3 Crucial Questions

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Spiritual Warfare

Clinton E. Arnold

Baker Academic

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 1997 by Clinton E. Arnold

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Arnold, Clinton E.

3 crucial questions about spiritual warfare / Clinton E. Arnold.

p. cm.—(3 crucial questions)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 0-8010-5784-1

1. Spiritual warfare. 2. Spiritual warfare—Biblical teaching. I. Title. II. Series.

BT975.A76 1997

235ʹ.4—dc21

97-8642

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. Publishing House. All rights reserved.

To Brandon

May the good hand of our God be upon you as you begin your walk with Him.

3 Crucial Questions

Grant R. Osborne and Richard J. Jones, Jr., editors

Contents

List of Illustrations

Editors’ Preface

Author’s Preface

List of Abbreviations

1. What Is Spiritual Warfare?

2. Can a Christian Be Demon-Possessed?

3. Are We Called to Engage Territorial Spirits?

General Index

Scripture Index

Illustrations

1.1 The Two Ages

1.2 Imbalanced View of Evil Influences: Devil’s Influence Ignored

1.3 Imbalanced View of Evil Influences: Devil’s Influence Exaggerated

1.4 Balanced View of Evil Influences: Biblical Perspective

1.5 The Nature of Evil Influences: Three-Stranded Rope

1.6 Church’s Mission: Popular View

1.7 Church’s Mission: Biblical View

2.1 The Old Self

2.2 The New Self

2.3 Heart Home

2.4 Sin’s Power Points

2.5 Continuum of Demonic Influence

3.1 Extent of the Believer’s Authority

Editors’ Preface

The books in the 3 Crucial Questions series are the published form of the 3 Crucial Questions Seminars, which are sponsored by Bridge Ministries of Detroit, Michigan. The seminars and books are designed to greatly enhance your Christian walk. The following comments will help you appreciate the unique features of the book series.

The 3 Crucial Questions series is based on two fundamental observations. First, there are crucial questions related to the Christian faith for which imperfect Christians seem to have no final answers. Christians living in eternal glory may know fully even as they are known by God, but now we know only in part (1 Cor. 13:12). Therefore, we must ever return to such questions with the prayer that God the Holy Spirit will continue to lead us nearer to “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” While recognizing their own frailty, the authors contributing ...

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About 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare

In 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare, Clinton E. Arnold brings his exegetical skill and extensive knowledge of early Christianity to bear on the contemporary understanding of the spirit realm. Spiritual warfare is an integral part of the entire Christian experience, he explains. To think that a Christian could avoid spiritual warfare is like imagining that a gardener could avoid dealing with weeds. Our goal should be to gain an accurate and sober-minded understanding of spiritual warfare—not a view tainted by frightening superstitions and odd practices.

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