In the last sermon, we arrived at the topic: warfare in the realm of spirits. The warfare is not between angels and demons. That war is over. The angels won, Satan lost. But the warfare the speaker is going to talk about is a warfare between demons and you. This spiritual warfare started in the Garden of Eden, in the temptation of Eve. The speaker discussed how Satan sold the truth to Eve and bought over the whole of humanity in 3 sentences.

The speaker chose this topic because it is personal to him. He found out he had a thyroid condition last year. He had already been exhibiting symptoms of it. One of it was easily getting angry. For instance where he lived, he would sometimes smell cigarette smoke, and would get angry because he felt this smoker was being inconsiderate in harming others with second-hand smoke. So the speaker would sometimes take action and go around his apartment block to look for the smoker. He notices that ever since he has been on medication, he has not felt as much of an urge to take action against the smoker like look for who he is or report him.

Col 4:6
The Bible tells us about paying attention to how we speak. Indeed, this is a key part of our Christian spiritual nurture. If we look at ourselves in the mirror and record the things we say, or maybe just video ourselves, what will we think about ourselves when we look at our countenance/face as we speak and listen to the content/tone when we speak. What impression would we give ourselves?

Luke 16:1-8
v1
A rich man had a steward who was working for him. In those days, the rich would have stewards to help manage their vast estates. A steward is given a wide range of executive powers to act on behalf of the master. v1 tells us that instead of working for the good of the master, this steward was serving his own interest. He was wasting his master’s goods. In today’s context, he was probably flying first class, or dining at lavish restaurants all charged to the company’s accounts.

This sermon is a reflection on the speaker’s recent trip to Myanmar. Two weeks ago, he was over there for a week to assist in the youth Bible camp.