Being Victorious in the Spiritual Battle!
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Reverend Larry Deering
Ephesians 4:26-27
"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
and do not give the devil a foothold.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Colossians 1:16-17
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text [the earth] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
Isaiah 14:13-14
You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. Or [of the north]; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."
Mark 5:1-13
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. Some manuscripts [Gadarenes]; other manuscripts [Gergesenes]
When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name don't torture me!"
For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you impure spirit!"
Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."
And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them."
He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
Mark 1:23-24
Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,
"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"
Ephesians 6:12-13
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Psalms 119:105
Nun)Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Ephesians 6:15
and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
1 John 4:4
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
