NUMBERS 22-23 - PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS (Part 1)

NUMBERS 22-23 - PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS (Part 1)

Unfortunately, many people in the church today have the mistaken idea that being like the world is the way to reach the world. They forget that the church is the people of God, a very special people, saved by His grace. Instead of maintaining separation (2 Cor. 6:14–7:1) they promote imitation (1 John 2:15–17; Rom. 12:2), so that it’s becoming more and more difficult to distinguish the people of God from the people of the world. And yet, as Campbell Morgan reminded us, “The church did the most for the world when the church was the least like the world.” - WARREN WIERSBE 

   The battles God’s people fight today are not with flesh and blood on earth but with Satan’s hosts in the heavenlies (Eph. 6:10ff), and we can’t win the victory in our own strength. We must first of all see ourselves as the people of God, purchased by the blood of Christ, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and “more than conquerors” through Christ (Rom. 8:37). Our protection is the “whole armor of God,” and our chief weapons are the Word of God and prayer (Eph. 6:13–20; Acts 6:4). - WARREN WIERSBE