The Real Battleground - Part Four
by Darryl Robbins

In Part Three we saw the intense, concentrated spiritual activity and warfare that surrounded the conception and birth of Jesus.

We will continue to look at the life and ministry of Jesus in the same light and will conclude this section by zeroing in on the warfare that was evident at His betrayal and crucifixion. We will probably go into that in Part Five. For now, there are some other things I need to share with you.

The reason for continually dealing with the spiritual warfare side of things is simple. Hopefully, it will convince us that our strategy of how we normally approach things and deal with things in the natural realm generally falls short in changing the things that need to be changed, and fails miserably in bringing the intent, will and purposes of God into manifestation in the earth.

As long as we attempt to achieve supernatural, godly things by means of natural, carnal effort, we are going to be disappointed.-------------everytime.

It is foolish to deny or believe that the physical world, the natural realm is not a real realm. There are those who teach that to one degree or another. That's foolishness. The natural, physical realm is a real realm. All of us wake up to the pressures, demands, responsibilities and realness of it every day. The realness of it is not an issue.

The real issue is whether or not the church and those who make up its ranks will see that the real battle is not outward, but in the realm of the spirit. Please know this. The realm of the spirit is just as real as the natural realm.

There is however, one very important distinction between the natural, physical realm and the realm of the spirit and that is this:

THE NATURAL, PHYSICAL REALM IS SERVANT AND SLAVE TO THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT.

WHAT HAS OR IS HAPPENING IN THE NATURAL REALM IS A DIRECT RESULT OF WHAT HAS OR IS HAPPENING IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT.

NOTHING WILL CHANGE IN THE REALM OF THE NATURAL UNLESS CHANGE OCCURS IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT.

I'm asking you------------No------I beg you to hear the cry of my heart in this matter. My time and effort thus far will have been wasted if you fail to hear me at this point. Please understand that my motive for presenting this teaching, The Real Battleground, is a motive with real and definable purpose. My intent is not to pass out and dispense knowledge just so that you as a reader can acquire more knowledge. Gaining knowledge just for the sake of gaining knowledge is futile and fruitless. One of the greatest forms of bondage that exist today in the church is the vast amount of good, sound, scriptural knowledge and information that she has been given without ever really translating that knowledge over into the arena of practical application. You can know everything there is to know about spiritual warfare, the principles of warfare, all about the weapons.........you can know all about it as far as information is concerned. But unless you get before God with that information and allow Him by His Spirit to impart into your spirit a measure of His wisdom, His direction and timing for battle, then all of the information you have about spiritual warfare is useless. It will just be another file of information that can be tucked away in your briefcase of Bible knowledge that is already splitting at the seams with a lot of other un-applied Bible knowledge you've been lugging around forever.

Ain't it the truth.

For foundational purposes we do in fact have some more information to deal with in the next section---- Part Five.

When we get to Part Six, our presentation is going to change. We are going from the presentation of information into some of the aspects of practical application. So, hang on to you hats. Things could get real interesting when we reach that stage.

The Real Battleground - Part Five