Blessed in Christ - P9 - True and False Spiritual Warfare
True and False Spiritual Warfare - Bob DeWaay
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31m
In this episode we discuss Paul’s authorial intent in Ephesians. Paul wrote to assure his readers that they were secure in Christ. Ephesians 1:3 tells us that we are “blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.”
False spiritual warfare teachers point to our circumstances to claim that there are curses from which we must be set free. However, those who are blessed in Christ cannot be cursed. Rather than looking at symptoms or situations in our life we must trust the promises of God.
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