Spiritual Warfare

[Jenni Biegler]

There are so many perspectives when it comes to Spiritual Warfare and the continuum of belief that says it doesn't exist, to the belief that there's a demon behind anything and everything that goes wrong.

 

If you were discipling someone, what do you consider to be the essentials that a new or young believer needs to know about Spiritual Warfare?  How would you teach a new believer to identify Spiritual Warfare?  What pitfalls would you warn them of?

 

Do you think that it's important to have a prayer covering when you are encountering spiritual warfare?

[Lars Widerberg]

There is a fundamental difference between what some call spiritual warfare and proper prayer warfare.
A minimal, to the point, definition: Spiritual warfare – standing, yelling at powers of the air. Prayer warfare – kneeling before a Holy God in company with mature saints.

The warfare is indeed real – the powers are to be engaged and overcome. It is done by Christians in unity, matured by the Cross of Christ. This testimony will cause the powers to tremble and to back off from their positions and strongholds.

The yelling and commanding is a game, a show, mostly generated by immature men and women – bringing no spiritual fruit.

We do not send our children to war – we protect them from its procedures and pain, if it is possible. We cannot send new-born Christians to war – they will be harshly handled by the powers.
Lars Widerberg

[Jenni Biegler]

Good point about not sending children into battle, but do we not have a responsibility to teach them about warfare so that they know how to respond to it when we are not around?