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Ep 053 (S3E9) No Quarter for Satan: 5 Smooth Stones Pt 2

John Season 3 Episode 9

References:

  • David selected five smooth stones to fight Goliath. 1 Sam 17
  •  πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων - “pulling down strongholds” (2 Cor 10:4)
    • Our second “smooth” Biblical stone for fighting the giants
      • Opportunity - τόπος (top'-os), place, quarter
      • Mat 14:13 - Jesus made a discipline of going to solitary places (ἔρημον τόπον)
        • Silence, solitude - disciplines of spiritual warfare
  • The battle: Eph 4:27 - give no place, no foothold, no opportunity to the devil. 
    • What gives Satan τόπος ?
      • Anger, offense.
    • Rom 12:19 - “give place unto wrath” KJV God will judge
      • No Quarter! - Mat 12:43-45 
        • Led Zepplin song 
  • The strategy: Mark 6:30-32
    • Quiet τόπος, desolate τόπος, 
      • When you have received the cleansing of your heart, mind and spirit through the blood of Christ, fill the τόπος
        • Silence before God
        • Solitude with God
        • Resting in God
  • Let the Light shine in the dark τόπος. From the quiet τόπος, take the τόπος to listen to God’s powerful word of victory.