,

but we must stand against the schemes of the devil.

In order to stand firm against him,

we've got to know some things about him.

We've got to do some recon on him.

So let's do some biblical recon

on our enemy of our souls.

First, if you would open up to your Bibles

to Ephesians 6, verse 11,

Ephesians 6:11

this is going to be our starting point.

I'm going to be covering

some biblical ground this morning.

And so what we're going to be looking at

is different things the Bible says

about the devil, his demons,

his network, and how he tempts us.

Ephesians 6, 11.

Put on the whole armor of God

that you may be able to stand

against the schemes of the devil.

There is a devil,

and he is scheming,

and we've got to be wise to it.

There are four things this morning

that I want you to see

as we do biblical recon.

First, we're going to look at

the devil's background.

Then we're going to look at

the devil's network.

He's a terror network.

And then we're going to look at

the devil's tactics,

his methods.

And then we're going to look at

the devil's greatest weakness,

his greatest enemy.

The right man is on our side.

So in order for us to stand

against the devil,

let's get to know him.

Put on the sure footing

that nothing can separate

us from the love of God

in Christ Jesus.

His background,

his origin,

he was created by God.

In Genesis chapter 1,

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

God created the heavens

and the earth.

And we're not explicitly told

when he created the angelic host,

but it was in the Genesis 1

time frame.

He created a myriad of angels.

And they're glorious.

And they're created to serve

his purposes.

And so in Genesis 1.31,

God saw everything that he made

in heaven and on earth.

He was very good.

Including all of the angels.

But then he rebelled.

When did this angelic rebellion happen?

Well, there's not a specific time

we're given in the Bible.

But we are given a time frame.

And so if we were to look

at Genesis chapter 1 again,

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1.31,

God saw that everything he made

and behold, it was very good.

So there had not been

an angelic rebellion

up until that point.

But if you turn to Genesis chapter 3,

Genesis 3:1

verse 1,

there's a serpent

that enters the garden.

And so sometime between

Genesis 1.31

and Genesis 3.1,

there was an angelic rebellion

that took place.

Now what was the cause

of this rebellion?

What was the cause

of this fall?

Why did the devil

rebel against God?

Well, there's a couple places

we can turn,

but the place I want you

to go to right now

is maybe a little surprising.

It's 1 Timothy chapter 3.

1 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

Might ring a bell

because what we're going to look at

is 1 Timothy 3, verse 6,

1 Timothy 3:6

and it's right in the middle

of qualifications for an elder.

And we read in 1 Timothy 3, 6,

speaking of a potential elder,

he must not be a recent convert,

for he may become puffed up

with conceit

and fall into the condemnation

of the devil.

Why did the devil rebel?

He lifted himself up against God.

It was pride.

He wanted something

that God alone would have.

Pride.

Pride was the reason he fell.

That's the condemnation of the devil.

And with him,

he brought a host of angels

that became demons.

The evil one has a variety of aliases.

He goes by a variety of different names

throughout the Bible.

Satan.

Job 1, 6.

It means adversary.

In the New Testament,

the most common name

for the evil one is the devil.

It also means adversary or accuser.

Jesus called him the tempter

in Matthew 4, 3.

Jesus spoke of him in Matthew 12

as Beezlebub,

which means master of the house.

Enemy.

Evil one.

Belial,

which means worthless.

The deceiver,

Revelation 12.

John 12,

2 Corinthians 4,

the God of this world,

the ruler of this world,

who blinds unbelievers

from seeing the light

of the gospel

of the glory of Christ,

who ensnares people

and holds them captive

to do his will,

2 Timothy 2, 26.

He's the prince of the power of the air,

the spirit that is now at work

in the sons of disobedience,

Ephesians 2, 2.

He's the serpent of Genesis 3, 1

and a great dragon of Revelation 12, 3.

He is a liar and the father of lies,

John 8, 44.

He is a murderer,

John 8, 44.

And then when we get back

into Revelation,

we read that he is Abaddon,

Apollyon,

the destroyer.

And so as we peruse

these names of our enemy,

we get a sense of his purpose.

The enemy of our soul

is seeking to destroy

God's plan for the fullness of time,

which is to unite all things

in our Lord and King Jesus.

God is seeking to reconcile

to himself all things,

whether on earth or in heaven

through Christ.

And so what the devil

is seeking to do

in his rebellion

is oppose God's saving work

through Christ.

There's some background

on our enemy.

Now let's talk about

the network he uses.

You've heard of a terror network.

I know you have.

Organized terrorist cells

that are strategically positioned

and poised to destroy

in order to terrorize.

We've all felt that.

The devil has his own terror network.

It's an evil network

bent on deception

and destruction.

And what we see

in Ephesians 2,

1 through 3

is his coordinated network.

So would you turn to Ephesians 2,

1 through 3,

and we're going to see

three enemies

that are coordinated

to do us harm.

So Ephesians 2,

and you were dead

in the trespasses and sins

in which you once walked,

following the course

of this world,

following the prince

of the power of the air,

the spirit that's now at work

in the sons of disobedience,

among whom we all once lived

in the passions

of our flesh,

carrying out the desires

of the body and the mind,

and we're by nature

children of wrath

like the rest of mankind.

The devil uses

a coordinated network

of himself

and his demons,

the world,

and our flesh.

the first two enemies

are outside of us.

The last enemy

is inside of us.

So let's just take these

one by one.

Again, I want to help you

understand

what the Bible says

how Satan coordinates

his resistance

to God's purposes.

So the first enemy

of this network

is the devil.

We've already been

talking about him,

but what I want you to see

in Ephesians 6.12

is that he has got

people,

things working for him.

The demonic host,

the rulers,

authorities,

spiritual forces

over this present darkness,

as Colossians 1.13

calls it,

the domain of darkness.

We're not told

how the things work out.

We're not told

if there's a hierarchy.

We're not told

if there are, like,

locative,

angelic spirits

or anything like that.

But there seems to be

a dispersion of evil.

As an aside,

one of the things

you cannot miss

when you're reading

through the Gospels

is Jesus'

regular confrontation

with demons.

And he kicks them around.

These things are real.

Here we are

in the 21st century,

and we're talking

about demons.

Because God's Word

talks about demons.

So the devil

and his demonic host

are actively

exercising control

over the domain

of darkness,

this present age,

by blinding the minds

of unbelievers

to keep them

from seeing

the light

of the glory

of the Gospel

of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4.4

Their whole operation

is built

on deception

with the intent

to destroy.

It is malicious.

It's opposed to God.

The domain of darkness

is real.

It's being manipulated

by the devil

and his demons

in order to destroy.

So having looked

at this first enemy,

let's now move

on to the next.

The spiritual domain

of darkness

interfaces with

our everyday life

with what the Bible

calls

the world.

In Ephesians 2.2,

we read that

before we became

Christians,

we were following

the course

of this world

while following

the prince

of the power

of the air.

This is the same

use of the word

world that we find

in 1 John 2.15-17.

Listen to this.

Do not love

the world

or the things

in the world.

For all that

is in the world,

the desires

of the flesh

and the desires

of the eyes

and the pride

and possessions

is not from the Father

but is from the world

and the world

is passing away

along with its desires.

But whoever

does the will

of God

abides forever.

He's talking

about believers

right there.

So what we need

to understand

is how this word

world

is being used

here

and in other passages

like John 3.16.

For God so loved

the world

that He gave

His one and only Son.

In these contexts,

God is talking

about people.

People

who love

darkness

more than light.

People

living in

rebellion

to God.

People

blinded

by the ruler

of this world

and living

for things

that grieve God.

That's the world.

So the world

in these contexts

is speaking

of people,

image bearers

of God

living in darkness

because they've

been blinded.

And we live

among the majority

of these people.

They form

the majority

of people

around us.

But as Christians

we are no longer

of the world.

John 17.16.

We've been

transferred

from the domain

of darkness

into the kingdom

of the beloved Son

in whom we have

redemption.

We've been called

out of the world.

We're in the world

but not of the world.

John 17.18.

And what you need

to realize

is this.

That all these people

living in darkness

blinded by the ruler

of this world

they create

currents.

deceptively dark

and destructive

currents.

You know

summer's coming.

You know what I'm

talking about?

Summer is around

the corner.

Do I have an amen?

And when I hear

the word summer

I quickly think

of the word

swimming.

We have some

friends that

regularly invite us

as a family

to come over

and swim and play

in their circular

above ground pool.

And one of the

things that we

get to do is

get everybody

in the pool

and we start

all walking

in the same

direction

in this circular

pool.

And in a short

amount of time

with all these

people walking

in the same

direction

a current

is created.

A current

strong enough

to sweep people

off their feet

if they're not

firmly planted.

And here's what

you must realize

about the world.

The world

creates cultural

currents that

are contrary

to the cause

of Christ.

When non-Christians

are living

in close proximity

who are opposed

to God

and blinded

walk through

life together

they create

currents.

It's not water.

It's ways

of thinking.

Ways of living.

Now don't mistake

what I'm saying.

We all have

loved ones

that have yet

to be transferred

from the domain

of darkness

into the kingdom

of Christ.

What we want

most for them

is for them

to know

Christ the King.

But we must

be aware

that these

non-Christians

we love

can be caught

up in these

cultural currents

that oppose

Christ.

What I want

to remind you

of this morning

is that these

currents created

by the world

are part

of the devil's

destructive network.

He employs

the world

for his

destructive

purposes.

He's the

prince of

the power

of the air.

He's the

god of this

world.

The ruler

of the age.

So the

connection we

see in

Ephesians 2

is following

the course

of this

world,

following the

prince of

the power

of the air,

the god

of this

world.

He's behind

it.

And as

Christians,

we cannot

live for

what the

world lives

for because

the world

does not

live for

Christ.

It's that

simple.

As

Christians,

we create

our own

currents that

are Christ

pleasing and

Christ like

and that will

oftentimes come

into conflict

with the way

the world

is living.

And what the

devil and his

demonic host are

very effective at

doing is

tempting us.

through the

world,

appealing to

the desires

of our

flesh.

What I'm

wanting you to

see here is

that once we

follow the

prince of the

power of the

air, once we

walk, we

follow the

course, the

currents of

the world, but

we can't make

the mistake of

thinking that

the devil doesn't

use the world

for his purposes.

He does.

He employs

the world for

his deceptive

and destructive

purposes by

tempting our

flesh.

We looked at

two enemies,

let's look at

the third, the

flesh.

The first two

enemies, the

devil and the

world are

outside of us.

This last

enemy coordinated

against us is

the flesh, a.k.a.

the sinful

nature.

Your flesh, if

you're a

Christian, is

that part of

you that

continues to

desire things

that God

forbids.

And before

you were saved,

you were ruled

by your

flesh.

And Satan

exploited it.

But when you

were saved, you

were united to

Christ and His

death and

resurrection.

And the power

of sin in you

was broken,

defeated by the

cross.

So you,

Christian, have

been united with

Christ and

you're no longer

enslaved to

sin.

But that

doesn't mean

sin is no

longer present

and influential

in your life.

You still have a

sinful nature.

It no longer

has dominion

over you, but

it's still

present in you.

And by the

way, God has

sent His

Spirit to dwell

inside of you

and so that

when you have

desires that

are not pleasing

to God, the

Holy Spirit

will confront

them.

Galatians 5,

15 and on.

But what

we're talking

about is how

the devil's

destructive network

uses the world

to tempt

your flesh.

What He's

seeking to do

is exploit

your sinful

nature through

the world.

Typically.

James 1,

14 is very

helpful because

I think it's

very important

that we make

a distinction

right now.

James 1,

14 says,

this, but

each person

is tempted

when he's

lured and

enticed by

his own

desire.

We are

responsible for

our sinful

choices.

We cannot

blame our

sin on the

devil.

That's where

I'm trying to

make a distinction.

He tempts us,

but we're

responsible for

our choices.

Yes, He's

actively seeking

to tempt us

through deception

to destroy us.

Yes, it's not

fair.

He doesn't play

by the rules.

He's forceful.

He makes it

really difficult.

He's seeking to

exploit any and

every opportunity

we give Him.

It's true.

But what a

Christian can never

say is that his

or her sin can't

say, the devil

made me do it.

Why not?

He may have

tempted us.

He may have

used the world

to tempt us,

but He did not

cause us to

disobey our

God.

So when it

comes to our

flesh, there's

different commands

in our Bibles.

One of them is

Romans 8.13,

which calls us

as Christians

to put to

death the

deeds of the

body.

We're to be

warring against

our flesh.

We're responsible.

Now this raises

an interesting

question, and

maybe some of

you have already

been asking it.

It's this.

Can a Christian

be possessed

by a demon?

Has anybody

thought that?

Anybody wondered?

I have.

Well, it depends

upon what you

mean by demon

possession.

If what you

mean by demon

possession is a

demon occupying a

Christian's heart

and mind and

taking over, the

answer to that

question is no.

A Christian can't

be demon

possessed like

that.

A demon cannot

occupy a Christian's

heart and mind.

Do you know

why?

there is

someone, capital

S someone,

already occupying

it.

1 John 4.4

Greater is

He that is in

you than

He that is in

the world.

And the

greater is He

is specifically

the Holy Spirit

in you.

Greater is He

that is in you

than He that is

in the world.

But if what you

mean by demon

possession is

more like

demonized,

harassed,

attacked,

tempted with

great force and

frequency,

yes, that

happens.

And that is

exactly why God

is calling us to

stand firm against

the schemes of

the devil.

Against the

spiritual forces of

evil that seek to

employ the world

to tempt our

flesh.

So we've been

trying to look at

the devil's

destructive network.

He uses it.

We've seen three

enemies, the devil,

the world, and the

flesh.

And through this

network he attacks

us with common

tactics.

His schemes.

In Ephesians 6.11

we're told to

stand firm against

the schemes of

the devil.

And so the devil

uses network to

try to draw on

us in some

common ways.

And I want to

show you four

ways, four

common tactics

that the devil

seeks to employ

to do us

harm.

The first is

doubt.

Doubt is

destroying trust

in God's

word.

word.

We see it in

Genesis 3

very early on.

The serpent

coming on the

scene and one

of his first

things he asks

Eve is,

did God

actually say

you should not

eat of any

tree in the

garden?

Doubt.

You shall not

surely die.

Doubt in God's

word.

For God knows

that when you

eat of it your

eyes will be

opened and you

will be like

God knowing good

needle.

God is trying to

win all good

from you.

Doubting God.

Doubting the

goodness of God's

word.

The devil delights

when he causes

people to doubt

God's word.

And so the way

that we fight and

the way that we're

going to learn to

fight next week is

by using God's

word and trusting

in God's word when

faced with temptation.

I mean our king

did the same thing

in Matthew 4.

So first tactic

is doubt.

The second tactic

is distraction.

And what

distraction does

it destroys

wholehearted

devotion to

Christ.

Now there are

full frontal

distractions but

more common

are the

subtle

frog

distractions.

distractions.

As in the frog

in the pot of

water.

Apparently,

and I have not

personally verified

this with my own

experimentation at my

house,

but apparently if you

drop a frog into a

pot of boiling water

it will immediately

jump out.

Have you guys heard

that?

Would you personally

do the same thing?

Yes.

But if you put a

frog in a pot of

warm water and

incrementally turn

the heat up until

it comes to a

gradual boil,

that frog in the

water acclimates

and eventually

gets slowly

cooked.

The devil is

patient in his

distracting us

unto destruction.

The devil uses the

world to distract us

from giving ourselves

fully to what

matters most.

Wholehearted

devotion to Christ.

And here's some of

the things he uses.

Busyness.

Money.

Entertainment.

Comfort.

Exercise.

Praise of your

own name.

He uses these

things to distract

us.

Some of these

things are in and

of themselves

not bad.

But what the

devil is seeking

to do is move it

from good to a

small g God.

word.

So we got to be

careful because the

devil will exploit

sinful cravings in

us to distract us

from Christ.

The devil delights

when he gradually

deceptively distracts

us from wholehearted

devotion to Jesus.

We need his word to

sniff it out.

We look at doubt,

distraction,

distortion.

Another tactic of

the devil.

Destroying the

goodness of God's

design.

What is

prostitution?

What is sex

trafficking?

What is pornography?

Do you know what

they are?

They are distortions

of God's good

design of sexuality

that end up

destroying people.

We see distortions

of marriage.

We see distortions

of when life

begins in the

womb.

We see distortions

of male leadership.

The devil delights

in distorting

God's good

design.

And what we see

going on in the

world is a

normalizing of

the distortions.

We need God's

word.

We'll be equipped

next week

how to fight

this.

The fourth

tactic is

division.

The Satan

destroying

God-pleasing

unity.

unity.

Satan

destroying

the blood-bought

unity of

his people.

One of the

themes throughout

the book of

Ephesians is

unity.

We see it in

Ephesians 4,

1-6.

Paul exhorts us,

walk in a manner

worthy of the

calling to which

you've called

as one

people.

One body.

One Lord.

One baptism.

One faith.

One,

one,

one,

one,

one.

Unity.

In Jesus'

high priestly

prayer in

John 17,

Jesus prays

for us and

he prays that

we would be

united and

united in

him.

I mean,

think about it

this way.

God's plan for

the fullness of

time is to

unite all

things in

Christ.

So it makes

sense that one

of the devil's

chief tactics

is to divide

the unity of

God's people.

Brothers and

sisters of

Christ the

King Church,

it is safe

to say that

the devil and

his host are

looking for an

opportunity to

divide us.

It's safe to

say it.

It's not if,

but it's when.

The devil is

seeking to

undermine God's

unifying work

in us and

he's been doing

a wonderful work

in this body.

So we have

warnings like

Ephesians 4,

26 and 27.

Be angry and

do not sin.

Do not let the

sun go down on

your anger and

give no opportunity

to the devil.

The devil is

looking to

divide us.

He's looking to

undermine and

divide us as a

church.

Let me give you

some possible

ways he would

do that.

He'll seek to

divide us over

doctrine.

He'll seek to

divide us over

worship preferences.

He'll seek to

divide us over

joining the

Crossway Association.

He'll seek to

divide us over

approving budgets.

He'll seek to

divide us over

decisions regarding

carpet texture and

wall color.

He'll seek to

divide us over

hurt feelings.

Listen to James.

Listen to this.

This is so good.

But if you have

bitter jealousy and

selfish ambition in

your hearts, this

is not the wisdom

that comes down

from above, but

is earthly,

worldly,

unspiritual,

demonic.

That's James.

He goes on to

say, for where

jealousy and

selfish ambition

exist, also

known as pride,

for where

jealousy and

selfish ambition

exist, there will

be disorder in

every vile practice,

also known as

division.

But the wisdom

from above is

first of all pure,

then peaceable,

gentle, open to

reason, full of

mercy and good

fruits, impartial,

insincere.

That's Christ-like

stuff right there.

That's humility in

action.

And he goes on to

say, in a harvest

of righteousness is

sown in peace by

those who make

peace.

Unity.

God is calling

us to guard

against the

divisive efforts

of the devil.

One of the things

I hear somewhat

frequently is this.

Christians saying,

I don't need a

church.

I don't need to

go to church.

The church is full

of people who are

jerks.

I don't need to

go to church.

I'm not making a

case the church is

perfect.

God knows I'm not.

But isolation is

exactly what the

devil wants.

Anybody watch

Mutual of Omaha's

Wild Kingdom?

What happens on the

African Serengeti?

Pride of Lions?

Remember what they

do?

They identify

weak link.

Separate weak link.

Isolate weak link.

Devour weak link.

1 Peter 5.8

Our enemy, the devil,

is like a lion

prowling around

looking for someone

to devour.

So for us, what this

means is instead of

separating and

isolating, we

congregate and

unite.

fight.

And we take up arms

against the devil.

Doubt, distraction,

distortion, division are

all deceptive methods

the devil uses to

destroy God's glorious

purpose in Christ.

But our God's

bigger.

Speaking of Christ,

let's turn to the

devil's greatest

weakness.

His name is Jesus.

The devil's weakness,

his greatest enemy,

is our Lord and

King, Jesus Christ,

who gave himself up

for us.

Jesus.

Did you know that

Jesus is the

destroyer of the

destroyer?

He will destroy

the works of the

devil.

Christ's death and

resurrection won the

decisive victory in

the battle against the

devil.

According to

Colossians 2.13, the

cross of Christ disarmed

the rulers and

authorities, speaking of

spiritual powers, and

put them to open shame

by triumphing over

them.

What happened at the

cross overpowered the

spiritual forces of

darkness.

All things were put

under his feet.

Let's back up.

What was Satan

thinking when he

entered Judas in

order to betray

Jesus?

Speculation.

I think he was

thinking he was

going to destroy

Jesus.

Apparently, Satan

did not realize that

what he was doing was

according to God's

sovereign, glorious

plan.

Jesus not only knew

Judas would betray

him, he allowed

Jesus to betray

him.

He willfully went to

his own death because

it would be through

his death and

resurrection that he

would destroy death

and the destroyer.

Christ is risen.

He is on his throne.

The devil is on the

run.

And when Jesus comes

back, he will

completely, finally

dismantle, destroy the

devil's network and

then throw him by the

scaly scruff of his

neck into the lake of

fire.

That's Revelation 20

Revelation 20:10

verse 10.

The devil goes by the

destroyer.

Apollyon.

Way back in Genesis

chapter 315, the

proto-evangelium, the

first gospel, there

would be a descendant

of Eve who would

break the serpent's

neck.

There are three

passages I'd really

like to show you, but

I'm just going to

point you to one.

If you would turn to

Hebrews chapter 2, I

Hebrews 2 · chapter mention

want to gird up your

loins with this,

strengthen you.

Hebrews chapter 2

Hebrews 2:14

verse 14, since

therefore the children

share in flesh and

blood, Jesus himself

likewise partook of the

same things.

He became a man.

That through death he

might destroy the one

who has the power of

death.

That is the devil.

Did you get it right

there?

He came to destroy the

works of the devil and

the devil.

And deliver all those

who through fear of

death were subject to

lifelong savory.

The devil's greatest

weakness is our Lord

Jesus, who's already

triumphed and who is

going to work all things

out.

His kingdom is

advancing.

The kingdom, the domain

of darkness is

shrinking.

So let me conclude by

saying this.

This morning we've done

some biblical recon on

the adversary of our

souls, the devil.

And what I want you to

walk away with is this.

Christian, you don't

need to fear the devil.

He's been defeated.

His doom is set.

Yes, he's dangerous.

He prowls around like a

lion.

But God is for us.

He hasn't even, he's

given us his own son.

How much along with him

will he give us everything

we need?

Nothing can separate us

from the love of God in

Christ Jesus.

God is for us.

Next week, we're to go

to the Christian armory to

see what weapons God has

provided for us to stand

firm against the schemes

of the devil.

We know he's been

defeated.

He will be destroyed.

He remains dangerous.

So next week we learn how

to put on the armor and

fight.

Let me pray.

God, thank you so much

for your word.

Thank you for making us

aware of things that we

will generally not think

about.

God, we are sobered by the

reality of a spiritual

conflict going all around us

and even aimed at us.

But we take courage in

knowing that Jesus, our

King, reigns over it all

and is working his will for

our good.

God, I pray that you would

strengthen us, that you

would protect us, that you

would unite us, that you

would make us wise.

We are not ignorant to his

designs.

designs.

And so, God, we pray for the

power and the wisdom to walk

in a manner worthy of the

calling of which you called

us as a church armed for the

glory of Christ.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Thank you.