In Ephesians, Paul reminds us to take up the whole armor of God so that we may be able to withstand in the evil day and to stand firm. In his book Perfectly Suited: The Armor of God for the Anxious Mind, J.D. Peabody outlines how enemy tactics are met by Christ.
JOHN 8:44
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44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Deception
JOHN 1:14
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14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
WRITE:
Jesus is Truth
GENESIS 3:4-5
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4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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Temptation
PHILIPIANS 4:19
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9 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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Jesus is Fulfillment
ISAIAH 41:28-29
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28 But when I look, there is no one;
among these there is no counselor
who, when I ask, gives an answer.
29 Behold, they are all a delusion;
their works are nothing;
their metal images are empty wind.
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Confusion
JOHN 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
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Jesus is the Way
REVELATION 12:10
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10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God."
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Accusation
ROMANS 8:34
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34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, vwho indeed is interceding for us.
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Jesus is our Advocate
MATTHEW 13:22
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22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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Fear
JOHN 15:13
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13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
WRITE:
Jesus is Love
PROVERBS 5:22
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22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
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Entrapment
JOHN 8:36
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36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
WRITE:
Jesus is Freedom
2 CORINTHIANS 12:7
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7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
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Discouragement
COLOSSIANS 1:27
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27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
WRITE:
Jesus is Hope
2 CORINTHIANS 2:10-11
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10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
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Conflict
EPHESIANS 2:14
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14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
WRITE:
Jesus is Peace
JOHN 10:10
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10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
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Death
JOHN 1:4
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4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
WRITE:
Jesus is Life