Victory in Life Through the Word of God (Episode 129)

Many people who read the Bible don’t value it as they should. For some, it's because they don’t know how to properly use it for life. In this episode, Frank King teaches on how to experience victory in life through the Word.

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he writes, “Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11, KJV). The armor of God refers to the weaponry God gives us to fight with as opposed to physical armor.

The wiles Paul refers to in this verse refer to deceitful strategies. They lie at the heart of everything the devil does. He is a liar and a deceiver. But according to this verse, through the armor of God, we can endure and stand against the schemes of the devil.

Paul refers to the wiles of the devil because we are not wrestling against flesh and blood. Rather, our fight is with the rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in heavenly places (verse 12). We know how to fight against flesh and blood because we were born with that ability. We have perfected how to do that over the years.

The problem, however, is that our ability to fight against flesh and blood means nothing to the devil. He is our real enemy, and he is not flesh and blood. He often works through people to oppose us. But the real enemy are those demonic entities Paul mentions. They are the ones we must know how to successfully fight to experience victory in life.

The Sword of the Spirit

Though Paul addresses the whole armor of God, this episode focuses on one piece of the armor—the Word of God. Paul refers to God’s Word as the sword of the Spirit (verse 17). That makes it an offensive weapon.

The Greek word translated as “Word” in this case is "rhema" (hRAY-ma). This word does not refer to the Word of God in its entirety. Rather, it is the portion of God’s Word that we speak or apply at the right time for the situation at hand. We must learn how to use the Word of God as our sword against the enemy, if we want to have victory in life.

Many Christians understand the basic message of the Bible, but they don’t how to properly apply the Word to the situation at hand. This is a main reason they fail to experience victory in life against the enemy.

A good example of the principle of rhema at work is when the devil came against Jesus to tempt Him in the wilderness. This account is recorded in Matthew chapter 4. Notice that in each instance, Jesus knew the right scriptural thing to say to the devil at the right time. Jesus’ responses were preceded by words, “it is written.”

Jesus overcame the devil through the Word. After His third response to the devil, the devil retreated, and angels came and ministered to Jesus (Matthew 4:11).