(SERMON) Ephesians 6.10-20 Spiritual Warfare by the strength of God

In Ephesians 6.10-20 Paul exhorts believers to prepare themselves and stand ready against the spiritual forces of evil, against the demonic, against Satan who is always trying to crush us.  Using military imagery of Jesus from Isaiah and reference to contemporary military armour and weapons Paul makes clear that as Christians we cannot be spiritual pacifists.  But we must rely only on God's strength, God's armoury, and our access to this is prayer.