Podcast Audio and Video:
Pulling Down Strongholds, Part 1 – YouTube
Show Notes:
Christian warfare is very real. God wants to restore the image of God in us; and once we begin to bear the image of Christ, everything in hell attacks.
We are told to put on the full armor of God to have victory. But the victory over the devil is not merely external. The real freedom starts inside and works outward. We need to get the living Word of God inside of us until it saturates our system and Christ begins to abide in us. There’s liberty in Jesus. He is the truth, and the truth will set us free.
Many people live defeated lives because of strongholds. A stronghold is a fortified place where a strong man can dig in and do battle. It’s where the enemy gains ground in our life. We need a demolition of these strongholds, making them unusable by the wicked one. They need to be attacked with the cross of Christ.
We are called to mature in our Christian walk, but most of Christianity today is stuck in perpetual infancy by those who don’t engage in battle or strengthen themselves with God’s Word. If we’re not doing everything we can as little children to receive the milk of God’s Word, then as young men to engage the wicked one and overcome, then we will be defeated. We will never make it to the old man stage, bear fruit, or reproduce.
In this spiritual war, everything from heaven will fight for us, but no one is able to overcome the battle of the devil over you other than you. The battle is raging. We need to engage in the battle and use the weapons of our warfare to overcome the wicked one.