When In War, Create
Bethel Redding Sermon of the Week
Bethel Redding
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🗓️ 3 October 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Referring to Zechariah and several other key figures in the Bible, Bill Johnson emphasizes the need for creativity amidst a time of spiritual warfare. Creativity isn't just about craftsmanship, it's about the spirit of wisdom and excellence behind all that we do. When we become who God designed us to be, it reveals a perfect Father to an orphaned planet. Now is the time for childlike wonder and creative dreaming.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Bethel Church Sermon of the Week. |
| 0:06.2 | We hope you enjoy this message by Pastor Bill Johnson. |
| 0:09.5 | For more information about this podcast and other resources, visit bethel.com. |
| 0:17.3 | Grab your Bibles and open, if you would, to the Book of Zechariah. |
| 0:21.7 | And those of you, a regular part of the Bethel family here, local know that I've been |
| 0:30.7 | doing a fair amount of repeat this summer, spring and summer. |
| 0:41.5 | And I'm going to continue, |
| 0:44.9 | although some of this will be a bit new today. |
| 0:49.4 | How many of you have figured out we are in a war? |
| 0:58.4 | Some of you are sitting next to someone who's clueless, he need to elbow them and say we are in a war or maybe I caught you off guard to the question that's probably what it was how many of you realize |
| 1:02.9 | we're honestly in a spiritual war war there's no question in fact there's never been a time in my life |
| 1:10.2 | or it's been more intense. |
| 1:13.1 | And in fact, I would say probably 10 times more than any other season of my life has been the last two years. |
| 1:20.8 | Now, our strength in spiritual warfare is no greater than our ability to control our thoughts. |
| 1:32.7 | Our strength in spiritual warfare, you guys can make me work this morning. I'm going to get a |
| 1:37.1 | workout. I can see. Our strength in spiritual warfare, our effectiveness in spiritual warfare is |
| 1:42.4 | no greater than our ability to control our thoughts. |
| 1:46.3 | And in 2 Corinthians 10, probably the greatest chapter on instruction for spiritual warfare, |
| 1:52.1 | there is this phrase, taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. |
| 1:57.9 | Imagine being in a natural war, and you've got like the number one terrorist on the planet opposing you, and you take the person captive, he's now a prisoner of war. |
| 2:07.2 | But what happens if you take that captive, a prisoner of war, and you turn him into a soldier for the same cause as you? |
| 2:13.9 | That's what it means to take captive, renegade thoughts to the obedience of Christ. |
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