What Role Does Faith Play in the Battle Against Evil?
1) Direct Answer
Faith is God’s battle-weapon in the believer. It is the shield that stops Satan’s attacks, the victory that overcomes the world, and the hand that takes hold of God’s Word until the enemy is forced to bow. Without faith you cannot stand; with faith you enforce what Christ already won.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The shield that quenches attacks: “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked” (Ephesians 6:16).
- The victory in the conflict: “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4).
- How faith comes and operates: “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen… Without faith it is impossible to please Him” (Hebrews 11:1,6).
- How we fight: “Fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal… casting down imaginations… bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
- How we resist the devil: “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). “Whom resist steadfast in the faith” (1 Peter 5:9).
- Standing and speaking: “Have faith in God… whosoever shall say unto this mountain… and shall not doubt… he shall have whatsoever he saith” (Mark 11:22-24).
- The ground of our triumph: “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11).
- Our walk and authority: “We walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). “Behold, I give unto you power… over all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19).
- Our result: “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” (Romans 8:37).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Now notice: the devil shoots darts of fear, lies, temptation, and accusation. Faith lifts the Word as a shield and answers, “It is written.” Lies can’t stand where truth is believed and spoken.
- You see, we don’t fight with feelings or sight; we stand on what God said. Faith takes God at His Word, the Holy Spirit quickens that Word, and the enemy loses his ground.
- Faith rests in Christ’s finished work (the Blood), uses His Name in prayer, and confesses His promise with obedience. That’s how mountains move and strongholds fall.
- Faith is not wishing; it is a God-given conviction from the Word. When the Word is heard, believed, and acted on, Satan’s claim is broken.
- Faith works by love (Galatians 5:6). A clean heart, a yielded life, and a steadfast confession keep the channel clear so the shield stays lifted.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Take up the shield of faith, keep the Word on your lips, stand your ground in Jesus’ Name, and the devil must flee. The battle is the Lord’s, and faith is how His victory becomes your victory.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The Queen of Sheba
61-0219 §33
We have went and made schools, and Bible schools, and seminaries, and built fine buildings, but that certainly was not the commission. Them's all right. I can't say nothing evil against them. They've played their part. But that wasn't the commission. The commission was, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel." Preaching the gospel was to demonstrate the power. It had to be. What's the next verse say? "And these signs shall follow them that believe." The manifestations, or the demonstrations, are the works of...
Faith
61-0813 §6
Billy told me last night ... called me and said come in this morning especially for one person that come, thinking we're having services this week of those seven seals, and they brought a sick child, I believe. And if you're in here now, sir, remember, you cannot ... your faith will have to go for that child, if it's a little infant child. But now let me take another scripture, if it's all right. Just remember, now, in the gospels we read---over in the sixteenth chapter, I believe, of the Acts---where that Paul and...
Expectations
51-0714 §58
Those are demon powers, not demon of your soul, demon of your body. Brother Baxter's explained all that to you. And when they come against that, I just... They fear, and if you notice, one here will be healed of something, and then a kindred spirit of sympathy out there, will be scared and take out of the person. Have you seen that take place? Sure, they know when they're whipped. You can't fool them. Someone... The other night I was at a place where they said they had a healing meeting, and some man was standing t...
Faith is our victory
58-1004 §18
And we read that all Abraham's life, he was a pilgrim and a stranger to the world, for his one ambition was to find that city whose builder and maker was God. He struck something. He caught God, and a faith in that God, that he foresaw the New Jerusalem. And he put his pack on his back, and became a wanderer---not just floating about without any purpose; he had faith that there was a city whose builder and maker was God, an eternal city. He had a purpose in life to find that place. And may I say here that one day w...
Perfect Faith
63-0825E §23
Now remember, they had the power. Jesus had given them power to heal the sick, to raise the dead, and cast out devils, just a few days before that. They had the power, but not the faith to use the power. Now, there's the Branham Tabernacle! There's the church, the bride, today! The Holy Spirit is here with the power, but you haven't got that faith to move it. See what I mean? It takes faith to move it. Here: I got a shell that I hand-loaded. I know what it'll do by ballistics, like the Word, but I've got to fire th...