Fight the Good Fight of Faith, English Edition

L ESSON 2 T HE E NLISTMENT W E M AKE Accepting Our Role in the Cosmic Conflict of the Ages

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

~ Ephesians 1.13-14

By the end of this session, you should embrace the Enlistment We Make by believing that: • Through his sinless life and dying in our place, Jesus defeated the devil and made a way for those who believe to enter God’s Kingdom. • Through repentance (turning to God from our sins) and faith (believing the truth concerning the work of Jesus), and by God’s grace we are baptized into the Body of Christ. • We have been given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of our inheritance. Eternal God, my Father, you say in your Word that you are the source of all knowledge and wisdom. I acknowledge this as the truth, dear Father, and I ask that you impart into me divine wisdom, that I may be able to rightly divide the Word of truth (2 Timothy 2.15). Please instruct and teach me in the way I should go (Psalm 32.8), and direct my steps. Incline my ear to hear your voice, and correct me now in the way I think and speak, and lead me when I have gone astray. Father, grant me the gift of discernment, and enable me as I study to know the difference between godly and ungodly teachings, spirits, and gifts. Show me by the Holy Spirit what your will is, and give me insight into how I can carry out your intentions with my whole heart. Dear Lord, please help me to be quick to hear and listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger (James 1.19). Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Allow me to speak your truth with wisdom in order that all with whom I speak may understand and benefit by your truth.

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Opening Prayer for Wisdom

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