Fight the Good Fight of Faith, English Edition

 • Fight the Good Fight of Faith: Playing Your Part in God’s Unfolding Drama

Satan came into the Garden and whispered to Adam and Eve – and in them, to all of us – “You cannot trust the heart of God . . . he’s holding out on you…you’ve got to take matters under your control.”

~ John Eldredge. Epic: The Story God Is Telling . Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2004, p. 55.

The Equipment We Use Lesson 8 Bible Study Read the following Scriptures and answer briefly the questions associated with each biblical teaching. 1. While we live in the world, we do not wage spiritual war according to worldly standards; our weapons are from God, who trains us for effective spiritual warfare. Read 2 Corinthians 10.3-5 and fill in the blanks regarding the weapons of our warfare. a. The weapons that God has provided us are not of the ____________. b. These divine weapons have divine power to destroy ______________. c. Through these weapons, we can destroy ________________________ and every __________________________________ raised against the knowledge of God. d. Our use of the weapons allows us to ___________________________ __________________________________________________________. 2. God has supplied believers with the proper armor to stand firm against the schemes and strategies of our enemy, the devil, who uses lies to intimidate and harm believers. Match the following Scriptures with their correct description. a. Rom. 13.11-12 ___The whole armor of God enables us to stand against the enemy b. Eph. 6.11-12 ___Cast off the works of darkness, put on the armor of light c. 1 Thess. 5.8 ___The breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of salvation