LifePoint Church (Pearland, TX)
Pastor Cecil Whitton on September 12, 2021. Watch this service online on Facebook or YouTube.
Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV
1. Know your ________.
a. Our enemy is _____________.
John 10:10 ESV
b. Our enemy is ___________.
2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV
c. Our enemy is ____________.
1 Peter 5:8 ESV
2. Don’t rely on your ______________.
Joshua 1:9 ESV
Psalm 73:26 ESV
Habakkuk 3:19 ESV
Isaiah 35:4 ESV
3. Being strong in the Lord isn’t simply about God ________ you strength. It’s about God __________ your strength.
2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV
4. My greatest __________ is found at the point of my greatest ___________.
Ephesians 6:10-12 ESV
What do you think it means to be “strengthened in the Lord” (v. 10)?
+ How does Jesus’s death and resurrection demonstrate and enable us to be strengthened in the Lord (Ephesians 1:18-22)?
+ In what circumstances do you need to be strengthened in the Lord?
Ephesians 1:18-22 ESV
Why does God command us to “put on the full armor of God” (v. 11), especially since He has already won the victory for us (Ephesians 1:20-22)?
+ Why do you think it says that we should “stand against” the schemes of the devil instead of saying we should “defeat” the schemes of the devil?
+ What are the “schemes of the devil” (for some examples see Genesis 3:1-6; Revelation 12:10, 2 Corinthians 11:3-4)? Note that the Bible says that “we are not ignorant of his schemes” (2 Corinthians 2:11).
Ephesians 1:20-22 ESV
Genesis 3:1-6 ESV
Revelation 12:10 ESV
2 Corinthians 11:3-4 ESV
2 Corinthians 2:11 ESV
Paul obviously had real physical struggles that he either had to physically endure or take physical actions against (see 2 Corinthians 11:24-33), yet in Ephesians 6:12 he says “our struggle is not against flesh and blood.” What do you think he means by that?
+ How does Ephesians 6:12 shape your perspective on the struggles you face?
+ What is the treasure that the enemy is trying to steal from you (1 Peter 1 3-7)?
2 Corinthians 11:24-33 ESV
1 Peter 1:3-7 ESV