The vital points about spiritual warfare

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1. Lawful Captives

 “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty or the lawful captive delivered”  Isaiah 49:24 KJV

For one to be under any attack from the devil, he has a legal ground that gave him access to hold one down. Though his legal ground might not be as a result of one’s sin, it could be ones parents fault or fore fathers but whatever it is, there is a legal ground the devil is standing for that captivity to be able to stand.

Most times, the devil deceives one into what he now uses as a legal ground to hold one in captivity but since one refused to resist him, his deception will hold against one as always said, there is no ignorance in law. He deceived Adam and Eve to eat the fruit God asked them not to eat and brought them into the captivity.

“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it and whosoever breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him”.  Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV

“Be not deceived, God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting”              Galatians 6:7-8 KJV

We could see from the above scriptures that it is what we sow that we shall reap. The devil deceives us so that we can fall into the pit he has dug and then begin to accuse us with it.


2. Get your own legal ground

“But thus saith the LORD, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee and I will save thy children”  Isaiah 49:25 KJV

One can only nullify a legal ground with another higher legal ground. A legal agreement can only be cancelled through a legal means. You can only use a legal ground to nullify the ground the devil is standing on.

The Legal ground the devil stood against mankind in the Garden of Eden was cancelled by the death and resurrection of Jesus. The first of the legal ground one will stand upon is to ask for the forgiveness of whatever sin that one has committed or one’s parents or fore fathers which has brought one into the captivity.

“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications with fasting and sack cloth and ashes. And I prayed unto the LORD my God and made my confession and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love Him and to them that keep His commandments, we have sinned and have committed iniquity and have done wickedly and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgements”.   Daniel 9:3-5 KJV

Daniel was praying for their liberation from the captivity and he first asked for the forgiveness of their sin so that there could be a legal ground for them to stand, in order to nullify the legal ground of the devil (Sin) that brought them into the captivity.                      

Also read Nehemiah 1:4-7.

We also saw in Jude 9 that the Archangel Michael didn’t bring a railing accusation against the devil. According to 2Corinthians 10:3-6, it is after our own obedience is fulfilled before we can bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. You must first make your way right with God before you can begin to exercise spiritual warfare against the devil.

What this first legal ground means is that you seek for the mercy of God. Of course, one can only get the mercy of God through forgiveness of one’s sins (Proverbs 16:6).

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain MERCY and find GRACE to help in time of need”   Hebrews 4:16 KJV

You must first come boldly to the throne of grace, the presence of God through the blood of Jesus to seek for the forgiveness of your sin and by that obtain mercy, that is be pardoned by God for the sin committed by you, your parents or fore fathers. Then you find grace, the unmerited favour, for help in the time of need.

This first legal ground is the most important because it is the mercy of God that will qualify one for God’s intervention on one’s behalf.

Whatever is the ground the devil is standing upon, go now to the God of Mercy, the Potter and He will show His mercy unto you. He will remould you to be fit for His use. Then that ground the devil is standing on against you shall be nullified and as a new creature, you can now fulfill that purpose of God for your life since the old things are passed away and all things have become new. God is ready to show us His mercy, don’t allow the devil to deceive you that you can’t be shown mercy by God.

After you have received mercy then the next legal ground is the grace of God. It is the grace of God that wil give you victory but mercy must first speak before the grace of God can be released on you. 

3. Bind the strong man.

4. Take back your possession.

5. Be prepared for a counter attack from the devil.

N.B: It is an excerpt from my book titled "A Victorious Spiritual Warfare: using my testimony as a case study".

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