May-June 2006 Syllabus Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 7 Lesson 8
When a country wins a victory over an enemy, it cannot disband its military and "tear down the city walls". Certain actions must be taken to guarantee continuing peace.
A country must always study its enemy and maintain a vigilant examination of its own weaknesses. It must always be prepared with the latest and most effective weapons. A guard must be assigned to keep watch at the city gates at all time.
For Christians, our peace with God is the same way. We must build and keep a strong defense against the Devil, our enemy who wants to destroy our peace with God.
Know Your Enemy
1. In I Peter 5:8, what do we learn about the nature of the Devil?
2. In James 4:7, what reassuring fact do we learn about the Devil?
3. In I Peter 5:9 and in James 4:7, what other helpful information do we get, along with the admonition to resist the Devil?
4. From Eph.6:12, what do we learn about our enemy?
The Weapons of Christian Warfare are not Carnal
5. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down ____________ , casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into _________ to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. (2 Cor. 10:4-6)
Put On The Whole Armor Of God
6. What is armor?
7. What admonition does the Apostle Paul give to those who wear the armor of light? (Rom. 13:12-14)
8. From Eph. 6:13-17, describe the whole armor of God.
Gird Your Waist With Truth
Truth is the opposite of a lie
Truth is the opposite of deception
Truth is the opposite of false doctrine
9. The entirety of Your _______ is truth, And every one of Your righteous ___________ endures forever. (Ps. 119:160)
10. Buy the truth, and do not _____ it, Also wisdom and ___________ and
understanding. (Pr. 23:23)
11. And you shall _______ the truth, and the truth shall make you
________. (Jn. 8:32)
Put on the Breastplate of Righteousness
What is righteousness?
12. LORD, who may ______ in Your tabernacle? Who may _______ in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, And works ______________, And speaks the truth in his heart; (Ps.15:1-2)
13. He who does not _________ with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a _____________ against his friend; (Ps.15:3)
14. In whose _______ a vile person is despised, but he honors those who ________ the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt and does not _________; (Ps.15:4)
15. He who does not put out his money at ________, nor does he take a bribe against the __________. He who does these things shall never be moved. (Ps.15:5)
Are Your Feet Shod with Preparation of the Gospel of Peace?
Are you a soul winner? Are you teaching the lost how to be saved? Are you teaching your children to love God and to honor His laws? Are you training young women to love their husbands, to love their children and to be keepers at home? Do you teach a Bible class? Are you exhorting and encouraging others with the Word? That is what is meant by having your feet shod with preparation of the gospel of peace.
16. Question: "Preparation of the gospel of peace" is part of the Christian armor that protects us and sustains our peace. It means that we should be ready to teach others the truth. How does teaching others protect us?
17. How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims _______ , Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims _______ , Who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" (Isaiah 52:7)
Carry the Shield of Faith
18. For I am not __________ of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for __________ who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is ________ from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." (Rom. 1:16-17)
We live by faith. Our faith sustains us. Our faith protects us and comforts us.
19. So then faith comes by ________, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom. 10:17)
20. For whatever is not from _____ is sin. (Rom. 14:23)
21. Your faith should not be in the ________ of men but in the power of ______. (1 Cor.2:5)
22. For we walk by faith, not by ________. (2 Cor.5:7)
23. Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the _______. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is ___ you?--unless indeed you are __________. (2 Cor. 13:5)
24. I have been ________ with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the _______ I live by _____ in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)
Wear the Helmet of Salvation
25. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the _______ which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, (1 Cor.15:1)
26. By which also you are______ , if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. (1 Cor.15:2)
27. Lead me in Your truth and _______ me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I ______ all the day. (Ps. 25:5)
28. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my __________; I shall not be ________ moved. (Ps. 62:2)
Be Armed With The Sword of The Spirit
The sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. Use it to destroy error and to defend the truth. This will increase and protect our peace with God.
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For the ______ of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the _______ of soul and spirit, and of joints and
marrow, and is a __________ of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb.
4:12)
30. Why should we wear the whole armor of God? (Eph. 6:11)
A Good Soldier
31. What admonition did the Apostle Paul give Timothy concerning being a good soldier of Christ? (2Tim.2:3-4)
The Bottom Line
Sin in our lives and our failure to bear fruit will destroy our peace with God.
Undisciplined sin in the church, threatens our peace with God and the spiritual safety (peace) of our loved ones.
Friendship with the world destroys our peace with God.
Lack of study of Gods Word makes us vulnerable to the wiles of the Devil, who wishes to take away our peace.
Christ died to reconcile us to God, to end the war caused by our sins and to bring us into peaceful relationship with God.
Thought Questions:
32. How does our failure to bear fruit threaten our peace with God?
33. How does undisciplined sin in the church threaten our peace with God and the spiritual safety of our loved ones?
34. Why does friendship with the world destroy our peace with God?
"Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
(1 Thess. 5:23)