The Enemy Without (Ephesians 5:8-13)
THEME: “We must be ready and equipped to oppose and expose the sin in the world.”
I. The Wickedness of Wickedness
A. Realize the Opposition (2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 John 4:4; Ephesians 6:10-13)
B. Realize the Power
II. The Deception of Wickedness (Ephesians 6:11)
A. In Its Presentaion
B. In Our Perception (Jeremiah 17:9; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; Psalm 1119:130)
III. The Exposing of Wickedness
A. Search
1. Seek to Understand
2. Seek the Heart (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
B. Exposer (John 7:7)
1. Expose the Sin
2. Expose the Deception
3. Expose the Deliverance
C. Love (1 Timothy 1:3, 5)
1. Love God
2. Love Others (2 Timothy 2:24-26)