We are bound by sin’s lies and the truth sets us free. - Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross makes it possible for us to receive that spiritual truth into our lives and become different people. Then that truth changes us, breaking our bonds. - The reason the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, is our offensive weapon is that it has the ability to sever the chains of sin. It breaks the bondage of the lies we’ve been fed. It gives us the chance to be free. - When we see people bound by the lies of Satan, what is our offensive weapon to set them free? The Word of God. - When we see people oppressed by the weight of sin, what is our offensive weapon to confidently proclaim that there is forgiveness? The Word of God. - We shatter chains with the Word of God. - We need the Word of God in this way because the truth is not what people would expect it to be. - People presume that the truth is self-evident. It’s not. So much of the truth that Jesus proclaimed even still sounds strange to our ears. Why? Because even 2,000 years after Jesus’ teaching, the world is still preaching a different truth than He did. - People live their whole lives presuming things are true that are lies from the pits of hell. (We’ll get specific in a minute about what that looks like.) - We are called to speak truth to the darkness. - In so doing we set the captives free. - This raises a part of the war analogy that we usually get wrong. - Having been embroiled in the culture war for some 30 years now, we have become conditioned in the church to see those on the other side of that culture war as our enemies. Fill in the typical blanks
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