Reference

Revelation 12-14

The church is at war today.

Satan is defeated by the child and he is thrown out of heaven. In his anger he goes after the church.

There are 3 main strategies that he uses to go after Christ followers:

  1. Disinformation (Rev 12:9,10)
    • Accusation - to make you doubt who you are to God
    • Deception - to make you doubt who God is to you
  2. Encirclement (Rev 13:1-10)
    • Persecution and pressure to make you choose a stance
  3. Infiltration (Rev 13:11-18)
    • False teaching and false religion to lure you away
    • Temptation from culture to make you compromise your faith

The church has 3 counter offensive strategies to remain victorious (Rev 12:11):

  1. Blood of the Lamb
  2. Word of their testimony
  3. Loved not their lives even unto death