If business is considered “war without guns,” what is spiritual warfare? The spiritual are things that are unseen. War is “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” How do we go into “armed conflict” unarmed, while fighting against an unseen enemy? We must war in the unseen spiritual realm, protected by the helmet of salvation and armed with the Word of God, HIS Sword of the Spirit.
Strength can be found in having power over our own thoughts rather than worldly events. The war is fought in the mind and warring in the spirit, gives us strength in this unseen realm of thought. By focusing only on the internal things that we can control. In this realm of the spirit mind, we are victorious over groups or factions that produce anxiety, fear, and worry.
The Scripture breathed out by God teaches in truth, to behave righteously, making us prepared at every point to do good to everyone. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) The Sword of the Spirit is our weapon of choice.
There are demons that are tools of Satan. They are vexed when attempting to target us in the eyesight of their weapon; for they are off the mark when they fire.
God will remove HIS children from the environment where increased temptations of wrong choices are plentiful. HIS children shall have no feelings of condemnation. (Romans 8:1) None are above temptation, but by divine discernment; they all avoid decoys, traps, and snares of the devil. They peacefully rest assured in not being confused. The righteous assumes nothing to be true or valid without positive verification of truth of God, and Godly understanding.
Earthly nations and states always act in self-interest, seeking to take advantage of one another while deterring other nations or states from taking advantage of them. On earth, propaganda is used in the absence of guns, in the spirit realm, God’s children uses the Sword of the Spirit. The winner of this war, free of guns, will emerge as the most dominant phenomenon in the history of mankind and the warfare of good against evil.
Ephesians 6:17
New International Version
17 “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
Ephesians 6:17
King James Version
17 “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:”
Ephesians 6:17
Living Bible
17 “And you will need the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the Word of God.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17
New International Version
16 “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17
King James Version
16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Living Bible
16 “The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens us out and helps us do what is right. 17 It is God’s way of making us well prepared at every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone.”
Romans 8:1
New International Version
Life Through the Spirit
8 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,”
Romans 8:1
King James Version
8 “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
Romans 8:1
Living Bible
8 “So there is now no condemnation awaiting those who belong to Christ Jesus.”