Stay Salty | The Weird and Scary World of Spiritual Conflict

Have you ever noticed how many books and movies are about someone who lives what seems to be a dull life, but then discovers a world behind ours, filled with mystery, wonder, but that is also frightening and dangerous? It seems like we have a sense that the world might actually be like that, but we have been told for so long that is not the way the world actually is. Things that people used to call “demonic” are just the products of unfortunate circumstances and some chemical imbalances in the brain. But the Bible wants to let us in on a secret: our sense that there is some conflict beyond ours is right. It’s what Christians call spiritual conflict. In this message, Pastor Joel takes us through a study of this world from multiple passages of Scripture. He gives us an introduction to Satan, the spiritual warlord and general of hordes of others diabolical spiritual forces. He explains how Satan has taken control of our world and we’re all stuck in it, and—most importantly—he talks about where Jesus is operating in the midst of it all and how the good news of his death and resurrection is our deliverance from it all.