Thought this teaching might help you with why some people do and say what they do.
Fight the Right Foe
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh."
-- (2 Corinthians 10:3)
Do you know why so many believers are losing the battles in their
lives?
They're fighting the wrong enemy!
They've been deceived into believing that just because a person said or
did something to hurt them, that person is the one they need to fight.
But they're wrong.
You see, the Bible says we don't wrestle with flesh and blood. And since
people are definitely flesh and blood, they're never the source of our
problem.
"But, Brother Copeland, you just don't know what So-and-so did to me!"
It doesn't matter. If you waste your time fighting So-and-so, your real
enemy will get away scot-free.
Who is that real enemy? Look at Ephesians 6:12, "For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places."
Satan and his demons. They are your lifelong enemies! They are behind
every personal affront you encounter.
The people who hurt you and persecute you are only Satan's tools. When
he wants to strike out at you, he uses them to get the job done.
Remember this: Persecution is not the manifestation of another person's
hate for you. It's a manifestation of Satan's fear of you. When you get
into the Word and start swinging it around--using it like the sword of
the Spirit it is--he gets scared. So he looks for some person he can
send in there to stop you.
Next time someone hurts you, don't let yourself get sidetracked into
fighting them. Bind the spirit behind them. Put flesh and blood battles
behind and war with the weapons of the Spirit. Zero in on Satan with
authority and the Word of God and bring your real enemy down!
-- Kenneth Copeland
Fight the Right Foe
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh."
-- (2 Corinthians 10:3)
Do you know why so many believers are losing the battles in their
lives?
They're fighting the wrong enemy!
They've been deceived into believing that just because a person said or
did something to hurt them, that person is the one they need to fight.
But they're wrong.
You see, the Bible says we don't wrestle with flesh and blood. And since
people are definitely flesh and blood, they're never the source of our
problem.
"But, Brother Copeland, you just don't know what So-and-so did to me!"
It doesn't matter. If you waste your time fighting So-and-so, your real
enemy will get away scot-free.
Who is that real enemy? Look at Ephesians 6:12, "For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places."
Satan and his demons. They are your lifelong enemies! They are behind
every personal affront you encounter.
The people who hurt you and persecute you are only Satan's tools. When
he wants to strike out at you, he uses them to get the job done.
Remember this: Persecution is not the manifestation of another person's
hate for you. It's a manifestation of Satan's fear of you. When you get
into the Word and start swinging it around--using it like the sword of
the Spirit it is--he gets scared. So he looks for some person he can
send in there to stop you.
Next time someone hurts you, don't let yourself get sidetracked into
fighting them. Bind the spirit behind them. Put flesh and blood battles
behind and war with the weapons of the Spirit. Zero in on Satan with
authority and the Word of God and bring your real enemy down!
-- Kenneth Copeland
