Spiritual Warfare: Storming The Gates Of Hell

Spiritual Warfare:
Storming the Gates of Hell

Introduction & Review:

• We are Skeptical of the Supernatural.
• The Spiritual Realm Consists of Good Guys & Bad Guys…
• Good Guys include the One True God & Other Created Spiritual Beings .
• These Other Spiritual Beings have Free Will and Can Sin.
• Bad Guys: There have been at Least Three Rebellions, but Jesus Has Prevailed Against Each one of these
  • # 1– Genesis 3—Serpent/Satan (Postponed God’s Plan, Marred God’s Image in Man through Sin; Claimed Humans in Death).
  • # 2– Genesis 6 —Sons of God/Nephilim/ Unclean Spirits (Tried to Create Imagers of Their own to Rival God; Though Punished, Unclean Spirits Remain to Torment Humans and Further Marr God’s Imagers)
  • # 3– Genesis 11 —Powers of This Dark World (Originally tasked with Ruling the Nations by the Will of God, they Put Themselves in the Place of God to be Worshiped and Further Lead Humanity Astray).
• Jesus Has Prevailed Against Each One

Storming the Gates of Hell

• 1. Jesus Stormed the Gates of Hell (Matthew 16:12-21).
  • a. Jesus Stormed the Gates of Hell in the Wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11).
  • b. Jesus Stormed the Gates of Hell .in His Ministry (Luke 11:20).
  • c. Jesus Stormed the Gates of Hell in His Death, Burial, and Resurrection (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:10; Hebrews 2:14-15; Colossians 2:15).
  • d. Jesus Stormed the Gates of Hell in his Ascension (Ephesians 1:19-23, Ephesians 2:6).
• 2. Jesus Has Equipped the Church to Storm the Gates of Hell.
  • a. Jesus has Created us Anew (1 Corinthians 5:17; John 3:3-5). Restored God’s Image; Broken the Power Sin; Sanctified us.
  • b. Jesus has Promised Victory (Matthew 16:18-20; 1 Corinthians 16:54-58) Over World, Over Sin, Over Death, In our Mission.
  • c. Jesus has Equipped us with God’s Armor (Ephesians 6:10-20).
  • d. Jesus has Given us our Marching Orders (Matthew 28:18-20).

Conclusion: Fighting the Good Fight

• 1. In Baptism we Declare our Allegiance (1 Peter 3:14-21).
• 2. In Communion we Renew Our Commitment (1 Corinthians 10:14-22).
• 3. In Outreach we Storm the Gates of Hell (Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 3:10).
• 4. In Our Christian Walk, we Resist Temptation and Stand Firm in the Face of Persecutions (1 Peter 5:8-11). 
  

  Whose Side are You On?