Dr. Johnson. Org
The Word Of God
"The Sword
of the Spirit" as t he Word of God is called, is another great weapon
which can be used by the beliver to destroy the enemy provided he/she has faith
in the power of the Word and provided he/she fulfills John 15 : 7.
"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and
it will be given you."
The first time the Holy spirit lead us into warfare of this kind, He showed an
image of a tap with water running forcefully from it. . This was an indication
from the Holy Spirit to bombard the enemy with the Word of God. All scripture
is beneficial when used with faith and it thwarts the enemy attacks. But the
enemy has an idea of sorts whether the person using it has faith/not.
Once when we confronted an evil spirit, it stood it s ground just to check
whether I really meant the Word that I was speaking, but disappeared when it
knew that it was spoken with faith.
Some evil spirits get irritated when the word hits them. As the writer of
Hebrews says, "For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any
double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and
marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" (Hebrews
In Jeremiah
"Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, " and like a hammer
that breaks a rock in pieces"
So we have a weapon which is a sword, a fire and a hammer. What more can we ask
for?
During evil spiritual attacks power packed verses from the Word destroys the
enemy forces. A few such verses are Luke 10:19, Mathew 18:18, I John 2:9, Psalm
2,3,91, 121, 124, Job 20: 5.6. Deuteronomy 28:7.
True events from the Word recounted to the enemy about how God saved His people
the Israelites from their enemies and praising God that He will do the same for
us, has an equal effect. A few such incidents are: Abraham rescuing Lot, God
delivering the Israelites from Pharoah and the Egyptians, the rod of God
swall-owing the rods of the magicians Joshua gaining victory at Jericho,
David's victory over Goliath the bear & the lion, the victories God wrought
for Aza and Jehoshphat and so on and so forth. The list is in exhaustive.
Praising God with Psalms spontaneous is equally effective. Psalms 8, 23, 24,
29, 45, 67, 76, 87, 91, 93, 95, 100, 103, 114, 117, 120-130, 145-150, have
helped me a lot in warfare when I have used it with faith and spontaneously.
Learning the Word by heart can thus aid one tremendously in warfare. One
morning, the Holy Spirit showed a lion like evil spirit raging against our
elder daughter and even planning to pin her down & cause harm but as my
wife worshipped in tongues, the angels caught hold of it & speared it. It
retreated with a dirty and retaliating look on its face. The Holy spirit warned
us that it would be back that day for revenge, so were on the alert We kept
praising God as a family that morning and later as we were traveling to drop
our daughter at school, she (my wife) saw the evil wounded lion like spirit
returning with a vengeance.
Soon the Holy Spirit reminded me of David’s encounter with the lion and how he
gave testimony to Saul about that. The effect was instantaneous as she
worshipped in tongues and I hit the enemy with the Word praising God that as He
helped David, He would help us too. This time the evil one was thoroughly &
completely defeated and cast into the pit by the angels. Praise God for His
Word and His faithfulness to keep His Word to win every battle against the
enemy for us.
"He sent forth His word and healed them; he rescued them from the
grave" (Psalm 107:20)