What does it Take to Win Battles in the Spirit—R Fritz
It takes the love of Jesus Christ to win any battle. Without that love, you will not obey Jesus Christ because it requires you to change. John 14:20-23 says, and this is Jesus speaking “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.” Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode (residence) with him.” This says that you shall know when you and the Holy Spirit are one. The Holy Spirit will take residence with you with love, and you shall keep his commandments. The Holy Spirit in you cannot be seen by the world, they do not know spiritual things.
We have to know our enemy, the devil. The last four letters of the devil are “evil.” That is not by chance, that name was given by God. It spells his nature. 1 Peter 5:8 says “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” If you thought he is playing games I can assure you the devil is serious about destroying you, getting you to believe what you are doing is right and getting you to sin and ending in the same sentence as Satin to end in the lake of fire. The devil or called Satan speaks to people through their thoughts with them believing their thoughts as of right, good, or proper.
We should have righteous thoughts. The dictionary definition of righteous is virtuous or moral, certainly more than right. Righteousness is God’s nature and should be ours. Isaiah 64:6 says, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Righteousness cannot be achieved without the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the only way to be righteous because God’s Spirit is part of us. That is the only way to truly understand being holy, merciful, grace, forgiveness, all-knowing. We might think we know God’s attributes and the words. God’s words and God’s meanings are more comprehensive.
Our battlefield is in the Spirit even though we stand in the flesh. The world uses what we can see as its battlefield. With the Holy Spirit, we see, hear, and use all our God-given senses. This happens because we have excepted the Holy Spirit and when we surrender all of our wills. Our will is our mind voluntarily surrendering, then our body following. Our heart is where God is looking and can see the true you. Nothing is hidden when he looks. Our God is looking for who will follow him. He knows who you are, he is waiting for you to speak, study or make a move to follow him. God is waiting for action. He is looking for a serious person who wants to know about God. The action comes from our prayers and God saw how serious we are. He wants to give you the tools, God’s wisdom, and belief. Ephesians 1:17-19 says “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,” The wisdom and revelation from God will give you knowledge and understanding of God.
Spiritual battles are won by our words. Words gave by the Holy Spirit to speak. When we speak our words, they have no power in the spirit. Our words might intimidate somebody in the flesh because of our size or the gruffness of our voice, they mean nothing in the spirit. Mark 13:11 says and this is Jesus speaking “But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate (to plan beforehand): but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, which speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.” The Holy Ghost will speak through you if you allow it, you just need to be there, the Holy Ghost does the talking. We need to trust the Holy Ghost. It’s the Spirit speaking.
Satan wants to stop you from doing God’s plan. Sometimes if he cannot stop you or slow you up, He will get you to go faster and try to burn you out. I have seen Satan do both to people. I am showing you some of the schemes Satan uses on people. I have personally seen where the Holy Spirit shows me the scheme as it is happening. If you fight in the spirit, it is not your battle or fight because the Holy Spirit takes the battle. If you choose to fight in the flesh, good luck if you win or lose, it is all on you. It gets down to you and your choice to surrender and let the Holy Spirit control the outcome of your life or for you to take control as you always have. Prayers are what change the battle. They are all tools for those who want to win our battles in the Spirit. God Bless.
