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May 14, 2013
Spiritual warfare doesn’t always look the way popular movies portray it. Rather, as pastor Thabiti Anyabwile explains, it is often waged through devious, subversive strategies. The fight is led by demons who use liars disguised as faith teachers to destroy men by getting them to abandon the faith. To combat this, a minister’s duty is to warn their congregations about apostacy and the devil’s schemes, teaching them what—and what not—to believe.
1Now xthe Spirit expressly says that yin later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to zdeceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2through the insincerity of aliars whose consciences are seared, 3bwho forbid marriage and crequire abstinence from foods dthat God created eto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4For feverything created by God is good, and gnothing is to be rejected if it is ereceived with thanksgiving, 5for it is made holy hby the word of God and prayer.
6iIf you put these things before the brothers,1 you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have jfollowed. 7Have nothing to do with irreverent, ksilly myths. Rather ltrain yourself for godliness; 8for while mbodily training is of some value, godliness nis of value in every way, as oit holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
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