The Invisible War, Part 5

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

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🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Scripture is clear that we struggle not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual forces of evil at work in the world. But many Christians today live as if the supernatural realm does not exist. In this 6-part series, Dr. Michael Youssef explores the heavenly realms and reveals the real tactics Satan uses today in the invisible war to stifle our witness and keep souls far from Christ. Armed with a deeper understanding of the forces at play according to Scripture, you will learn to use the armor God has given you to rebuke the enemy and face tomorrow with confidence in Christ’s absolute victory.

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0:00.0	Today I want to talk to you about the three major categories or the three areas in which the enemy of your soul will try to pull you down from your high altitude that is the will of God for you.
0:15.2	Three areas in which he will bring you down in order to defeat you. Every failure you experience comes under
0:25.1	one of those three categories. And the Apostle John, 1 John 2.16, here they are. The lust of the flesh,
0:35.3	the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. The lust of the flesh,
0:42.0	the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. These are basically three missiles that Satan
0:50.5	use to try to bring you down from the high altitude in which Jesus has placed you
0:56.0	and placed me. And oh, by the way, I'm going to show you that these are the very three
1:03.9	temptations that Satan took aim at Jesus in every one of those three areas that John talks about.
1:14.5	The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.
1:17.7	Every one of them.
1:19.0	And praise God, Jesus defeated him in every one of them.
1:24.7	In every one of them.
1:25.7	The Bible said he was tempted in every way like unto us,
1:29.8	but he never sinned. And praise God for that, because it is because of his sinlessness that he is
1:38.0	able to take upon his sinless body the sins of everyone who confess their own sin. Praise God. So Jesus, fasting for 40 days,
1:48.0	he goes to the wilderness. Matthew 4, verse 1 says, the Holy Spirit, that's the Spirit of Jesus,
1:55.1	the Holy Spirit, took him into the wilderness, led him into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. That was planned.
2:04.4	This was the start of conflict which went on all the way to the cross where Jesus rendered Satan
2:14.1	toothless. Look at verse 2, 4-2, Matthew 4-2. You'll discover, that's the first one here.
2:22.5	First of all, it tells you that after 40 days, now I'm not going to speculate, okay,
2:28.9	but after 40 days, it was getting close, and maybe the 39 days, probably just at the end of the 39 days. I don't
2:37.4	know, but it's toward the end. He's getting so close. I'm telling you this for a reason, because that's
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