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WARFARE PART 1

Monday, May 17, 2004 • EARL AND WANDA • Prayer
We know the wiles of the devil? Is this true for you?

WARFARE PART 1
Earl and Wanda Boone
May 17, 2004

NOTE:
I HEAR SATAN ROAR AS THIS MESSAGE IS PREPARED. THE LOWER RANKS OF DEMONS CROUCH AND PEER AT ME OVER THE EDGE OF TIME. THE OTHER RANKS IN ASCENDING ORDER HOVER OVER THEM BECAUSE A TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED TO ANNIHILATE, UPROOT, CAST DOWN AND DESTROY HIS CAUSE AT THE VERY ROOT.

THE DEFINITION OF WAR: A CONTEST BETWEEN NATIONS OR STATES, CARRIED ON BY FORCE, WHETHER FOR DEFENSE, FOR REVENGING INSULTS AND REDRESSING WRONGS, FOR THE EXTENSION OF COMMERCE, FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY, FOR OBTAINING AND ESTABLISHING THE SUPERIORITY AND DOMINION OF ONE OVER THE OTHER, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE; ARMED CONFLICT OF SOVEREIGN POWERS; DECLARED AND OPEN HOSTILITIES.

2 Corinthians 2
10 If you forgive anyone anything, I too forgive that one; and what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sakes in the presence [and with the approval] of Christ (the Messiah), 11 To keep Satan from getting the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles and intentions.

URGENT NOTE:
1. WE CAN KEEP SATAN FROM GETTING THE ADVANTAGE OVER US.
2. THE WORD CONFIDENTLY DECLARES THAT WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN'S WILES AND INTENTIONS.

WATCH AND DISCOVER THE TACTICS OF THE ENEMY AS POINTED OUT BELOW. YOU MAY BE SURPRISED.

1 Samuel 18
1 WHEN DAVID had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own life. 2 Saul took David that day and would not let him return to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own life. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, even his sword, his bow, and his girdle. 5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he prospered and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was satisfactory both to the people and to Saul's servants.

Note: David innocently followed all instructions given by Saul. He prospered and was promoted.

6 As they were coming home, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the Israelite towns, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with timbrels, songs of joy, and instruments of music. 7 And the women responded as they laughed and frolicked, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very angry, for the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed only thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom? 9 And Saul [jealously] eyed David from that day forward. 10 The next day an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved [madly] in his house, while David played [the lyre] with his hand, as at other times; and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin, for he thought, I will pin David to the wall. And David evaded him twice. 12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. 13 So Saul removed David from him and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

SAUL MADE DAVID HIS COMMANDER NOT OUT OF LOVE OR RESPECT. THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT DAVID WOULD BE KILLED.

14 David acted wisely in all his ways and succeeded, and the Lord was with him. 15 When Saul saw how capable and successful David was, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. 17 Saul said to David, My elder daughter Merab I will give you as wife; only serve me courageously and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul thought, Let not my hand, but the Philistines' hand, be upon him. 18 David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?

DAVID KNEW THAT HE WAS TO BE KING, YET HE DID NOT LOOK FOR WAYS TO "BURST HIMSELF ON THE SCENE" HE PATIENTLY LIVED LIFE IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD, FULLY EXPECTING HIS WORD TO COME TO PASS AT THE APPOINTED TIME.

19 But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. 20 Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and it pleased him. 21 Saul thought, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, You shall now be my son-in-law.

SAUL GAVE MICHAL TO DAVID BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD BE A SNARE TO HIM.

22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately and say, The king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now then, become [his] son-in-law. 23 Saul's servants told those words to David. David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing I am a poor man and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him what David said. 25 Saul said, Say this to David, The king wants no dowry but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the Philistines' hands.

AGAIN, SAUL'S INTENTION WAS TO DESTROY DAVID

26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased [him] well to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days expired, 27 David went, he and his men, and slew two hundred Philistine men, and brought their foreskins and gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. 28 When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David and that Michal [his] daughter loved him, 29 Saul was still more afraid of David; and Saul became David's constant enemy.

THIS IS AMAZING. WE ARE ABLE TO WATCH DAVID'S LIFE AND READ AND SEE SAUL'S INTENT. DAVID JUST LIVED. HE REMAINED HUMBLE, DOING WHATEVER WAS SET BEFORE HIM. HE ACCEPTED WHATEVER PROMOTION CAME. HE NEVER REALIZED THAT SAUL WAS CONSTANTLY OUT TO DESTROY HIM, IT WAS HIS GOAL 24 HOURS A DAY AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THIS IS THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY AS WELL. HE IS NEVER NICE AND HE NEVER GIVES UP.

WE MUST LOOK TO GOD AND NOT TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE WHETHER GOOD OR BAD. NEVER LOOK TO MAN BUT ALWAYS LOOK TO GOD.

WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN'S WILES AND INTENTIONS.

Ephesians 6
11 Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 12 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. 13 Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].

STAND FIRMLY IN YOUR PLACE!

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