What would you do if you strongly suspected someone
was under significant demonic influence? Is exorcism
something just for movies? Does it take a professional?
What do you do when there's genuine evidence
of demonic influence in the life of someone you
love? That's what we'll cover today. Thank you
for being with us for this edition of Living
on the Edge with Chip Ingram. Chip serves as
our Bible teacher for this global teaching and
discipleship ministry, helping Christians develop
an authentic faith. Well, in just a minute, we'll
share the last part of Chip's series, The Invisible
War. Throughout this study in Ephesians chapter
6, we've learned a lot about spiritual warfare,
what it is, how to prepare for it, and how to
fight well and win. But today, Chip tackles the
complex question of, what if someone you love
is being oppressed by a demon? How do you respond?
Well, for those answers, let's join Chip for
the remainder of his message, How to Gain Deliverance
from Demonic Influence. There's a supernatural
world and there's supernatural mindset. And so
just what I want you to know is that this is
very common. The New Testament writers provide
clear direction. You know, if this wasn't a valid
ministry, we've got James chapter 4, right? Submit
therefore to God. Resist the devil. And he'll
flee from you? Cleanse your hands, you sinners?
Purify your hearts? You double -minded? You know,
there's a very clear process of submission to
God, resistance of the enemy, and very specific
steps you take with your actions, with your heart.
And then he says you humble yourself, and then
God will exalt you in due time. And then contemporary
balance ministry deliveries do exist. Write down
the name Mark Bubeck. He's got a book called
Overcoming the Adversary. Dr. Michael Pocock
of Dallas Seminary. He's the head of the missions
department. He's been all around the world firsthand
with all of this. And then Neil Anderson. There's
reputable people who are balanced and do deliverance
ministry. Now, here's why some of us are very
suspect of this, is here's some of the problems.
Extremism and fanaticism tend to negatively color
this ministry. I mean, you don't have to be flipping
the channels and have some person on TV go, we're
going to stomp out the devil. Come on, join me
right now. We're stomping out the devil. Okay,
everybody. Or the guy that I told you about,
they brought him up. He was demonized and they're
kicking him. I mean, there's kooky, kooky, wacky,
weird stuff when it comes to, and there's people
that use it for manipulation. But let me just
give you a little overview of some of the problems.
And let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Another one of the problems is the confusion
concerning demon possession, which is about internal
control versus oppression of believers. It clouds
the ministry and its validity. So, you know,
in other words, believers are taught, if Jesus
lives in me, I cannot be demon possessed. So
all this deliverance ministry, It's completely
unimportant. Michael Pocock, in his writings,
has a continuum, and he talks about demonic influence
can be over here, all the way over here, but
he talks about it begins with oppression, then
it can move to harassment, then to obsession,
then to compulsion, and then the appearance of
possession, just total control. of at least unbelievers.
Fear and ignorance have caused many people to
simply ignore. This can't be. This is like, I've
had people say, one person started reading the
book and was thinking about doing the series
and they got like into two chapters and some
weird stuff happened. I'm not doing that. I'm
not doing that. It's too spooky. Well, I mean,
I didn't want to say it because it wasn't appropriate
at the time. So you just want to be blind and
live in fear and So if the victory's already
done and, I mean, there's just people like, you
know what? I don't want crazy stuff happening
in my life. Translation, I want my life and my
comfort on my terms. I don't want to do anything
that sort of rocks the boat of my life instead
of being aware and becoming an ambassador and
a follower and a disciple that can make more
of a difference. Those who engage in this ministry
are often tempted by pride. Where they become
singularly focused, they fall into theological
error, and they start to go beyond Scripture.
And then I think one of the other problems is
assigning blame of all one's problems to demonic
influence versus assuming personal responsibility
and using biblical common sense that calls ministries
into question. You know, sort of the devil made
me do it. You know? Now, here's the deal. I told
you a little early about, you know, I had some
notes that didn't come out quite right. And my
first thought was, man, the enemy's messing things
up. My next thought was, and you didn't review
the notes. You know, and guess what? I'm thinking
both are true. You know, I'm thinking, you know,
human error and trying to mess people up and
get them frustrated, of course. So here's what
you should be getting. This is a valid ministry
from Jesus all the way through the early lives
of the church. You should know there's some very
clear problems that make many people suspect
of it for very good reasons. Third, here's some
causes of demonic influence. In other words,
if you start with oppression, harassment, obsession,
compulsion, In other words, these are some of
the ways that people knowingly or unknowingly
get involved in demonic influence. One is yielding
to sin. John 8, 34 says, is that when you commit
a sin, you become a slave to it. If you ever
work in, you know, like downtown, you know, city
team. rehab type places, inner city, homeless
people, drug addictions, sex addictions. There
is an amazing connection between demonic influence
and people that have addictions. Am I saying
that every addiction is a demonic influence?
No. What I'm saying is once people surrender
themselves and find themselves in addictions
and perversion, the enemy, the strongholds, they
become slaves because the MO is accomplished.
What is Satan's goal? To kill, to steal, and
destroy. When you find people who make decisions,
and we can kill ourselves with food, we can kill
ourselves with media, right? It's not just drugs
and alcoholics and cocaine addicts. See, as long
as we can keep thinking like that, these are
issues for those people out there. What if we
have some strongholds? What if workaholism? I
couldn't think of anybody that's ever had that
problem. Or people pleasing or codependency.
What if there's something inside of you that
because of your family of origin, you got to
please people all the time. So you get overextended
and it's ruining your health and it's ruining
relationships. And no matter how hard you try,
could it be that you're believing a lie? And
could it be when you try to break out of that,
you get opposition and maybe even harassment.
And maybe there's a reason why. Whatever program
you went through didn't work because it was based
solely on willpower or psychology. So I'm just
saying that when you yield to sin, second, spiritual
rebellion. I mean, when, and this is why in parenting,
I'm, you know, kids make mistakes and they can
fail and they have good attitudes and bad attitudes,
but when they actively defiantly rebel as a parent,
you need to understand, boy, that is not something
you ever allow. And if you don't start when they're
small, boy, when they get old, there's not much
you can do. Rebellion, according to Scripture,
is like the sin of divination. And when we rebel
against God, when you know, when God speaks to
you, can I mess with you just for a minute? Because
we have an epidemic in the church. Can I give
you maybe the top two or three sins that really
good Christian people live with and we gloss
over and I think hinders our spiritual life dramatically.
Number one is unforgiveness. We just, I mean,
I'll never talk to her again. Now, and you know,
I forgive him, but... I'm being passive aggressive
in what comes out of my mouth. I talk about them.
I have anger fantasy in my mind. They don't deserve
it. Second one is our money. And I'm not talking
about some legalistic, are you tithing or not?
That is a beginning point. If God does not have
my money, I don't care how you feel, how high
your hands go up, how deep emotions, and how
much you even read the Bible. According to Jesus,
if he does not have your money, he does not have
your heart. If he does not have your heart, he
is not your Lord. If he is not your Lord, you
are not having the kind of life he wants for
you and he's not using you. But the key behind
why you don't give him your money, are you ready,
is you don't trust him. And you don't trust him
because you don't think he's good and you don't
think he's powerful and you don't think he's
sovereign. And that's a very big insult to God.
And the reason he wants you to give the first
portion and then learn to become a proportional
giver is... One, he wants to change the world.
There's all these ministries and all these opportunities
that are underfunded, and he wants to change
your heart. And if you can't trust him with the
minimum of the first 10 % of your income, how
in the world are you trusting him for your eternal
life, for changing your children, for breaking
strongholds? What I just know, it's just epidemic.
The third area where we seem to just give ourselves
a pass is in the area of sexual purity. We've
just come to where in our culture today, believers
sleep together. We watch things. I mean, if you
could... If I could put you in a little time
machine, and because the problem is it happens
so gradually, so gradually, so gradually. If
I could put you in a time machine that would
just go back 30 years, and then I could sit you
down with the world and the culture and what
came on the tube, and then just out of the blue
play just what's normal, prime time programming
now. You would go, I can't believe this. This
is terror. This is an outrage. But over time,
We laugh. Over 90 % of all sexual activity on
primetime TV is by people that aren't married.
And you don't understand. It's not just pornography.
It's lies about relationships that become norms.
There was a day when an unbiblical divorce was
seen in the church as not only wrong, but we
need to address that. That's not true anymore.
There was a day in the church where homosexuality
and illicit heterosexual was a sin. And now churches
are changing. Some Christian institutions and
universities are changing. And there's just this
drift. The scripture is really clear. And it's
not shame on you, bad, bad, bad. This breaks
your father's heart. Every command in scripture
is for your good. And all knowing, all wise,
I mean, some of you like cars or some of you
are engineers. What do you know? Whoever designed
the car gives you a manual so it runs great.
And if it says don't put diesel fuel in a gas
car or don't put gas in a diesel car, it's not
like, boy, what a prohibition, you know? I can't
believe it. Don't you tell me what to put in
my car. Well, just keep putting diesel in it,
babe. Well, what happens? And yet, you know,
we have a nephew or we have someone we care about.
What happens is your relationships and fear of
being rejected or being viewed as legalistic.
We've gone through this last 20 years of any
level of discipline, of spirituality, of purity.
Oh, I don't want to be legalistic. It's grace.
Read Titus 2. It is the grace of God that teaches
us to say no to all ungodliness and worldliness
and impurity and to live righteous lives. Grace
produces purity and winsomeness and love. Here's
what you got to get. None of you and most Christians
would never think, well, there can't be any demonic
influence in my life. Well, if there's a stronghold
in those areas or others, yes, there is presently
today. And if somehow you've rationalized in
your mind that you can love Jesus and be sexually
impure, you can love Jesus and he doesn't have
your money, you can love Jesus and not forgive
people, you are deluded, you are deceived, and
you're on a path of destruction. And you're reproducing
it with the Christians around you and with your
children and your grandchildren. Other ways that
people... kind of passively get involved in participation
in the occult? I think I'll check my horoscope.
We're on vacation, palm readers, oh, that'll
be funny. Why don't we go get that checked out?
That stuff's real. Attempting to contact the
dead? Unresolved anger and bitterness, we've
addressed that from Ephesians 4, 26, 27. And
then association with those in satanic activity.
I will never forget, we had a witch across the
street from our church, and he actually put an
actual horse's head on a stake and cast spells.
And I remember coming to church one Sunday night,
and there were about 20 or 30 people walking
in. They were all dressed in black, and they
had their faces painted in white. And they were
of this cult group and satanic worshipers. and
um it was weird and and they came to church and
so uh our worship pastor has a gift of evangelism
and he wanted to really share christ with this
witch so he went over there and you know unwisely
by himself and he says you know i went in there
and walked into this room all the drapes and
everything it was dark and there's some candles
and it was evil and he goes i started sharing
christ and then it was just like I got to get
out of here. And he told me, I'm never going
to go back there again. But my point is, every
year Campus Crusade would come and they would
get jobs and then they would do summer missions.
And then they were such a blessing because they
would help in children's ministry and they do
it in different churches. And we got about 30
to 40 of them every year. And every year I knew,
two weeks in, they'd come up afterwards. Hey,
Pastor, yeah. Do you realize there's people that
know your name and they pray against you? Yep.
Yeah, we were down and we were sharing Christ
on the beach and they were talking about offering
animals to sacrifice to Satan. And where I lived,
you can go on bulletin boards. Witches will meet
seven o 'clock. Warlocks will meet, learn how
to cast spells. This is America, people. The
world has changed. And I know some of you, what
happens is the more godly and more holy and the
older you get, you know what you do? You get
less and less connected to what's going on in
the world. If you, a casual glance at movies,
at games, that kids that are built into Netflix,
that are just whole, I mean, there's whole shows
that are just dark and there are different beings
coming from different places. You're living in
a world that now is very supernaturally, and
it's a dark, and your kids are growing up, and
your grandkids are growing up in a world where
this is the norm. So yes, we need to pray. We
need to model. We need to be wise. Here's some
New Testament evidences of demonic influence.
And I'm going to go through these real quickly,
and I'm going to ask you, as I go through these,
could you use some biblical common sense? Don't
think either or or always. Think, yes, this is
one thing that happens. For example, the first
one is an evidence of demonic influence, a severe
sickness. An untreatable, unconventional something.
I mean, you've been to the Mayo Clinic. You've
had every doctor. You've done this. You've done
that. You always start with, is it physical?
Is it psychological? Is it spiritual? And there
are certain things at certain times we should
at least ask, could it be that there's some demonic
influence? And all I can tell you is all the
medicine of the work may or may not work. And
just even in my own little world, I've had opportunities
where people have had situations and we've prayed
for them and God supernaturally heals them. Now,
I don't understand all that. And is all sickness
in any way related? Absolutely not. It's a fallen
world. There's bacteria, right? Second is divination.
People messing around with these things open
themselves up to demonic influence. Sometimes,
you know, enacts there the ability to tell the
future. I mean, it apparently was legit until
Paul cast the demon out of that girl. The evidence
of unusual physical strength. You know, the demoniac,
and no one could hold him down. I had a few scary
experiences. I'm not all that sad about not ministering
in Santa Cruz anymore. I remember a guy coming
down the middle of the aisle, eyes blazing. And
then, you know, a couple guys got him. It took
about four guys to get this guy, and he was coming
straight for me. And it's like, thank you, Lord.
Is it unusual? Of course it's unusual, but it
is an evidence, a split personality. We had a
wild situation. Now, is there psychological issues?
Are there multiple personalities, et cetera,
et cetera? We had a situation of a woman literally
that she was this person, and we finally got
leaders together. I know her, and this is who
she is, and this is what she calls herself, and
this is the kind of person. And over here, it
would be like the direct opposite. It wasn't
bipolar. And then finally, and her husband was
this godly guy, and people would come and say
this. Oh, no, that couldn't be her. And she could
turn it off and turn it on. And then we got her
with these people and these people and her husband,
and we did some research, and she had dabbled
early in life, been involved in the occult, and
she wasn't aware of it even when it was happening.
We got around her, we prayed, and we got one
lady back. Got rid of another one. Resistance
to spiritual help. Sometimes there's demonic
influence. I don't want your help. Other voices.
This is only, in my case, very, very few times
and very, and this is where you're tempted to
be afraid rather than, okay, all right. Obviously
there's a presence here and you're talking to
it, you address it directly and you hear this
weird guttural out of a teenage girl and you're
thinking, okay. And there's times where it's
not two or three little prayers and you're there
for a couple hours and there's a team praying
and they're occult powers. We saw very, we had
visual manifestations in our house, all the kind
of things you would think and we got to where
it was like, Okay, there's a real enemy. He does
so many things. You don't have to be afraid.
But this is how you can recognize it. The cure,
and this is so, so, so important. The cure is...
right back to the core of what Jesus has done.
Victory is through the cross of Christ. Colossians
2, 14 and 15. Having canceled out the certificate
of debt consisting of decrees against us and
which was hostile to us, he, Jesus, has taken
it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross
when he disarmed the demonic realm, the rulers
and the authorities, and he made a public display
of them, having triumphed over them. Through
Him, Christ. You're listening to Living on the
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is Chip to continue our series, The Invisible
War. Victory is in the name of Jesus. It was
in the name of Jesus that they cast out these
demons. It was the power of the name of Jesus
in Acts 5. It's victory in the power of the Holy
Spirit. He that is in us is greater than he that
is in the world. And now in our sort of final
portion here, I need you to lean back. And what
I want to do, and I'll go rather quickly, but
I just want to give you an outline. Beginning,
if there is a unbeliever who you suspect that
there's demonic influence, and A, never go about
doing this alone. B, make sure that there's real
prayer that precedes things, that you get the
best and wisest help. Depending on the severity,
I want to say two things. You may need someone
that has a pastor or some people that really
are focused in this area. But I say that, but
I also want you to know a casual reading of the
New Testament and at least the first 400 years
of the church would say, these verses are in
here for all of us regular people. James 4, 7
to 10 isn't like, oh. superstar people with spiritual
warfare, that's for you. No, it's for us. I mean,
the officer was 4 '11". My son is 10 years old.
The Bible is the sword of the Spirit. It's the
power of God. What I'm wanting you to know, though,
is you don't go into this half -baked. I mean,
when I read passages like, Michael didn't even
mock Satan. He respected his authority and power.
and said, the Lord rebuke you, you just, this
is not something to mess around with, okay? With
that said, it's not something to be afraid of,
and it's weird and like, oh, forget it. And so
let me walk through, here we go. Specific steps
for deliverance from demonic influence. Number
one, for an unbeliever, it's to accept Christ.
It's to understand you don't have the power.
In John 1, verse 12. But as many as receive him,
to them he gives the right. Literally the word
is authority to become the children of God. As
many as believe on his name. Second is for believer
is to confess your sin. There's some demonic
influence. And by the way, we're talking, it
doesn't mean everything's weird. There's oppression.
Or maybe it's harassment. Maybe it's not so overblown.
And you have prayed. And maybe you even said
something like, I never saw it like this until
now because isn't this what the scripture does?
It opens our eyes. And you say, Lord, I have
been deceived. My money does not reflect your
lordship. And I'm telling you I'm sorry. I thank
you that you forgive me. And this is my step
of faith that... My next check is going to look
like this, and this is the first portion because
I trust you. It's all of it's yours, not 10%,
12%, 30%. It's all yours, but you've commanded
me to declare that I trust you. It's no different
than the manna. They went out and got the manna
just to know he'll provide. And there's a reason
why you had to pick up two one day and none another
day. The thing wasn't about bread or manna, and
it's not about money. It's about this. Or you
may say, since we always tend to pick on men,
you know, Lord, I think I'm addicted to romance
novels. I think I have some deep resentment toward
my husband. I think we don't have the romance
and the marriage that I would want, and I vicariously
live. And when I have free time, my mind is in
romance novels and an occasional hallmark I'm
good with. But, you understand what I'm saying?
What if... The need to work on the marriage,
the need to say this really hurts and the need
to address some things gets substituted for that.
And what if it seems so benign and it's a stronghold
and God wants you to have a great marriage and
he wants what you're reading about in books to
be a part. And I know you're going to say, but
my husband, yeah, I guess here's what you got.
You can't change him, but you can do what God
wants you to do. And when one person in any relationship
takes a step of faith, chain reactions. I'm not
guaranteeing that everyone's going to change,
but God will do in you and through you and for
you what he wasn't doing before. And so you confess.
And by the way, I think, you know, if you're
going this way to be light and salt and do what
God wants you to do, I think oppression and harassment,
I think you're going to expect those things.
Third is renounce the works of the devil. If
you found yourself, you know, I was just goofing
around and it was a palm reading deal, renounce
it. 2 Corinthians 4 .2. If you have any occult
objects, you know, you destroy them. It's an
heirloom. Well, you don't want that kind of heir.
You know, these are, I don't know where this
would be, but break friendships with people in
the occult. We always have this tension and this
struggle, and you need to do it lovingly, kindly,
and winsomely. But there's some relationships
that the value of the relationship, and we quote,
so don't want to hurt people's feelings, you
can do it in a way that you're involved in this.
I know that's very important to you. That isn't
something I can be involved in, okay? I don't
want to hear, you know, about your readings and
what you're doing and this and that. I need to
make a break with that. Rest in Christ's deliverance.
Colossians 1, 13. Colossians 2, 14 and 15. Memorize
a couple of these verses to remind yourself they've
been disarmed. You don't have to be afraid. They've
been conquered. Meditate and apply on God's word.
Have we not talked about that a bit? And then
engage in corporate prayer. And then if necessary,
I almost hate to say this word, but exorcism
in the name of Christ. I've given you an outline
here. It's by a spiritually qualified counselor.
Galatians 5 is real careful about when you're
going to go address something like this, make
sure you're in good standing, walking with God,
who manifests humility, who wears their spiritual
armor, who knows the word of God, and is supported
by prayers of believers. This is a very specific
situation, and there are times. where you really
do need an expert. And sometimes when I explain
this, I've had many, many calls from people who
say, would you come and we have this situation,
or will you come and teach this because this
is what's going on? And by and large, my answer
is always no. I mean, I kind of think I told
you before, I feel like if instead of a pastor,
I'm a doctor, I'm a general practitioner. I'm
not an oncologist. I'm not a baby doctor. I'm
not a surgeon. I'm not a cardiologist. There
are experts in this. And I will tell you, when
I read the books of the Neil Andersons or Pococks,
I mean, they are, I'm like, hey, guys, all of
us regular people, we need to learn and get our
game up. And then there's stuff and expertise
and wisdom that I'm going to handle whatever
comes my way. But this is not an area of expertise.
This is an area of, I've had a lot more experience
than I asked for. So I know these things are
true. But there are certain things in certain
times where you need an expert. But here's what
I would say. I just want to repeat. I think most
of the time, until it gets into some bizarre,
bizarre things that you're thinking, this is
way over my pay grade. But the same is true,
at least for me, in counseling. I think most
all of counseling can be done with believers
with believers helping one another. But there's
some counseling that there's some issues that
happen in people's lives. Man, I refer, I want
a godly, wise, super smart Christian counselor
who knows way more than me and has way more experience.
But I also don't want to say every time there's
some demonic type activity that I outsource it.
One of the things that happens, it happened,
and that's why I told you the story about my
10 -year -old boy. I think I learned more from
that than he did. I mean, his attitude, I still
remember. I heard it, and it's like it happens,
and we always kept the bathroom light on, you
know, when your kids are small. And so I heard
what happened, and I'm the dad. I'm going to
go help him. And I could see, because of the
bathroom light, he was there, and he undoes his
covers, does this. Lord, I'm really tired, and
I want to get back to sleep. Greater is he that
is in me than he that is in the world. And this
is the victory that has overcome the world, even
those who believe in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ. And they overcame him, Satan, in the
blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony.
And they did not love their life, even unto death.
Now, evil spirits, in Jesus' name and by his
authority, you have to leave right now. So leave
and don't come back. And he went like this. Went
to sleep. And I thought, boy, he really needs
my help. And the next morning, I just wondered,
but I think that's the childlike faith. I told
him those verses are true. He's 10 years old.
He's not sophisticated to know better. Like some
of us who think, oh, maybe, oh, I don't know.
And at breakfast the next day, how'd you sleep?
Okay, Dad. Yeah, pretty good. I'm fishing. Well,
did anything happen? Yeah, I had one of those
satanic nightmares. Yeah, we have a lot of those
in here, don't we? Yeah. I said, well, you didn't
come and get me. He said, Dad, I'm so sick and
tired of this, I thought I'd just do it myself.
Lord, we are in tremendous, tremendous need,
but you are the victor, you are the king. Your
spirit lives in us. And we need each other. God,
give us the grace not to be embarrassed, but
to just accept our weakness and our need and
say, will you help me? And would we be bold to
ask others to help us? Would you work in and
then work through these sons and daughters of
yours? Chip will be right back with his application
for this message, How to Gain Deliverance from
Demonic Influence, from his series, The Invisible
War, what every believer needs to know about
Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare. Right now,
there's a spiritual battle happening all around
us. We can't see it, but it's an epic struggle
for our hearts and minds. So what are we as believers
supposed to do? Well, in this eight -part study,
Chip walked through Ephesians chapter 6, explaining
how we're to think about, prepare for, and respond
to spiritual warfare. Our prayer is that through
this teaching, you've learned how to fight against
our enemy and win. Let me encourage you to go
back and revisit any part of this series by going
to livingontheedge .org or wherever you listen
to podcasts. Chip's back in studio now. And Chip,
you know, a lot of people coming into this series
may have thought spiritual warfare is more prevalent
on the mission field or in notable churches or
ministries. But as you've taught in this series,
our battle against Satan is often much closer
than we realize. Well, that's absolutely right,
Dave. And where it's happening, and I think...
It's going so unnoticed. It's inside people's
homes. It's that moment when one kid goes one
direction, another goes another direction, and
they turn on screens or they open up their phone
and messages and lies and comparison and all
the things bombarding. It's a movie here. It's
someone at school that says this to your kids
over there. Lies that tell them you're not good
enough, you don't measure up, life's not worth
living. We're living in a day where 30 % of female
middle schoolers have considered suicide. There
is a real battle. And parents, you need to not
just say no and set boundaries around things
that impact your kids. You need to teach them
the truth. I want to encourage you to get the
small group study, The Invisible War, what every
Christian needs to know about Satan, demons,
and spiritual warfare. It's not scary. It's not
weird. It's teaching your children of all ages,
you're in a battle. Here's the belt of truth.
Here's how you guard your mind. When weird things
happen or you don't understand, here's how you
have authority in Jesus' name to deal with these
things. Our kids are bombarded each and every
day. We as parents need to equip them and teach
them, have times around the table where we discuss
what's going on in their lives, and teach them
how to deal with the spiritual warfare they're
facing. Let me encourage you, mom or dad, take
the time, make the commitment, get the small
group, and do it with your family. To learn more
about the Invisible War small group, go to livingontheedge
.org. Join Chip in this vital study and uncover
the biblical weapons and armor we've been given
to withstand Satan's attacks and stand victorious
over him. Place your order for the Invisible
War small group by visiting livingontheedge .org.
App listeners tap special offers. For the final
time in this series, here again is Chip. We have
come to the end of our study on spiritual warfare,
and this is the most content -filled series I've
ever done in my life. If you have not caught
all of the broadcast, you can go on the web and
you can get all the notes, every note, every
point, every verse I have for you. Second, I
highly encourage you, make this a study for your
small group. I think you're going to love it.
I think it's going to be helpful. And I think
it's going to be that balanced approach where
we walk right through a passage, Ephesians chapter
6, and do good exposition. But at the same time,
practical with regard to how Satan and demons
actually work. This series is something I think
can be a great resource for you, your small group,
and your church. I pray you'll order it, you'll
practice it, and you'll know the truth, and the
truth will set you free. Amen. Thanks, Chip.
Well, from all of us here, I'm Dave Drewy, thanking
you for listening to this edition of Living on
the Edge, and I hope you'll join us again next
time.