Bibles tonight to 2nd Chronicles chapter 20 2nd Chronicles chapter 20 and this should be our last lesson on Jehoshaphat one who turned to flight the armies of the aliens by faith and we're looking here beginning at verse 20 and we'll read down through verse 30 and And again, we're looking at, just to refresh our minds and our memories, that the enemy of Ammon, Moab, and Edom was at En-Gaddai. And upon hearing this, Jehoshaphat feared and he went before the Lord in accordance with the covenant that had been made way back when Solomon, and even some before that, when Moses, that God's people would turn to the Lord. And so they appeared before the temple as the covenant had been made with Solomon, and they prayed in agreement with it, and they put before God their inabilities, they put before the Lord the danger that was upon them, and God replied. And he replied through one of those of the tribe of a Levite, one of the sons of Asaph, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he declared what God had said. And immediately we find that upon hearing what God said, Jehoshaphat humbled himself and he fell down and worshipped God. Or he didn't fall down, he bowed himself down and worshipped God. And the Levites and the singers, they began to praise God. And so we're picking up there in verse 20. It says, And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established. Believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper. When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord, for His mercy endureth forever. When they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which were come against Judah, and they were smitten. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them. When they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both the riches with the dead bodies and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves more than they could carry away. And they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Baraka, For there they blessed the Lord, therefore the name of the same place was called the Valley of Baraka, or Blessing, unto this day. Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel. So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about." Now we see again in these verses that as we heard on the Lord's Day, that this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. And we see the application of that verse here. And this faith, which is that which God gives, it was real and genuine, and here we see it applied in life as all real, genuine faith is. Jehoshaphat ordered his life in accordance with what God's Word said. When the danger, the enemies, or the sword had come, he went before God at the temple, and he prayed, and he put it all before the Lord. And then God answered, and He said, Here's what you're going to do. And then they did what God said, and lo and behold, it was exactly as God said it would be. and they trusted the Lord all the way. Now let's note here tonight in verses 20 down through verse 23, I'd like you to notice their weapons or their arms. Again, they're going forth to battle and they're heading out. And we observe here in these verses that there is not one mention of a sword, a spear, a shield, or a bow. And we believe, and you can look back into verse 17, and again, they went out by faith. It says in verse 17, "...ye shall not need to fight in this battle. Set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you. O Judah and Jerusalem, fear not, nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you." And so we read in verse 17, "...and they rose early in the morning." So it was the next day. And they went out just like God had said. And there is no mention of any weapons whatsoever. No physical weapons. There were times before when they did have to have physical weapons. There were times before when they marched around a city and blew trumpets. There were times before when they had lights and a pitcher and they smashed the pitchers and blew the trumpets. There were times when they had to fight with the sword. But here, the Lord God had given them a victory in this way. So they didn't say, well, let's take our swords and our spears and our shields and our bows just in case we have to fight. That's not what they did. It was a wholehearted, full-fledged, everything was trusting in God. So again, there's no mention of any weapons here, and it would be foolish to think, well, they had them with them anyways. Because they didn't need them because God said that the battle is not yours, it's mine. And it's a good thing they didn't take their weapons because they wouldn't have been able to carry back all the spoils. They were already three days carrying them back. but they went out in faith, trusting the Lord. And this is a very difficult thing for many people to trust the Lord and take God at His word. Yet here, when their lives were on the line, they certainly did, didn't they? Truly, the just shall live by faith. Turn over to 2 Corinthians 10. 2 Corinthians 10. And notice, if you would, beginning at verse 3, we find here, just as they didn't have any physical weapons, we don't have any physical weapons when it comes to the Lord's Word. Because we're dealing in a spiritual realm of things. And you can read Ephesians 6, beginning at verse 10, and read down through verse 18 about the armor that God has given us. But in 2 Corinthians 10, and notice if you would, verse 3, Paul writes, for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. And that's true, isn't it? He goes on into verse 4, For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. I've had weapons and those of you who served in military, you had a weapon and I knew everything about the handgun that I carried. I knew all the parts, I knew how to take it apart, I knew how to put it back together, I knew what to do when it stove piped or when it jammed, I knew what to do to clear that in the fight. I knew how to reload it one hand off hand. God's people need to familiarize and know how to use the weapons that God has given unto us. In particular, the Word of God. There ought never to be someone ask you, as Peter wrote, he says that we're to always be ready to give an answer. And I understand if you don't know something, you don't know something, but we ought to be ready to give an answer of the hope that we have within us. We ought not to have to fumble around to be able to tell a lost sinner about their need of Christ and how they're to be saved. It's very simple. It's just as Paul and Silas said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. They ask you, well, how does God save sinners? That's a different question. Then you've got to go into how God does things. But we all ought to be familiar with the Word of God. It doesn't say you have to have it memorized verse by verse, verbatim, from Genesis 1-1 to Revelation 22-21, but we ought to be familiar with what God's Word says. Because it is a weapon that God has given us. Remember Christ when He was there and He was being tempted of Satan. What did He do? He quoted Scriptures. This is a weapon and we need to be familiar with it. We see how they went out. There was no delay to their obedience. You look there in 2 Chronicles 20. and notice again those words, and they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. I mean, they had to go, and you can look on your map, and you can look up and research these and see the distances that they went. They had to go out by faith. Here they go into the wilderness with no weapons. And God has sent us forth with the only things that we need, His presence and His Word. He said, go ye therefore and make disciples. We see how they went out the very next day, very early. There was no delay to their obedience. They went out by faith. There was no second thoughts. They didn't balk at doing the will of God by faith. Just complete obedience. And this is a tremendous example for God's people today. I'd like you to notice, secondly, the words of which Jehoshaphat said. The words of Jehoshaphat. We find these again in verse 20. It says, And as they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa, and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem. And so He calls their attention to Him as they're going out of Jerusalem, out of Judah, and they're heading for Engedi, or for this wilderness, to the place that God would have them to go. They're heading to the cliff of Ziz. in the wilderness of Jerual according to verse 16. And so as they're leaving, Jehoshaphat speaks unto them and it says, the first thing he says, believe in the Lord your God. Believe in Him. Trust in Him. Depend upon Him. Rely in Him. And then he says, here's what will happen, so shall you be established. so shall you be grounded, so shall you be settled. You know, the Bible tells us in James 1 and verse 8 that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Here, Jehoshaphat spoke of being convinced and convicted by trusting in the Lord their God. They were to have convictions. They were to follow, as a future example, something we and I are to follow. Remember what Jesus said concerning John the Baptist? Was he a reed shaken in the wind? He was not. John was established. And unfortunately, many folks are established in the wrong things today. No wonder Jehoshaphat said, Believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established. So many today believe in things that don't have anything to do with God, that they're established in their own thing. They're not established in the truths of God's Word. Their convictions are not based on God's Word. I mean, Brother Pew had said to me one time, and he dealt with a lot of it in Poto, he said, it's the religion of Grandma. Well, my grandma said this. Well, your grandma's wrong. God's right. Here's what Scriptures say. Believing God's Word leads to His people being established. But notice what Jehoshaphat said. He says, Believe in the Lord your God. Trust in Him. God said in verse 17, you're not going to need to fight. You need to set yourselves. You need to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. I will be with you. And Jehoshaphat, as they're going out with no weapons into the wilderness, he says, believe in the Lord. Believe in Him. And you'll be established. And then he says, believe His prophets." Notice how the language changes. It says, believe in the Lord your God, believe His prophets. It doesn't say believe in His prophets. Prophets are just men. That's all they are. Remember when they fell down before Paul and Silas, or Paul and Barmas, I forget which two it was, but I know Paul was there and they thought they were gods. and they went and ripped their clothes and repented or wept because they were worshiping them? The prophet's just a man. All too often, the folks put their beliefs in that man. And it's a sad thing. There's several churches right now without pastors, and they'll never have another pastor until they get over the fact that there is not going to be some pastor they had 20 years ago, 30 years ago, whom the Lord called home, there's no number two of him, there's no junior, there's no second one. They're waiting for brother and so-and-so the second. He's not coming. So you don't believe in a prophet, but you believe his prophets. And particularly here, the reference is under Jehaziel, a Levite, upon whom came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation. And declared, thus saith the Lord. And when his prophets and those who declare God's Word are believed, the Bible says and it teaches that there will be, so shall ye prosper. So shall ye prosper. Turn over to 2 Timothy chapter 4. You know, God has put a great premium on the preaching and teaching of His Word. Certainly so. Especially in the day in which you and I are now living. Because there's very, very little of, thus saith the Lord, the whole counsel of God being declared in the day in which you and I live. It's a rare thing to hear it. It's a rare thing to find it. No wonder it says in the Old Testament, buy the truth and sell it not. In 2 Timothy 4 and verse 1, notice, I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom, preach the word, be instant, in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come, and we are in it, when they will not endure sound doctrine. And that's true. We're in it. We were probably born in it. I mean, you think about it, and different things, and you talk with, I've had the opportunity to talk with different preachers, different pastors, and I've asked them, well, when did this error happen? They said, it was here when I was born. It was already rampant when I was called, saved, and called into the ministry. I mean, we're already fighting the uphill battle when we come on the scene. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. But after their own loss shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears, and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. And you know who Paul is writing to Timothy about? Not the world. He's writing unto them about the Lord's people. That there is going to come a day when they will not endure sound doctrine. We're in it, folks. And the only reason that you and I are still here in one of the Lord's churches and we love to hear messages like we just heard this weekend about the sin and the Lord Jesus Christ and the penalty and the power and the presence of sin and that the deliverance from it is only in Christ and not in us, is because of God's grace. That's it. We owe everything to God's grace. because we are kept by His power and not by ours alone. The only reason that you and I have a palate and a taste, for thus saith the Lord, is because God has given it unto us. That's it. We have nothing to boast in except for the Lord Jesus and the cross of Christ. Why is it that you love the doctrines of the Word of God, the teachings of God's Word? Why is it that we love to hear man abased and God exalted and lifted up? It's not because of anything in us, only the Lord. That's it. Why is it that as the expression goes, when my toes get stepped on, why is it that we crave it all the more? because we want to be lowered and God lifted up. We must decrease and He must increase. Why is it? It's not because of anything in me. Because there was a day in all of our lives, and if they're lost, there's a day still when you don't want to hear what God had to say. So Jehoshaphat and what he had to say then is still true today. Don't believe in his prophets, but believe his prophets. Believe those who declare God's Word. Be as the Bereans who search the Scriptures daily whether or not those things were so. And then in verse 21, what else did Jehoshaphat do? It says, and when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord, for His mercy endureth forever. Now I should notice here the first thing that's said, and this says, and when he had consulted with the people. I want you to understand that this word consulted does not mean that Jehoshaphat went over to the people and said, what do you think we ought to do? We're consulted here means has to do with that he was encouraging the people. He was advising the people. He was counseling the people. That's what he did. And when he had consulted with the people, that is, when he said to them, Believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established. Believe His prophets, so shall you prosper. That was his consultation to the people. That was his advice to the people. He couldn't have given them better advice, could he? Believe in the Lord and listen to His prophets. That's the same thing that's being said today by God. Same thing that King Jesus says. Trust in the Lord and listen to the ministers. Listen to those that I've sent to you to preach God's Word. He consulted them. You know, it's funny because and I talk to folks and listen to folks, and they find out you're a minister or a pastor, and people come to you and say, oh, I want your advice. No, they don't. Because the only advice I have to give anybody is, thus saith the Lord. And they don't want to hear what God says. And I know they don't, because when they ask, they don't do it anyways. So they're not looking for this. And I'm not a counselor. I'm a preacher and a pastor of God's Word. So the only advice I have is thus sayeth the Lord. And there isn't anything anybody ought to want anyways. Except for what God says. Because He is the Counselor, isn't He? Isn't that one of His titles? But then Jehoshaphat, not only when he consulted them, then he appointed singers to the Lord. Look in verse 19. It says, And the Levites and the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high. They were not yet done praising God. Here they were the day before, when they heard the news, or when they heard what Jehaziel had said after the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, they bursted into worship and praising God. And now the next day, as they're heading out, they weren't tired yet of singing the hymns of Zion. They went out and he appointed singers unto the Lord. And notice, and that should praise the beauty of holiness. as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord, for His mercy endureth forever. We read two Wednesdays ago the 83rd Psalm. I refer you back under that. I also refer you under the 136th Psalm. where every verse, if my memory serves correctly, every verse ends in, for His mercy endureth forever. And then it has another line in the next verse, and then it says, for His mercy endureth forever. Notice here that Jehoshaphat and the people of God were attributing victory unto God's mercy. Why else would they be singing, for His mercy endureth forever? God did not owe them anything. He had made a covenant with them that was based on mercy. And now He was fulfilling that very covenant by going out and fighting and delivering the enemy. They saw the victory of God as having been accomplished. Even though yet, they had not seen anything physically. That's faith. That is what faith is. This is what God says to do. I'm going to do it. But I'm not just going to do it, I'm going to believe that the results are going to be what God said they are, even though I have yet to even do what God says. That's the result. That's faith. I mean, don't you think that he who knows the end from the beginning knew what he was going to do? And he tells Israel, he says, listen, all you got to do is show up. So all you have to do is go out and show up. At this time, that's all they had to do. He could have told them, why don't you go out with a sling and a rock. He could have said, why don't you go out with, again, as we said, trumpets or pitchers and trumpets. Sit down. He could have said a number of things, but he said this time, I just want you to go, because I want you to see what I'm going to do. You know, God still does that today. He still says, go do this, and I want you to see what I'm gonna do. And it might be that we need to go and preach God's Word to this lost soul, or we may need to expound the Word of God more thoroughly to this individual, or we may need to go and visit with this individual, or whatever that God would have us to do. Or maybe we need to fight the good fight of faith over some sin, over some issue in our own life with prayers and fastings and studyings of God's Word. And God said, you do this, and I want you to watch what I'm going to do. Thirdly, if you'll look in verses 22 through 24, when they began to sing and to praise." Notice. Hadn't happened yet. Didn't happen until they did what God said, which was go out, and then when they began to praise and sing God. Upon their faith in the Lord, The LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which were come against Judah, and they were smitten. But the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another. And when Judah came toward the Watchtower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and behold, there were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. Have you ever heard of such? I mean, I've never heard of such. In our modern day of warfare, I have never heard of that. I've heard of people surrendering, I've heard of friendly fire, but I've never heard where the whole of that army slew itself. People say, oh, that's impossible. Not with God. He pitted them against one another, didn't He? There were no giant, as it was with Sisera, there was no things falling from the sky, as Judges 4 and 5 declares. There's no hailstones. There's no thunder or lightning. God, through His supernatural power, pitted the enemy against one another. I can't explain it because it's beyond explanation except to say that this is what God did. Just like when He stood the waters up on each side of Israel and they walked through the Red Sea on dry land. Folks say, oh well, that was impossible too. Not by my God. It's not only possible, He did it. And He did this here too. And when they showed up in the valley or at the watchtower and they looked down, as the Bible says, under the multitude there were dead bodies falling to the earth and none escaped. Now again, he turned them to flight, didn't he? Because they fled and they slew one another. Just as they were heading out as God commanded, they were praising God for the victory and mercy, and victory came the way God said. And this is still true today as we carry out the Lord's work. As God has recorded in His Word, there will be victory. As we conduct and order our lives, there will be victory over our enemies. We have enemies. There's an article in the New Berea Baptist Banner about the sin of discontentment. That's an enemy. Not being content is a sin. Pride, jealousy, anger, wrath, malice, all of these need to be handed or dealt with exactly the way Jehoshaphat did, and that is putting it all before God. Asking God to root out these issues. Asking God to deal with that old sinful nature that is within us. Asking God to help us with our unbelief. Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief. And then fourthly, the spoils when God brings victory. Verse 25 down through verse 30, we're told of spoils. Verse 25, the physical spoils. These were really the least of all the spoils. I think that there is a progression in greatness as you read through these. But can you imagine? Three days they were in carrying away spoils. Three days! Scripture says and when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them they found among them in abundance Both riches with dead the dead bodies and precious jewels which they stripped off for themselves More than they could carry away and they were three days in gathering of the spoil. It was so much And they never lifted a weapon and that's something Not only did Israel or Judah not deserve to be delivered, they certainly didn't deserve this. Three days worth of carrying off spoils. You know, there are spiritual spoils as well. And I've been in meetings, and I've been in Bible conferences and revival meetings before, and you know, when we come together and we have services, our quote-unquote regular services, but when we have any services and you have a set of services, well I'll be carrying off spoils of war. Spiritual spoils of war. And then verse 27. Here's another. Then they returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them to go again to Jerusalem with joy. With joy. Now this whole chapter, this whole scene started out with, you can look back to verses 1, 2, and 3, but it all started out with the news that the enemy was at Engedi and the Bible said Jehoshaphat feared. So He turned their fear into joy. And what was in between faith and the Lord? Isn't that something? They returned with joy. The Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. Have you ever rejoiced over an enemy? Most of the time we say, I don't have any enemies. Sure you do. You have the world, you have the flesh, and you have the devil. We need to rejoice over those three. When we're tempted of Satan, when the lust of this world, and then as well when the Bible speaks of our flesh, it's dealing with our old sinful nature. Have you ever had victory over part of the old man? There's rejoicing in that. And they returned, and where did they return to? The Bible tells us in verse 28, and they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord. They came to the house of God, praising Him with joy because He had given them the victory. That's a spoil of war, isn't it? Never wore over your own self, your old Adamic nature. I mean, you can read Colossians chapter 3, beginning of verse 5, and I think it's down through verse 9, and Paul just gives a list of the old man. If you read Galatians chapter 5, I believe it's verses 19, 20, and 21, where he talks about the things of the old man. And when God grants a victory, as He's the only one who can, well, we ought to come with joy rejoicing. Verse 29, another spoil of victory. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel. Let's look back and let's remember this. Remember what was said very early on. The Bible teaches and tells us, as Jehoshaphat came before the Lord, And I'd like to read here beginning at verse 11. Behold, I say, how they reward us, meaning Moab and Ammon and Edom, how they reward us to come to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us, neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thee. Now turn over to the 83rd Psalm. And again, we read this the last time we spoke on this subject. And again, there were these three, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. And in Psalm 83, I'm not going to read all of it, but I encourage you to read this. But I'd like you to notice it says in verse 5, For they have consulted together with one consent, and they are confederate against thee, against the Lord. The tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarins, Gebel and Ammon, and Amalek, the Philistines, were the inhabitants of Tyre. So again, here's this confederate army. But then skip down. Verse 17, let them be confounded and troubled forever, yea, let them be put to shame and perish, that men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth. That's the purpose of it all, isn't it? And what did we just read? 2nd Chronicles chapter 20 and verse 29 and The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel What they find out? That he alone is the most high God that their gods were powerless and See, Jehoshaphat didn't even make it about Judah, it was about the honor and glory and praise of God. And that's what all our lives are to be about. here in the church house when we assemble, when we go out, we go home, when we're at work, when we're going to the grocery store, when we're with our friends, when we're with our family, it's all about the glory and honor and praise of the Lord. That's it. It's not about me, it's not about us, it's not about you, it's not about anyone except the Lord that He would be lifted up and they would know He is Lord. And then you'll notice another spoil of victory. And again, these are only things God can do. Because if Jehoshaphat and them would have went out with swords and spears and bows and shields, they could have said, well, they had a tactical victory. Or, you know, they had a better battle plan. But they showed up and they were all dead. I tell you what, that would give me pause about thinking of going against Israel, wouldn't you? And in verse 30, So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about. Isn't that something? I mean, that's a gift of God, quietness and rest. He didn't worry about any more enemies. He didn't hear any more news about somebody's at En-Gaddai. He had quietness and he had rest. There were no usurpations coming up from within the kingdom. There was no assaults from without. Turn over to Proverbs 16. Proverbs 16 and verse 7. Again, these are spoils that only God can give. And that's exactly what we just read. God gave him rest. And as a king, and as a nation, and as a kingdom, What two greater things could you have besides God-given quiet and rest? We have turmoil in our own country today, don't we? I mean, it's almost like it was back in the 60s. I mean, I wasn't there, but I've read and I've seen footage. It's insane. It's not quiet, and there isn't rest. There's civil unrest. Hoshfat didn't have that. You know why? Proverbs 16, 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. That's what God did. Jehoshaphat's ways pleased the Lord, and so he put him at peace with his enemies. He didn't have any problems in the kingdom. He didn't have any problems outside of the kingdom. Because his ways pleased the Lord. Our ways ought to please God too. The Bible says there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. That does not please God. Jesus spoke in the Gospel of John. And He spoke about how that He pleased God in every way. And you know His enemies couldn't do one thing against Him until it was His hour, could they? And you know, we need peace, and you know, sometimes our enemy is our own self, isn't it? It's that old, Adamic, sinful nature. It rears up. Well, here is faith. Faith exercised. Herein, Jehoshaphat, by faith, turned to flight the armies of the strangers and the aliens. And herein, we've been instructed to do the same. to turn to flight the armies of our enemies. And when you look in a mirror, you'll find your biggest enemy. Because our biggest enemy is ourself. It's that old nature that we wore it with. But even He is turned to flight by faith in the Lord. Let's go ahead and stand and we'll have a word of prayer.