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TRANSFORMATIONAL WARFARE
Romans 8:28-29

1. God’s Highest Purpose
But Jesus said the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. Matt. 8:20

Jesus was never concerned with His comfort but was always concerned about His obedience in following the Father.

Matthew 26:39
"My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as Thou wilt."
The purpose of all aspects of spirituality is to bring us into the image of Christ in its fullness.

Eph. 4:13
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

If we really want victory in life we should reach toward His ultimate goal of transformation into the image of Christ.

Luke 11:36
"If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it shall be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays."

Satan cannot defeat you. But your openness to him will.

2. Christ-likeness Not Warfare

The Father is more concerned with the coming forth of His Son than He is in defeating Satan.

Your enemy loves to come against you and cause your focus to be on everything but Christ likeness.

2 Kings 6:16
1 John 4:4. 

3. The God of Peace will Crush Satan.

Spiritual authority is not forcing your self upon someone, but rather establishing the peace of God in the arenas that were once filled with conflict and oppression.

Romans 16:20
And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

We will never know Christ’s victory in its fullness until we stop reacting humanly to our circumstances.

Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus was a sleep in the boat during a storm…"Why are you timid, you men of little faith?" Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and it became perfectly calm.
27 And the men marveled, saying, "What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

Peace is Spirit Power.

Phil. 1:28 …in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.

4. Rest Before Rule

Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for Thou art with me…

Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.”

Rev. 4:6

Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

The Psalmist said Psalm 110:1-2
The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand, Until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet." 2 The LORD will stretch forth Thy strong scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of Thine enemies."