Spiritual Warfare And The Deuteronomy Factor

hree Principles of Spiritual Warfare are explained inpassest.
Deuteronomy 2. To achieve victory, you and I22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your
must follow these same principles to the letter.God he shall fight for you. (KJV)
Following them ensures our victory whileIn other words, no matter how many kings come
disregarding them can spell defeat for us as weagainst you (they had to face seven kings here),
go after fulfilling our need. These three principlesthe victory is guaranteed by God himself. He said
are absolutely essential for us to follow.he would do to the remaining five what He had
• Whatever your need, these threealready done to the first two.
principles must be understood.3. We must be armed to the teeth at all times.
• Then they must be employed by youDeut 3:18
and me to possess the solution to our need.18 And I commanded you at that time, saying,
Your may need healing, help for a loved one orThe LORD your God hath given you this land to
improvement in your finances. Whatever yourpossess it: ye shall pass over armed before your
need happens to be, adherence to these threebrethren the children of Israel, all that are meet
principles will determine your level of victory orfor the war. (KJV)
lack of it.“Armed,” in this context, lasts until
Now let us apply these Three Warfare Principles.they have completed the taking of the land God
Say you need healing.promised them. They are to be armed to the
1. You cannot peacefully coexist with the devil orteeth until they are at complete peace and rest in
his sickness. Moses tried this with King Sihon butthe land. See Deuteronomy 3:20.
King Sihon would have nothing of it. This resultedYou, too, must be armed to the teeth until you
in a fight to the death.have complete victory and are in possession of
You see, Moses tried to peacefully pass by Sihonyour promised blessings.
on the way into the Promised Land. Sihon wouldThese three principles must be utilized in our fight
not let him pass peacefully.for the healing of our loved ones. Our objectives
Deut 2:30are different and our weapons are different.
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let usWe don’t use spears and battle axes in
pass by him: (KJV)our spiritual warfare to take back our blessings of
Since Sihon would not let him pass peacefully, warhealth, family well being and prosperity. Our
to the finish had to be declared and won. Mosesweapons are different but the principles are the
could not peacefully coexist with King Sihon.same. We still, however, employ the same three
2. When you rout the devil on one front, he willprinciples given above.
come at you from another. (They barely had King• We cannot coexist with what Satan has
Sihon sprawled at their feet in total defeat whenput on us.
King Og came at them with a vengeance,• We are not discouraged when one
Deuteronomy 3:1-7.)victory is won and another battle starts.
Nevertheless, be not alarmed at this because we• Our victory is guaranteed in advance.
have the victory guaranteed to us in advance.• We must be armed to the teeth at all
The victory is guaranteed because the battle istimes.
the Lord’s.• All this will last until we are in complete
Deut 3:21-22possession of our blessings and at complete
21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying,peace and rest with them.
Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD yourGo for it! Work the Three Principles. The victory
God hath done unto these two kings: so shall theis yours.
LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou