Faith Means War

By Dr. Larry E. Adams

This book is about the war on faith and the awareness of the invisible enemy of the spiritual realm and how it affects our perceptions and service to the Lord. Being guided by the revelation of faith in God’s word and our relationship with the Father, we demonstrate a concern about how we perceive this war. And realizing that we are a target for deception we are reminded that we must be prepared at all times and and know that we are in spiritual warfare and that “Faith Means War”. As we live our lives as Christians we ae reminded that our faith will be tested and that we must put on the whole armor of God through trials and tribulations because “Faith Means War”. God has revealed the battlefield of faith in every area of our lives and charges us to trust Him at all times. For He has promised us to never leave us. (Matthew 28:19-20 KJV)

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781973696407

Dr. Larry E. Adams

Larry E. Adams is a native of Missouri. He received his Doctorate of Education Degree from Lael College and Graduate School. He is a Board Certified Biblical Counselor and a member of the International Board of Christian Counselors. He is also a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and has received certifications in advanced biblical studies from Missouri Baptist College. He has been a faithful Bible teacher for over 40 years at the St. Timothy M. B. Church St. Louis Missouri where he and his wife Julia Adams gracefully continue to serve the Lord without end.

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DEDICATION

I write this book to the Church of Jesus Christ. All those whos doors stand ajar in His name and for the love of the Spirit of God. Realizing that He is worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love to the glory of God the Father. We give Him praise.

CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 The Abrahamic Review of Faith

Chapter 2 Put on the Whole Armor of God (Ephesians 6:13)

Chapter 3 Spiritual Warfare Revealed

Chapter 4 Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 5 The Reality of Faith

Chapter 6 The Test of Faith

Chapter 7 The Power of Faith

Chapter 8 The Battle of the Mind

Chapter 9 Enemy Number One Compromising

Chapter 10 Christians Trapped in Matrimony

Chapter 11 Perception: A Device of the Mind

Chapter 12 Why are we concerned about the reality of Perceptions?

Conclusion

Bibliography of Helpful Resources

Scripture References

About the Author

FOREWORD

It is clearly understood that the war in heaven was not to be a sign, because the presence of Satan in heaven was a reality. (Ephesians 6:10-12) However, that war ended with Satan and his followers being cast out from the immediate presence of God to the second heaven. And even though there is really only one war against sin and the evil forces of Satan, there are many battles to be fought. And according to the Genesis account of the fall of man, the first institution established by God after creation was the family and it was the focus of attack by Satan.

When man fail from his holy and happy state of being because of his voluntary transgression, sin and death entered all creation. The battlefield of spiritual warfare was established. Understand that we are not warring against flesh and blood according to the scripture, but against principalities and powers and rulers of darkness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12) You could not imagine that in the first dispensation if innocence (Genesis 1:28); just as there was no doubt, worry or fear, there was also no need for faith apart from the fact that man knew God and there was no need for him to hope or wonder about His existence. God walked and talked with man in the garden and they did have a relationship. It was not until the fall of man that sin entered bringing with it doubt, fear, worry, and last but not least a reason to need faith. While faith seems to refer to belief or the act of believing, at one time there was only truth or knowledge. Man did not know like God knew but he