Ephesians 6:12 If you don’t believe in spiritual warfare then you are a victim of it.

From: Andrew Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:44 PM To: Aaron Dodson Subject: Re: eChurch WOW! Wow great stuff Aaron, a truly great read, and very insightful. Keep them coming On Apr 21, 2013 11:19 AM, "Aaron Dodson" wrote: Read or listen to 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." www.bible.is If you don’t believe in spiritual warfare then you are a victim of it. This world is 100% pure spiritual warfare. Every move you make, every good decision, every wrong decision creates a battle between the forces of good and evil in the heavenly realm. Your body and who you are is incredibly valuable and important to God. But he gave us free will. Even if NASA could do it which they can't, but if they could, you would cost $100 trillion gazillion dollars to make. There are 1000s of angels to bring you up, and unfortunately demons to bring you down in the Central Spirit Command Center of your life. You matter and there is a universe built around you to influence you to make right choices and wrong choices. But all those choices are all yours to make. They belong to you and you alone, which is the greatest gift God gave you other than His infinite love. Then He sent Himself Jesus to bring that message and die for us so we would know that the powerful invisible and creating Spirit of God that made the heavens and earth and all that’s in it Loves us and wants to forgive us and change us from messing up our lives as we will all do, thereby destroying an otherwise perfect planet. It started with Adam and Eve and look at how we have done so far. God had to wipe it out once with the flood (don’t believe it? Then how could there be shark bones found in Kansas?), and we are on the verge of something else right now. So time to get right with God as it says "He will come as a thief in the night." (Google it) If you are a typical non believer or believer (both behave the same), the enemy knows he has you and leaves you alone because you are no threat to his kingdom. In fact he will prosper you in the world. You think and say you are a believer but you live a sinful lifestyle of habitual disobedience to God with one or more habitual sins marking your path away from God's future. The devil leaves you alone. You are no threat to him in fact you are on his side and you don’t even know it. People and voices you never see or hear are influenced by your actions and murmur; "If that is a Christian, I don’t want anything to do with it." Unfortunately we all have a degree of this demonic influence over others. But some much more than others. So are you a Christian but living in habitual disobedience? Don't know? Here's a test: do you know what sin is? 1. Did you read your Bible in the last month? John 3:9-10 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 2. Did you sleep with your girlfriend or boyfriend in the last month? 3. Did you take into your body any mind altering substances in the last 30 days? 4. In fact how about this? Galatians 5:19-21 "Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." Well I did one of those but I quickly repented and asked for forgiveness which I must do every day, because it’s not what you do or fail to do, its what you do about what you did. And if you are hung up in habitual sin, you have done nothing about it except to listen to the devil tell you "its ok, every body is doing it." 5. Did you pray to God through Jesus (or just pray to Jesus) and ask for forgiveness for something you did, said or thought in the last 30 days? “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) 6. Do you think that you are basically good and don't need to be forgiven of sin? Back to Nicodemus: John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." 7. Do you believe you can somehow please God and go to heaven by being good and good works? Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Score yourself to see how dangerous or friendly you are to the kingdom of satan. Know that if you are a born again believer, and especially if you are out spoken, you are marked by the enemy to take out. Follow who? It’s easy to follow the devil; just be yourself. But how do you follow God? You can only follow God by un-following the devil on Twitter or un-friending on Facebook. That’s what Jesus is all about and why you don’t even see the devil when you follow or friend him. Open your eyes, see the devil and un-follow him by repenting of the sin that Jesus died for all of us on the cross. Now follow and friend Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit for your Salvation. John 3:16 (google it or download www.bible.is ): God made it so simple to just repent of your sin and move on in obedience which will guarantee you a wonderful life despite the world, your flesh and devil's attack. In Love www.bible.is Beautiful song In Gods world there are no bad days; they all are.. but it's ok, and happy ever after is guaranteed! Listen, pray and cry. He will hear you: When you finally see enough evidence; when God intervenes in your life and directly answers pray over and over until you suddenly know that it isn't just a story or great self help program or crutch because you are weak and can't handle life (though it is); when you finally know that you know that He Is, then your response is like Peter's was; "depart from me Lord for I am a sinful man" Luke 5:8. Then Jesus says back to you what He said to Peter; read or listen to it at www.bible.is And suddenly knowing Him becomes like finding a 1000 presents under the Christmas tree one early morning when you were 6...enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ZAQwXZ7YQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player