Have you ever thought about how our witnessing plays into spiritual warfare? Don't we normally think about this warfare from a defensive posture? How about taking the offense? How do we do that, anyway? Consider this great quote from D.A. Carson below. And, then, strap on that gospel armor and get going! :)
"And they have conquered him (Satan)...by the word of their testimony..." Rev. 12:11
"We overcome Satan on the ground of the blood of the cross, and we overcome also on the ground of this declared word. God has ordained that by the foolishness of the proclaimed message men and women will be saved. It is not simply a question of how we survive the accusations of the Evil One. It is a question of how we fight the Evil One. We do so not by taking swords and becoming crusaders and by shooting the bad guys. We fight him by the proclamation of the gospel again and again and again...The only way we can be defeated on this dimension is to be quiet. Our silence guarantees a measure of victory to Satan.
"When was the last time you explained the gospel to an unbeliever one-on one or one-on-three in a more-or-less neutral or even hostile evnvironment? That is how the gospel advances. I know that conversion is finally a work of God. God can sweep through a population with great power and bring countless thousands into the kingdom in very short order. But normally the God of the Bible uses means. He has ordained that the gospel will advance by the foolishness of the Word preached, by bearing witness to Christ...At the end of the day we overcome the Devil by bearing testimony of Jesus." ~ D.A. Carson, from Scandalous, The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus
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