एफिसीहरूमा 6:17, we read about the Sword of the Spirit. A soldier can wear the right uniform for protection, but if a soldier enters the battlefield without a weapon or if the soldier is unskilled and doesn’t know how to use his weapon, the soldier shall not be able to fight and stand against the enemy and shall eventually lose the fight. Because as soon the enemy finds out that the soldier is unarmed or doesn’t know how to use his weapon, the enemy shall attack and gain the victory. A soldier without a weapon or a soldier, who is unskilled and doesn’t know how to use his weapon, can’t be victorious. This also applies to every Christian, who is born again in Christ and belongs to the holy army of God. Every soldier of Christ should know how to use the Sword of the Spirit in battle. What does the Bible say about the Sword of the Spirit? What does the Sword of the Spirit mean?
What is the Sword of the Spirit?
त्यसैले उभिनुहोस्, आफ्नो कम्मर सत्यता संग जोडिएको छ, र धार्मिकताको छातीमा भएको; र शान्तिको सुसमाचारको तयारीको साथ तपाईंका खुट्टाहरू; सबै भन्दा माथि, विश्वासको ढाल लिदै, त्यसोभए तिमी दुष्टको सबै ज्वलन्त डायर्सलाई निभाउन सक्षम हुनु पर्छ. र मुक्तिको टोप लिनुहोस्, र आत्माको तरवार, जुन परमेश्वरको वचन हो (ए एफेसी 6:14-17)
The Sword of the Spirit is the only weapon and offensive element of the spiritual armor of God, by which you can attack the enemy and be victorious. The Sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. Therefore you can only attack and overcome the devil and his minions through the Word of God.
दुर्भाग्यवश, during the past years, the devil has enlarged his territory and has gained a lot of spiritual ground, due to the ignorance of believers and a lack of knowledge of the Word of God; सत्य.
Many have fed themselves with the opinions and the words of man coming from a carnal mind and have tried to fight the spiritual battles with their झूटा राजचना and carnal methods and because of that many have lost spiritual battles and sometimes even have left God and His word and entered the way of the world.
किनकि हामी मासु र रगतको विरुद्धमा लड्दैनौं
किनकि हामी मासु र रगतको विरुद्धमा लड्दैनौं, तर रियासतको बिरूद्ध, शक्तिहरु को बिरूद्ध, यस संसारको अन्धकारको शासकहरूको बिरूद्ध, उच्च स्थानहरूमा आध्यात्मिक दुष्टताको बिरूद्ध (ए एफेसी 6:12)
तर जसरी लेखिएको छ, we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood, तर रियासतको बिरूद्ध, शक्तिहरू, यस संसारको अन्धकारका शासकहरू, उच्च स्थानहरूमा आध्यात्मिक दुष्टताको बिरूद्ध. त्यसैले, we can’t fight the spiritual battle and overcome the enemy from the flesh by using carnal words, natural means, र विधिहरू.
The only way to fight the spiritual battle and defeat the enemy and cause a change is from the Spirit, from your position in Christ using the Sword of the Spirit, जो भगवानको वचन हो.
The Word of God is the Truth and only with the Truth of God, द नया मान्छे is able to discern, expose, हप्काउने, and destroy the lies and the works of the devil and his kingdom.
येशूले आत्माको तरवारले शैतानलाई पराजित गर्नुभयो
फेरि, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto Him, All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, शैतान: किनभने यो लेखिएको छ, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth Him, र, हेर, angels came and ministered unto Him (म्याथ्यू 4:8-11)
Jesus was en is the living Word of God and He knew the will and the nature of His Father. जब येशूलाई पवित्र आत्माले उजाडस्थानमा डोर्याउनु भयो, शैतानले येशूलाई प्रलोभनमा पार्न खोज्यो. The devil didn’t use his own words, तर तिनले परमेश्वरका शब्दहरू प्रयोग गरे. यद्यपि, the devil used the words of God in the wrong context.
शैतानले येशूलाई प्रलोभनमा पार्न खोज्यो, by using the words of God for Himself and the lusts and desires of His flesh.
But Jesus knew the words and the will of His Father. Jesus knew the nature of His Father and He knew the nature of the devil. Therefore Jesus discerned the lies of the devil.
Jesus didn’t listen to the words of the devil and the will and the lusts and desires of the flesh and didn’t bow to the devil and His flesh, but Jesus stayed obedient to the will of His Father and used the words of God in the right context and said: “It is written….”
And so the two-edged Sword came out of His mouth and Jesus defeated the devil with the offensive weapon of the Spirit.
येशूले हामीलाई देखाउनुभयो, that this is the only way to expose the lies of the devil and to silence and defeat the devil
O hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, जुन कुरा म घृणा गर्छु. पश्चाताप गर्नुहोस्; नत्र म तिमीकहाँ छिट्टै आउनेछु, and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth (प्रकाश 2:15-16)
And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God (प्रकाश 19:15)
The two-edged Sword came out of the mouth of Jesus during His life on earth, after His life on earth, and shall always come out of His mouth.
Fighting without the Sword of the Spirit
शैतान थाहा छ, that a believer can’t fight the spiritual warfare without the Sword of the Spirit, nor fight without knowing how to use the Sword of the Spirit. त्यसैले, the devil tries to distract born again believers and keep them far away from the Word, so that they stay ignorant and he’ll be able to mislead and tempt them with his lies.
The devil also knows, that he doesn’t have to worry about carnal people, who have a lot of knowledge about the Bible, तर फेरि जन्मेका छैनन्. Since he knows, these carnal people are unspiritual and sense-ruled and are not able to walk by faith and apply the words of God in their lives.
Therefore all this knowledge of the Bible shall not do anything, but shall only puff them up. So that they walk in pride and exalt themselves above others.
तिनीहरू प्राकृतिक मानिसहरू हुन्, who don’t have the Holy Spirit and don’t see the spiritual warfare between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness.
Although they have a lot of carnal knowledge about the Sword of the Spirit, they lack spiritual understanding and don’t know how to use the Sword of the Spirit, and don’t do anything with it. त्यसको कारणले, they are no threat to the devil and his kingdom (यो पनि पढ्नुहोस्: शैतानको कामको सट्टा परमेश्वरका कामहरू नष्ट गर्दै)
And so there are many people, who have attended church for years and have a lot of knowledge about the Bible and visit seminars and follow all the latest ‘faith trends’ and are always learning, without coming to the knowledge of the Truth (2 तिमोथी 3:7).
Take the Sword of the Spirit
त्यसकारण हामी त्यो विश्राममा प्रवेश गर्न परिश्रम गरौं, नत्रता कोही पनि अविश्वासको एउटै उदाहरणको पछि लाग्नेछ. किनकि परमेश्वरको वचन छिटो छ, र शक्तिशाली, र कुनै पनि दुईधारे तरवार भन्दा धारिलो, आत्मा र आत्माको विभाजनसम्म पनि छेड्ने, र जोर्नी र मज्जाको, र हृदयको विचार र आशयको विवेकी हो. न त उहाँको दृष्टिमा प्रकट नभएको कुनै प्राणी छैन: तर सबै चीजहरू नाङ्गै छन् र उहाँका आँखासामु खुला छन् जससँग हामीले गर्नु पर्छ (हिब्रूहरू 4:11-13)
Many believers beg God to take away the spiritual battles from them, but God will never do that. He will be with you, guide you and protect you, but you have to take the Sword of the Spirit, जो भगवानको वचन हो, and fight the battle with the Word of God, येशू जस्तै.
जब सम्म तपाईं येशू ख्रीष्टमा बस्नुहुन्छ; शब्द, you shall be clothed with the spiritual armor of God. By faith in the Word and doing the Word, you shall be protected and with the two-edged Sword, you shall be able to attack the enemy and be an overcomer.
Therefore it’s important to know the Word. Because if you don’t read and study the Word of God by the Holy Spirit, you shall stay ignorant about the truth of God and His will and you shall not be able to fight the fight of faith, let alone to stand by faith during the fight and be victorious.
केवल शब्द मार्फत, you shall get to know the Father and His will and by applying the words of God in your life you shall be able to resist and defeat the devil and be victorious.
The ongoing spiritual warfare
अब परमेश्वरलाई धन्यवाद होस्, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, र हरेक ठाउँमा उहाँको ज्ञानको स्वाद हामीद्वारा प्रकट गराउनुहुन्छ. किनकि हामी परमेश्वरको लागि ख्रीष्टको मीठो सुगन्ध हौं, तिनीहरूमा जो सुरक्षित छन्, र तिनीहरूमा जो नष्ट हुन्छन्: जसको लागि हामी मृत्युको सुगन्ध हौं; र अर्कोलाई जीवनको लागि जीवनको स्वाद (2 धर्मघरको 2:14-16)
किनकि परमेश्वरबाट जन्मेको मानिसले संसारलाई जित्छ: र यो संसारलाई जित्ने विजय हो, हाम्रो विश्वास पनि. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 जोन 5:4-5)
अनि मैले स्वर्गमा एउटा ठूलो स्वर भनेको सुने, अब मोक्ष आउछ, र शक्ति, and the kingdom of our God, र उहाँको ख्रीष्टको शक्ति: किनभने हाम्रा दाज्यू-भाइहरूलाई दोष लगाउनेलाई फ्याँकिएको छ, जसले दिनरात हाम्रा परमेश्वरको सामु उनीहरूलाई दोष लगाए. अनि तिनीहरूले थुमाको रगतद्वारा उहाँलाई परास्त गरे, र तिनीहरूको गवाहीको वचनद्वारा; तिनीहरूले आफ्नो जीवनलाई मृत्युसम्म प्रेम गरेनन् (प्रकाश 12:11)
म अल्फा र ओमेगा हुँ, the Beginning and the End. जीवनको पानीको मुहान तिर्खाउनेलाई म सित्तैमा दिनेछु. जसले जित्छ उसले सबै चीजहरू पाउनेछ; अनि म उसको परमेश्वर हुनेछु, अनि ऊ मेरो छोरा हुनेछ (प्रकाश 21:6-7)
Life is an ongoing spiritual warfare. Sometimes a certain battle may be overcome quickly and sometimes it may take a little bit longer. तर एउटा कुरा निश्चित छ, if you stay in Jesus Christ and fight from your position in Christ by the Spirit, standing by faith on the Word and don’t give up, and take the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God and use it the right way, then you shall be victorious and be an overcomer.
That’s the promise of God, the Word testifies of.
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