Spiritual Warfare Unveiled: Facing the Enemy’s Resistance
Main Passage: Daniel 10:1-14
I. Introduction
- The effect of climate on work.
- Could the ______________ climate of a place affect the ability of the church to function?
- We need to expose the enemy, for______________ infiltration is a real phenomenon, and we see this in our text.
II. A Look at the Text
- Daniel is desiring______________.
- After______________of fasting and prayer an angel appears to him.
- God heard Daniel’s prayer on the first day of his fast, however it took 21 days until the angel appeared.
- The______________ resisted the angel from getting to Daniel.
III. Understanding Daniel 10:13
- Who is this Prince of Persia?
- He is not a______________, because one angel killed 185,000 Assyrians during King Hezekiah’s reign.
- He must have been an______________ as well.
- The fact that he attempted to stop the angel from God from getting to Daniel makes it clear; he must have been a demonic entity opposed to God.
- Paul describes a______________ of spiritual entities in Ephesians 6:12, Colossians 1:16, 2:10,15, and Ephesians 1:21.
- The Prince of Persia was a demonic entity that ruled Persia, a principality.
- He is not a______________, because one angel killed 185,000 Assyrians during King Hezekiah’s reign.
- This verse would indicate that demonic powers can be______________ to certain places.
- There was a belief that Satan resided in the______________, that is why Jesus fasted and prayed in the wilderness and overcame Satan’s attack in Satan’s own back yard.
- Demonic power hovered in places of______________; that is why the demoniac of Gadara lived among the tombs.
- Keep in mind that Legion begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the______________.
- In II Kings 17:24 the king of Assyria believed that the people from the land he had relocated to the land of Israel did not appropriately worship the “god of that country” and that’s why they were being eaten by ____________.
- Satan in the first century had a place he operated from, it was______________.
- A modern example of demonic control of a nation is______________.
- The infesting of houses or particular places by demons is an _______________ occurrence.
- There was a belief that Satan resided in the______________, that is why Jesus fasted and prayed in the wilderness and overcame Satan’s attack in Satan’s own back yard.
IV. How is it that Demons are Attached to a Particular Place?
- They may be______________ there by Satan, for whatever purpose he may have.
- The evil control of a demonic entity is made possible by the______________ of human beings.
- Overt evil gives______________ to Satan to linger.
- There are______________ demonic entities that are in a place for a while and then move on.
V. What Do We Do?
A. We must do what Daniel did: __________,__________, and__________.
B. We must do what God spoke to the church in__________ to do.
- Be__________ to live for Christ no matter the cost.
- __________ and live __________ .
C. Walk in __________.
- Don’t be __________.
- Don’t be __________; instead be humble.
- Our confidence is in the Lord and what He has done.
VI. Conclusion